Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
dispositions! A. had none whatever.
Characterization nv Mr.. proutv

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mont, did you! A. did not, sir.
Q. But at all events, you bought II with
the resolution that you would keep tenn.
perance hotel In Vermont A. bought Il
with the resolution that would not deal In
Intoxicating liquor.
| @. That would amount to the same
| thing as the keeping Of temperance hotely
A. Yes; ordinarily called temperance hotel.
q. And I understand you to say that
you were moved to that resolution By con.
soientious scruples against the traffic in In.
toNicating quorss A. Yes; besides the
respect for law.
man o MSP believe e sss, IN. the frs: place that
q. Whatever 1t may be! A. (No answer.)
| Q. And you believe In the second place
that, law or no law, the traffic In intoxicat-
ing liquor Is wrong. A. Is pernicious.
Q. And that everything which contrib
utes to 1t, or permits It, or encourages 1t Is
whether would put It rs strong as that.
| g. About how strong would you put Il?
| A. guess will let you tell 1t.
q. ask you question and / ask you to
answer 1t. The question Is whether you be-
lleve that everything which contributes to,
or encourages, or permits, or permits the
use or traffic in intoxicating LIQUOR is per-
nicious? Objected to-
Mr.. Prouty: This Is cross.examination
the direct examination was pretty broad. A..
l cannot answer that question.
q. You don't know whether you so be
lieve or not9 A. No, don't. That is such
a broad question can't say.
more specific, but for the present will con-
fine your attention to the first two years
when you ran the Van Ness house, and l UNI
derstand you to say that Mr.. Bowman was
employed and installed In the Van Ness
house as your manager! A. He was In part
nership with me.
Q. But at any rate, he assumed the
management Of the hotel' A. He did.
Q. What was the success, the financial
success, of that venturee A. We paid ex-
penses, 6 per cent on the investment and o
little something besides.
Q. On the whole, however, 1t was a
trife discouraging, wasn't It? A. Somewhat.
q. Mr.. Drew, right across the way with
the American house, had BARI A. Yes.
Q. And you found that Mr.. Drew and
his bar were serious competitors to the Van
Ness houseY A. think we made as much
money as he did.
Q. Didn't you find MIR. Drew and his
bar to be pretty serious competitors? A. l
didn't find his bar to be any competitor
whatever, 1t was Mr.. Drew.
Q. Then the idea which you have sug-
gested here Of the advantage which a
hotel has from the sale Of Intoxicating
liquors Is withOu' any fOundatiOny A. No,
sir. You asked me what considered the
competition.
Q. understood you to say in the first
place that Mr.. Drew, with his bar, stood
there as perpetual menace to the Van Ness
house. A. didn't say any thing Of the kind
Q. Did you find the American house
with its bar more serious competitor to the
Van Ness house than the American house
don't know. I never had this competitor
| without the bar, so | can't tell.
q. am asking you for your opinion Of
hotel man. A. should not give 1t.
O. Whether you think 1t is necessary, or
whether you think 1t is Of advantage to a
bar in connection with it9 A. According
to how many times he IL indicted.
Q. Suppose he was the governor so be
could manage that! A. Governor or any
body else, an honest man would manage 1t al
he pretends to.
Q. The governor is legally presumed u
be an honest man. The rest of us may no
be. 1t occurred to you that 1t would be
fine thing II you could manage to consolidate
the American house and the Van Ness house
and Mr.. Drew, bar or no bar, didn't it2 A
Why, of course that ought to be paten
to any one, and to you, good business man al
you are.
@. am not business man, certainly
am not acting as one now. A. 1t was very
desirable thing for both of us.
/ @. And for the purpose Of doing tina
, you entered into an arrangement with Mr.
: Drew by which you proposed to consolidate
the two establishments. As part Of tn
house to be discontinued? A. Nothing wa
said about 1t. I had nothing to do with 1t
, Y. Wasn't there anything said about thu
bar? A. Yes, said I would not rent 1t.
@. You and Mr.. Drew had some tall
> about the bar? A. told him would no
rent the billiard room and bar. / had nj
, use for them.
@. Mr.. Drew thought that a bar was
. pretty good thing in connection with hotel
A. He didn't say anything about II. H
: said, l am willing to keep 1t. 1t WASH
necessary to have his barr. one was RICH
next to IT, IL his had been closed.
q. Wouldn't have been as good for Mr.
, Drew? A. That may be.
, Q. Then this was the final arrangement
, which was worked out, wasn't 1t, that tn
American house and Van Ness were to b.
consolidated? Mr.. Drew was TO act az man
ager of the two hotels and was to retain hi
bar 10 the American house as 1t had beer
beforeY A. / was not to rent 1t.
, @. You testified that Mr.. Drew pro
! posed to you to assign the whole lease t
you. or to allow you to take whole lease o.
!, the American house and that you should re
, lease to him the bar, and that you declined Il
, do that and preferred to have 1t the othel
. | way. why Wds tndUI "A. DtCduS0 i uluu
want to have anything to do with the leas
Ing of the barroom to any one.
!, @. Did you conceive that 1t would b.
!, any worse, morally, to make that kind Of al
arrangement, allow Mr.. Drew to take th
! lease and make the assignment to you, thai
!. it would be for you to take the lease an,
! make the transfer to Mr.. Drew A.
understand there was any moral oiquit,
!, In my renting certain piece OF prop
erty. and leaving balance to the man
whether It contained bar or brothel, as ia
as that is concerned. had nothing to d.
with that. What is the point?
@. The fact was that Mr.. Drew assumed
|, the management Of these two houses ant
that right In the old American house that bal
. was left. That Is the fact, isn't It? A.
couldn't take 1t out. / had nothing to d.
with 1t.
@. II you had been actuated by thes,
high conscientious motives you might pos
sbly have taken 1t outl A. How sof
business and blotted out that? A. No, sir.
@. Couldn't you have leased that prop
erty, that whole property, instead of adopt
. ing this sort of device to leave that ba
there! A. You must excuse me, sir, dom
talk about device to me; have done thi
thing In conscientious way.
@. At the present time you are wit
|
you within the rules Of examination as Sc,
fit. A. And shall answer as I see fit wher
you undertake to insult me.
@. don't want to insult you. Yol
! answer my question. A. don't find any
fault with your questions.
@. don't find any fault with your
answers, hut shall be obliged to conduct thi'
examination In my own way. A. And shal
be obliged to answer you just as you ask
your questions.
@. Proceed. A. Go ahead.
@. Now then, the result of this whole
proceeding was to leave barroom right IT
connection with the American house! A
No, sir.
@. What was the reason? A. 1t was in thu
same block.
@. Was 1t In the same building? A. AL
those down there are In the same building.
@. Wasn't this barroom right in the samt
building with the American house! A. II
was in the same block.
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