The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-05-07

u get tne CldTk local opium D1il pass
ed by our last legislature, but we were
sadly defeated. This reminds me that
some years ago we who were in the
old Voters Union" which was SINH
lar organization to the present Anti.
Saloon league, made up of voters of
all parties and creeds thought we saw
victory in sight. but when both the
whisky ruled political parties (the Re.
publican and Democratic) united in
Ohio to count us out" while we had
the majority; and in Pennsylvania
both parties stood at the polls and
pleaded to vote against a prohibition
amendment to their constitution. All
these things proved too much for us
and our organization was given up in
disgust. So 1t will end with all organi-
cations that hope to suppress the
liquor traffic and yet continue to vote
the old rum-ruled party tickets. Even
IL they do put up their best men, ex-
perience has taught us very clearly
that no good man who tries to battle
against the saloon in either of the old
parties need expect to be continued in
power. and therefore their best men
cannot carry out their moral convic-
tions on this great question and be
kept In power. All good men who
really hate the saloon vote against
their own convictions if they cast an
other vote for any tax or license party
| claim that man who processes to
be christian and prays against the
saloon and then votes for any tax or
license party throws his vote away
Principles" create parties" but politi-
cal parties do not create principles
therefore such man should vote with
a party that represents his principles
IL 1t does not have a hundred votes
in the state rather than vote with any
tax or license party, though 1t might
have millions of votes. A correspon-
dent of "The People," published in
Philadelphia, writing on this question
last week, says:
First: The Anti-Saloon league is an
attempt to reconcile talking and work
ing for the gospel of prohibition with
voting for the devil of high license.
Second: The Anti-Saloon league is
an attempt to outfank an enemy by
joining that enemy's forces on the day
of battle, election day.
Third: The Anti-Saloon league Is
an attempt to convert the church to
polltlCdi llShtCouShtSo NY
IL to go on in supporting corrupt tax
and license tickets.
Fourth: The Ant1-Saloon league is
a strong encouragement to the Dem
ocratic and Republican politicians to
continue to ignore the question of pro-
hibition and encourage the old party
forces to continue their conspiracy of
silence, evasion, contempt and false.
hood.
Fifth: The Anti-Saloon league is
an attempt to defeat an enemy and
end a cruel war by enlisting in the
enemy's army, drilling under the en-
emy's commander, fighting on the en-
emy's side, and rejoicing in the en-.
emy's victory on election day.
Sixth: The Anti-Saloon league |
loves the Democratic and Republican |
parties more than 1t hates the saloon
Seventh: The Saloon and Anti-Sa-
loon league each swear by and support |
the same old tax and license parties. |
Eighth: The Anti-Saloon league is
The Missouri compromise land the
squatter sovereignty of the temper
ance reform.
Ninth: The Anti-Saloon league
attempts the impossibility of squaring
1 christian conscience with a license
party ballot.
Tenth: The Anti-Saloon league
would conquer the saloon without at
acking the Republican or Demo-
ratio breastworks, behind which the
'aloon lies entrenched.
Eleventh: The Anti-Saloon league
oses the cause of prohibition annu-
lily, and suffers defeat, because It
caches men to save their political
'arty life first, and seek the cause of
after.
The correspondent who penned the
lbove eleven reasons, together with
everal not here copied, had level
lead In making such clear statements.
is high time that every christian,
nd every patriot, estimates the value
If his ballot, and not throw It away
n support Of any old tax or license
'arty. when so great an issue as the
Impression Of the saloon is the ques-
ion on one side. while two great ma
ional parties are on the other side and
defending the legalization of this de-
traffic and catering to the
lquor vote. "Come out from among
hem (the saloon parties) and be We
eparate," Is Gods command.