The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-06-13
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some Pointed Views by Canton fFohi'
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Some Pointed Views by q Canton ffohl'
bitionist
We, az prohibltlOniata, have known
all tho way along that the Democratic
party Is license partyi but tho iiepup-
liean party has been trying 70 puIaupde
us that we could trust them 10 give ua
prohibition, AT this time tho daily
press OF the Republican party, through
out the country, arc doing all they can
to traduce prohibition and exalt license,
Notable among these ia the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette Chicago Tribune
aud Cleveland Leader, and our own
daily Repository repeats their utteran'
COS, This ia certainly trying 10 steal
the old Democratic doctrine OF lloena'
ing tho liquor traniol and their object
ls 10 got tho liquor vote, No man OF q
grain OF common sense will say that a
party can be In favor OF tax and license
and at tho same time support prohibit
tlOn, That the Republican party have
az good a right to advocate license for
the sake OF tho liquor vote ~ the Dem
ooratc party has, We do not deny but
we do most emphatloally say that II Is
downright deception and dishonest for
them 10 try to hold on 10 tho Prohlbi'
ton vote al the same time. We can TO-
apeot an open enemy, but have no sym
pathy for a secret foe, While recently
travelling through Pennsylvania 1 could
not find a daily Republican paper In
the state which advocated the prohibit
tlon amendment now pending there,but
found all Ia aympathy with the brewing
aud liqu0r element and for tho llfO0ka
high license law Every prohlbltl0nlat
in pennsylyania will vote for the
amendment, aud thousands OF DemO'
crata will do the same, and yet with u
clear Republican majority Ia the state
OF H0lO0 the Republican papefa claim
that tho amendment will DO lost,
should this bb tho case II viii clearly
prove that tho Republican party with
AL 100 boaated love for Prohibition, has
taken up the Democratic doctrine OF
high license, and Is now aa much under
the control OF the saloon 40 has any par
ty ever been In the history OF tho eoun'
tfl,
No man or party can be In favor OF
tho suppression Of tho liquor trallle ana
NJ the same time support tax or high H.
cense. The last few years tho R'pub'
liCans In Boston, Philadelphia, Clncln'
natl and Chicago by promising the liq'
uOf element aOme system OF license or
tax, have taken away from the Demo
ciWq thousands Of their former aupp0r
teid, and therebym1he II harder 10 have
Democratic maIOlt,ea 40 In former
yePia In aaid cities, hut some ploua
member OF the lloDubllcan party VIII
hay, we favor GIgh license, so much
tho wol o, A hlgn license a simply u
higher b,,o0 tlgon " leghllze wrongs
aud So, .he more whether light or
Wong the Dem0claucparty IA entitled
t1Pll tao honor that may attach 10 the
hlgh license clF2e, 10 was promulgated
by them In Georgia, Missouri and other
Southern te9 betoio lho Republican
pa, " wpq b0ln, Now for the llepubll.
can party, that Clima to be party OF
plo., 10 9, TO stap bpcI forty years and
wiCsl i,Om the Democrats their old
dOGll 40 OF hlgd license, ia q
kind OF advance that the
American people viii fepudiate
NJ no distant day The double dealing
plai OF Loudly crying good Lord for
nrnhlhlLlon nnd uOOd Devil for ncpnBe.
may win fot short time, but will 70
pct W,th distraction TO any patty that
prdefINkeq H.
In Cincinnati the Republicans have
gone 80 far no ono time 10 tO leGtliZe
the open saloons on the LoiGB Cay,
Now 10 Ia no wOpder that the saloon
men In that city promo q put u Due
OF ten dollmg ON their brethren II they
do not open out on Sunday These
th'Ggs aie a'l worthy the consideration
OF hOne"t men In pll parties.
AT oue tlme cOlt)n wpS king, ara the
slayeholdC, maulpulOt 4 both the great
pPrl Os OF the copulry but II thhd party
cane into CXistnnl0 aud changed 'he
order OF hings, and forever took this
old bOre of CGll1ntl0n out of politics,
To-day lam is king, aud the saloons
manipulate the two gleut pn,ies In
support OF license; third or new pprty
will again come ini o power TO tpko THIS
question out Of politics. rnd acc The
land Lom the rum care, such loloi ans
D0yer so backwards,
JoHS DANNfR,