The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-24
Ticket Headed by John C.
DennisOn Winner at
Bellows Falls
TOTAL VOTE 1861
WITH FEW SPLITS
Triumph of Law and Order Ticket Taken
to Mean that Public Sentiment Is Not
Behind Strikers PrOpaganda-Other
Business Transacted.
Especial to The Reformer.)
BELLOWS FALLS. Jan. =


BELLOWS FALLS, Jan. 24. g
\ majority of about 200 for each of
the Law and Order candidates over the
Citizens ticket was the result of bal
loting at the annual corporation meeting
/ in Bellows Falls yesterday. when the
largest vote ever cast in the village went
on record. OF the 2,25S voters whose
names were on the check list 1861
checked their ballots at the rmory be-
tween 10 a. IN. and = p. m. The result
ing defeat to the Citizens or strikers
faction marks the end of a month of
controversy in local politics growing ont
of the strike situation as it has devei-
oped since last May /.
The Citizens ticket, headed by Ste
phen j. Cray for village president and
Michael J.. Manning and Fremont Ed
wards for trustees, both Of the latter
being striking paper makers. was sup
ported throughout the balioting by about
$50 voters, most of them being strikers.
their wives and a handful of sympathiz-
era.
4 thorough canvass of the town dur
ing the past three weeks BY committees
representing both tickets brought to che
polls the largest vote ever on record and
discarded because of improper checking
During the early hours of the voting
the women of the town tlocked to the
armory. outnumbering the male voters
about three to one. The continual jam
at the front entrance extending at times
into the street kept the entire police
force and several specials busy. The
first break in the line of men which
streamed BY the ballot clerks occurred
about II Ii while the women continued
in line until about 12.45. Automobiles
from every garage i'm town and many
private cars were bringing tie aged and
crippled to the Arm0ry a few at a time,
About 20 representative af both fac
tions who had assisted throughout the
voting began the work of counting She
ballots at > D. IN. Four and > o'clock
went by and the counting went ON. The
telephone at the Law and Order league
headquarters at the Armory rang inces-
sanity with queries as to results. About
800 persons sat i'm the hall awaiting the
count. At I42 in the evening AIoder-
at0r Tuttle announced that each vote
had, been counted three times and that
the results were ready as follows;
Moderator-A. Il. Tuttle. both tick
cts. 656
I Village president-John G. Dennison.
Law aud Order, 1902 Stephen ). Cray.
! Citizens, So
Clerk-E. !. Piper, Law and Order,
.029: John J. Long. Citizens, SD.
Treasurer-A. II. Chandler. Law and
/ Order, 1076; James L. Byrne. Citizens,
| 776
Collector of taxes-W. $. Severance.
| Law and Order 1865; William II. Sag-
age Citizens. $50
| Trustees for two years-George +.
Kent Law and Order. 1,052: +. 4.
1 Whitaker. Law and Order, 1915: Ere
mont f. Edwards. Citizens, TO. Michael
/ J. Manning. Citizens. TAI.
/ uditorS of accountS-Fred G. Hill
/ dreth, both tickets. .649: ii. X. Burt,
| Law and Order 1.011: Lucy A. East
man Law and Order, 99i: Margaret ].
/ Neyland Citizens. SO; Philias 4. Orig
( non, Citizens, 7S3.
/ The Law and Order ticket had won on
I each candidate by about 300 majority.
4 stephen j. Cray who was supposed to
4 be the strongest feature on the strik-
crs' ticket. had been beaten by the same
| majority as the substantially weaker
| candidates, indicating that tho voters
| were not splitting their tickets by chOoS-
| ing individuals, but We're voting straight
| tickets in support of an issue. The
| defeat of the Citizens ticket and issue
| upon which it stood is taken by many
| to mean that Bellows Falls is not be-
| hind the strikers and their propaganda.
| During the announcement of results
many people entered and took seats for
| the village meeting which opened at S
o'clock. The reports of village officers for
| the past year were read and accepted
| A fiye-cent tax was voted to cover the
| expenses of street sprinkling during the
| year to come
Article ). concerning additional tax
! for permanent highways, was voted down
| by a big majority Article 6. concerning
state aid for state improvement, was dis
| missed.
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