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ton had decides - appoint a Sreciai ccua-
snitTee of three % Join VITA IKE commit
tees from esher erarventfanS 70 arrange
the ceeaisS Tor a sn.i conference committee
CT the s0otect - 4a5oa Consequently
Sa,on rnovea tass a recess be taken Unti.
o'clock. 20 give fks special COMMITTEES an
opportunity % 0eps~s- Carried
AZ o'csock n The evening tie cenven-
sicn rcSsSersaled. TIE PopaIist conven-
ton was still n : long and weary wranSie
over th@ appointment OF she conference
committee 50 there was netting for the
Democrats 70 dc. and they adjourned until
S.38 tomorrow
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IN this town. overfewing with free sill
YER men, there IS a pretty strong seatt-
rasns Tor Mckinley. A consignment Of
go Mckinley butt8ns has been quickly
exhausted. ana today an order for 80
more was sent cut by Republicans here.
Although Bryan badges predominate now
or account os the conventions. Jet the
red white ara blue of the Republican
nominee Is 20 be seen o. all SIDES.
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clevelend. Auw. tg-Iusss Noble foiay
denied the application ~ fhe Brown Hoist
fng Company s locked oat employees for an
Injunction 70 restrain Mayor Aektssofs
from calling additional militia into ser
vlre 20 restrain the brown Company from
arrnsnE SIS employees ard 90 compel TIE
company 70 carry ozs the aEfee Haenf made
vflfh sse locked oUt men on 1aiy y.
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Madrid. Aug 81 The caafnaer 20 tepa-
fs44 nas as8prsa enc orf.nary b2egst as
fhe oagrome o. tue e01agofsisHe arFaag@3
Yesterday zlth rae Liberals coneexniz8
ffga aererss meats for shH renewal ~ she
saesse.. raanonoty. upaH IAs1a tas prsn~
essal opyosstlsa Of 3na Liberals @ss base J.
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whitman county Is actively n ths
DsnocrMssc feld today. with G. H Warner
ns a candidate for congress from east cs
the mountains. 81 the fusion scheme viii
allow that otFlce 20 go 10 she Democracy
Steve Cra3xs 10 conducting Warmers
campaign. ard be - doing some lively
work fer his candidate.
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want ~ aass senss money! r. sgre ard
wasea eur satuTssys advertisement IA
sn.s paper. Cooper < Lew. iss CONNER
cal street
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For Monte Grf@to AMI siivsrton-
Excursion train SafvFeay y A. ra. four
hours a. silve~s0r. Rogns trio. 81.
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That Sculre's reputation 81 tho Rspsb-
iicsn party has been the result % a sud
den change q opinion Is made conclusive
by letter written by the senator 70 Isaac
Moore. a Grand Army veteran az this
city. no longer ago Than April Z The let
ser viii appear IN the Ersns5ufg Capital
tomorrow. and Is interesting from tae fact
thAt II was tatentsa 20 Getsns Sgaire's
position on the money question before the
growth % she silver sentiment and thu
Formation of the SILVER parry In Wash
sngten vas dreamed Of. Il ss as follows:
washington CITY. April !. iSsS-
isaac Moore. ESQ, Eiienseurg. Wash.
Dear Sir; I have received your letter of
March 80 ana have carefully nsie& its
contents ~ reply ] beg 20 say THAI ! ara
decidedly IN favor e protective tariff,
as i71v speeches and votes In tha aeaate
VIII uroxe, Aa6 7 have never xots& 80 SCI
~stse - sesay tNe tAriF legislation ln Tie
interest % aay free silver measure. | an.
and always have been. loyal 70 tie Re-
rabican party. ara ] believe ihst any dif-
ference of opinion as 20 free silver or b.
sr,esaHierss car hS ssstlsi withiu the party.
ara that fhs-e Is 70 necessity for say
member % TIE Republican party % 80
errtstse uf ft 20 ohtaln Aav desired leEss3a-
siau ! aUlte aEre@ S3ia ya@ that ne he-
t,tts, l-nu ps-eN as q p-atecEi0afsf party.
ana hat g has s3aaAEy placed t1e cause
81 rrotnctioa re- Anerican Industry IA TIE
frst nrAce ta ere ust Il ss prlnclrieS and
"a that peGey Z sm a wafm aua consis-
tent adhered. TAsnkiug yea fog sae 4ei-
ter remain. yaars very tray,
~H ATSoN &. SQUIRE"
Ta,'r isfter. eo8nlea wtth S3ssEes tx
v,ressff 8aEae eTfaf 9atsaa 20 Fcce Ter Bryan.
sxniefns whv Macre ard S1her =. n r
,sr. 49, .rfxsosgs - give hack % 2Qsire
fse hustsns tAey aavs been Seastng.
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sssA an iassa1isner1x CaH az TasaisSA
4 a. sfg f9rss aveeue, Ststtte. - sstsn
f.awrgsso . AFss- 1seeszsa. Tar Hssrt e'Aaas&
ahs nest popular esSyess se2d Sod&s.
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Ia fAa PSruast reavsngsen tos&y thers
was a ste play tAat sesWFa - - ir-
seufe6 - lEnress tas AHsoRa}sf s&Saz
reasarats / ssssEsazu eas treasat lNfa
the ktnz esaasg aeteEss8aa sstsssss8 -
IsouGs aansx. a@asy op<1s4 tie z.ss-
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0as ~ ne s-r51ents ~ shs cay oecuFrs5
IN thr Democrats canyeatlcn. ~hen Bia
waite lnt-esaesa resolstl1a e ce1-
sssrnmsnaz Ct ssura u aii&ce ard attempt
are ~ Femove lsa fF9u ihs peastsoa -
seat4easl committeeman. TIE nTsnclnsi
reaefs 90 the AesfnG Was 20 serHsas frate
fnas .>f ea1vsogsa gsaa Nss almost So s4r tn
rtva~ ef rsse8xe ef rae r~ss3tzser. @ns
usefs save ~asss1 e as is rot eeea wIfa-
srs~. s fawar - ~ l3er saasslsete. A
farsaer resat Was ta infease3F eufe.. ..;ev
.rss teeae.a ears ~ - ere T@EszHa te1e-
est.ee asasnss nnr ceaEfg. Wassh b3tszF-
~.rss ers8 preazasv @zs yeEt hereafter.
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weiss beer q anything OF lnsl yUl
@. Did you know Mr.. Woodbury., the pro.
prietor of the hotel? A. Yes. met him and
knew him to shake hands with, that is all.
@. And was he about the hotel? A. Usu-
ally daily; he didn't live in the hotel as lar rs
/ knew.
@. Did you see intoxicating beverages
served to other people in the dining room be-
sides yourself? A. Yes, SIR
@. Was it q rare or common occurrence!
A. Claret and beer were quite common to
my observation there.
Q. Did you observe anything about the
way in which such beverages were served to
the guests that seemed to be in the way OF
concealment; was there any attempt to con-
y N 81 II
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'HeIHer OF hui you WI
Irinn fhat fi1ne2 IA WelI I haye

urinc that time? A. Well have.
@. About how many times? A. Possibly
NO or three !, not remember exactly.
@. In what way would you procure that
quor? A. would be in my room and
ress the button and bell boy would come
p and would give him the order.
q. How would you pay for It? A. Either
0 him or settle at the office.
O. Who was the clerk? A. The night
Jerk has been for the last two or three years
picer.
@. Anybody else? A. Herbert Woodbury..
@. State how that charge was made up at
he office? A. Well, / do not know as |
ould tell exactly; either as sundries or cash
lone.
Q. What did it actually represent? A. |
hat was furnished me at my room
Q. Intoxicating liquor? A. Sometimes, or |
perhaps it was cigars.
@. State whether or not you ever had |
peer or any kind of liquor served in the din |
ng room? A. never did.
O. Whether or not you ever saw any beer
Or liquor served in the dining room. A. /
have seen what supposed was beer or liquor
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Vac Gil 1
O. You say you paid for the liquor when
YOU paid the bill? A. 1 paid the bill for
lodging and whatever meals had and the
liquor at the same time.
HENRI BRANCHAUD.
social Games and Fluids I'm the HOtel. |
Henri Branchaud of Rutland, in a deposit
ton taken at Rutland, said that he was a
railway postal clerk and, ending about three
years ago, had for six years stopped great
deal at the Van Ness house. The examine
ton proceeded -
O. Did you ever purchase any intoxicat-
ing liquor, ale, cider or beer at the Van
Ness house? A. In what way?
@, In any way?s A. / never bought any
from the bell boy myself.
@. How did you purchase it? A. The
only time 1 ever remember was when we
were having game of whist or cards, and
we Clipped together and got it.
O. How did you order it? A. didn't
order 1t myself, some one else rang the bell;
| somebody came to the door and we gave
| them the money.
O. Who was there on that occasion? A.
Well, two or three different occasions. Mr..
Ashley and Mr.. Clark, Herbert Clark. pro-
prietor, he was back of the desk, we called
him Herb.
IL
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should say about O'CLOCK one aIternUOns
q wont un-efairs and had a bottle |

should say about O'CLOCK one aIternUUn, I
e went upstairs and had bottle
champagne; we went to one of the gen.
emen,s rooms and had bottle of cham
agne there at his invitation. We then went
own stairs into one Of the rooms back of
le reading room on the main floor, and
lere had several bottles of wine.
|. Six or seven.
@. State how the wine that you drank up
tairs and that you drank downstairs was
rdered, and how it was paid for? A. 1t was
rdered from the bell boy and it was paid, as
ar as I was concerned, it was paid for at
he time we had it.
@. Did you pay for one Of the bottles? A.
)ne or more Of the bottles.
@. And how did you pay for It. A. At /
he time the wine was served paid the bell |
Joy.
@. On either of these occasions did you !
rive the money to the person from whom |
7ou ordered the wine and tell him 70 go out |
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ates. Horace IL. Idle

CDepHeH Hd5tIIe5S, I2u1tOI
1 can't say whether MI. Powell. the gov
ernor's secretary, was present or not.
I. Describe, briefly, what occurred at the
hearing. SO far as may be necessary to ex-
plain what was then and there said by Gov.
Woodbury. on the subject of Gales of liquor
at the Van Ness house, and then state as
nearly as possible what the governor said
upon that subject? A. Mr.. Howe at that
time, the proprietor of the Avenue house in
this town, had been sentenced to the house
of correction for the sale of Intoxicating
liquor. An application had been made to the
governor to pardon Mr.. Howe from that ina
prisonment. A petition was prese nted to
him and some letters from some citizens in
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lines. A. No, could not say as to that


lines: A. No, could not say as TO that;
several times though.
@. Have you ever bought liquor on any
other occasion in the Van Ness house? A.
Well, yes, have, but could not state as to
when; have been there several times.
@. You say you have been there several
times; have you procured liquor every time?
A. l would not want to be positive as to
had or not.
q. About how many times besides the time
ia 81? A. would not want to say I ever
had before '91, as that was the first time
@. Wells A. could not say-I was up
there once or twice on excursions that went
from this way, and we stopped at the Van
Ness house, that is, dropped in.
Q. Did you have liquor? A. Yes, beer.
@. Where did you procure thaty A. AT
the bar, because never stopped there over
night in my life.
@. ANY other occasion, do you remember
the second occasion, who was with you! A.
Well, one fellow by the name of Conley,
James Conley, and another fellow, Ed Con-
nd ntb
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the rooms at said house and /
ave seen others drink there many
MES. have seen it paid for in the rooms.
have paid for liquor at the Office in said
ouse many times. have paid Herb Clark,
ne superintendent and manager of said Van
less house. have paid the clerks at the
flee many times. i bought liquor whenever
nd all occasions l wanted it; | have had
eer and ale served at the table in said Van
less house and paid for it at the Office to
be manager and clerk many times, l cannot
ell how many; there never was any trouble
q getting all the liquor / wanted and when
desired and they not secret or opposed to
furnishing it to US. y
objection as incompetent, immaterial and
O. Did you subscribe and make oath to an |
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HeIe you sdC, II 70
governor? A. / should say l could if

governor? A. / should say l could if /
should look for them.
@. How far where you from the governor
A. i was at the first table near the door as
you come in the room and he was at the far
end.
@. The governor made a speech! A. Yes,
sir.
@. You may state how you came to go to the
Van Ness house when you procured this
was up there and we procured a room; it
was on Saturday. On Sunday morning |
touched button and the bell boy came; ]
told him we wanted some whiskey. / took a
dollar bill out and handed it to him and he
went away, In short time he came back
with a bottle. / should say it was about a half
pint, rolled up In paper with printing on
it. AS said, he said it was 65 cents and
gave him dollar and told him to keep the
change.
@. Did ne tell you where he got it? A.
No, sir.
@. Did he ask you any questions when
you asked him TO get the liquor? No, sir.
LOUIS c. BASS.
A Boston Business Man Visited the Van
Ness House Several Times.
/. Louis C. Bass of Boston, in a deposition
taken at Boston April "a, said that he had
been at the Van Ness house several times,
and in response to a question as to procuring
liquor there said -
A. / have obtained intoxicating liquor in
the Van Ness house two or three times. The
first time, in my memory, was In the winter
of 1891. came up one morning on the early
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that day you procured any int6XfcasIng
liquor, ale, cider or lager beer in the Van
Ness house? A. did, sir, lager beer.
@. And you may state where that lager
beer was procured? A. L procured it in a
barroom. There was a bar there. That was
where we procured it and we paid for it at
the bar.
O. Whereabouts in the hotel? A. 1t Is a
long time, but to the best of my recollection
we went into the Office and from there down
into place where there was pool tables and
into hall; at the end of the hall there was a
bar; we went into the bar. 1t Is good
while ago.
@. Who was with you. A.. There was
Michael Wallace, Harry Frisbee, D. Nc
Manus; the other man was stonecutter at
Keesevile.
@. who served you the beer? A. 1 don't
know.
@. Describe the man as well as you can?
A. The man, he was not very tall, but quite
stout. with a goatee. and man l should
judge in the neighborhood of 40 or 50 years
old.
@. What was the color of his hair? A.
| He was gray.
O. And YOU may state whether or not
| did the men who was with you buy any
| liquor, buy and pay for it? A. We bought
| beer.
@. What kinds A. Lager.
| Q. Aid do you remember how that lager
1 WAS, III Dotlits VI olncl w lso' a. Couiu
not state as to that, / think it was on
| draught.
@. How long did you stay in that room
A. i could not say exactly, perhaps an hour
/ or such matter.
@. And what were you doing in there an
hour2 A. We were drinking and talking.
| as party will do.
@. And whom did you pay for this beer
| A. The man who served us.
@. And did each of the other men pay
| alsoy A. Yes, certainly.
i Q. As understand it, you treated around
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into the dMlng f0o01, ~ sl0lOlllUIlI
banquet there and l took seat little way
from the entrance at the tables. There was
large crowd in there. At the far end of the
dining room was the governor. 1t was the
first time had ever seen him; he was pointed
out to me as the governor Of Vermont. |
don't know how many people were there.
They were eating and drinking and enjoying
themselves.
O. What were they drinking? A. They
said it was champagne. The waiter came
and poured out a little in glass and tasted
of it.
O. What would you say it was? A.
should say it was champagne, what little
tasted of It.
@. And were these bottles all over the
dining tables? A. Yes, sir, there were
good many bottles around; the walters were
pouring the stuff out of them into the glasses.
@. From the place where the governor sat
could he overlook the tables in the dining
room? A. should think that he could.
@. He could also see what was going on
there and see these bottles? A. l should
judge he could.
@. Could he see the glasses? A. should
say he could.
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'Ou We're PRAYING caTdS WHICH IlQuOr VAS
,rouoht? A. I think l played twice with

fr. Clark.
@. Was liquor brought on these occasions.
i. / would think it was on both; l could |
wear positively TO once at least.
@. And was it paid for then? A. We
hipped in and paid for it.
O. Do you remember any other occasion
when you had any in the rooms? a. What
vayY
@. In any way? A. believe drank once
With +. Nj. Meldon.
@. Do you remember any other occasion?
Only when / or my friends had it in my
"Trip aud took 1t before meals.
Q. Have you seen 1t in the dining room?
A. / could not say on how many occasions.
Q. How many occasions? A. l could not
state; it was not anything that would re-
member.
@. What did you see and in what manner.
A. have seen guests have bottle of Bass
ale set at their plate aud drink from 1t.
@. How was it served and by whom? A.
MIR. De We're. We sat at the entrance and he
opened it at a cupboard near US.
1t was the only thing ever saw him open,
this Bass ale.
@. Quite frequently or otherwises A.
During the time remember was while there
was some school of languages there, he
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,ome through him, which was brought quite |
Some Of the members of the |
party objected to the price and one of the |
party went elsewhere and brought it to the |
room.
Q. Well, to whom was the objection made |
as 10 the price? AZ. The bell boy.
@. Well? A. He said the price was made
below. he had nothing TO do about 1t.
Q. Did you get any more beer of him after
that? A. We did not.
Q. About how many bottles of beer did
you order of the bell boy? A. presume 10
or 10. perhaps 90; it was u large party.
@. And about how long after you gave the
order before the beer was brought?
A. could not give any idea.
@. And did the boy tell you that the Van
Ness house WAS temperance house? A. He
did not.
O. Did be say anything about going out
after liquor? A. He did not.
Q. Was anything said to him. or did any
body else say anything about the Van Ness
house. so that 1t gave you the impression
that there was not plenty of liquor there If
you wanted it, A. No, sir.
A. c. STONE.
Whiskey, Beer and Wine I'm One Day.
A. G. Stone of WaIlingford, In a deposit
ton taken at Rutland said that he was a
lawyer and had procured liquor at the Van
Ness house. The examination proceeded -
@. How many timesy A. Well, three
times in one day.
O. And any other time besides that day.
A. Yes, but it is so many years back, why
back In '7S-'79.
@. In the last ten wears. A. Only ON this
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HARRY BLODGETT.
The st. Johnsbury Lawyer Tells What
Gov. woodbury. Said.
Harry Blodgett of st. Johnsbury, in
deposition taken at st. Johnsbury April 9,
said that he was lawyer and. when asked II
he knew anything about liquor in the Van
Ness house, said -
A. In June, 1892, Henry G. Ide, Mathew
;. Caldbeck and myself came from Be1ning
ton County court and stopped over night at
the Van Ness house. In the evening Mr..
Ide ordered three bottles of Bass ale from q
bell boy. 1t was brought to the room.
have no recollection as to who paid for it or
whether 1t was paid for at all. In July, Us,
Gov. Woodbury. upon an application to par
don Mr.. Howe from the workbouse. William
7. King and myself stopped at the Van Ness
house over night. Between 10 and IL
O'Clock in the evening, think, Mr.. King
ordered, from a bell boy, two bottles of
lager, which was brought to my room by the
boy. Mr.. King paid the boy 40 cents That
is all that know upon the subject matter of
the question.
8. On each of the occasions smentioned.
where was the order given 70 the bell boy:
A. In the room at the Van Ness house.
4. How soon after the order was given
was the liquor furnished? A. Ican't say
about that. but it was few minutes.
5. Was the liquor drank In the room on
each occasion? "A. 1t was.
6. Did you attend the hearing which you
have mentioned as having taken place be-
fore Gov. Woodbury. in July, 1895, and If so,
t.<,o~-
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Newspaper Editor Tells About a Re-
publican Convention.
E. NJ. Hunter of Fair Haven, in a deposit
ton taken at Rutland, said that he was ed
itor of the Fair Haven Record. In response
to a question about intoxicating liquor In the
Van Ness house he said -
A. At the time of the state convention in
1892 was there; it was when Mr.. Fuller was
nominated. We ordered beer at our rooms
by bell boy.
@. About how many persons were in the
room? .A.a L don't remember; there were
quite number. We had visitors from the
county and five or six of the delegates.
@. Can you give the names? A. Some:
Mr. Webster of Hubbarton, Mr.. Reed of
Fair Haven, Mr.. Wescott of Fair Haven, Mr..
Wood of Fair Haven, Mr.. Platt of Poultney,
aIsi also Mr.. Lawrence of Rutland, and !
think j. G. Jones.
Q. About how many bottles of beer were
there in the room? A. / could not tell in the
beginning; quite number before morning.
| @. How many before morning. A.
| should think, certainly, three or five dozen
altogether. We had all of Rutland county to-
| visit US that night.
- L.
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A. did not.
=
@. Do you ever have anything on draft9
A. Never.
@. Beer or ale or anything on draft?
A. Never. The man that got that up got it
UP out Of whole cloth.
@. During the time that you have been
there, did you ever tell any one in substance
that you didn't make business of selling
there, but. that you had to keep little for
the guests of the house? A. No, sir, never.
@. Or anything of that kind? A. Never.
O.. Do you know Mr.. Jones who Is now
at the head Of the Kelley institute at Rut-
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! teacup, for instance,
cen lt III New I Ork Oh SuHuHy no, HeVtT
aw any concealment about it, il was open

cen it in New ork on sunday; no, never
aw any concealment about it, it was open
nd aboveboard.
q. Did you one season, one year, take any
beverages there yourself. "A. l /
ook barrel of bottled beer one year from |
lew York, shipped it from New York to the |
burlington house in my name, and it was |
to me; had it to give to the doc |
ors who came in occasionally, in my room; |
didn't have this served at the table, i had
It for my own convenience for these gentle
men who came to have consultations, and
had cigars and bottle of beer or something;
l think it was shipped as olive oil; that is
the way it got into the state.
H. A. MACOM8ER.
Few Purchases and Some Observ.-
ti0ns.
E. A.. Macomber of Rutland, in a deposit
ton taken at Rutland, said that he was
travelling salesman and had stopped at the
Van Ness house every two weeks for the
last three or four years. In regard to liquor
in the house he testified thus -
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-05-14

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Intoxicating liquor in this way? A. 1t
would be impossible for me to state. Not
many times; . very few times. presume
three or four at the outside.