Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-23
The Anti Cant cen Side
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Highwood where several saloons have
been opened since the canteen was
closed and another is already al.
yertised to begin operations at Fort
Sheridan Park"
Now all Of these stories, one and
several collectively and Individually,
are falsehoOdS. In plain, everyday,
colloquial Anglo-Saxon, they are lies,
without basis OF any kind whatever,
and the men who wrote them are a
pack Of liars.
To take the Americans story:
There was no declaration of 'martial
law" In Highwood and 40 two COM
panies of soldiers" were sent to the
t)wn to protect 1t, nor for any other
purpose. A patrol of possibly twelve
m n passed through the streets, but
lis is a common occurrence and In no
W y Indicated by any special disorder.
There was no 'rioting," no build
ingS were jlred- neither stores nor
," NJ. Du Ing the night tailor's
shop Was burg lariz-d, but whether by
soldiers or Others no one knO~S
Not Shot Was ti.td IN the tLwl.
No especial deputies" at all we're
sworn In under anyb 'dy. Gordon is
not marshal of the town, The marshal s
name b. ing Roger M IRE.
No villagers were Injuled, and, SO
lar as eau be learned. only one soldier
was hurt IN any seri nus manner, and
ne was hurd In a fight between sol.
diers.
Citizens OF HighwLoi unite In pro.
| nounciAg the past week one If the
most peaceful week, that have occur.
red il connection with a payday at
Fort Sheri Ian, in spite OF the fact
that the garrison at the fort is larger
than usual on a, count OF the recruit
log Of the Twenty-uinth regiment
there.
A large number Of Highwood citi-
zens interviewed by a New Voice rep.
resenta'ive on March 10th, expressed
the belief that these newspaper stories
have been sent out by the Otficers at
t le fort, VIII they insist, are angered
&C the abolition of the canteen be-
G use it deprives them Of the ''rake.
off formerly p j | them by the brew
ers in return for the beer market thus
provided.
The sta ement made by the Trib-
une, Times Herald, News, Inter
DC a Post and Journal that new "a.
10 Us have be n opened in HighwCoi
slice the Closing Of the canteen is also
~ qua III Oily f lse. No new saloons
h We been ote led ia Highwood since
t le cauteen closed. Two saloons
have been a 1ded to the list, but both
We're opened months before the anti.
canteen law was passed and before the
bill for that purpose was introduced in
Congress, and while the canteen in the
fort vas running full blast.
The attempt to make it appear that
the slight disturbance which took
place at Fort Sheridan last week is
something new and unusual in that
place is, in itself, mendaciOus.
1t was only a comparatively short
time ago that gang Of drunken SOL
diers attacked the marshal of the vii.
lage, throwing him from the side.
walk and beating and kicking him.
The marshal in self.defence, shot and
seriously wounded three of the SOL
diers. ALI this took place while a
canteen was running at Fort Sheri-
dan."
The foregoing is only part Of what
The New Voice said. 1t published
two maps showing the saloons at High
wood May 10, 1900, and March 10,
1901, with an increase Of only two.
1t claims that the war department is
encouraging the publication of false
news to create sentiment favorable to
the restoration OF the canteen, and
these falsehoods in the Chicago daily
papers are part of the plan.
The undersigned will gladly submit
the New Voice to any one wishing to
see the entire report. The New
Voice is sixteen page weekly, pages
1lxl53 Of the highest order of ability
and covers every phase of the liquor
question, political, motal, religious,
industrial, social, financial, legal, in
short the whole field throughout the
world, John G. Wooley is the editor
in.chief and money is freely spent to
make it the best possible. No one
can be fully posted on this great SUBJ
ject who does not read this great pa
per. The price is 81 per year. For a
short time by special arrangements
any member Of the Prohibition club Is
authorized to take subscriptions at
SO cents for year. 1t is an unusual
opportunity to get truth not publish
ed in other papers and every friend of
morality and sobrietl should embrace
this offer.
L. w. HANSON.