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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1942-11-03249" STATE ELECTION November ~' 3, 1942 S Pursuant to warrant the inhabitants 0f the ~own of Nantucket met in the American Legion Hall, ~%esday, November 3, 1942 at 8:00 in the forenoon for the ,State .Elect~on. ' ~ :, -- . 'ards o£~instructions to'voters, penal~y cards, votin~ ~lists, specimen ballots and'referendums werer posted 'outside the guard rail. -Instructions to voters,~penalty cards,.and copies of referendums were.posted in the booth The following ballot clerks were sworn in: William H. Barrett, John J. Driscoll Jr., Edward P. Tice, John E. ~oore Jr., Ira.W. ApPleton,~Nelson~0.~Dunham.. The ballots in two packages said to contain 2484 ballot were.delivered to the ballot clerks and their receipt taken therefor. ~he ballot box, and emergency ballot box were then opened for public inspection. They were examined by ~-Edward P.'.Tice, John E. ~oore Jr., Lawrence~F. ~ooney, Charles Clark Coffin end Wesley A. Fordyce and found to be empty. The register was set at 0000, the ballot box and emergency ballot box locked and the keys thereof turned over to Lawrence F. ~ioone~, Constable in charge Constable Lawrence F. Mooney presented the warrant for the election. Upon'a motion of Edward P. Tice, duly seconded it was voted that the reading of the questions on the warrant be waived and that the clerk refer to them by number and name. The warrant was then read by Charles Clark Cof£in, Town Clerk. ' ~ At 6:00 in the forenoon Charles Clark Coffin, 'town clerk, declared the polls open. .~ Voting s~arted at once. t o:25 A.M. on motion of.E~ward P. Tice;'dul~ it was [oted that the polls close at 5:30 P]M. _~secon~e At 8.00 A.N. Wesley A. Fordyce was sworn in as a Wa~de At ll:10 the ballot box jammed and was opened by Constable Franklin S. Chadwick in the presence of the ballot clerks,.the stuck ballot cleared undamaged and th~ box again locked At 12:00 noon the register on the ballot box'standing at 423 the ballot box and emergency ballot box were unlocked by Constable Franklin S, Chadwick in the presen¢ of Wesley A. Fordyce, Charles Clark Coffin, and William H Barrett. The ballots were removed and placed in the. Emergency ballot box, both boxes were then locked and voting resumed. At 3:18 P.I~.' the register standing at 863 ~he ballot box was again opened by Constable Charles C.,Chadwick, , in the presence of Charles Clark Coffin, Everett V. Lamb, John E.~Moore~Jr. and the ballots removed and placed in the emergency ballot box. Both boxes were again locked and voting resumed. During the late afternoon the ballot box again jammed but~the ballot was cleared undamaged without unlocking the ballot box. hadIt was estimated that the register on the ballot box rung up two extra numbers on the two occasions that it ja~med. woul~t 8:25 P.M. the Clerk announced that the polls close in five minutes. People inside the rail were advised that they would have ten minutes after the closing of the polls in which to complete and cast their ballots. At 5:30 P.M. the polls were declared closed by Charles Cla~k Coffin, Town Clerk. The register standing at 1078. 250 The Absentee ballots were then checked and voted. Men 41, Women 25, a total of~88. · The register standing at 1144 Extra rings on machine - 2 ~, .... ~' 1142. ~ :~ The following tellers were sworn in: tIerbert C.,Wood,~ Clarence H. Swift, Walter J. Royal, Frank W. Ramsdell, Leroy H.~ True, ~omas R. Warren, Joseph Indic, John V. Marcelino, Elmer F. Pease, Harrison C..Gorman, Robert A. Hardy, William H. Hamblin, Clinton~- H. Murray, William E. 'Murphy, Jay H. Gibbs, Lincoln Mulford A. Small, Frank Conway, Thomas F -Sheehan, Charles C. Barf Melvin L. ~Ray, Charles W. Ellis, and Frank Miller. ,~e constables in attendance were: Lawrence F. Mooney, Charles C. Chadwick, Franklin S. Chadwick, Everett V~ Lamb, William H. ~Henderson The ballots from the ballot box and emergency ballot box were sorted and counted and found to be 1076.. ~e Absentee ballots counted and found to be 86, a total .of 1142. The ballot clerks ,at the gate and the ballot box counted t~e names checked on the voting lists and found: 521 Nen 555 Women 1076 Absent 41 25 66 562 580 114-2 ~e tellers started counting and at lO:O0 P.M.-the result was read in open meeting by the Town Clerk as follows.~ GOVERNOR Roger L. Putnam Leverett Saltonstall Henning A. Blomen Otis A. Hood Josep~ ~assidda Guy S. Williams Blanks ~Two hundred forty one :241 Eight hundred twenty one , 821' elected Six 6 One ~ 1 ~Wo 2 One :-'. 1 Seventy -.~ 70 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ~race T.' Cahill John C. Cart Walter S. Hutchins George L. McGlynn E. Frank Searle. .Blanks ~,, SECRETARY' Joseph J. Buckley Frederic W. Cook Bernard G. Kelly Abbie L. Tebbets Peter Wartiainen Blanks TREASURER Laurence Curtis Francis X. Hurley ~;Nartha E, Gear fGote Elvel Palmquist Anders H. Swensen Blanks Seven hundred fifty Two hundred sixteen Four Five ' Five One hundred sixty two :750 elected 216 4' 162 Two hundred twenty four 224 Seven hundred twenty four 724 Five 5 i Four · 4 One hundred eighty three 18~ Six hundred seventy one :671 ~vo hundred sixty nine 269 Eight '. 8 ~vo '2 Four ~' 4' One hundred eighty eight ~188 elected elected ~¥ AUDI TOR Thomas J. Buckley ~"~,'~-~Russell A. Wood' ';:: ~,; "Herbert Crabtree ~Ethel'J. Prince ~ Blanks ~_ .... ~ · · ATTORNEY GENERAL ~I James E.. Agnew :: Robert T. Bus,ell Charles ~F. Danforth Fred E. 0elcher Howard Penley Blanks .SENATOR IN CONGRESS "'Joseph E. CaSey ~ ~ Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Horace I. Hillis George L. Paine iGeorge L. Thompson : ~Blanks ~ ~o hundred fifty one 251 Six hundred fiftY four 654~ele, Two hundred ·twenty nine ,229~ . ~ 210 '" 707 ele, 216' ~o hundred Seven hundred seven, ,Five' ~vo :Two :~ :~.- Two hundred sixteen ~:' !CONGRESS~AN' George F. Backus Charles L. Gifford [,:~Clarence'A. Barnes~ ~:Joseph P. Clark 'Jr.'~' ~ENATOR Henry R. Conley .Donald W.~ Nicholson Blanks ,Reuben S. Glidden Arthur C. Hayden 'm:0~ison Ve Hull -Blanks- Scattering' 'Two hundred fifty eight: 258 Seven hundred twenty six 726 ele( Two " "~ : .... '~ 2 None 0 Five -, 5 One hundred fifty one~ 151 Two hundred twenty six-. ,'226 Seven hundred fifty five 755 elec One hundred sixty one -, 161 647 elec 672 252 Six hun~red forty seven Two Hundred eighteen 218 Two hundred seventy seven 277' Two hundred eighteen~ Six hundred seventy two Two hundred fifty two REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT FOur hundred twenty seven 42V Seventy one V1 Six hundred four 604 ele, 'Thirty seven ,- -' 3V~ Three ~ 3 842 300 ' Eight hundred seventy two 872 Two hundred seventy 270 DISTRICT ATTORNEY William C. Crossley Eight hUndred forty two Blanks Three hundred REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY John J. Gardner 2nd Blanks ted ted ted ~ed ~ed ele ~ted ~ed QUESTION NO. 1 LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION. Shall the proposed measure which provides that~the~present statutes which make it a crime punishable~by fine or imprisonment knowingly to advertise, print, distribute or circulate any matter containing reference to any person from whom~or place where any drug, instrument or means whatever, or any advise or information may be obtained, for the purpose of preventing pregnancy, or to sell, lend, give away, exhibit, offer or advertise any drug, medicine, instrument or other article for~the prevention of conception, or to write or print information of any kind statAng when, where, how, of whom, or by what means such article can be obtained, or.to manufacture or make such article, shall not apply to' treatment or prescription given to married~persons for protection of life or health by or under the direction of registered physicians not.to teaching in chartered medical schools nor to publication or sale of medical treatises or journals, which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 77 in the affirmative and 133 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 18 in the affirmative and 18 in the negative, be approved? .... · Yes Tree hundred thirty eight No Two hundred ninety six · 296 Blanks Five hundred eight 808 To,obtain a full expression of opinion, voters should vote on all three of the following questions:- (a) If a voter desires to permit the sale in ~this city (or town) of any and all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote "YES" on all three questions. (b) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages only to be drunk on and off the premises where sold he will vote "NO" on question one, "YES" on question two and "NO" on question three. .(c).If he.desires to permit the sale herein of all alcoholic beverages'but only~ in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "NO" on questions one and two and "YES" on question three. (d) If he desires to-permit the sale herein of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold and in addition other alcoholic ~beverages but only in packages so called, not to be drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "NO" on question one and "YES" on questions two and three (e) If he desires to prohibit the sale herein of any and all alcoholic beverages whether to be drunk on or off the premises where ~ sold, he wil 1 vote "NO" on a. ll three questions. l'~Shall licenses be granted ~n this City (o~ to~n) for the sale therein of all' alcoholic beverages' (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic.:~.~'~ beverages ) ? Yes Four hundred eighty three 483 No ~vo hundred ~e~hty four 224 Blanks Four hundred thirty five ~ ~ 435 2. Shall licenses be ~ranted in this city.(or town) for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages ( wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages)? ~ Yes Four hundred, f. ifty nine "~'.~ ~59 No One hundred eighty. 180 Blanks Fi~e hundred three 503 3. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises? Yes Four hundred eighty ~ive 485 No One'hundred sixty two 162 Blanks Four hundred ninety five 49~ Horse races be permi'tte'd in t~h~'ls county? · Yes~'~ Three hundred~forty one~ 541 No ~'~ Two hundred eighty 280 ~ BlahkS Five hundred twenty one ~521 2,~ Shall~the pari'mutuel system of betting~on licensed dog rabes~be permitted ~in"this county yes'. · ~ Two hundred~ ninety, one "~ 291 No.-~-~. Two hundred seventy; eight 278 · Blanks Five hundred ~seventY th~ee 573 this .dist~i~$,~t:sb~ instructed'..t~ ~'o~'~' ;'to' request the President' and'~C0ngress ~to"~6alI, ab' ~6He. earliest possible moment a convention of: Represent'a~.ve's of. all free' peoples, to fram~a~:F~d~eral Co~s~tf~t~tion under which~ they may ~ite i~%~D~mocratic World Gover~ent? ~'~es ~ree h~dred .D~D. ety fo~ 394 No One h~dred s~.v~.teen ll~ Blanks Six h~dred thirty One 631 Attest: navies-Cla-rk Coffin-; Tot/Clerk ........ 254/,~'