The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-29
At the front and rear all
EXIT WAS CI1T 0EE

ren, but when. they get to the ballot
box they forget their protest against
taxing and licensing the liquor traffic
and keep right on voting with saloon
keepers and liquor sellers to keep up
tax and license parties. Does this not
clearly prove that the churches love to
have 1t So"
Any form of license is preferable to
tax laws for the traffic, because never
knew of license law that did not have
some restrictions, and limits the num-
ber to certain number of inhabitants
But our Dow tax law in Ohio has no
such restrictions or slimitations. AS
many as will pay the tax are permitted
to open their saloons without any ref
erence Ito the character of the appli-
cant. A few years ago one of the lead
Ing politicians in the state, and a
Methodist, did stand up in Republican
state convention In Ohio, and say: 1--WE
point with just pride to The Dow law
The principles of taxation (of the liquor
traflic) are eternal and by them the
Republican party will forever abide"
That man has since been elevated to a
u. s. senator and expects to be contin-
ued In said position. All such
SENTIMENTS ARE APPROVED
by saloon voters. Will Christian voters
also back up with their ballots, such
utterance5? To perpctuate the unholy
law that he glorifies, is in direct viola
tion Of our prohibitory state constitu-
ton and against the clear declaration
of the M. T.. general conferences; and Is
In direct opposition to the teaching of
II, fnAs Oh, .nI INAI De-
and Catholic. Does this kind of con-
duct not clearly impress all honest and
Intelligent people that Christian voters
love to have it So" and the question
naturally arises, "what will ye do in
the end there OFF"
The only effectual thing they can do
is to protest at the ballot box against
all political parties that propose to
trample upon the, Bible, and sell per
NIT to do evil' by the payment of a
high tax or license 1t is singular,
when we have abundant proof that
three-fourths of the
CRIME OF THE NATION
is produced by the saloors, and that the
Christian churches find their greatest
enemy Is the saloon, that any Christial Il
man could be induced 10 vote for or
with any political party that proposes
to ''legalize this evil by any form of
tax or license laws. II they do not
protest at the ballot box against such
political parties, we must conclude they
"love to have 1t So
The legalized saloons are the nesting
places OF anarchy and are the deadly
enemies of law and order. They are
profane, they are Sabbath breaking
they are schools of vice, they are ul-
GERS In the body politics, they sap the
foundations of piety and patriotism
The legalized saloons are the cause of
three-fourths of the divorces which are
constantly TO be found pending In our
courts. Our penal institutions and
almshouses are overcrowded because OF
this "legalized evil
Mohammedan nations will not toler-
ate this destructive traffic. VIII
should Christian nations? The great.
est reason that can see Is that ouI
preachers
DO NOT PROTEST
against this evil at the ballot box. MOI
quite ten per cent. Of the preachers In
the nation have heretofore protested al
the ballot box against political parties
that propose to legilize saloons by the
payment Of a tax or license fee. Al
long as any palitical party will uphold
so great an iniquity as the Dow Ia,
law In Ohio, even though 1t had saint.
for candidates, 1t should not have {
| Christian man to vote with 1t. AS Ions
as the party proposes to "legalize evil
by the unholy Dow tax law, every
fChristian, and especially ministers o
the gospel, should shun such party.
We must stop this thing of taking ,
revenue from vice and thereby give I
Q legal existence. Truly a "horrib',
thing IL comIofttedr II our land wllel