The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-01-05
BACK At KNIT.
John Danner Maintains His
First Position.
SAYS HE WAS MUCH AMUSED
At the Position Taken by the Philosopher
and Takes Occasion TO Put In n swipe
At the Men Behind the Sacred
Desk who Vote Wet.


and Takes Occasion to Put in swipe
At the Men Behind the Sacred
Desk who Vote Wet.
Editor News -Demoorat:--I was amused
on Thursday evening to find In the
News Democrat communication from
our mutual friend, A. J. KintE, which
you oall "a Pltby Argument. Brother
Kintz is truly we'll meaning man and
he usually gets on the humane side of
every question; but whether right or
wrong In the positions he states we must
all accord to him honesty Of purpose.
In his comments upon my late article
10 Jour paper he freely and empbstioally
admits the first two of my three PROPOSE.
ti,Ds, but has little doubt about the
third. 1t appears quite strange indeed
that Brother Kintz should admit that the
selling Of Intoxicating liquors for bever-
age purposes is an immoral business and
that laws that legallze the traffic are Inn.
moral laws, and yet deny that II Is an
immoral act to vote fos q party that up
holds such laws. Our friend kintz says
In defense of his queer position, "The
first essential thing with the Individual
Is to sustain life and to remove all danger
that threstens life, and everything else Is
secondary" Quite right Is our friend
In this saying, and the very thing re-
ferred TO In my article was that Major
Baird said in the M. E. church that cit
costs the people of Canton annually one
n illion dollars to keep up the saloons"
or In other words that this yearly waste
through the liquor traffic was simply
awful.
Now does not Mr.. Kintz and every in
telligent man know that II this annual
waste Of more than one million dollars
In our city was spent for dry goods,
groceries and building homes and other
actual wants of civilized life, thst he
and all other honest mechanics and busi-
ness men would be kept busy, whereas
with is llegallzed waste many are now
idle2
Brother Kintz must have written lit
tie carelessly when he called In q uesiton
my third proposition, after having admit
ted the fistt two. 1 certainly must credit
Mr.. Kintz with admitting mora and
being nearer right than are some who
stand in the sacred desk and profess to
instruct people in righteousness.
Our friend Kintz says in his argument
that The Republican party as q new
party became do inant at one bound be-
cause both the Whig party end the DEM
ocratic party were controlled by the slave
power, which was inimioal to our re-
publican ideas Of government. Then
patriotism demanded that all intelligent
citizens vote for the new" party to save
the life Of our popular government"
Well and most truthfully said, but the
liquor power that now dominates the Re.
publican and Democratic parties is more
inimical to our republican IDEAS of gov
ernment than ever was the slave power.
I was familiar with that whole thing.
For years had been traduced and abus d
for voting the Free Soil ticket, Just as 1
am now for voting the Prohibition
ticket. In 1854 got Salmon p. Chase
to come here and make a speech, in
which he charged that cid political
parties could not take up so great a re-
form; 1t could only be done by new
party or the reor aniaztion of an old one.
The same is true today 10 this great
moral rtform for the destruction of the
liquor power. A new party must be
put In power or one of the old parties re.
organized upon the declared opposition to
all tax and license laws for the traffic,
and that the whole business must lie
suppressed throughout the state and
nation.
would add that this is much bigger
question than was the slave question, yet
have no doubt Of final success. am
not sure whether it will come by a new
party or whether one of the old PARTIES
will become regenerated and throw off all
allegiance to the rum power. 1t makes
but little difference how it comes, only SO
1t co mes.
One thing feel sure of: That when we
get in sight Of victory Brother Kintz and
many other noble men who are now In
doubling castle will then cast their lot
with us and we shall as brothers march
under the same flag for home protection
and that the saloon must go.
JOHN DANNER.