The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-09-26

does license prostitution; and every one
knows that said evils exist i'll Baden
Baden and Paris to much greater ex-
tent than in any other places in the |
world. Will we in Ohio, by our votes, |
say that we will license the liquor traf- |
fic, which is the foundation of prOstitu-
tiOn and gambling; but Will prohibit |
the latterp Where is the man that will |
unblushingly advocate such a doctrine, |
aud yet such is the fact If he votes for
the first amendment. Men of all parties
should awake to this important subject,
and vote for the second amendment only.
The most remarkable conversion that
has lately come to our notice Is that of
Rev. G. Compton Burnett of Iowa. He
was the only minister in that state who
spoke against the prohibition amend
ment, and in favor of license. He was
also the Secretary of the anti Amend
ment League. He recently sent the fol-
lowing frank and positive letter to the
Iowa State Register:
Iowa CITY, Sept 4:-EditOr Register
THE saloon must go. L have been a
pronounced anti-prOhibitiOnist, and have
done my best in four states to oppose
the prohibition movement. | am at
length forced to the conclusion that our
present saloon system is so utterly and
irTedeemably bad, and its influence so
terribly TuinOus, that there Is and can
be no real and abiding temperance re-
form, no publication Of our party poll
tics, and no great moral progress, except
through complete overthrow and de-
structiOn of that system. 1t cannot be
reformed; it cannot be regulated; it can
not be held in check. 1t must CO." Tens
| of thousands of the best Democrats and
Republicans in Ohio, who have hereto
fore been for regulation, are how fully
convinced, as Rev. Mr.. Burnett is, that
the saloon must go. 1t will be
| for the good of the political
adopted. Parties do not quarrel over
prohibited things. In Maine the parties
have no trouble on the saloon business,
all parties endorse prohibition. For
years the leading parties quarrelled over
| slavery, but no one advocates it now. so
/ If the second amendment is adopted and
enforced all controversy on that subject
will cease. Vote for the second amend
ment only for the following reasons:
1. Because it is OhiO's opportunity to
banish the saloon business. The second
| amendment Is just aimed at this object.
2. Because Legislative control" is
| too often directed and controlled by the
liquor traffic" and is therefore not TO be
| trusted.
3, Because license of evil is wrong in
any form, for any public wrong.
4. Because as long as the traffic is
| licensed or taxed 1t will be bone of
| contention in our political parties. But
If prohibited it will be forever settled.
.. Because it is nOn-partisan thus to
vote.
6. Because the opportunity comes at
| time when everybody is tired of the
liquor dead lock in Ohio. Let us settle
the question on the side of temperance
| and right.
4 hn -,
| enemy OF home. Let the saloon be driven
from our grand State by our votes OctO-
| Der 9th.
8. Because there is no intermediate
| point between right and wrong.
8. Because the liquor traffic is rapidly
demOralizing leaders of parties and try
| ing to throw the balance of power on
the side of iniquity.
| 10. Because all moral aud temperate
people should stand together on so i'm
| pOrtant a question.
IL. Because prohibition is a success
wherever faithfully tried.
IL. Because the people that can adopt
the second amendment can see to it
that their servants, the General Assem-
bly,, make laws that will comply with
the Constitution.
13. Because no we'll wisher of the
State and our families has a right to be
1
many families made wretched through
the liquor traffic.
IA. Because if Ohio adopts the second
amendment this fall many sister States
will soon follow. They are now waiting
for our decision.
10. Because every saloon man in Ohio
will vote for the first amendment or
risk his chances on the Constitution as
it is. We will therefore vote for the
second amendment only.
16. Because to vote for both PROPOSE
tiOns shows weakness of faith in the
right, aud tends to compromise with evil.
| II. Because no good, but evil, and that
continually flows from the open saloon.
We therefore vote for their suppressla an.
18. Because we, the sovereign people,
should vote on moral questions that
affect our homes, 80 as to protect them,
no difference what party leaders dictate
in the way of compromise.
10. Because by the adoption and en-
forcing of the second proposition our
taxes will be greatly reduced.
20. Because it is INCREASINGLY RIGHT
! to vote for the second amendment only.
/, COMPILER