Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-03-13
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Ga0 OF the city papers.
inconsistent 3 empcraucc Pl Oies
Ai0Hs.
If it was not huml iating it would bt
amusing to watch the Inconsistencies
of some OF thermometers Of the Winning
ton Annual Conference, in session ut
Middletown. The drawing aside ofthe
veil by Dr. Babcock and letting the peo-
pie see who caused the death OF local
option in Delaware, has shown that
there are number of preachers in the
Conference guilty of a violation OF
the first commandment, by worshiping
idols-Senator Bayard being the chief
idol in their hearts, before whom all
the members of the Conference are COM
manded to bow. To the credit OF the
Conference there ale two thirds any
how who will not bow the knee, even
though the lash be applied by no less
talented preacher than DR.. Caldwell.
The latter is guilty of the grossest in.
constituencies. Judging from his elo-
quent championship of the Temperance
cause, we might suppose him sincere,
were it not that his love and admiration
of Senator Bayard outweighs his love
and devotion to Temperance. We have
nothing whatever to say against Mr..
Bayard's course on the Temperance
question. His open opposition against
all kinds of Temperance legislation has
been so bold and glaring, that none
need be deceived in him. With his
personal habits we have nothing to do,
but his public acts are matters of re-
cord and legitimate subjects for criti-
cism. The records show that all Mr..
Bayard's influence has been thrown
against Temperance legislation. None
will deny that his letter to member of
the late Legislature, opposing local OPP
ton, defeated that measure. The
House had passed the bill, and the Sell
ate would have passed it had not the
letter referred to changed the mind of
one or more Senators. The letter was
written at the instigation of the Presi-
of the liquor League Of Wilmington'
and Louis Schade, E q of Washington,
Attorney for the National Liquor
League, afterwards is said to have sta.
ted to a convention of brewers, that
they were indebted to Mr. Bayard for
the defeat of local option. Senator Bay
ard, even while Revs. Colclazer, Hous-
ton, Mowbray and Caldwell were de.
Tending him before the Conference was
engaged in trying to defeat the appoint
ment of liquor commission a measure
which these same ministers advocated.
VI the seven members of the committee
an amendment that not more than four
OF them should be prohibitionists, re-
celved his hearty support, while anoth-
er amendment offered by the Sena-
tor himself, that not more than four
should belong to the same political par
ty, wa, voted down. When the final
vote was takeno on the bill, it was passed
by good majority, but with Mr.. Bay.
ards vote recorded against it. This ia
on keeping with the action of the dis
tinguished Senator on the bill amending
the law providing for the selection of |
United States jurors. The amendment
provided for q Jury commissioner, who |
D"' W eAle'!%" opposite political opin-
IONS to the United States Marshal, and |
each choosing half the jury, of course
the latter would be mixed half and |
half. In this manner politics were in
trocuced into the jury box, and theconse-
quence is that in cur State there have
been no convictions for political offences
no matter how fragrant. As we have
already said, Mr.. Bayard has a perfect
right TO act in this manner and parti
san Democratic preachers have a per.
feet right to extol him to the skies if
they zee proper, but these preachers
who have been so loud in their advoca-
cy of local option and other Temper
ance laws only show their gross incon-
sistency by holding up the man as the
EN- bodiment of all that is great, good
and honorable, who deliberately de-
feats what they try to make the people
believe is right and proper. The con-
troversy IN the Wilmington Conference
may be summed up as follows
DR.. Babcock, agent of the National
Temperance Union.in statingthe causes
which led to the defeat of local option
in Delaware, laid the blame on Senator
Bayard. The President of the Will
mlnglon Liquor League and the Attor.
ney Ter the National Liquor League,
also gave Mr.. Bayard the credit fer de-
ieatlng local option. When two oppo-
SITES agree, II Looks ~ if the truth was
told. A fow D.mocra ic preachers in
conference, protested advocates of the
ItmI erance Caue, but who love Mr..
bayard more than trey do Temperance, /
took offence a. Dr.. Habcocks ipsinna. |
tlon' and came with more eIcquence to t
he def -rco VI M. B.syard, than they S
over did to the Temperance cause. d
Thus We have The strange anomaly of a t
BOT OF Protested Temperance preachers,
pr"is.nG the man who stands directly
III the path of the Temperance reform,
and who as fast as they bring for ward
q temperance scheme, defeats it for
Cntm. We can come to no other con a
riuelon than tt at some n IN bers of The d
" liz ing on Conference need recon.
struction in consistency.
THOSE WHO have hr.u ao,neubo+