The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-16
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Saturday afternoon with the Plainfield |
nine, which IL hot team and composed OF |
players from Plainfield, North Montpelier,
and East Montpelier. Very few Of the col |
lege players will be home in time for this
game but Montpelier will try and defeat
them, Next week Saturday the nine will
probably &c. to Fort Ethan Allen TO play
ne Tn, nine there Saturdays game with
Plainheld is called at two o'clock Let
every one attend and see what Montpelier
can do for their first game.
Judge Wheeler gave hearing in United
States court on Tuesday on the habeas cor
pus case OF A. l.. Weeks, deputy collector
OF ! ternal revenue, who was adjudged in
contempt OF Washington county court, by
Judge Rowell, for refusing to testify in
certain liquor cases. j. II. Senter, United
States district attorney, appeared for the
government, and States Attorney f A.
Rowland for the State. In his brief for the
relator, Mr.. Senter argued that the records
for this district are kept at the Office of the
collector at Portsmouth, N. H., which is
without the jurisdiction OF the State of Yer
mont, and that Mr.. Weeks had no author
ity to take any OF those records away.
SecoId that the information obtained
by the relator in his official practice
are state secrets, privileged communi-
cations, and cannot be disclosed, as
they concern the administration of the
national government. Third, that the re-
lator Is prohibited by a regulation made and
promulgated by the commissioner Of inter-
nal revenue, from producing in court any
data or papers in his possession relating to
the collection of and payment of revenue
taxes, and that az those documents are
privileged from production in the State
courts on the ground of public policy, sec.
ondaTy evidence OF their contents is not ad.
missable or compellable. Fourth, that the
production of these returns and memoranda
In state courts by collectors and deputy col
lectors OF internal revenue would very
much interfere with their duties; it would
take them all their time to attend the diff
ferent courts, and would embarrass the gov
eminent in the collection of its revenue, and
that it is such an interference with the
revenue powers Of the United States as no
state court has any right to make. Mr..
Senter showed that in the district covered
by MI Weeks, which includes all the
counties OF the State except Windham,
there are 737 special liquor tax payers, and
that the evidence which the relator could
Rlve,if the court holds that he must testify
in this case, is sufficient TO put every one OF
these seven hundred twenty.seven men on
trial, not only once, but upon trial three
times; on trial for keeping with intent to
sell; on trial for being common seller; and
upon trial for keeping and maintaining a
nuisance, or two thousand one hundred
eighty-one trials each year for the violation
OF THIS law, in which cases he would have
to be witness and divide up his time be-
tween the thirteen courts of the State. Mr..
Rowland argued that there is no rule of
pubic policy against the use of such testi-
mony in State courts that there is no rule
or regulation of the Secretary OF the Treas
ury or OF the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, acting under his orders, against
the use of such testimony; and that If there
were such rule or regulation it would be
so inconsistent with law, and with the
policy OF the government that it would be
void. The court reserved its decision.
ABOUT two hundred legal voters attended
the special city meeting, held on Monday
evening. in Armory hall Mayor Guernsey
presided and the warning was read by City
Clerk Merrill. The first article was to see
If the city would vote to instruct the city
council to issue bonds to construct steel
bridge across the Winooski river, near the
old red arch bridge, in accordance with act
28l, passed by the legislature of 1896 Mayor
Guernsey stated that the matter had been
very carefully considered and the cost
would be substantially as follows: For abut-
ments and filling, about $4,000; for the su.
and land now owned by e. w. Bailey &
Co., on which are located stone sheds,
S4,OOo; that the town of Berlin would pay
three.tentbs OF the expense, leaving about
$17 900 that the city would have to pay.
s. III. o. Bosworth thought the meeting had
better simply vote ON the expense Of the
bridge. and leave other matters to the city
council. On motion of Fred Blanchard it
was voted that the city council be author
lied to issue negotiable bonds, for a sum
building this bridge, for paying the city's
proportion of the cost OF the foot bridge,
and for payment Of land damages. George
l.. Blanchard thought the town OF Berlin
ought to pay for foot bridge il one was
built somewhere between Charles street
and the Sabin farm, as that town alone
would derive benefit from such bridge.
Article two OF the warning was to see il the
city would vote to authorize the issue of
bonds for the purpose of matchmaking the
streets OF Montpelier and If so, how much.
III. w. Kemp thought at least S15 600 should
be appropriated for this purpose. s. III. o.
Bosworth was OF the opinion that building
the bridge, for which money had just been
voted, was enough for one year, and that
this article should be laid on the table. T.
L. Laird and A. ]. Sibley opposed the mo-
ton. I. r. Gordon thought 5000 a year
was enough to pay for permanent roads. |
Mr.. Eagans motion to dismiss was defeat
ed by ballot, by vote OF 100 to SO. On mo-
ton of A. j. Sibley it was voted that the |
city council be authorized to borrow $15. 900 |
Tor permanent roadways, and to issue bonds |
lori the same, they not. to exceed four per |
cent interest. to be payable in twenty years,
and redeemable any time after five years. |
This motion was carried with a rush and |
the meeting adjourned.
class Of the High School was preached in |
the Church Of the Messiah last Sunday |
by Rev. j. Edward Wright. The |
decorations OF the interior of the edifice |
were simple and showed excellent taste,
and the church was crowded to its utmost |
capacity. Mr.. Wright based his remarks |
upon these words "Behold say unto you,
lift up your eyes and look on the fields; for
hey are white already to harvest. And he
hat reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth
ruit unto life eternal" Mr.. Wright said,
n opening, that education is the develop
nent OF the powers aiming to attain the
greatest possibilities of usefulness. The
young people Of the present will be the men
md women Of the future. The nineteenth
century is nearly done, but it leaves certain
problems unsolved which it hands forward
% the twentieth century to be solved by
hose who are now graduating from our
chools and colleges, the intelligent youth
If the United States. The 81 eaker said that
ome Of these problems which are now
waiting solution the solving of which will
AVE great influence on the veal or woe
II the country in the years that are to come,
Ire First, whether in the early part of the
wentieth century education is to mean ex-
lusively mental development with little re-
lard for moral and religious discipline and
raining; second, whether the higher edu-
alton Of girls and their participation in la
nor from which they were once debarred