The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-11-14
nrHE VICE pREsIpEN1,s HOTEL,

Vice President Morton's new apart.
ment house in Washington has received
q world wide notorlty this week because
of the National w. G. T. U. Convention.
Miss Wizards address was largely de.
voted to Third Party matters and OF
course dealt with the wicked Republi-
cans and the Republican Vice President
in particular. She read despatch
solemnly announcing that the second
official in rank had rented his new build
ing for rum selling purposes, Mrs. j..
Ellen Foster combatted The idea with
some success in the convention, until
Ex-Gov. st. John appeared and reinfor.
ced Miss Willard and the women tabled
the denial as presented by Mrs Foster.
Then webb" of the Boston Journal
nailed the report as lie in the follow
ing despatch which explains the whole
matter, and to the satisfaction Of every
body, but those who do not care to be
convinced The facts are these First,
that Vice President Morton does not
own or keep hotel Eere; second, that
he does not lease to any one any hotel,
hall, house or apartment, or tenantable
portion, of any name or nature, in which
q bar is or has been located, What is
generally called Vice President Morton's
hotel is not a hotel; it is an immense
apartment house, named the Shoreham.
Transient guests are not accommodated
there; it is furnished apartment house,
the furniture in which is owned by the
hotel. The flats are rented in suits only,
for a term of not less than one year.
The building is likely to be occupied
quite generally by Congressman. Six
teen Congressman have already secured
apartments, and among them are Reed
OF Maine and Morse and Randall of Mas
sachusetts. All are obliged to take their
quarters for year. There is no bar in
the house. There has been no bar in the
house. II lie not the intention of any
one to keep bar in the house. asked
Congressman Hit Of Illinois, who had
received inquiries from his district, as
TO what he knew about the matter. He
said that he had made personal inves-
tigation with this result There is, and
has been, no bar there. Each apartment
is entitled to a vault in the basement for
the purpose OF storing whatever it may
be thought desirable TO store. 1t is for
the persons who rent the apartments TO
Wudl Luty VIII AhOg
can keep whatever they please, but there
is no bar upon the premises"
The experience Of Mr.. Hit is the ex-
perience Of every one. The simple fact
is that there is no bar in the Shoreham.
The editor OF the temperance newspa
per which is circulating the report that
there is gorgeous drinking bar in this
establishment is misleading the public.
1t is the intention to have small res
taursnt of the best class connected with
these flats, where those persons who oc-
cupy the fats can obtain their meals,
The manager Of this restaurant expects
to sell wines on his table, and to have
a wine card as they do at all restaurants
In order to do that it is necessary for
him to take out local restaurant IL
cense, which is not bar license, in the
usual meaning Of that term. He does
not intend to keep a bar, and would not
be allowed to do 30. His only plan has
been to sell at meals with a wine card.