Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-22

and each state has been constituted an
election district, we may see next prop
osition to repeal the last clause of Arti-
Gle of the constitution; and to give
the Congress power to divide the country
into senatorial districts by population.
If that should carry, Vermont would per.
haps be entitled to sixth or a tenth part
OF a senator, instead of two senator's. The
contingency may be remote as we shall
be told that it will be. But we cannot
regard it as an mpossibility, and the case
seems to us to be clearly one in which the
motto to resist beginnings is a wise and
safe one to go by.
The Herald Crawiishcs.
O7rom the Rutland Herald, Aug 10
The Herald charged that liquor had been
sold in the Van Ness House at rooms and
on the tables great many times, and Of
fercd Gov Woodbury. proof of certain
sales of the sort made within week, ana
it charged that under the law Gov. Wood
bury was responsible. The answer was
demand for a retraction, an as that was
not given, the suit for libel was brought,
The Herald did not charge that Gov.
Woo bury himself sold liquor or directly
pro1ted from the sale, and did not even
charge that he knew it was sold on his
premises, but it did charge that Gov.
Woo bury's servants sold it on the prem
Uses in a way to make Gov Woodbury.
himself liable uhdef the law NH" ~ w
nounced the law FOR pGttlhS GOV. Npo"-
bury in a false posluoh hot"ltlStail"i!
an essentially blameless course on ms par
COY. Woodbury., so far as the Herald
knows, does not deny the truth of the
charge that liquor had been sold in his
house, or that it has been sold great
MANY tirnee as tho Herald said it had,
but insists that if there has been such
selling he is not responsible Tor H. Anu
thal pflllsS us stIais ~ ~ ~ p,,a'.+io, If
r,,'r,,sit,iIitT, Va do not understand
that any question is raised as to the truth
of the Hcrald's statement oil tacls-tne
question is fegarulhS ,IoN' W., w oo>t t1'', ~
respohslplIlIE ui'Q ITii,,,r,. t. rnsnonsibIe
,,r,io, The law mi GOV. Woodbury. says
that he is not
All TINS is simple ehoue"' pue ,,o.s,
eNldent lldt d. So -ttso,,ssior rloseIv
nav 49, ~ .daret.nd If clearly. And
thera is another thing that they and all
readers ought to know; the Herald mo-
tive is altogether opposluoii ~ Wy - ~
hlpltory laN 't1u n.y. &. ro,hi,a, and could
w ott,i,,r u,ho+ovor nersonal about it,
of course this paper must defend itself
when attacked, but everybody in Vermont
ought to have known 'i4a' tHe a'G i,',,
no ulspos'lioH ~ litJi ~, coat cbarged him
Nth 90 ,,..ore, doin,r in respect TO the sale
of liquor in the Van Ness House, but sim
ply charged that a wrong and mischeVous
law put MIN IN a raise posltiol''
The general cohueiilldtioli VI l'' N0'' ~
mas obviously hau Sooei'is eiA00' 'p1'
the Herala. II no" roare sou do ee"'l'
as SUCKING cove IL 1t i"o ''N''' '''.'
tone at the outset VI ''le oOi'Ni .''' ~
"ould nave sa'eu i'seli 'oi'o tto"''9
not little adverse crlticiSHl' we are si'0
to see some sign Oh returning SANITY Vi
us part anu the ma ti' ms Nv"
manly passed. peEo"' U'dt W
paper TO Uial by the courts Vi i""' wv
heeo not commune 'He wa
hardly no. however 10 copy 81 i"uo' ~
the feralds latest ut'era"ce "i'iou' i,0'
ing 'he relilalhaple oo''' 'ou'''e9' % -"
mas appeared III JUS coiulil''9' VIM" Ia
come over the Heraia' A'l"' pdP'i uoe
not now understand Vnat amy que9'ioi i
raised in regard TO the truth OF us state
ment of facts. we understand the hef
AIDS statement OF alleged facts 10 ~
false and that the governors character
ization Of it as an Outrageous LIBEL wa
a distinct denial OF It's truth Inc her
aid does not understand Gov. Noodhur!
to deny that liquor has been sold III nj
house. We understand him to plainl!
deny this, How could he deny it NOR
emphatically than to say ,as ne said il
his letter of August 18th to the editor o
the Herald. that no liquor had been KEEP
for sale i'm or about the Van Ness Hous
during his ownership thereof; and tina
he had never been engaged in sellinj
.louor. directly or Indirectly. there or an,
where elseo or course Gov. Woodbur-
did mot undertake. to saw that quests O
bie botel rni-h+ NOT sometimes have pro
o,,,od Iio,,o,. ,r,inc. +heir e+,, thore
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