The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-15
The Breeding Place For
Anarchy.
LOCALIZED TRAFFIC
An Obstacle In the Way Of
Moral Teachings and
Infiuences--The
Remedy.
(I.egtlized Evil No. 46.)

r (Legr1ized Evil No. 46.)
Two weeks ago when published the
45th number on "Legalized Evil"
many of our best citizens thought
was too hasty in charging the educa-
tion and training of anarchists upon the
legalized saloon; but think by this
time they find out that 1 am not
alone in this view of the matter.
In last weeks Christian Standard.
published by the Disciple church IN
Cincinnati, O., is an article by Rev. A.
b. Cunningham, of Alexandria, Ind,
on this very topic, and among the
many forceful things said Is the fol-
lowing:
The open saloon Is the breeding and
nesting place of anarchy. The day
the dead president was buried the sa-
looms of this city alexandria, Ind.)
were open, while other business was
stopped for an entire afternoon. These
places were at the work Of
MAKING MORE ANARCHISTS,
even before the crack of Czolgosz's 8
pistol had died on the air. This man
boarded In saloon at Buffalo; he once
O boy in years, he was notorious sa-
loon rounder, splendid product Uf
the American saloon, that thing which
legislatures regard as an outlaw, and
which never comes into court without
gives upon 1t. Other men obey the
law and close their places of business
when. night comes, and go home to
their families. They will close their
stores on Sunday, the Fourth Of July,
on Memorial day, and on the day Of the
anniversary of the Savior's birth In
Bethlehem. Not 30 with the saloon
keeper. The law has closed down
about him, branded him as
A DANGEROUS CHARACTER,
yet he goes on in defiance, and we have
allowed him to do SO. We are afraid
of him for the reason that he buys
groceries and clothing, dry goods and
drugs. So we have allowed him to 90
on making anarchists, plotting against
the rights of the community. wrecking
homes and running our boys.
Anarchy is a state where law Is
defied and cast out. Every saloon
keeper is an anarchist, and dangerous
one whenever he has reached the
point where the law Is defied and can
not be enforced. No man is a patriot
and he cannot be, who will defy and
trample the laws Of his country under
his feet, and the American flag floating
over these places Is an insult to every
self-respecting citizen Of the republic y
notice that many of our best
writer's attribute all the assassinatiOns
of our noble presidents to the liquor
traffic or "legalized saloon"
Mary F. Surratt who was executed
for completely In the assassination oi
Mr.. Lincoln, kept "legalized saloon
at Surrattyille almost ten miles south
of Washington, It was in her saloor
that John Wilkes Booth, Harold, At
zenOt and Payne. with others OF kin.
dred spirits, made their headquarters
It was in the saloon they -
GOT THEIR EDUCATION
and inspiration. After Booth fed from
FOrd's theatre when he shot President
Lincoln, he went to Mrs. Surratt's sa-
loon, and It was there that he got the
whiskey that nerved him to make hli
flight. lalN
The record is that after Mrs. Sur.
rats removal to H street in Washing
ton the anarchists or conspiratorI
made her home headquarters, and Wis
tied various other saloons on Penn
sylvania avenue. and planned fol
Wilkes Booth to visit Ford's theatre
for the purpose to assassinate our no
BILE President Lincoln; another fellow
by the name of Mike O'Laughlin WA
TO assassinate General Grant, but he
PARTOOK TOO FREELY
OF the liquids promised at the saloons
where they met, and was upfltted to d.
his deadly work.
@Atzenot was to murder Vice Presi
dent Johnson, but he got Off on !,
drunk and failed to perform as agreed
upon. 1t is recorded that Of the fou
who were hung all but the woman
were given to intoxication, and the wo
man was saloonkeeper; therefore tn
words of Andrew Johnson were tru,
rs uttered In 1865, "She kept the mes
that Matched the eggs" We have n,
use for such nest keepers.
But coming little nearer home
we have the evidence that of the fiv
men who have been executed in Starl
county, every one of them was
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
of liquor at the time of committin
their crime; then why uphold any sys
ITEM of giving legal permit to an,
person to open out places, commonl
called saloons, that are used for the ex
press purpose of dealing out intoxi
eating liquors as beverage? w
have no use for any such place In
free country, and the sooner the PEG
pie are educated up to the idea tina
they should he banished and deal