The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-24
Barre City Council Managed
to Spend a Talkative
Evening
NO PROHIBITION
ON THE FORMER
Street Railroad So Short Of
Latter They Cannot Pay
for Street Paving Share

i Councillors split on 5 ormon ques-
tion again last night y pecial meeting
which followed tn = ermanic session.
When a petition y by some 60 peo-
pie, protesting p ction of the council
last week in . ing Che elders of the
Church of Jesl Christ and Latter Day
Saints permission to speak in the square,
was read by the clerk, a long winded dis
Ecussion on theology, tolerance and all
legged bigotry was precipitated and before
adjournment the line of cleavage estab-
lished last week was maintained on an
oral vote, Mayor Gordon breaking the tie
by voting with the side that favored no
discrimination against the elders from
Utah. When the request was put in last
week Aldermen Shurtleff, Reynolds and
Rossi and the mayor voted to permit the
Mormons to speak in Depot square on
| one night in each week, with the reserva-
tion that Saturday night be excepted.
Aldermen Glysson, Healy and Bruce OPP
posed the action strenuously.
A motion that would have precipitated,
in all proba bility, bitter religious de-
bate was sidetraeked by counter mo-
tion, made by Alderman Reynolds and
seconded by Alderman Rossi, in which
the petitioners were asked to present to
the council proof of the charges made
against the Mormons. The first motion
would provide for public hearing in the
council chamber tomorrow night, with
the Mormons upholding their faith
against representatives Of the petition
ers. 1t was on the motion to have the
petitioners produce their evidence at the
regular meeting next week or at some
other future meeting that the foregoing
vote was registered.
The petition, with the signatures of
those who went on record as opposing re-
ligious tolerance, is as follows;
Whereas, it appears that a petition
has been presented to your honorable
board by certain representatives Of that
organization called Mormons, asking for
the use of certain public streets, squares
and parks for the purpose of holding
meetings, having for their object the
gaining of adherents to the Mormon
cause and increasing the membership OF
said organization;
"And, whereas we, the undersigned,
citizens of the city of Barre, consider
that the teachings and practices of ths
Mormon body are contrary to good NOR
ais and opposed to the spirit of Amer
ican freedom and democracy, and tending
to create an ecclesiastical hierarchy con-
trary to the spirit of American institu-
tions, as well as a political and financial
monopoly;
Therefore, we protest against the
granting for the purposes aforesaid the
use of any public street, square or park.
Dated at Barre this Goth day of May,
1915
"B. G.. Lipsky. George Mills, F. r..
Adams, w. H. oliver. F. ID. Hathaway,
Thomas H. Cave, sr., lnez l.. Thurston,
D. j. Morse, Mrs. c. H. Kenerson, Mrs.
Peter Larkin. f. G. Wells, John J. Sowles,
Earl Batcheder, c. s. Andrews, Mrs. b.
". Hooker, Miss Frieda c. Hooker, Ches-
.er B. Smith, c. H. Kenerson, Z. NJ. Lyon,
Nellie l.. Morse. Nettie Cushman, g. H.
5ushman. Eta L. Burley. B. ". Roberts,
Veale, H. F. johnson. Florence
yeale, B. S. Ladeau, William j. MseNeil,
ames NJ. Roberts. Glenn c. Carpenter,
:. A. Taft, j. A. Field F. L. Page. S. H.
barnes. L. r. Dodge, Mrs. NJ, H. Clough,
J. L. Clough, w. E. Perkins, Mrs. G.. c.
'srpenter, j. w. Vaughan, c. A. Carson,
). c. Bixby, F. w. Jackson, NJ. S. Rounds,
ohm Trow, C. L. Currier, A. L. Pierce,
=. T. Callaghan, H. j. Houghton, H. II.
faxfield, H. s. Parks, +. o. Holmes. c.
v Martin, n G.. Mascott, d. W. Blod-
EFT, A. p Abbott. B. A. Wright, L. ID.
fartin, Mrs. w f. Perkins"
Not without generous sample of the
,dious discussion that marked or marred
ther topics introduced during the even
ig. the council finally came to decisive
tand. Alderman Glysson thought the
nthors Of the petition should be heard,
lasmueh as most of them are taxpayers,
hile the Mormons here in the city, he
lid, probably do not pay taxes. Alder
an Healy had something to say about
lie allegations brought against the Nor
on church in times past and attempted
give a tabloid history Of the cult. Al
.rman Reynolds let il be known that he
ished to be informed so far as the baser
arges of immortality were concerned
Id he was unwilling to discriminate
,ainst any church until charges were
oven. Alderman Rossi's remarks
eathed the same degree of tolerance
ID Alderman Shurtleff, too, was for Civ
2 all churches a free shake at the pub
square II they wanted one.
OF a weakness for digres-
ms and pointless and irrelevant discus
m hovered around the consideration Of
pithy note from the Barre & Mont
iier Traction & Power Co, in which the
action people told Of how much they
IN TO do in the South Main street paw
Z project Owing to financial stringen-
the communication said, the company
,uld find il impossible 70 pay any part
the cost Of paving the street, As pro-
ted BY the council sometime ago. Re-
sfting its inability 20 participate in the
ic Improvement. the company pointed
the depleted condition Of It's treasury
/ to the fact that it, November bonds
.e not been met.
THere were those Of the aldermen Who
-ored reyoking the compsnv's fran
80. which makes Il incumbent upon