St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-22
THE.BABB BOYCOTT.
ESetaliatOry Measures - Herman
WesInhal tn the Front.


Westphal to the Front.
The friends of high license and the pa
troll limits seem to hold themselves in duty
bound to rally to the support of Aid. Babb
and the Cedar Lake Ice company since the
saloon men have withdrawn their trade
from that concern. Ice orders have been
doubled and in cases sympathizing letters
have been written to the high license alder
man. It is also reported that a party of
gentlemen, headed by no less a parsonage
than Col. G. II. Benton, went around the
saloons announcing themselves as friends
Of Capt Babb and would buy no drinks of
saloons that did not patr0niZe him for ice.
1.-THE singular part of Capt. Babb's course
said an alderman yesterday, lis that he
seems dead set against saloons, but at the
same time is willing to make money selling
ice to the saloons. He hates the devil, but is
willing to take the devils money
Herman Westphal now feels himself af-
fronted, and yesterday addr essed the letter
which follows to the Tribune, with some
doubts of its publication by that paper. 1t
is as follows:
For several days past numerous articles
have appeared in the city papers relative to an
alleged boycott of Aid. Babbs ice business
by the saOonkeepers many of the articles
evidently being intended to bolster failing
business. While it was evident who was
aimed at have not deemed proper to enter
into any con troversy with the so-called Cedar
Lake Ice company, but inasmuch as Aid.
Babb sees fit to mention my name in an inter-
view published info-day's Tribune, forbear-
ance ceases to be q virtue. In this interview
he says the saloon trade will amount,to moth
ing less than $4,000 for the season. and that
Hermann Westphal will get the bulk of it.
This is probably true, but he might have
add hat T had no bI11I IF hic do ar,d of
the ice trade generally before the Cedar Lake
Ice company was elected alderman, a nd have
kept it ever since, not because of votes in the
council, but because have supplied "a pure
article at a reasonable price, and because my
ice has been cut where it has been repre-
scented. One would suppose from the news
papers that Aid, Babb had
VERY LARGE SALOON TRADE
before he voted against low license few days
ago, butt should not be forgotten that he has
done SO ever since he became an alderman.
Why has he not been boycotted before? see
it stated that he is losing all his saloon custom
twenty-five in one day. Now, facts are
stubborn things, and official records cannot
be wiped out. I challenge Aid Babb to prove
the state of things he alleges to exist. Eet US
take the full list of licensed saloonkeepers
doing business under the last administration,
and then let him check off his old customers
and see if he had 90 per cent. in number or 10
large share of the patronage of the ssblind
pigs in the Seventh and Eighth wards and /
have no doubt they have lately been stopping
their ice because they have been ordered to
close, but this is not boycotting, Aid. Babb
has right to do business in business-like
manner, but submit that
1T IS NOT HONORABLE
in him to resort to confidence operation, or
seek to gain trade by reason of sympathy
based on false state ment of facts Nor do
l understand why it is that, if he is at heart
in favor of patrol limits, he should have been
cheek by jowl with the blind pig owners in
his ward few days ago. in their endeavors to
defeat Aid. Lawrence. 1t is not my desire to
enter upon any personal controversy, but
may be forced to divulge more than he will
consider profitable. In the meantime pro-
pose TO do q legitimate business, and will, in
no3event, lay claim to public sympathy be-
cause | lose the trade of blind pigs. Having
done business here for many years. think
can afford to let the public decide whether or
not 1 have dealt honorably. and have no fears
for the future. HERMANN WESTPHAL.