New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-30
Il PECULIAR PROHIBITION CANDIDATE

LETTER FROM W. JENNINGS DEMoREsT-wu,r
HIS PROPERTY IS USED FOR.
HEADQUARTERS COUNTY PROHIBITION Committee,
80 EAST 14THsT., NEW YORK, Oct. 20, IsS5
To the EdttOr OF The Tribune.
SIR: A personal SANDER upon myself apnear,
in the columns of your paper this morning with t,s
weight of editorial sanction and in justice to tho par
which has honored me by placing my second on -,
state ticket demand that you make retract,ap =.
broad and distinct as tho charge. l quote from N,
article:
"qbe New-York Prohibitionsts have mt tbo-o.,,..
in an even attitude by the nomination OF &c,
one OF whose buildings is used for the retail sa
iGnors We refer TO W. Jennings Deluorest who se OF
that he is making race for Leutenant( 0yernar 1
who Is spending his wealth with lavish hand TO ,sser
mate falsehoois about the Republican candidates
Mr. DemOTest Is the owner or property at No Ps..
Fourteenth-s II is leased to druggist who has ss
practice of selling liquor by the glass freely Dr.
his tenant tenpts other men To drink liquor Ills s an
unfortunate IL puts the DemocraticPro-
lar bun g-holc, if you please" s~
Now as to the facts in the case. The only prem,,.,
rented as drug store by at No. West Got p,,
Fourteen;h-st Tho lease contains las do all by leass,
restriction TO prevent my tenants from selling intoYe.
ing liquors the premises. Some time since reno.
was put circulation to the OBJECT that liquor was Le,
sold beverage these premises, and at once a.,
abOnt an Investigation. The lessee promptly calas
upon me in person, and assured tho report was false
that no LIQUORS sold except upon physicians n,
scrptiOn and he further declared that his own busin.
interest demanded tnat this rule sh )ud DO strcV "a
hcred to- as any general sale would seriously affect IN.
respectabty OF his place As dsbelieye In the use ~
liquors. even medicines at sought legal alyic.
as whether tho sale for such purpose could DO STONED
under the lease and assured that II could not hs
is the exact trlth as 70 this specific charge, and oay
wish add the fact known to hundreds OF business MOI
og this city, that have repeatedly refused tho most ex
travaaat rents FROM saloon and restaurant Keepers pre-
ferrug that property should lie idle Rather than Ia
used for their body AMI soul destroying purposes
have also suffered direct persecution account OF nv
radical temperance views, Que eLraged liquor dear
whose premises back mp to 1ne having erected llra
iron fence upon the top Of his building ayOyed a.
jet being 70 obsruct the light and thus reduce tie gaf
OT my premises MS own statement 10 me personally b,
ing that my temperance principles mteTfered with s
business 30 pro2o;e4, TO- Obtain $4,000 worth Of 10
ve ery F0 truly g yo2rs JrS SSns bpSoprsr
There is no retraction to BE- made. The state.
Den)rest's property Out in West FJurtsenth.st.
not East Fourteenth are literally AMI exactly trua
7 he records Of tho Excise BJarl show that lceas,
No. 2, J30 for the sale Of liquors at retail was
issued t. john +. Mcintyre, No. West Forr
tecath-st., on July 81, 1888, and will expire or
July p, 80. TIE TRIBUNE stated yesterday that
liquor Is sold freely BY The glass IN this place We
arc prepared t. prove b. a:iiayts that brandy
ana whsley were soil in this place ycsierdy
when they were asked for without any question
about q plyNclan's prescription or any hesitation
whatever We repeat our statement that property
owned BY the Prohibition candidate for Lieuten.
ant sYerDo. is HOw being J5.l for the ind .strn-
mate sale Of liqusr. via any sincere, air-mirded
MAJ vote for ". jennings Dsm'cc't for L!cu.ea
ant-GJver.1r after this clposu" Ed