The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-28
Smart and Scott Go Before
Voters Of Barre
Tomorrow
CONTESTS FOR MAYOR
AND 3 ALDERMEN
Completion of County Hos
pital Also Depends on
Vote in County

| When the voters of Barre, in common
with the voters throughout> the state,
90 to the polls tomorrow they will find
( themselves confronted with choice OF
/ candidates for mayor. for city clerk and
/ treasurer, for aldermen in the first,
third and fifth wards and IN deels-
ion whether the county ashlngton
shall authorize the ISIS $4,000 ad-
ditional bonds fof : ompletion OF
the county tuber - : hospital on
BeckIey hill, Bar y wn, and whether
the Hotel Barr ~ ] be exempt from
taxation for - .ther period OF five
years.
No longer there local option vote
on the legalizing of the sale OF liquor,
so that interest largely centers in the
several contests for municipal office.
The two candidates for mayor are the
present encumbent, Frank L. Langley,
tbe citizens caucus nominee, and Mich
Iael ID. Keefe who was defeated in the
caucus and who filed as labor candi-
date. The contest for city clerk and
treasurer lies between James Smart
who won the four -cornered contest in
the citizens caucus, and H. William
Scott. who was second man in that con-
test and who has filed as peoples can.
ddate. Agitation over the latter con-
! test has been considerably stirred up,
SO that large vote is expected.
The remainder of the candidates on
the city ticket are assured of election
as they are unopposed. They are;
James W. Sullivan. to be first consta-
Bile; Frank l. Small, to be second con.
stable; Martin Riley, to be assessor;
R. S. Currier, John W. Gordon and
Henry Fl. Jackson to be trustees of'
French's Barre library; /. c. Beck,
Fred Inglis and Robert B. Mackie, to be
auditors.
\ In the ward elections, Fred H. Rogers,
the citizens caucus nominee for alder
man in the first ward, is opposed by
Alexander Ironside, who filed as labor
candidate, after being defeated in the
caucus; Leonard r. Hutchinson, the
citizens caucus nominee for alderman
in the third ward, is opposed by Thorn
as G. Venner, labor, whom he defeated
in the caucus; Daniel V. 0ssola and
Stephen Rizzi are running for alder
man in the fifth ward, the former be-
mo the citizens caucus nominee and
the latter having filed as an independ-
ent after being beaten in the caucus.
Howard Fl Reid and William 7. Calder,
both unopposed, are candidates for
school commissioner in the second and
fourth wards, respectively.
The entire Washington county i
voting on the proposal to issue $4,000
additional bonds for completion and
continent of the county tuberculosis
hospital. The sum Of $4,000 was au-
thorizpd hv the voters four wears ago
That money has been spent IN rearing
the structure On Becklev hill. Barre
Town to the extent that It is ready for
the rlasterers If the county does not
authorize the issuance Of the additional
SO Geo bonds. the commissioners Of
the institution viii probably have no
other course than to board up the un-
completed building.
The requested hotel exemption prop
osition is for a period Of five years fol-
lowing the exemption of five years
granted BY the voters when the hotel
was built. Ballots on this referendum
must be signed hv the voters so thai u
will be possible 70 determine the
amount OF grand list represented. EN-
emption depends not only upon ma
ioritv Of the vote cast but also upon
the grand list, the state law requiring
that the majority vote in favor Of eN-
eruutiou mnst represent At least half
the total grand list Of those voting.
Furthermore exemption is granted
only unless the favorable majority
shall equal in number a third Of the
total number Of legal voters
Checklist Larger Than Last Year.
The checklist in Barre contains 2042
names. an increase Of III names over
the list he previous year but 300 short
~ the 1919 list when - manv women
went on the checklist Each one 81 the
six wards made 2 gain this year over
last wear. the fourth wari Increasing
tie most and ward one going ahead OF
ward two in total registration for the
first time The comparative LETS are
1920 1927
Ward I ........ 33S 37f