The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-06-06
THAT INNKEEPER's LICENSE.
Addresses Of MIR. George q. Boldt
az The Thirty-third Annual Ban.
quot Of the Hotel Association OF
Sowiork City ON January I, 1912

quot Of the Hotel Association OF
Ncwiork City ON January I, 1912
Gentlemen After having heard &c
much that Is delightful you might
well dispense with my little say but
your committee insisted that !
should talk. aud since know moth
ing TO entertain YOU nearly as agree,
ably as YOU have heard from those
VINO have preceded mel shall do my
Isul little stunt and inject just a
little business
First To remind you not 10 forget
that you are on record to use all
your power and Influence to fight
Tor the separation Of the hotel inter
ests from any others. You may not
succeed In this as soon as you ant
had hoped for. but by keeping The
issue alive aud agitatlng 1t at every
turn, you Will make converts, ant
eventually succeed not alone bccaus,
you want il, hut because Il is right.
In the meantime. would Suggest
another idea, which may perhaps b,
allied the medium or middle course
aud that is that you go this white
before the Legislature and ask foi
modification OF the present law.
modification whereby the people o.
any community may have a chance
o vote for amy specified place o
places, and by this mean reputable
hotels with a sufficient number o,
rooms FOR the entertainment OF tn,
travelling public. and managed b.
men who have the confidence OF tht
community In which they live.
do not believe that there Is
single prohibition town In this 0
any other State which would objec
20 such modification do no
believe that our lawmakers viii re
fuse such request providing boil
the City aud State associations pul
this matter properly before them
And | do not believe that such
modification would be opposed b.
the thoughtful purohobitionlsts. foi
as matters stand. Il Is either wet OF
dry. and the only way to get rid
Objectionable places is 10 vote dry
aud by doing so. inflict severe pun
shment on the men who deserve bet |
ser and also on themselves, for / |
Is we'll known fact that stranger
give prohibition town prett, I
side birht You cay Resort 10 the
Jaw This IL slow work annoy |
ng and costly Then why not give
he people a chance to say a, thu
'olls what they want Surely ou
american people are Intelligent
,aough 70 do that
am particularly reminded. In al
'ocating this change In the presen
statute. q what happened two year
40 on the ST. Lawrence where
ave a summer home. Some six o.
even years afo. some Of Us Undue
a enc Of our wealthy residents Of
hat section 10 build a summer ho-
a. Ehich sas much needed lie
iuih this heiel. at cost 81 be-
ween five and six hundred thou.
sad dollars. on an island three
niies below the small town % Clay. |
On l. was moet successful and
lelpod that whole section A year
lgo ciatiou vert dry. aud AZ con
sequence no license for this hotel
Ahai was The result Cancellation
.ftrF cancellation o. one convention
liter another. and ruined season
htoushaut that section. This year,
layton. I understand has gone
sei and yery vet guess 9, will be-
fter yeark drought
Ia the meantime. thie beautiful,
sel ke@ summer ho,el.one 81 the
,ea Ia The Whole country hAa burn
q down. and much doubt exists !
rhethef the owner viii rebuild !
'oula you blame Capital II !, re- I
ased % pat money - a venture 80
rczflsus and So dogbtufuls And !
ont yoa lhlak the people o, Clay
81 voald have voted Ia favor ,
/, & license Tor this house u they