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

DelleVe so; think that was one OF the oc-
castOns when wine was served
q. And when there were about $50 guests.
you say! A. think so, nearly that number,
W. Gan you hX the time for any Othery A.
Possibly two years ago last December,
thlnk three years ago last December did
not attend the banquet.
z. Al The one, two years ago last Decem-
Der, was there wine servedy A. IL nv
memory serves me right, | think there was.
q. was you on the committee of arrange
mentY A. have been on the committee at
dllerent times, hut l think not within the
| last three or four years
| u On these two occasions that Won sneak
| OF, year ago last December and two wears
ago last December, was the wine served nj
the taOle! A, | shall have to ask you TO re-
| peat that.
Q. How was the wine served to the guests
In the dining room? A. 1t was poured into
the glasses as is customary, suppose, upon
| such occasions; each table was served by
some one pouring the wine.
z. VINO was it that served il? A. |
| couldn't say who poured the wine.
T. DO you remember anything at all about
| II! "A. ! remember think am right I'm
saying that the person who served the food
| ala not pour the wine.
a. was 1t anybody that you knew? A.
NO, sir, couldn't say; there may have been
| young men that | knew, that have seen per-
haps on the street but not acquainted with
them.
O. There was more than one person serv-
ing the wine, wasn't there? A. Necessarily
would be.
Q. Quite good many? A. Yes.
q Ana were they the employees of the
motel! A. Should think not, although | do
not go TO the Van Ness very often; am not
clear upon that point, because | am not ac-
quainted with the employees of the house
Q. You are not now? A. was not at
that time.
Q: Have you been heretofore acquainted?
A. In the office, some of them.
e. AND when were you more particularly
acquainted with the hotel? A. | don't know
that / was ever any better acquainted than
ut the present time.
z. On any occasion have you ever had
except on the occasion of these banuuets-
any Intoxicating beverages furnished 10 you
In that hotel? A. have not
Q. Never? A. Never.
Q. Once? A. Not once.
q. Except on the occasions of these BAN
quets? A. No, sir.
Q In no room of the hotel? A. No room
of the hotel.
Characterization by Mr.. Foster: =
Q. Referring to the banquet year ago last
December, is it not your recollection that
four young colored men served the wine?
A. l wouldn't have thought of that. Mr..
Foster, but think 1 can remember that it
was so at that time.
q. You have served on the committee of
arrangements? A. ! have.
q. For the association which gave these
banquets? A. Yes.
=. The name of that association is what?
A. The Commercial Travellers association
OF Burlington, Vermont" | believe is the
correct name for it.
z. Those years when you were on the COM
mttee, what arrangement was made respect-
ing VINE, or the furnishing of the wine? A.
Mt bata, a.,
q. That is, the association furnished The
wine? a. Association Furnished the wine;
nothihg 70 do with IL Would have nothn1 nI 40
do with it.
q. And so far as your knowledge goes on
every occasion when wine has been served at
one OF the banquels of that association the
association has furnished it, has il mott
A. 1t was so, as near rs ! can remember the
arrangements that were always made: we
were given to understand distinctly that the
house did not furnish the wine. If the asso-
citation saw fit to have wine, that was their
part.
Q. Can you tell whether or not Gov. Wood
bury, then Col. Woodbury., did ANYTHING.
exercised any influence to prevent the ass0-
clatlOn having wine on those occasions? A.
have been under the impression that Gov.
woodbury. did not favor having wine, and |
heard 1t from members of the committee, or
the governor may have made that remark to
in regard to It,
@. You are, and have been since these BAN
quets began to be held. a member of the AS
sociation? A. have for number of years,
yes, sir
Q. And when you were member of the
committee, you made the arrangements with
the house simply for the banquet, the sup
per, did you notE A. That Is right, that is
just what we did
Q Your arrangement with the house in
cluded simply the use of the dining room and
the food for the supper and the service of the
food by the walters of the house? A, Yes:
there was always a special arrangement with
regard to the cards and cigars and so on, but
never any arrangement made for wine with
the house.
q. And during the time when you were
member of the committee, the wine was
taken to the house or sent to the house by
some order or direction of the association?
A. That is as | understand it,
q. That Is, it was not purchased OF the
Van Ness house, was it? A. 1t was not.
Redirect examination by C. NJ. Wilds:-
Q. The time that you are talking about now
is when you furnished the wine yourself?
A. You refer to Mr.. Fosters remarks?
Q | refer to the time you have been lust
talking about. A. That | furnished the
wine?
Q. Yes. A. No, sir.
q Did you ever furnish the wine? A..
did not.
Q. How did they get the wine? A. Usually
bought by the committee.
Q. How, who of? A. As would be Gus
tomary for any one-Ordered from New
York.
Q. You say the arrangements were made
with the house. Who do you mean by the
"houseN? A. | remember years ago going
to Mr.. Drew when he was manager.
q. Since Mr.. DrpW's timpp / can't
member of serving on the committee since
that time.
Q. Did you make the arrangements with
Mr.. Drew A. Mr.. Drew; yes.
@. You say there was no arrangement
made about wine with the house-why wasn't
it, A. The house, as we understood 1t from
the manager, would not serve wine.
O. They objected to letting you serve wine,
didn't they, in that public place? A. can't
answer the question.
Q. They didn't object, then? A Wine
was served.
q. | am talking about before it was served
have had the pleasure of attending one or
two of those banquets myself. Preliminary
to the arrangements for making the banquet,
they did or did not object to your serving wine
in that public place, which was ity A. Ifthey
had objected, we couldn't have had the wine.
@. That is 1t exactly. Do you say they did
or did not object? A. We had the wine.
Q. You know whether they objected to
your serving 1t there or not, don't your You
have told Mr.. Foster that Gov Woodbury.
was opposed to IL. How did you find that
out: A. | stated to Mr.. Foster that / may
have learned that In conversation with Gov.
Woodbury. or from some member OF the COM
mittee, and l understood that Gov. Wood
bury did not favor It.
Q. Was that after the banquet or before?
A. Before.
@. You understood that the proprietor of
this hotel did not favor your having wine
thereY A. | understood It so.
Q. Who did you get permission Of TO have
wine there, at that public place, who al
lowed you to do IT. A. | didn't serve the
wine; don't know they had permission
from any one.
q. You was on the committee of arrange
ments, and you know how you got permits
sion II you knew Gov. Woodbury. was op-
posed to It, you know how you got permits
sion to do ity A. We may have rented the
dining room aud had permission to do as we
saw fit TO do.
Q. Did you rent the dining roomy A. We
had the use of it.
Q. Did you rent the dining room and pay
rent for III A. ] can't say we did that.
o, YOu know Won didn't. don't VouY 4