The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-28

UsT %, 1885.
LE0N.ARD1S LIQUOR.
1 oaIo's rRonrsrTioN oAEDtDAT1
i Ivissssusiy Criticised in the Eat for Hi
. unmaaly ceatse Ia Regard 70 tho Ale.
D panisins Rpiesas.w Whore rru,h would
4 Have 1isen Det.erthan yalsshood.
!: WAsHaeros, August 27.-Dr. Leonard
!. and his associates may be interested to
hear how the case Is regarded at the East.
Nopersohal feeling can enterinto the com
federation Of the matter, since the Doctor
Iisnot known here. judgement hasibeen
made up upon the facts that he was
charged with secretly taking ale forme,
4 dicinal purposes, that he denied the story.
as staninfamous lie, and after the charge
\ had been proved admitted that it'was true.
N In commenting on this state OF facts the
Republicans Of this city, in common with
most Eastern Republican newspapers,
fused language which was deseryedly clear.
Thereupon one fits subscribers wrote de-
Tending Dr.. Leonard, aud to-day the Re-
lblicdn says: Z n 8
|f..A lay brother iayors the Rspubl dean
with long and not particularly luminous
Communication, in which he makes the
charge that this paper isunjust inits treat
ment OF the Rev. DR.. Leonard, Prohibi-
ton candidate for Governor Of Ohio. The
accusationis is repeated not less than seyen
times, without sufficient variation 'tofe
lieye the eweafiso OF dull moaotony.
The injustice complained Of Is an i'm
piled doubt Of the Rev. DR.. Leonard's |
yeracity. The Rspttbl lieaa Is compelled to
admit that iit has entertained and init
mated such o doubt, Furthermore, the
Republicdn now makes frank confession
lthatitstill believes the Rev. Dr.! Leonard
has dayiated from the truth in some OF his
solemn statements concerning his own
acts. 4 5. ss
i.It ID notorious that tie prohibition
movement in Ohio Is a conspiracy against
the Repu blican party, managed and run
inthe interest OF the Democracy. lis
equally notorious that this conspiracy
aims al the abregatio Of all restraints on
the liquor traffic. Instead Of prohibition,
itmeans absolute free trade liquors and
the deprivation of municipalities OF all
revenues from license fees. This Is SO
generally and thoroughly unde stood that
itwere a waste Of time to discuss it.
pfproR ArAcr.
sWhen the Rev. Dr.. Leonard loaned or
leased himself TO the managers Of this con
spiracy, he naturally excited the indigna-
tionof most Of his Meth brethren, for
itso, happens, not unnaturally, that very.
large proportion Of The Methodists in
Ohio, as in other States, arc accustomed 10
vote the Republican ticketwith commend.
able regularity. d.
a.one Of the Reverend Doctors Metho.l
dist brethren, incensed at o palpable de-
seftion OF principle in order TO aid q
transparent conspiracy against not only
the Republican party, but the cause OF,
Temperance, came out with the statement
that, some years ago, when DR.. Leonard
was attending acamp.meeting a at Dayton,
be had been aeeuato tomsd to 90 behind the
bushes every morning and drink some
fine old ale as q remedy for dyspepsia.
AS, soon as this statement appeared the
lDoetorrose up and denounced Ii as an in [
famous lie; hut 1t was not q ilie-itwasl
true as Gospel. Being true, il took care /
| lofitselE Evidence multi iplisd until the
Doctor was compelled, very reluctantly,
totake waite 8 z s
"a correspondent Of the New York
Times, writing from Cincinnati, says: The
Rev. DR.. Leonard, the Prohibition candi.
date for Governor, has finally admitted
that the ale.ands toast story was snbstan-l
TALLY correct. The admission was made
lto,otlicers OF the church, In Springfield,
and through them has reached the pub
/ iic They report himas saying that when
he gcharaota arlzed the story as IAN in Ia
nous liep he did not mean TO deny its |
general truth, but referred to certain exc
aggerated features.
The only such feature which he men.
tions, however, Is that the statement that
during the four days lie was at the Day.I
ton camp meeting he went behind the
bushes 10 drink his ale. He says the!
matter is "a little dim in his recollection,
having occurred nine years ago, hut he Isl
sure so soremarkable q circumstan as 60,
ing behind the bushes to sip the ale would
have impressed itself upon his memory,
(which makes the inference easy that the
mere matter Of ale drinking is not so iun-
usual q thing with him that he would !be
likely 10 oremember II.
PREAcnEs WHAT sHg poN'T PRACTICE.
The same correspondent, who is not a |
hired liar, but a careful and reliable col.
llector .ofnews, reports that there are two
other stories atloat 70 which DR.. Leonard
isnot reported as making any reference.
They are that he drank champagne for a
considerable period in the beliei that Ii
would cure malaria, and that he took
stronger stimulants when recovering from
an attack OF typhoid pneumonia. The
correspond @ emit ada These circumstance
have gained prominence in the campaign
because Of the intensity Of the prohibition
doctrine which Dr. Leonard preaehes.
=. He fayors the prohi bitionol theuse Of
liquor for any and all poses, me edicinal
not excepted, and isfe epogted as having fre.
guenlly strongly aayised his parishionersI
against the use OF liquor when prescribed
neutrality-suspicious.. ltis natural, there.
fore, that atoIies that Dr.. Leonard's own
prsctice has been so different from his
preaching have been given wide circula,
ton, and arc a gubiect Of serious COM.
ment among Temperance people. At the \
same time the haste and positiyenessl
which he exhibited in denying the ale
i story, which he now, admits 10 lie substan-
tally true, has started sdiscuasion In the
Methodist Church, tho tendency OF which
4 is said 10 be Ia win vote in that orranisa-
ltion for Judge Foraker, the Republican
Candidate. In the meantime the whole
matter has become eiest with alarge class.
and in the bar-fooms one can hear fIe.
touet,t calls for ssf ,eonafi's aie.t y