Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
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 Charges that the AntiSaloon League is d one-man corporation and that it is not conducted in the interest of reform, but that it's political in- fluence with church and temperance bodies is sold like grain on the hoard of trade to the political party which will pay the highest price, are made in a circular letter issued by C. K. Mabee, of Detroit, Mich, q former solicitor for the league.
 ' The letter is bitter in it's denuncia Vonaof the officers of the Anti-Saloon f&aSle and Is particularly directed aE Bishop Luther K. Wilson. of Cha.- tAnooga, Tenn, president of the feague Mir. Mabee calls upon Presi- dent Wilson for an investigation, claiming that the books will show that contributions from political or 'ganizat1ons have been received by the league and covered up by false entries.
 MT. Mabee asks that the coming meeting of the federal council of the Churches of Christ in America. which convenes in Philadelphia, Dec. 2, take up the charges against the Anti-Sa loon League and it's officers.
 Mabee Is a Detective.
 Local temperance men claim to know little or nothing of Mabee. They term him a man of mystery and one religious publication recently con- tained an editorial which intimated that Mr. Mabee was working in the interests of the Model License League. q liquor organization of Louisville, Ky. This Mr. Mabee denies. In De- troit he conducts q private detective and collection agency under the name 'rMabee's Secret Service" However, one local temperance man. who re- fuses to have his name used, asserts that there is much that is true in the charges made by Mir. Mabee and that certain methods of doing business which the league has practiced should be investigated.
 Mir. Mabee was at one time en- ployed by the league as solicitor in Michigan and nearby states, but left the service and 1t is understood that he is now bringing a suit for dam ages because of broken contract. In his letter to President Wilson Mir. Mabee asserts that the headquarters of the league Is a farce; that the board of trustees of the league is q farce; that one man controls the en- tire organization and that officials. while drawing salaries and expense money furnished by the churches, have expended their time in the in- terest of legislation not relating to he temperance cause. but for the pur- pose Of corporate gain.
 Calls Divines Dummies.
 Mir. Mabee also asserts that the league Is not now. nor ever has been, under the direct control of the Chris titan churches, as it claims to be; that it is not the church in action against she saloons, as it's literature. officials and organs claim for it. and that the pictures and names of prominent di- vines used on it's stationery as na- tional officers are used to give the league a suise of religion. He as serts that these men have never been properly elected to office and know nothing of the inner workings Or the management of the league. He de- clares that organizations far less cor rupt have been put out of business ny the authorities and that the church can no longer afford to support the league, much less to be responsible tor it and the actions of it's officials.
 Mr Mabee declares that when proper committee of the church has been formed to investigate the league he will present a mass of damaging evidence that cannot be sainsaid.- Chicago Record Herald,
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