The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-18
NJ. E. CONFER ENCE.
SENATOR BAYAKD'S RECORD ON
LOCAL OPTION.
Bishop Scott Receives Delegaton-Coadition
the Chulcass-C .osiag Proceedings -List Q.
Appointments.
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

! PiSoiuSt oNSi w leSN. 'lNt.
. o'clock the bishop opened the regula
session of Conference.
The Rev. ID. &. Babcock, of the Ma
tlonal Temperance Society. addressed lii,
Conference in behalf OF Sunday schou
and temperance literature.
In the course OF his remarks he allij
ell to Senator Bayaid's letter on local q
tiun to the last Legislature. which he SAL
killed the bill then pending. He sat
that Mr.. Bayard had sold himself to III,
liquor men. In reply to . question b,
the Rev. Mr.. Colclazer as to the autholi
/ ty for that statement. the speaker saic
j that Lewis Schade, attorney Tor the L.
! quor men, had openly boasted OF his sue
cess in securing 4 letter from Scnai,h
! BaAard which killed the local option bill
! The Rev. }. l.. Houston SAID that Schad,.'
| making the remark didn't prove it. IL,
thought Senator Bayard had given hi,
| opinion con>clentiously. Mr.. ColcIazeI
and Mr.. Mowbray defended Mr.. Bayalu
Mr.. Quigy said that il Senator Ba,alo
| had THUS allied himself with the liquor
men his motive might be known.
The text of the letter is DIS follows:
WAsHINGToN, March $, 1881
My DEAR Sir: do not like to in
! trude my opinions unasked Tor upu,.
members of the Legislature.
! agree with You in thinking local op
| tinn laws of very doubtful consultation,
! allty, aud positive ineA pediency.
| AS | understand them they submit :,
! law to popular vote. in local districts. am
| this defeats the principles Of ..ur govern
ment, which is representative in its char
acter. and Faces the whole law-makin.
/ pow Ell and discretion III the Legislature
aud not lii Tie people i'll their mere mum
erical force anu primary capacity.
/ If punishment OF criminals was to b,
adjudged and inflicted by local option
| instead OF through acts Of Legislature.
executed by judges and juiies, it woui',
Ue held wholly at variance with out
| theory Of government. and yet to apply
such Il rule To So widespread aud daily a
! habit as tbs. use of alcoholic ur fermeut
ed beverages is in my judgment quite il,
unsafe.
, 50 lar as my experience goes, a wei,
regulated system of Licenses. whereof,
revenues is largely brought into the pub
/ lie treasury. coupled With severe penal
ties Tor Illicit sale. has proved the mos
! efficient check upon the abuse of the H.
uuor traffic.
/ In many respects the question is d
! sumptuary one, and laws attempting IL
establish >umptuary regulations become
| nqmsitorlal aud impossible OF execution.
| So that i'll those communities in this coun-
| try where they have been enacted, they
/ nave either aggravated the evils they
were intended to prevent. or have fallen
! into contempt and uSeleSsueSS, and been
/ repealed.
The statements have seen OF the rea
/ condition of those communities in which
total prohibition has been attempted.
! have impressed me very strongly i'll con
| iirmatiun vi these views.
Personal influence and example ana
! prtcept and the recognition of the great
/ truth That ntemperduce Ill the use CT
stimulautS I'll ali kinds is i morbid ply
steal fact. both III cause and effect. is il
my Judgment the proper view To com-
mence with Statistics abundantly prov,
that the attempted suppression by stat
| uteS of the use of alcoholic Stimulants is
! accompanied by an increase III the use al
I opiateS. and that open drinking being
! stopped secret drinking ensues
. | do not believe that any man has d
! greater horror of intemperancc than /
and my appreciation OF Its dangers and
evil effects grows with my experience 81
! human affairs !; but the Sraver the evil
! the more essential to apply the righl
principle To its cure, and for reasons
| have stated, ami many others, | hope the
experiment vi local option, will not h,
tried 10y our Legislature. but increase,
! checks under the license system be con
! tinucd. Yours sincerely.
t. +. BAYARD.
tThc letter was published in the Wash
| instun Sentinel. an organ OF the liquor
! dealers. and Il copy OF the paper laid ol
the desk of each member Of the Della
ware Legislature.
DIR. kynett. corresponding secretary o
the Church Exteu>inn Society. was intr,
! duced and addressed the conference ~
the subject eli Church Extension Tn,
| work OF church eXIemsIon was organize
| b> direction OF the General Conference u
1864. and the legal Incorporation was Al.
tecteu in March. 1865 The first money
was received by the treasurer III October
of the same year. and the fist appr"pri
alton was made in the spling of 1866
I During the sixteen years OF active work
! ending January |. 1882. the board has
| collected and disbursed 81 Isl SSl 90. q
which 1891, 45l.31 belongs to the Loan
! Fund. from whlGh churches are aided by
| Inans only. OF this loan fund, s22i IA
| IS have been returned tu the treasury
and reluaned to other churches. The
| board has aided in all 3.iiS churches.
most of them by donations, many b.
| loans, ana SONG by both donations and
! loans. The total of our Methods church
eS is in round numbers l1.6OO. Of which
900 have been built within the last tel
! years. SD that nearly one fifth of all oul
churches and more than three sew ntEs
of all the increase since this work began.
have received aid from the board.
The bishop appointed Revs. L. W.
| Todd. G. \. Phmhus. B. f. Price, T. j.
Mallalien and T. b. CoHrspy. is = com
,ulttea To convey tie frateinal greetin.
| oi the Conference to the venerable Bishop
| Scott.
The committee went to the Bishop
residence and found him quite feeble. yet
able To recognize them and to reply to
their congratulations.
The nth Of thu dist Urinary questions.
"Who are admitted into full connecticut
was taken up, and the Rev. A. w. Light
bourne, after answering the usual di>cip
Iinary questions from the Bishop, was
admitted into full connection.
Nearly an honr was consumed in COM
meHtHg On the dispi i.iiGary questions, in
which the Bishop made some very terse,
practical and appropriate remarks.
On motion the time was extended. The
chairman of the Examining Committee
reported Rev. A. w. Lightbourne' $ ex-
animation very good.
In the evening big audience was pres
l