Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-08-13
HARRY HART,
The New York Clothing Manufacturing Co.
NO. 316 MARKET STREET.

How MT. Il. r. Cochran Befrien DIS the
Liquor Men.
COMMUNICATED
For several days past the Cochran
ring henchmen have been industriously
appealing to the liquor dealers of this
|city In frantic efforts to bolster their
failing cause. Their first maj 9uvre 10
TO impress upon the minds of the men
who are engaged In the liquor traffic
what . friend Mr.. Cochran has been
and Is to them, and how potent his in
duence 10 rs Clerk of the Peace In OBJ
tanning their licensts. Failing in csjol.
|ery, they next resort 70 threats, and
p 'ainly inform them that unless they
support the Cochran delegates their L.
cenees shall be refused In future.
So brazen and unblushing has be-
come this attempt to intimidate, inter
fere with and destroy the independence
OF free men that 1t seems to be lime to
| show just how lar Mr.. L. h. Cochran
| il Interested In their welfare.
During the latter part OF the term Of
VIM. H. Brady as liquor bailiff, in
May, 1889, the pressure of business
was so great at that time term quite o
number OF applicants for liquor LICENCES
| in this county were refused, the nd ges
not having time to give them consid.
Grafton. In view Of this state of affairs
Mr.. Brady was instructed to inform
the disappointed applicants that they
could renew their applications at the
lensuing September term, when the
court would have more time to give the
matter consideration.
Acting upon this advice quite q num-
Der of persons applied at inst term for
license. Toward the close of the ERIN
| the court determined 10 take no action
| upon the licenses, but to hold them
| under advisement until the November
tern. then only about six weeks of A
few days afterwards those applicants
received notice from Mr. K. r. Cochran
10 come and withdraw their 500, ~
their licenses were refused.
The application having entailed an
expense Of from $50 to $50, besides .he
fees paid to the Clerk of the Peace and
the November term, at which they
were expected to apply again under al
ditional expense and under additional
fees-being shortly at haud-and they
having made their applications under
the instructions of the Court, who had
the advice Of the Court to that effect.
The liquor men naturally felt some
what lhdigr ant at the turn affairs had
taken, and MIR. John Fehren bach and
Mr.. Joseph Stoeckle went to remon-
stIate to Mr.. Brady. Mr.. Brady, after
comforting with the Court, informed
them that those applicants were not
turned down, but were merely held uI-
der advisement, and that they need not
Withdraw their money or applications
Mr.. Brady 30 informed them, and they
with few exceptions left their money
remain In the hands of the Clerk of the
Peace penang the determina lion of
their case at the November term. A
few days after this Mr.. Cochran met
MT Brady AID peremptorily demanded
OF him: "Mr. Brady, do / ever interfere
with yonr business as liquor b.iiffP.i
Nettled at the tone in which he was adj
dressed, Mr.. Brac replied: WHY, nc.
l do not permit you CT any other man
to interfere with my business" to which
Mr. Cochran rejoiued, Then | would
thank you 10 BE equally courteous
toward ne." What DO you meao
SIR" says Brady.
why" says Mr.. Cochran, Il under.
stand that you have been telling these
| liquor men Lot to come and withdraw
| their 500, that they 4 notnee ed to max.
further appl cation" Certainly saws
Brady, 1 told them &C; that was The in
etructions OF the court 70 me. and fol
low It's instrnetions in THE mstter."
"Well," says Mr.. Cochran, do Won
net Know that the salary of nv fla il
paid in fees, and that If these men
cake Iew applications that | will Qet
ado itional fees, and that lis matter az
Interest TO me-
Certainly" said Brady, "I know
that, but the court instructed me 10 IN :
form these men that they were not re-
fused, but only held under ad visemeut. i"
so the conversation ended, and for
the substantial truth Of this story the
reader Is referred TO Wm. Fl, Bra3v.
! who Is alive ard in town.
| Now here are number of persons
who had obtained their recon msuda-
tions ano ii Ell their applications In &C
lcorda1ce with the law, and maDy
OF them at an expense OF from
1870 to 500. and by lsttir heir
lapplications remain until the next
term OF CONT, no additional &C st wonld
be en tailed, Tut by Withdrawing their
applications, az requested by Mr.
Cochran, the same amount OF cost mnst
iagain be Incurred. They would lose
from S25 TO $40 by the operation.
but Mr. Coehran's fees would be pro .
Iportionately increased.
If Mr.. Cochran can deny this charge
let him do 30, or stop his henchmep
from prating about his frieldship to
the liquor dealers, for his actions In
THIS Case show hat he did not care
what cost or trouble he tntailed on
then. no that he obtained his paltry fee
ior hling Lew applications Beside
ms, 1t Is quite Inconsistent In Mr..
cochran to be masquer aiding as a tenn
peraace man in one section of our
state, and the champion of the whiskey
trade in another.
ANA while we are on this whiskev
So oJect, we would further suggest that
when another committee from the fsmi'
Iiy genealogical tree isto bo formed In
sign a circular, deuouncing others far
deoanehing the community with Bioos
whiskey, it would be well to have !,
signed by men who are not gamblers or
ldrunkards. wv. VI
II the wall of old Delmaryia facto,,
Icould speak it might tie strange tales