Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-03
ELECTIONS IN NEARBY TOWNS.
MontviIIe Had a Recount.

/ MontviIIe Had a Recount
| Montvine Oct. 2.-In this town the
| republicans were victorious, carrying
! the entire ticket except Town Clerk
| Charles n Chappell, who was elected
| by one majority. On the first count
there was tie, but on a recount Mr..
! Chappell was given one more vote
| making POI to 200. Those elected
| were:
Assessor, Chester Comstock rs;-board
| OF relief. Charles D. Osborne r, Frank
| A. Rogers +, Lyman B. Smith d; Sc
| lectmen, George Fl. Bradford r, Matt
| A. Tinker T, Otis Chapman d; town
/ clerk. Charles n. Chappell d; town
treasurer, Frank H. Rogers r; collec-
| tor, George n. Wood; constab1es, c.
p. Johnson 7, Roscoe c. Dart 7. John
| j. Sullivan d. The republicans had a
| large majority and both constitutional
amendments were carried.
Ledyard Democratic.
Ledyard, Oct. 2-The democrats won
here nearly 2 to 1, and both con-
| stitutional amendments were carried.
Those elected We're:
Selectmen, S. E. Holdredge d, Alfred
Clark d, Frederick w Burton r; as
SCISSOR. Calvin r. Main d; board of
relief, Charles A. Gray d, Charles Da-
boil d. Frank G. Maynard r: town
clerk and treasurer, William 1. Allyn
r; collector, Joseph Clark d.
Waterford Democratic.
Waterford, Oct 2-Waterford
showed the democrats in the lead. The
vote was largely in favor of the con-
stitutional amendments
Selectmen, Albert d. Lanphere d 223,
Frank A. Alexander d 209, Charles A.
Peabody 131; assessors, George w.
Peabody d 202. Erastus D. Beebe d
217, Malcolm c. Brown 129; town
clerk, Charles d. Gallup d 237.
Groton Democratic.
Groton, Oct. 2.-This town voted no
license by 555 to 1853 and favored free
textbooks by 321 to 81. The demo-
Gratis We're victorious as follows:
Selectmen, Albert F. Hewitt d, Frank
r. Wheeler d, William G. Stebbins r:
assessor, George NJ. Fish d !; board of
Donohue d, Gilmore P Carter r; town
clerk Henry L. Bailey; collector, Hen
ry e Marquardt d.
ToIand County Towns.
Willimantic, Oct 2.-The contest for
first seIectman in the town of Mans
field showed one Of the closest fights
of the election in Tolland county.
George Fl. Andrews, democrat, defeat
ed Walter Storrs. republican. by two
votes. The town of Coventry was
strongly democratic, and the town of
Columbus retained is normal republi-
can ma jority.
East Lyme Had Tie.
East Lyme, Oct. THE republicans
elected a first selectman. but the vote
for the second place on the board was
a tie between J. D. Beckwith, demo-
crat, and Charles ]. Comstock, republi-
can. Results: Observation-Disclosures
A Beckwith r, 1877; J. D. Beckwith d,
1855: Charles j. Comstoc r. 1855. Assess
ors-Alvah Morgan d, 230: Frederick
Hill r, 1S3. She town favored the con-
stitutional amendments.
Brooklyn Democratic.
Brooklyn, Oct. 2.-The democrats OF
Brooklyn elected their ticket by about
80 majority. The selectmen are as
Dodge d, 114;: Fred Card +, 81. Collec-
tor of taxes, John NJ Bessette d. 1870;
town clerk and treasurer, Osca FIR At
wood d.
Bozrah SoidIy Democratic.
Bozrah, Oct 2.-This town was SOL
idly democratic, and favored the con-
stitutional amendments by vote of
van, r., 80: board of relief, Gilbert A.
Rudd, d, IS, Frank A. Tracy, d, 81,
George I. Brush, r-4o; selectmen, John
H. Miner. d, 81, John F. Burns, d, II,
A. D. Winchester, T. AZ; town clerk,
w. w. Bentley, d, So; town treasurer,
taxes, Charles A. eager, d, IL,
How Spraaue Went.
Sprague, Oct. 2.-Baltic elected re-
publicans to the board of relief and
selectmen by close vote as follows
Selectmen, R. J. Jodoin d, 175, George
Lacroix, +, 1S1, John c. Stevens, r,
172; town clerk, Arthur P. Cote on
James Mcguire, on both tickets 345
assessor for three years, John H.
Brown, d. ia; board of relief, Louis
NJ. Boucher; d, 169, Peter Mcintosh, T,
10, Charles B. Barnes, r, I'll.
Franklin Republican.
Franklin, Oct 2-Franklin ran up
it's normal republican figures and had
only five votes altogether against both
the constitutional amendments. Select
men, Charles B. Davis, +. Frank I.
Date, r, Thomas Newman, r: assessors,
Clifford H. Robinson. r. William S.
Lille. r. P. L. Mabrey. d; board of re-
lief, William P. Lille. r. Fred w. Hox-
treasurer, Samuel G. Hartshorn. r; col
lector of taxes, Eugene W. Clarke, r.
Preston Went Democratic.
Preston. Oct. 2-Preston recorded a |
democratic victory. There were two
prohibition votes cast for Frank Z. |
Robbins as selectman, for Peter Peter
son for collector of taxes and for Clar- |
ence f. ftOpDlnS 1Or registrar or NOt-
ers. Selectmen. Walter McClimon, d, |
81. Robert r. Peckhan1. d, s5, w. T. |
Whitmarsh, r, so: assessor, Clarence
Sholes, d; board of relief Otis A. |
Browning. d. Maurice r. Flynn, d, |
Philip 0. Yerrington, r; town clerk and !
town treasurer, George V. Shedd, r:
collector of taxes, Benjamin f. Bent |
ley, :.
Result in Lebanon.
Lebanon, Oct. 2-Tn Lebanon the re-
publican vote averaged about SIS. the
prohibitionists about 20 and the demo- |
Gratis Is, enabling the prohibitionists |
to beat out the democrats for several |
offices. Assessors, George A Mills. r, |
6s. Philo Burgess. d. 16 GEORGE H |
Thomas. p, 20; board of relief. Isaac G. |
Iarlsin. r, 6s. William w Palmer. r
6S William C. Thomas, p. o2: select |
men, George A. Mills r, So. Charles S. |
Briggs. r, 64. William G. Thomas. y. |
27: town clerk and town treasurer. |
Charles ]. Abel. r, 105. on all tickets;
collector of taxes, James A. Thomas, r, |
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