The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-11

The "Register" Correspond enre AasfT
iieus shown Up.
Correspondence rAe IaieiIgeaaa.
WaToS, W. va, July 8.-Yopr corret
popdsnt believes in fairness, and, ~ BIZ
differences at the close OF his last letter
inletences that every intelligent reader ii
Weston understood-placed the authorship
Of tue Rcgiaer', article gu g seutlsmsr
whs, personally and positively denies III
ohginatiou, he therefore frankly make
this acknowledgement Of the Injustice don.
the individual above referred 70, but With
out retrGcling single syllable @ applied
TO the genuine writer, whoever he may be.
1t Is scarcely necessary to reHly :" -. ~: .Asi
letter Of tho License" advocate Ia Satur.
days Regisier. But to show how be sup.
poHs one islSe etatement with another,
and thus stands sell.conyicted before
every intelligent reader II Is amply sutllci.
ent to quote and compare some Of the
boasted "iacls" Of bis fnt letter with
others OF bis last in relation to the same
subject.
Ii his ABt Article, speaking Of the
amount Of beer shipped here 90 the Sat-
urday before the An, he says, "not Las
than 70 or 80 kegs were shipped to private
parties"
Here are the "iac.sn as brought out In
bis second letteri rThe RtyiEsr man did
not see the twenty-five or tuirty kegs Of
beer that came 10 town on S4tIrday-!or
they ", re- taken out Of the car alter dark
anu hid away, but he heard Of them"
In The drst letter he positively states
the twenty-five or thirty kegs did come on
Saturday. Here be says he didn't see
them, buthe head Of them. Further on
In this last letter he says: "As for The
twenty Ave or thirty kegs coming on SA,r
nrday, might have been nliataEen, but
they came within one weak before the
Fourth, for know oil one party getting
Two kegs aud ono Gaze" twill occur TO
the thinking, reasoning tealer that there
exists slight shade oil q ference between
twenty five or thirty keys" and two
kegs and one case"
Frat lie says they positively oamc on
sNlrdayTthen he didn't ese them, bur
he heard Of them. Then, again, II might
not have been on Saturday, but during
the week before. nd, tinRlly, to oap the
climax and support the "lacts, II there
we're not"twenty -dve or thirty kegs" there
were ut lees: two keg8 and one case"
He sayt: "a lot OF the ardent spirit
comes with the kegs packed In boxts and
billed sundries, H." How DOES he know?
Does he receive them2 or Is this some more
oil hls htsBAy7 And, lit 10 true, why this
cluIion2 There Is nd law prohibiting the
open receiving oil ardent spirits. lie says
again: 1.-THE ten barrels-three half barrels
aud four kcgs-oi whisky delivered here
during the month Of April was u supply
being laid In sitter the court refused 10
grant license" Supply for what? Here he
goes back on bis friends again, and by this
very language irAiRGates that ths very }psn
whom he attempts to defend are engaged In
the Illicit sale Of liquor. This Is more than
tbs lSEELLIGRNCER correspondent has ever
charged or ever Intended 10 charge He
sSyi: "As l predicted, there were more
plain DRINKS here yesterday 1.-THE 4th) than
any time during the prevalence OF license"
He may actually believe this statement to
be true. An incident Is sufficient to show
on what grounds: 4 hale,Iellow well.met
individual, who was in a hrat class staggeII
ing condition, 10 his psudlin gyrationO,
ran rudely against man who was perfectly
sober, which knocked the drunken fellow
completely of his pins. Staggering to his
feet, he stepped close 10 the man whom he
had run agalnst and cycling him moment
in apparently surprised disgust, blurted out:
"Hie, you mpst be drunk, amt your"
In his ilrst letter he saya;
e II. H.. La +. -
the refusal Of the Court 10 grant license had
on business, and be will tell You that
since the grst Of May bio business has de.
creased at least % per cent? Ho says
"any" merchant, and this made 1t only
necessary TO ask one. But more than this
was done-and majority Of the leading"
business men-others were visited, but the
propritton were not ir-replied to the ei.
leCt That either "air. License" ignoraptly
or w!iiully and intentionally mada false
statement, or they didn't know their own
business. Which "a tho most probable?
liz declared that loss Of % per cent In
business was entailsd upon the merchants
Of Weston by the refusal to grant the peo-
pie tho blessed privilege Of spending their
money Tor licensed whiskY. Yet the very
luub VI Nld IdktCE IupIGouuLd bufI kAtbtS 10
much or more Of tho iuto4icanIs cold now
"a ihers vas before tBs aGrogAtIon oI H.
cense. lfthis reflection whichHhe paata on
saloonis.s DO true, they arc better OF with.
out license, an they save their taxes and
still make ns much money as they would.
And, further, II there is aS much whisky
sold without license as with, and the CELL.
ing CT whisky makes bEpipeys Tor der.
chauts, what grounds ard there for the
decrease IN business he declares to have re-
suted2 BY what mode OF preYarlca.
ton does he expect IA tEiAI him;
sell opt Of this posiiionS f." We ~
Let yous reporter qdots almost his last
sentence: Il ata not any closer freed than
be who would not have 10 go outside Of bis
own family to find one who imports q good
portion Of the rum he Is hGrping 30 much
about" This Is the unkindest cut Of all,
But for argument, ADMIT tho. ttS tA,her
and Wo,heS, the prolhetS and sisters, the
unclts and ,Rutits, oil your correspondent,
are engaged In this traffic, does that sipni.
~ 10 any one who has more than Child's
intellect, that be should uphold, no matter
how dear to him personally, their aGtion6
in that which lie believes TO be wrongf
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