The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-05-14

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haHsIufis have lrcu hr34 tbrrf So whth thE
hnneHtirfs had " iut sal all thf iag4 uah
regard o. thf provision 'af Is Shat sou Euaw
anything Rhogf# When beE afu -aHle
there they aliH1 have sine st thrIf Asu.
gutis " ben hc5 At llf Nsl Acss an8sf. hai
one ear should SAY s'y or seven ttsrs axe
J haven ioakrd % up d 81 fas mmw'Hrt et
arrangements do1aci that thcf wantft
wlnc. ami Whcn found laAi
the, talked o. wipe / Immediately
tbaA slcfs 20 prevent q, iur tso reasons
uut was ; didut Want the Nlge served 'u
the an Ness house auj tAr aihtr ] thought
il Ras = bad PrsHtirt So eommsuro lp Wen
mont thought possibly That the inHurun,
upon some - Dc Young men would af Ief
uieinus and ! Didn't want Go have SERVED
although I ytiH say in this r1uur, zion Thai
never sas ri any banquet where There wRs
wine any luloNiratpn u aut person
whatever. and The utmost ttuHm
has prevailed at ali those Hau.
garts. / talked with Nj Baoth vho, J
tHtuk, was The president o. the association.
stating nay Views 20 hun, aBd askcd him 90
labor with The members Of The executive
committee not 10 have IL furnished. tie told
nc aftcrN ards that hr had, bat Hi, efforts
were uuayatliNE. I objected al the Time
although / did tell him that | supposed
could not prevent their using The wine
there, but We should have 10th
ing 10 de with &c. told
Mr., Drew what the decision Of these men
was aud told him not "a have ANYTHING 10 de-
with The wine and not to have auy VI The en-.
pioyecs, 81 employees, open The wine OF
take charge Of H. | told Mr. Clark mot TO
sell the tickets have been 90 banquei-,
several Of them when they have bad wine
Was at the banquet ~ 1894 when they bad
wine, suppoecl never drank any Of IT,
at any Of those banquet. or At any time in a
public place In Vermont, or never drank
any wine In the Van Ness house ~ any
Kind.
q Was the position which you took
with reference to such CnlMtions a. The
medical faculty had al commencement Time
the same as Il was with reference % the
commercial mems banquets} A. Just the
same,
q. pG you know Of society Of college
students having one Of their suppers there,
conclayes, at which they bad wiuCf 4. !
did not.
Q. 1t IL perhaps Of no special con,e.
qutnor, but did YOU have a tain with Aubrey
tyou remember probably who be was, At ono
time bell boy there In which be male any
reference, in connection with his going away,
TO intoxicating liquors or any other eonneg-
tom A, No, sir
O. In no WAY whatever A. No, sir
.. DO YOU remember the occasion when
u party, perhaps 5 committee, waited upon
YOU at the Van Ness house and presented
petition 10 behalf Of Mr.. Howe Of ST. Johns
6uryy A. Yes, | do, II was not al The
Van Ness house, il was In my office.
O. What were the circumstances Of that
occasion rs YOU recall them A. Henry
c. Bates, Harry BlOdgett, King son
in-law Of MIR. Howe, Judge Hastings.
Gen. Idle and Editor johnson Of the
News, think, were present. Mr.. Bates
presented the petition and made an argu-
mcnt for the release Of MIR. Howe, DO You
want | should relate every thing that
occurred there;
q. Perhaps you have said enough in a
general way. What, II anything, was said
by YOU IN regard to the lratlicking IN intoNi-
eating liquors in connection with hotels
generally A. OF course they were friends Of
MIR. Howe seeking for bis release, among them
bis sou-in-law. and while was going 10 re-
fuse them. a, | did ultimately, | wanted to
do II 50 as not to wound their feelings any
more than possible. so ! remarked among
other things that ! was aware II required "A
man Of pretty stit backbone to rum hotel
in Vermont and not sell liquor. but had
nnauo,ad IN hn il so far | don't think | ~aid
anythlng Else have no remembrance. At
Iesu am willing 10 say that
didn,l use thr words ,'bGII boys''
or saw ANYTHING abont any bell
Gn,,s service AT ali In that connection. |
,nis,ht have said what have only said be-
foIe that NJ course drinking in the Van
~ bnnse ,yos nat absolutely stopnnl that
~. do,'It Uonnr wos dranL there and was
aiyo I,rnnghi in thcre but a very small per
"o,, co,pnored vim wbat wa. drunk in
Notch. yrharc II was sold
q. Did Won have ANYTHING 10 do per.
soHslIv ohout Thai nprchase or the storing Of
such liquors as were used at the Van Ness
house for cooking purposes A. ! did not,
.. That was left entirely to your man
ayers? A. never saw any, not since have
owned the house. I never saw any Of #. |
saw bin Of some last summer. II came TO
me by mistake instead Of going TO the house,
but we are using liquors there for that pur-
pose, have no doubt.
q. Was Mr.. Bates present at this inter-
view? A. He was,
q. And Mr. Hastings A. lie was.
q. Did YOU receive notice from the de-
PENDANTS for the taking Of their dispositions,
A. Yes. they were to be taken at the same
time AS these other parties whose dispositions
Won have read.
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