The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-05
Weather Cess Favorable
,,,aoa. yneaW Voting
BARRE VOTERS OUT EARLY
Polls in the City Opened at O'Clock and
There Was Perhaps Larger Vote
Cast Up to Noon Than
Year Ago.

III common Win Zi0 OLnef towns ana
cities in Vermont, Barre to-day held its
annual election; city officers were elect
ed and the license issue was again put
to the referendum Of the people. Elec-
tion day morning dawned clear and cold,
with sizeablc number of voters in every
ward casting their ballots before
o'clock. Later in the forenoon, the
warmer rays of the March sun began to
affect the atmosphere and by noon the
weather conditions were altogether pro-
pitious for a heavy vote. In many in
stances, the election officers arrived at
the different ward polling places at
o'clock to find voters already waiting to
cast their ballots.
AT the six different ward polls, 252
voters had registered and polled THEN
votes before Z o'clock. This number is
believed to be larger than at the same
hour last election day. BY 10 o'clock
in all Of the voting places 5S7 voters
according to actual count. and probably
more, had deposited their ballots in the
boxes Ward officers believe that this
number is also larger than the number
Of ballots east at 10 o'clock at the elec.
iion in 1911
The Church street schoolhouse was the
polling place for the voters Of ward one
and fifty men had cast their ballots there
by I o'clock. At 10 o'clock 10 had reg
istered. Leander Howard was the first
voter to appear on the scene, although
Ernest J. stephens of the Spaulding high
school faculty polled the first vote. Mr..
Howard poIled the initial vote, but voted
later than Mr.. stephens
Forty three voters cast their ballots
at Spaulding school in ward two before
7 clock and at 10 o'clock I04 citizens
had registered. Robert Turner was the
tirsp man to exercise the privileges of
citizen at the polls in ward two.
Ward three produced the largest num-
ber OF voters before O'clock, there be-
ing 10 citizens who registered at the
Summer street school voting place by
that hour. At 10 o'clock. ll0 voters had
expressed their preferences by ballot.
Kenneth Nicholson was the first to enter
a booth and cast his ballot in ward three.
Assembled at the Beckley street school
were several voters OF ward four when
the ward officers made their appearance
at O'Clock this morning. William Bolt
and Warren Lawrence were among the
early birds, and both were among the
first to vote. At Z O'Clock in ward four,
II citizens had registered, and by $3.50
on 10 o'clock this number had mounted
to 60.
In ward five, only Is freemen visited
the voting place in the North Barre fire
station before I o'clock and at 10 o'clock
81 had asked for ballots. James Hast
iugs was the first to east ballot in this
ward.
The city court room in the city build
ing contained the booths and ballots for
ward six voters and at o'clock thirty
ballots had been placed in the boxes.
Two hours later the number had reached
- Byron Phelps was the first voter
20 appear at the ward six pollS and
register.
W'9rkmen returning home from the
stone sheds at noon and then again re-
turning to work at | o'clock made the
polling heavy during the dinner hour at
every voting place. The factions favor
ng either the yes" or mo- side of the
ieen.e question engaged teams to trans
port voters to and from the polls during
polling hours. Livery men in different
luarters of the city report a heavy de-
nand for teams. and in more than one
Instance conveyances in numbers were
lrawn up before the polling places con-
.inuously throughout the day.
On account of the narrow margin at
he polls last year on the license ques-
ion. many voters who have been absent
rom the city for business or other rea
,ons made it a point to be at home to-
lay. Others who contemplated trips to
he auto show in Boston, etc, are known
. have purposely deferred leaving until
,fter hey had polled their votes.