The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-25
BA BCOCk'S PROOF.
HE QUOTES raE RECORD TO SEN
ATOR BAYARD AND iR.&GHADE.
Conclusive prooItA1t Tie Liquor Men Triumphed
Tbrough the Efforts Of the Vr.uous Senator.


Through til. E forts Of the Vlr!uous Senator.
The Rev. DR.. y. c. Babcnck. OF Phila
arlpha. who. at the recent session at
the VI. L. Conference. at MiddI,tuwn. as
serted that Louis Schade had secured the
Influence, 81 senator Bavald to defeat rh-
Local Option bill pending before the !a~l
! i..4i>latm,r ni n,.ilwn,s'. sent t" I'M.
/ MpRNlNG N'.ws The following statement
c ,ncrrrif,g hi> rem H. and The proof t"
>npp".i hrm
PHu.,pn,riiIA. March IA letter
from Louis Srhade, Ed. ot Wa>hingt"n
| ID. G.. came t. ,nf office by the evening
mail on the ltih inst. 1t was dated
! Washington March. llth and sent t"
| Mi,.dletown. Del. from whence it was
| forwarded. In it there is a = demand for
proof of alleged assertions made by
me at the Wilmington NJ. l.. Conference.
or -. public retraction i'll the Whining
ton papers. | prefer the first of these
alternatives. As it is very easy task to
| establish all claimed and named.
AS a minister of the Methodist EpiS-
copal Church aud one of TIM secretaries
! of the National Temperance Society and
| Publication House | visited the Viii
miugt"n Conference at Middletnwn on
! the 9th and 10Th Of March. At the
| nl"ruIu2 session of the 10Th. the Rev.
| John Ouigg moved that be- invited to
address the Conference for Il few min
| utes. | spoke of the varieties of litera-
ture issued hy the National Society. and
of the fact that sixteen wears of effort to
cnlLhten the public was yielding good
| fruit: that there never has been il time
when the liqnor men have been so much
| disturbed. | cited their efforts to break
down the Kansas law, and to prevent
the enactment Of such ii law in Iowa. as
proof of this. | also cited Delaware.
and said that the liquor men employed
/ senator Bayarl to write a letter to the
Senate of Delaware last Spring to tie
feat the Local Option bin that had bass
ed the House and was pending i'll the
Senate.
After had closed my remarks and
was about To sit dnwn Rev. Mr.. Colcaz-
er arose and in Il very respectful way.
desired ~! authority for the above as
sertion. answered that Louis Schade.
! Ed. the attorney of the United States
| Brewers Association made the state,
ment openly i'll his report to the last
"Brewers Congress- Same one then
said that me did =. not believe Mr.. Bay
men" at once diSclamed any inten
ton OF using til" word "empo>ed " in
aul other sense than that influenced OF
Induced. The Rev. Mr.. Houston seem
cd somewhat excited and used some
haSty words, but nothing very serious
occurred.
This first genuine sensation of the
Conference. as it was called. was put
On the wires in garbled form. and cal
led ont a letter from Mr.. Blgard. and the
following. q quote FROM the Phladel-
plit LrdyGr of March 12th. from Louis
Srha,ic
He pronnunceS my statement that he
employed Senator b yard TO kill the Lo-
cll Option Law Am nbsaltd t"ls,h ood nnu
ma7irivu& $'radcr" The Hrlirx are mine
lie further SAYS: The l"cai option let
ter of the Senator dated March s. 1891.
and addressed to a friend at Whining
ton. was written two weeks before Mr..
Schade over spoke about this matter to
the Senntnr.'
Let us compare notes have before
me the proceedings OF the twehtv-tir>t
annual session of the Brewers .iSsnria
rinrl held III thica 20 MAY LIE 1881.
On pages Sc and 30 | find the Report
of the attorney of the association. dat
81 Washington. ID. e., April -. 1881.
aud addressed IT" tn" President aud
Executive United States brewers A>sn-
ciatinn." and signed = Louis Sclade at
tnrney United States Brewers Associa
ton
Under the heading Temperance Fa-
nati'i>m in the States this report sa>s
The increased md greatly successful
efforts of the fanatics t. induce l'se var
iouS State Legislatures to adopt prohibit
tory constitutional amendments gave me
an opportunity to render some services
in behalf of personal liberty by making
appeals to Senators and members Of Com
gress to write tn their friends III the
Legislatures not TO pass bills Of that
character.
In Delaware. the House having passed
IA Local Option law. and Mr.. Mani. sec
rotary Of the Wilmington Liquor Deal
er's Association. having requested nv
aS>>tat | acquail ted u at noble
friend ot personal lhrrty, Senator /. +.
hi>ard. with the state OF affairs. and
the consequence WAS u very strong aud
able letter tr"m the Senator IN defense OF
personal liberty. The Delaware Senate
soon after defeated the Local Option bill
Senator Vest. of Missouri. also followed
with Il similar letter in behalf of your
rights. | mention their letters especial,
ly as both are United States Senators. y
| leave it 10 an intelligent public to de-
termine whether | have met the de
mand for proof of my assertions, or
whether | must - stard before the cour-
try as wantou and cont"mptible slaud-
erer aud a disgrac, To the professional
calling to which belong.
ID. &. BABCOCk.