The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-27
SIEVE N LICENSES
GRANTED LAST
EVENING
Clergymen Attend Public Hear
ing Of Commissioners
OPPOSITION TO THIRD CLASS
Spirited Debate Of Some Length--Pe-
tltIons for Third Class
License

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when five of the clergy of the town
were present, the license commissions
ers granted licenses to p. C. Cornell.
James f. Leahy. Weeks & Graham,
Louis, Bergeron, d. f. Cronin, s. f.
Wood and G.. w. Williams, the latter
two receiving licenses of the second
class.
The hearing scheduled for seven
o'clock, was not called to order until
7:45, when Chairman Frank L. Bat
Ties asked for expressions relative to
the application of John b. Harte for
third class license.
Rev. A. j. Barron was the first to
voice opposition, declaring that, al.
though he had no personal luminosity,
yet he felt that the good OF the com
munity demanded that the license
should not be granted. He travelled
extensively, he said, and noted the
influence of such places upon other
communities.
Rev. Philip Schuyler was the next
to appear in opposition. He stated
that the clergy must protest because
of their interest in the welfare of
men, Mr.. Schuyler stated that he
spoke from experience, having seen
places of a like nature in other COM
munities, and declared that in his
opinion the license should not be
granted.
Rev. Schuyler was followed by Il. ].
Hall, who, appearing in favor of the
application, declared that Mr.. Harte
was applying for a license the same
as any other hotel man. Mr. Harte,
he said, would sell to transients and
regular boarders, and would not sell
in rooms upstairs, but would conduct
his business only on the ground floor.
The application was then opposed
by Rev. G. S. Mills, who declared that
number OF persons, among whom
was prominent manufacturer, was
seeking Mr.. Hall for the purpose of
having his name removed from the
petition. Mr.. Hall Immediately de-
clared that he knew of no one who
was chasing him for that purpose and
asked Mr.. Mills to name the man he
referred to. Mr.. Mills gave the infor-
nation and Mr.. Hall declared that he
| had met the man and that no request
was made to withdraw the name Rev.
Mills closed his remarks by declar-
ing that the granting Of the license
would be harmful to the morals of
the town.
Chairman Battles asked Mr.. Hall
for whom he appeared and If 1t was
for the applicant. Mr.. Hall replied
that he appeared as a citizen only.
Mr.. Battles and Mr.. Hall then dis
cussed at great length what consti-
tuted an inn keeper.
d. A. Guiltinan, representing the ap-
plicant, explained the application. Mr..
Harte. he said, applied for a third
class license, agreeing to obey all the
laws and regulations. If one is to be
granted, Harte, he said, was entitled
to one.
Rev. Meyer and T. A. Davenport
were the next to oppose it. Rev. Mr..
Meyer compared conditions in Ben
nington to those in large cities and
asked whether one more license
would better conditions. Mr.. Daven-
port announced himself as opposed to
the granting of more licenses but de-
clared that If one was to be granted,
he would prefer to see Mr. Harte get
lit
At the request OF Rev. Schuyler,
Chairman Battles read the law rela.
tive to the granting of third class H.
censes, after which the board went
into executive session at O'Clock.
Following are the petitions present
ed by Mr.. Hall:
To the Board of License Commission
ers for the Town of Bennington
We, the undersigned residents of
the town, hereby request the grant
ing of license of the third class to
q restaurant with the stipulation that
there shall be no bar. Signed by:
Leon Lamarre, E. A. Booth, Michael
]. WEIGH, l.. j. Eddington, George p.
Endress, w. l.. Lyons, j. T. Reming-
ton, e, b. Daley, L. S. Norton, w. l..
Gokay, A. Schwartz, w. S. Cullinan,
p. Prendergast, c. N. Powers, G. L.
Harwood, Calvin Endress, NJ. J.
Schwab, j. G. Jensen, G. w. Petersen,
ID. Corsiglia, II. c. Day, John p. Gavin
Perry b. Gardner, M. ]. Roche. w. c.
Firth, Harry Willoughby, B. A. Quin.
Ian, Joseph Evans, C. II. Mason, r.
M. Paddock, Chris Savas, John d.
Lane, M. d., II. c., Lindloff, II. j. Pot.
ter, Jr., f. Godfrey, A. w. lockwood,
Henry 7. Cushman, B. Semilitzsky, ].
H. Powers, II. &. Bissell, B. Cantor.
N. Levin, John Evans, H. d. Fillmore,
y. S. Silk, ]. EddingtQn, N. Noveck,
d. A. Guiltinan, d. V. ODonnell, T.
Sibley, George Chandler, Il. Dewey,
A. j. Holden, c. L. Holden, +. M.
Crawford, N. M. Puffer, ]. ]. Shak-
shober. John J. Carrigan, w. b. Tay-
lor, e. j. Tiffany, w. p. Hogan, N. ].
Morrissey, W. e. Sears, II. H. Levin,
IS. II. Blackmer, II. B. North, f. B.
Newton, L. A. Cook, Joseph M. Ayres
II. p. Gregg, A. j. Dewey, ]. Ed. Wal
bridge, e. ]. Murphy, j. ]. McDermott
+. j. Hall and twenty-five others.
To the License Commissioners of Ben
nington:-
Although opposed to the entire H.
cense law, if license is to be grant
ed, | think it might preferably be
license of the third class to a restaur.
ant.