News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14

hDly during that nNe or SIX months we had L
our house closed, / was there say three /
months, and during that whole time saw |
nothing on the table Of any kind.
q. With regard 10 the banquets, / wish |
you would state as nearly as YOU can what |
banquets have been held there at which the |
banqueters had wine and all the facts with |
regard TO the provision for it that you know |
anything abouty A. When they first came |
there they didn't have wine at their ban |
quets, when held at the Van Ness house, but
one year q should say six or seven years ago +;
/ haven't looked 1t up at ALL the committee of
arrangements decided that they wanted
wine, and when l found that
they talked of wine l Immediately
took steps to prevent 1t, for two reasons.
One was didn't want the wine served in
the Van Ness house and the other / thought
it was a bad practice to commence in Yer
mont. 1 thought possibly that the influence
upon some of the young men would be per-
nicious and didn't want to have II served,
although will say In this connection that !
never saw at any banquet where there was
wine any intoxication of any person
has prevailed at all those BAN
quets. l talked with Mr.. Booth, who, /
think, was the president of the association,
stating my views to him, and asked him TO
labor with the members of the executive
committee not to have 1t furnished. He told
me afterwards that he had, but his efforts
were unavalling. l objected all the time,
although did tell him that / supposed l
could not prevent their using the wine
there, but we should have moth
ing to do with 1t. / told
Mr. Drew what the decision of these men
was and told him not to have anything to do
| with the wine and not to have any of the EN-
| ployees, as employees, open the wine or
| take charge of It. l told Mr.. Clark not to
| oil thn ttakptg baUa hppn hanOupfs
| several of them, when they have had wine.
| was at the banquet of 1894, when they had
| wine, SUPPOSE never drank any of it,
at any of those banquets or at any time in a
| public place in Vermont, or never drank
| any wine in the Van Ness house of any
kind.
| Q. Was the position which you took
| with reference to such cOllations as the
! medical faculty had at commencement time
the same as It was with reference to the
commercial mems banquets? A. just the
| same.
@. Did YOU know of a society of college
students having one of their suppers there,
conclaves, at which they had wine? A.
did not
Q. 1t is perhaps of no special conse
quence, but did you have talk with Aubrey
(you remember probably who he was, at one
time bell boy there) in which he made any
reference, in connection with his going away
TO intoxicating liquors or any other connec
ton? A. No, sir.
@. In no way whatever? A. No, sir.
Q. Do you remember the occasion wheI
party, perhaps committee, waited upoI
you at the Van Ness house and presented
petition in behalf of Mr.. Howe of st. Johns
bury? A. Yes, l do. 1t was not at thu
| Van Ness house, it was in my office.
@. What were the circumstances of tina
occasion as you recall them? A. Henri
G. Bates, Harry Blodgett, King, sou
in-law of Mr.. Howe, Judge Hastings
, Gen. Idle and Editor johnson of th
News, | think, were present. Mr.. Bate
+, presented the petition and made an argu
, ment for the release of Mr.. Howe. Do 20
want l should relate everything tina
occurred there?
Q. Perhaps you have said enough in
| general way. What, II anything, was sal
! | by You in regard to the traflicking in intoX
. eating liquors In connection with hote
!, generally? A. OF course they were friends {
= | Mr.. Howe seeking for his release, among thel
: his son-in-law. and while ! was going to n
!, fuse them, as ! did ultimately, / wanted
do it so as not to wound their feelings an
. more than possible, so remarked anon
. other things that was aware it required
man of pretty stiff backbone to run a hot
y in Vermont and not sell liquor, but / ha
. managed to do it so far. l don't think | sa
. anything else. have no remembrance. /
:, least l am willing to say tn
" didn't use the words "bell boys
:, or say anything about any be
boys service at all in that connection.
might have said, what l have only said b
e fore, that of course drinking in the Va
e Ness house was not absolutely stopped, tn
n no doubt liquor was drank there and w
d also brought in there, but very small p
l. cent compared with what was drunk
e hotels where 1t was sold.
Q. Did you have anything to do pc
n sonally about that purchase or the storing
IS such liquors as were used at the Van Ne
Re house for cooking purposes? A. did not.
Re @. That was left entirely to your ma
!, ayers? A. | never saw any, not since ha'
It owned the house. | never saw any of 1t.
10 saw bill of some last summer. 1t came
d me by mistake instead of going to the hOus
1t but we are using liquors there for that pu
IL pose, have no doubt.
g Q. Was Mr.. Bates present at this int
Is view? A. He was.
T. O. And Mr.. Hastings? A. He was.
If o. Did you receive notice from the
ID PENDANTS for the taking of their deposition
4. A. Yes, they were to be taken at the san
+ time as these other parties whose deposiio
G. you have read.
y Q. Were they present? A. Yes.
Ill O. Have You found out = don't kno
how much from time to time you are
customed to look over the Van Ness house
~ whether any whiskey glasses were in t
~ Van Ness house unless they were carried
~ there, into some part of the house that w
u set apart for the exclusive use of guests
10 the house, that you knew? A. have be
10 all over the house, In cupboards and
- around, and l never saw whiskey gls
10 at all.
~ @. With regard to wine glasses, what
II you sayy A. producing wine glass.) The
IL. i ~
y for the first last week. My brother br0ug
IL it to me out of the cupboard. He said
y was there when he came there four yes
" ago, and that is the only one he ever saw
:. the house.
et Q. One other thing that l would Il
u, to call your attention to. Was any informant
u or suggestion made to you at one time viii
!, indicated that there might be something 9
IL ing on or preparation being made for son
y, thing in the dining room that 1t was f
would not be In accordance with your
structions? A. Yes, the winter that | liv
AZ at the hotel in 1894, the housekeeper, NJ
W Herbert Woodbury., came to me and said I'll
Mr.. Seeley had some lager beer In his roo
AZ @. Meaning by his room A. The stOl
IN room, which she was satisfied was intend
o, for the guests of the house.
AZ @. Locate the storeroom. The roc
W opening out of the dining room? A "
oTr the room opening out of the dining roo
ID / told her l couldn't believe it.
az Seeley had been there only few mont
u then. She said 1t was so. / INN
~ dately went to the office and told n
nt Clark what had heard. And he express
Us as much establishment as l did, and said
could not be so. l told him to go and see
~ once. He went, came back and said the
~ was some there.
o. @. What course did you take? A
said, "You go and tell Mr.. Seeley If
should find that out that his place would
v, be worth the snap of my finger" He cal
" back and said he was very much frighten
IL and said 81 don't think you will have a
trouble in that place again."
p Q. Did Mr. Seeley, some time aft
" wards, speak to you about matter &C
- nected with what you are now TALK
about? A. Yes, he did.
A.. Q. You may state the circumstant
ne with regard to that. A. In the spri
IN of '94 l was talking with Mr.. Seel
~ In the hall to the dining room wi
r, regard to the matters In his depa
he ment, and / suppose he thought | W
at good natured on that occasion and so
SAYS to me, "Wouldn't you just as sool
III would keep some lager in my room
as guestsW ] remember very distinctly Just I
1t words used In reply. l said: "My de
man, l have been running this no
~ for ~ or 10 years. | never have dealt in |
err toxicating liquors and l don't think | shi
re lie. one of my men go into that business no
no When any one goes into that business | W