The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-06
REPUBLICANS MADE GOOD THEIR THREAT
 AND BEAT PINKNEY
OFFICIAL WHO HELPED CLEAN THE AUGEAN STABLES IS KNIFED BY HIS OWN
 PARTY.

Bedding, Oct. 6-The Democrats are well satisfied with it's local results of Mondays election, having for the first time in several years secured majority of the board of selectmen. By a very narrow margin the rest of the ticket went Republican. A good their threat to defeat E. A.. Pink ney for reelection as se1ectman, an achievement discreditabIe to that party and to the town inasmuch as the animosity directed against him was due to the brave and useful work he did in furthering the investigation of official Irregularities and miscon- duct which were set forth in Expert Soule's report to the business meeting Monday afternoon. Charles Sanford was reelected first selectman by the either ticket. The full vote for se- lectmen was: Charles Sanford, d, 122; B. M. Sanford, r, 1O5; B. A. Pinkney, s3; % Walter D. Rowland d, ss. For 1o9 to 1o5 for Robert H. Rider Henry Osborn was elected assessor over William A Lounsbury The total vote boiled was unusually light even for a town election, the apathy be- ing most pronounced on the Repub- lican side. In the first district alone, comprising the Ridge and Center sec tions 90 of those on the list failed to vote!
 John Muennich was moderator of the electors meeting and J. B. San
  ing. The Australian ballot caused no particular complications although the -4ounters rejected number of the ballots cast because of their being improperly marked. Some of these de- fective ballots bore no mark in the circle above the column of names and others had marks in both the cir cles. No ballot was thrown out be- cause of errors in the marking of in dividual names.
 At the business meeting President 0f 4I7n c-o11o ffan asked that authority be given for the sale of disused school buildings which were not likely to be again wanted for school purposes. No definite ac- tion was taken on the proposition as it appeared that while the former dis tricts with the exception of Umpa- waug had voted to turn over their property to the town actual convey ance had not been made. A reso1u- tion was passed instructing the as- sessors to make a re-appraiSal of all it's full value and postponing the fix ing of the tax rate until the next grand list should be completed. A grand list representing full value rate for producing the same amount of revenue than has been heretofore raised. Another resolution was passed directing the se1ectmen to collect, by process of law if necessary, all out standing tax liens back from the year 1908. Delinquents were granted un- til the first of April next to make payment before being legally pro- ceeded against. For road repairs and bridges $35O0 was appropriated. Joe Hill, whose main occupation is road work, pleaded strenuous1y but un- avai1ingly for a $4,O00 appropriation. Seth Sanford offered resolution that two supervisors to look after road repairs, one being allotted to- the east and one to the west side of the town L. O. Peck questioned whether better results could be expected from the proposed supervisors than from the lselectmen and after some further dis cussion Mr. Sanford's resolution was lost.
 MT. Pinkney called attention of the meeting to the fact that Town Clerk almost dying condition, and proposed in view of his long and faithful pub lie sepviee that a vote expressing re- gret and appreciation be passed. The motion was unanimously adopted