West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-09-27
CARD.

CARD.
ED. DEMOCRAT: | am charged by
some Of the Republican papers of
this district of having contributed
to the defeat of the proposed con-
stitutional amendment. Such is
not the fact. 1t is true that at the
time the submission of the amend
ment to the people was being agi-
tated before the Legislature, Mr..
Anthony Reyman and others Of the
city Of Wheeling, who were at the
time engaged in the manufacture
of beer and wine, and who had
invested in their business thous-
ands of dollars, at q time when it.
was lawful for them to do so, came
to consult me with respect to the
amendment if adopted, Ny reply
was that it would have the effect
Of preventing both the sale and
manufacture of all kinds of intoxi-
eating liquors; whereupon they
employed me to appear before the
Legislature and represent to its
members the amount of money they
had invested in their buildings,
etc, and try and secure an amend
ment to the amendment to the eff
feet that all innocent parties who
had heretofore engaged in the
manufacture of beer, at a time
when it was lawful for them to do
so, should be Unidentified by the
State to the extent of the actual
capital by them invested.
This was all that was done.
There was no effort made to defeat
the amendment; but rather to SO
frame it as to protect every citizen
in his rights, and to take no ones
property without just compensa-
ton j. II. Coon.
Now, as Chairman Of the State
TEN perance Executive Committee,
| spent considerable time in the
lobby of the last Legislature, dur
ing both sessions. Mr.. Good was
there doing everything he possibly
could against the Amendment.
During the first session, he was
on the floor of the Senate daily,
when the measure was being agi-
tated. He was urging its defeat.
Even when the business Of the Sen
ate was progressing, he was passing
from desk to desk, until his con-
duct became so obnoxious that on
one occasion members of the Senate
were on the point of calling upon
the President to enforce decorum
by clearing the floor of lobbyists,
and only desisted because it would
have been extremely unpleasant,
and because many ladies were
present.
1 speak what I know, and am
prepared to substantiate every word
of it. Mr.. Good was the recognized
and acknowledged leader Of the
forces backing the opposition to the
Amendment.
During the last session his oppo-
sition was little less conspicuous.
NOW III lEiGUClo IOt w hCOICl IC
was paid for has services or not. |
was there doing my best in behalf
of the measure. Mr.. Good had q
perfect right to be there in opposi
ton, if be SO desired. If he was
working in so bad cause, and
that too out Of his professional line
of duty, for pay, so much the worse
for him. Let him stand up now
with his defense, not his denial.
1t is useless for him to issue
cards of denial in remote county
papers, for people who are inform
ed read county papers as well as
the Wheeling dailies. His record
against the Amendment is notori-
Gus. All the Legislators and all
Wheeling know it by heart. He
says he advised Mr.. Reyman, the
brewer, that the Amendment
"would have the effect of prevent
ing both the manufacture and sale
of all kinds Of Intoxicating liquors"
Mr.. Reyman must have been
dull indeed if it required lawyer
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