The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-01-07

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eighth class ~ iuukerpsn licenrr. Il
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70 b. permitted 81 furnish feoi and
drink 10 bis gBesls. and distinction
ssiween such gnr. > and the locAl "bAf
trade f" u noi aunsaAl Il - the regn
lasion or prohibition o. tbs technical
night that q ancommon 1, j. peculiar.
ia fact, 70 shis country The aliempi
II the state 10 proven, a British. la
han. French or German innkecper
from serving bis guests with ale. wine
OF beer a. their wants might call Tot
would BE- resented a, once ~ high.
banded tyranny. Il Is only in this land
u the free thai we undertake 10 say
lhAi the traveller. At his inn, shall
drink aud cal thus, abstain aud indulge
70 and generally regulate his conduct
by a fixed aud arbitrary standard.
We. as nation. take the most OK.
traordinary precautions 10 keep our
selves sober and YET we are much more
drunken than the Germans aud Ita-
hans. National temperament may
hAye something 10 DO with IL, but Ger
lAinly we do not improve our national
by such excessive regulation.
II is quite likely that the right 10
grant an inukccpers' license would in
crease the average Of sobricty in towns
like Nergennes. Middlebury and Bran.
don and would probably result in those
places being permanently listed in the
mo- column.
Hotels like the Stevens house. the
Addison and Brandon inn are pos
tive asset to the community and the
nearer they can come 10 pleasing their
guests and securing their regular re.
turn, the better il is for the towns OF
Vergennes, Middlebury aud Brandon
where they are respectively located.
All of these towns have voted Yes
at different times and the desire 10 help |
the business and secure the prosperity |
of the hotels has often suggested the
''Yes" vote in their behalf.
If towns could be assured of a sob.
erly administered innkeepers' license
wherever il was considered advisable
the Yes" towns of the state would at
once be reduced in number and might
IN time disappear entirely. The only
danger would come in abusing the priv
llege, and the power OF suspension OF
cancellation OF the license for cause
might be vested finally in some local or
county authority TO prevent it.
The intoxication arising from liquors
served to bona-fde guests of inns, tav.
srns and hotels, at their meals or in
heir rooms, is practically nil and would
remain 20. Drunkenness
zones from the bar and bottle drink
ng, practically without exception.
There is good dealt be said in favor
II the innkeepers' license as a strictly
measure.
As for the matter OF expedlency, an
Incident happened in Rutland hotel
he other day that is quite significant
n its way, A motorcar stopped be
ore the door of the hotel aud the own
n of the ear came 10 the desk and in
luired II the hotel kept bar and could
erve moderate stimnlant to guests
answered yes" he escorted two
aides who accompanied him TO their
ooms and ordered wine sent up. One
i the ladies had been taken III and was
bllged 10 keep her room for the rest
4 the afternoon The wine was
trielly necessary incident and she
Guild not have continued her journey ,
fithout il.
AT dinner the host served some ey
ra fine Vermont maple syrup and the {
iuests asked where it could be pur :
hased The name Of Rutland dealer
vas given aud the latter was given an
rider for 10 gallons OF syrup to be sent /,
o the New York home Of these tran .
lent tourists who would not have stay a
4 Mt the hotel il they could not have /
zen served with what they needed. I
There Is no argument here for "op-
ning up" the hotels of no-license
owns TO local drinking; there is a
lrong, commonsense argument in the
icldent IN favor OF giving Vermont !,
otels fair chance 10 eater To desir- a
Bile and profitable class Of gnests and =
shows how the community may share 4
accidentally IN the result. c
The bill 10 permit the innkeepers' q
cepse IN NO towns ought 10 be
udied awhile before il is finally dis :,
issed. 81 Rutland Herald :.
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