Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-06
NUMBER 10
GRAN TED BUT ONE LICENSE
MR.. DANYEW WILL HAVE THAT
IN THE AMERICAN HOUSE.
c. c. Turner's Applications for Brat.
tleboro House Withdrawn and Mr..
Oanyew's for Second Glass Refused
Shea Will Not Receive Anotber.

""JSW . IoT oeCoHu CidSS HefuSed
Shea Will Not Receive Another.
y AT a session of the local license
g board Monday evening It was decided
= TO grant the application of George
= II, Danyew for a first class license
II 10 sell liquor In the American house.
Mr' Danyew's application for a
I second class license was refused
D and Cecil c. Turner's applica-
tons for first and second class
:. licenses in the Brattleboro house
were withdrawn. Nothing was
done about p. l.. Shea's application
for a second class license, action ON
that having been suspended indefi-
, nitely, but f. w. Putnam, chairman
of the license board, made the re-
mark to a Reformer reporter that
the commissioners had no intention
whatever of granting Mr.. Shea an
other license.
A public hearing on the applica-
tions of Messrs. Danyew and Turner
was held in the seiectmen's rooms
Saturday evening before j. j. Eckels
/ and ]. Henry Pratt, Mr. Putnam be-
/ ing absent on account of illness.
Lawyer Robert C. Bacon appeared as
counsel for both applicants. In re-
gard to Mr.. Danyew he said that he
had always conducted his business
affairs in a first class manner and
that he was well fitted to receive a
license. In behalf of Mr. Turner and
the BrattIeboro house Mr.. Bacon
said that the hotel was not owned
by the Springfield Brewing company
but that this concern simply held a
mortgage. Miss Sadie Turner was
the real proprietor and Mr.. Turner
had leased the hotel of her. Mr. Ba-
con said that T. Frank Turner would
have nothing to do with the hotel
nor would Miss Turner; both were
going out of town at once He fur
ther said that since c. c. Turner had
held license In the American house
that hotel had been conducted prop
arly
;. B. Emerson said that in view of
he promising manner in which the
icense system had worked since the
losing of the Brattleboro house last
all he thought it would be Just as
veil if it were not opened again as
saloon. People, he said were apt
o get their first Impressions of Brat
leboro by looking at the Brattleboro
louse and he hoped. they wouldn't
ave to look at a saloon Mr.. En-
rson thought that the fact of the
'rattieboro houses being practically
by outside interests ought
o have weight with the board in
making its decision William O'Don-
ghue inquired If Mr.. Turner, in case
ie got license, would be bound by
my agreement to sell nothing but
springfield Brewing company prod.
lets. 10 this Mr.. Turner promptly
eplied No
At the close of the hearing the
adjourned until Mon
lay evening when they met in Childs
Putnam's Office. Before rendering
heir decisions they sent for Mr. Tur-
er and gave him an opportunity to
his applications. If he had
one this the commissioners would
ot have been obliged to refuse the
pplications, but Mr.. Turner was un-
rilling TO do so. Later on, however,
e thought better of the matter and
e was given leave to withdraw.
'hich he did.
The granting of Mr.. Danyew's ap-
We licenses, two less than it is en-
tied to according to law. 1t is un-
arstood that no application will be
.ade at the Melrose in West Brat
eboro the coming year so that it
III reduce the towns licenses to
ur which is considered sufficient in
le opinion of a great many people,
9TH license men and prohibitionists.