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TOWN MEETING AT MANCHESTER 
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ed till next Tuesday. : 
Next week there will be several other 
matters beside the water question if there 
is time, namely, the matter of a pavilion 
at Singing Beach and the matter of re- 
considering the vote on salaries of offic- 
ers. On the former it might be said that 
the Park Commissioners have plans pre- 
pared fora $10,000 bath house at the 
beach, a description of which was given 
in this paper two weeks ago. 
When the notice for reconsidering the 
salary vote was given some weeks ago it 
was stated that this vote could not be re- 
considered. “The moderator has obtain- 
ed an opinion on the matter, however, 
and finds that any vote whatsoever that is 
taken at any town meeting can be recon- 
sidered and changed before the adjourn- 
ment of that meeting. : 
What was Said and Done 
at Manchester Town Meeting. 
Monday evening, Apr. 8, meeting 
called to order by Moderator Allen at 
7.40. 
Art. 53—-Town of Manchester vs. 
Burnham lawsuit,—was taken up im- 
mediately. 
C. C. Dodge asked how this article 
came in the warrant. Selectman Swett 
went for the petition. 
F. J. Merrill moved that immediately 
after this matter is disposed of the meet- 
ing consider the subject matter of article 
27, additional water. Voted. 
The moderator read the petition for 
Art. 53 and the name of the signers, the 
petition being advanced by friends of 
Mr. Burnham. ; 
W. C. Rust: “‘T don’t suppose there 
are a dozen persons in the hall who: un- 
derstand what this lawsuit is about and I 
move that counsel on each side have 20 
minutes each for discussion of this case. 
We don’t expect the counsel to go in- 
to every detail of the law, but state plain 
matter of fact.’’ 
F. K. Hooper thought the selectmen 
might make some sort of a statement 
first. He thought the town was entitled 
to a statement of some kind before the 
counsel were heard from. (Applause). 
Mr. Swett said the only report the 
board had to make was found on pages 
175-6 of the Town Report. That had 
been very carefully prepared and he did- 
n't have anything further to say. He 
read the report from the book, which 
clearly stated the case. 
Counsel McNierny for Mr. Burnham 
was them called. Mr. Rust suggested 
that he take the stage, but the lawyer 
thanked the gentleman, saying he would 
rather be on the ground floor among the 
people. He then went on to say in part: 
“As I first read that report(the select- 
men’s) I thought I could detect the handi- 
work of counsel. You get the impress- 
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ion from it that one judge decided one 
way and the other another. That is 
wrong. You ask how this article got in- 
to the warrant. Well, the selectmen 
didn’t do it. I'll tell you how it was 
done. ‘The first of January I made up 
my bill to Mr. Burnham. It was some- 
thing like $700. My conscience prick- 
ed me a little and I thought it wasn’t 
right for this thing to go on and this man 
be called upon to stand this and other ex- 
pense if the case were carried farther. [ 
thought this thing ought to be brought be- 
fore the town. Your selectmen think 
they are competent to take up a lawsuit. 
If this sort of thing is allowed why can’t 
they keep on and bring other lawsuits. I 
did feel interested in my client and I 
thought you would feel interested in just- 
ice and right. 
“*Brother Underwood had all the help 
in his office going through all the laws of 
England, Scotland, Canada, and I may 
add the Fiji Islands trying to find a case 
to fit ours. What did I do? I had todo 
my work myself. 
*‘Now wouldn’t Mr. Burnham sup- 
pose that the town would take some act- 
ion or call a town meeting before going 
into a suit of this kind? ~ They waited 
for counsel to get home from Europe but 
they didn’t have time to call a town meet- 
ing(Applause). But Mr. Burnham was 
not so easy as they thought he was. 
““Mr. Burnham was brought into court 
and treated unjustly. If this continues 
the expense will be proportionately as 
large and it is going to cost something 
for Mr. Burnham. No-one can tell 
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