Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-02-15
KURTZ
Will Pun the Cam
paign
And the Anti-S Salcca
League Protests.
Has Issued a Formal
Statement
Giving Its Reasons For Or posing
Kurtz.
Especial Correspondence,


Columbus. O., Feb. 15-The Ohio
Anti-Saloon League is out in state
ment scoring Charles l.. Kurtz, who
will conduct Senator Foraker's Legis-
iative campaign this fall. The League
Is strong and its efforts may yet result
in Forakers defeat. This is the state.
ment:
THE Republican politicians have de-
cided upon the following division OF
labor for their next State campaign
namely, General Charles Dick is to
conduct the campaign for the State
ticket and Mr.. Charles L. Kurtz has
assumed direction of the Legislative
campaign, oste ensibly in the interest
of Senator ForakeI's candidacy for the
United States Senate, but IN reality
principally IN the interest of the
brewers and saloonkeepers of the
| State. This means that the next Leg
islature, II of Kurtz- Republican, as
distinguished from temperance Re-
publican construction, in addition to
being favo. able 70 the election OF Sen
| ator Foraker, Is TO be especially
friendly to the saloon and brewery
interests of the state in return for
which friendlincss the liquor people
are to furnish to Mr.. Kuitz, as in the
past, a large campaign and corpora
tion fund.
we are offering no protest against
candidates favorable to the re election
of Senator Foraker, but we do appeal
to all friends Of reasonably advanced
temperance legislation to see to 1t in
every county and Senatorial district
that such pro-saloon policy in the
nomination Of candidates rs that con
tenplated by Mr.. Kurtz is not carried
out.
"Mr. Kurtz has a record on this
question; consequently We are not left
in doubt as to what he will do. He
practically controlled the Seventy
second and Seventy-third General AS
semblies In the first the Harris bill
was defeated. Mr.. Kurtz was the
middle, man between the brewers and
Legislators in securing the defeat of
the Harris bill. We have ample proof
now in our possession of his doing
from January 80, 1896, when he said
to his heIchmen, in Speaker d. L.,
S!ncper's room in the Chittenleu ho
tel. in this city We must beg, borrow
or buy ten more votes We must have
tlcm at any cost until the evcn.nA
of February 9th, following, when the
bill was defeated, and he returned to
Mr.. Slecper's room with his fellow
consp!rators to express his pleasure
at receiving some uns expected votes
AGAINST the bill, which unexpected
votes, were clear gain and did no.
cost anything.
Mr.. Kurtz, by the aid of the brew
crs and sal ION people, under the guiS'
of defeating Mr.. Hanna for the I'm
tied States Senate, organized and con
/ trolled the Seventy-third General AS
scmbly. This General Assembly prac
tcally repealed two of our prominent
temperance laws, one OF which, the
Adair law, was originally the best law
on the statute books in this State
That Mr. Kurtz was the direct paid
agent of the brewers in accomplishing
this work, we cannot prove, but thai
such was the case, none familiar with
the whole affair thinks Of doubling.
"AIr. Kurtz has always used his in
huence to defeat all temperance meas
ures the Anti-Saloon League has
champloned, and II he is permitted t.
carry out his present plans, another
Legislature will be elected that Will
| do his bidding. 1t is high time that