The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-07-02
Of the Saloon ls Desired
by Many People
WHO LACK COURAGE
To Express Their Honest Senti-
ments at the Ballot Box,
Says Mr.. John
Danner.
(Legalized Evil No. 39.)

INli ANOs oVst
That the Prohibitionists, the Anti |
Saloon league, and the best citizens OF
the nation desire the entire prohibition,
and ultimate overthrow of liquor traffic,
there can be no doubt in the minds OF
all honest people. But very unfortun-
ately heretofore they have been divid-
ed at the ballot box. The following ex-
tract taken from the American Issue,
June 7, 1901, gives great hope that the
various forces that are opposed to the
saloon will be more wise in the future:
THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUES NEW
POLICY.
Sheriff Peason, of Portland, Maine,
is a red-hot Methodist preacher and
a third party Prohibitionist. The Pro-
hibitionists put him up for sheriff, and
then the temperance Republicans and
Democrats, because they had failed TO
get one Of their own parties that would
enforce the prohibitory law, turned in
and helped elect him. Under like cir.
cumstances we recommended Anti-Sa-
loon Republicans and Democrats to do
the same way every time. He has
been making the law terrible to evil
doers ever since last winter.
The American Issue is the organ Of
the Anti-SalOon league and therefore
the new policy in their own paper
should have some weight and influence.
Heretofore in Ohio it has been the
custom of the voters in the league to
select the best man in the two old tax
and license parties and entirely ignore
excellent christian men and pronounced
temperance advocates who were put up
by the Prohibitionists.
Every man that is posted on the po-
litical situation in Ohio knows full well
that no man in either the Democratic
or Republican parties dare declare him
self in favor Of the prohibition of the
liquor traffic, and expect the continued
support of such party, because both
parties openly said in their platforms
and speeches that they are opposed to
prohibition and are in favor of tax and
license for said traffic.
Now, If understand the principles
of the Anti-Safoon league they are this
that THE only way to deal with the
saloon is to have no saloons" If this
is true and they will not make nomi-
nations themselves, then the only con-
sistent thing for them to dois to vote the
prohibition ticket until some larger
party shall champion this just and
holy cause.
I hold, with the Anti-Saioon league
and the churches, that the liquor traffic
cannot be legalized without sin, and
therefore i am morally bound to vote
the Prohibition ticket until larger
party will have the moral courage to
say in their platform and public declar-
ations that the saloons must CO."
The Anti-SaIoon friends say they care
nothing for party, but all for principle.
This is a noble sentiment. Now let
them practice what they preach, and al
ways vote for men who openly declare
that the liquor traffic must die. But
to vote for men that are put forward
by tax and license parties, because said
parties are large and then ignore can
didates who openly declare that the only
way to deal with the saloons "is to have
no saloons" and then turn in with the
multitude to point the finger Of scorn
at the men who have the moral courage
to stand for what the Anti-Saloon lea
que and the churches want, is base In
gratitude.
| shall be very glad to 60 with a
larger party than the Prohibition
party if 1t will only have the moral
courage to oppose all systems Of tax
or license for the traffic, and cease to
court the liquor vote. But at the pres
ent time the little despised Prohibition
party is the only party in the nation
that advocates the holy cause that the
Anti-Saloon league and churches are
clamoring for. and as long as this con-
dition Of things exist, the Prohibition
lists are entitled to the support Of the
league and of the churches.
Let all good citizens stop long enough
to think along this line. On every i'm 4.
aginable political question from the
tariff question to the currency question
and all other issues the Republican and
Democratic parties are opposed to each
other, but on the legalization Of the
saloons and seeking the saloon vote
they are unit and have no issue. And
thus 1t will continue until christian
voters and Anti-SaloOn advocates have
the moral courage to say they cannot
support either party 80 long as they up
hold any system Of legalization and per-
petuation of the saloon.
Do as they did in Maine, support the
man of whatever party that openly
declares as Sheriff Pearson did that
the saloon must &c" and oppose all
men that adhere to liQuor-ruled po-
litical parties, who not only go into
saloons for votes, but admit saloon
keepers, brewers, and distillers TO sit
az delegates In their state and nation,l
conventions.
II all who hate the liquor trafac will
stand united ~ the ballot box agsinst
all NJ r<f6s fhn< A - - - n rsSn A