The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-04-24
OBJECTIONS
WERE HEARD
Nine Applications are Pro-
tested Against Ii Barre
IAN INTERESTING SESSION
With the Exception Of Patrick Brown
and Angelo Scanpini the Protests
Were Against the Places Rath-
er Than the Persons.


l Nine applicants Or their petitions foi
licenses M seIl liquor in Barre under the
local option aYess vote of last March
were objected to Al d public hearing held
by the board III license commissioners
Fat the city court room last evening. Most
9of the objections were against the l0na-
tions named rather than the persons
1.-The exceptions being Patrick Brown and
Angelo Scampini. both of whom were
EYigoroasly opposed by some Italian resi-
ltfents cf tlip city. The hearing was oi
intense interest iii times, and kept the
audience iii excitement for two hours
and a quarter The court room was
lcr0wded to snffocatian
/ The petitions of the following were
Iattaeked. Patrick Brown, Angelo Seam.
lpiai, a. II, BuzzelI, ]. E NcNulty and
\ M, Il Kingston, Arthur I'M, Premier, *
! M. Morse. NJ j. MCGOWAN, A. MI. Smith
and Michael David. There was complete
silence when Chairman Houston OF tile
commission read the names of the other
forty-one applicants. Decision as to ths
eight successful ones, exclusive of The
druggists licenses, will not be an.
lnoluieed before Saturday. 50 the com
Imissionefs say.
An Objection at the Start.
I The hearing opened promptly at five
so'cloclt, with all The board, II. Nj. IEous
ton, James Adie and Thomas Nichols IL
their places. Chairman Houston caIiea
t0f the names of the applicants III the
lorsler published, and that Of Patrick
Brown, for either first Of second clas.
lin his own building on North Mair
lstreet, at the head of Granite street
happened To be the first The obiect0r.
Were not long III responding.
i d. Granai was the first He said that
Brown bad been chief Of police and that
while serving in that capacity hc hae
looked only to his own interests am
limited that Brown had received husi
lmoney, and 6iranai said he was ready X
lprove IT. Ex-Chief Brown smiled from
the back part Of the room.
He's no man" declared Grauai, III
never done amy good.
H At this point tie objectef was inter
Irupted with thfs question from thl
board:
4 What are your polisiost.
The party Of liberty was the re
sponse
Question: "Are you IN anarohistg9
4 Answer Eyes.
eThst Is all said the chairman, ans
Ithey passed to the next name,
Angelo Scampini Attacked.
4 Angelo Scampini. former hcensee
was the next one on tic ist applying
Ict permit at his block next to Brown s
Joseph SaEsi objected 10 scampini be
cause be had been fined for selling Ii
4 4uof. After little further talk, tn,
Iobieetor WIS queried,
Are you an anarchist
70 which he responded, mo, fret
lmind."
a formal petition was then presented
protesting against the granting Of Ii
leense to Seampini and casting reflection.
on his character. Scampini then defend
ed himself, saying that most every nams
Ion the petition was that Of an anarchist
lwheYeupon Granai came back with this
When | came 20 Barre Scampipi was
himself the leader of the anarchists
/ approval from most Of the Italians
lpresenf
i 7. Matiani also had no good word fol
Scampini, thinking also that the license.
fought 20 ba granted to the poor rather
Ithan the rich.
/ W G. Quinlan then put III . word d
protest against allowing anarchists x
EpaTtioipate in the hearing as they were
Inot citizens. Patrick II. Mccarthy
Thought the same ard that the anar
chists' opinion had no weight. Thii
brought ont an impassioned protest from
Gramai. who said that he had never
broken the law since be had been il
q Barre, that tie was no "bumn and work
A ed hard TO support his family and h'
didn't want ID sce few bumsH in tht
italian colony get licenses.
The chief animus Of the anarchists
against Scampini seems to have startet
when their picnic IN Townsend'a grove
several years ago was raided, they claim
ing that Seampini gave the tip 70 ex
Chief Brown. This was strenuonslY DE-
lnied by scampini last night saying thai
4 ho "a licenssel had been warned BY tht
EauthoFities not to sell liquor TO picnic
and dance parties and that he had fe
fused. aud that 10 had SO told Gfanai
Then came the raid, with the finding D
l LIQUOR. and ever after that the anarchist
Ehaye been against him.
y John w Gordon appeared ais attorne.
for Scampini to refute the statemeni
THAT he was Ineligible under The law t,
receive license although he had beer
aned foT selling under The local optioi
llaw. Gordon went on to tell how th'
case was more or less oE test case ans
lthat Scampini pleaded guilty 70 tn
charge IN order Cd try out the question
as 10 what limit q second class licenses
can 10 In making sales, not to encfoacl
Oh Wholesale license. The att0fne,
declared that the court in imposing sen
tence had referred to the case AZ 4 bene
lft III that II threw light Oh dispates
point and that the respondent was no
fully guilty of misdemeanor il spit
of his plea.
Not a Suitable Place.
n This completed Tie hearing 81 Seam
pinis applications, and there was
inonu6oaous list cf mo objections" IN
Itil the chairman got down ~ the NAM
Eof Arthur Fl. HuzGeli, when the Rev r
I. j. Lowe spoke Iie said that he wa
arising not "a object ID Bugzell as MAJ
(. but to the place, Pearl street, where hi
application was This street, be de