The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-26
LEcALIzED EvlLs--No. Co..
(written for the News Democrat)
BY JOHN DANNER

During the past two years in which
1 have had the privilege Of giving
facts on "legalized evil' through the
columns of the News-Democrat. no.
thing has been more cheering than
the following call, taken from the
Christian Standard, published in Gin
cinnati.. The paper is one Of the most
widely circulated of any religious pa
per published in Ohio. 1t 10 under the
management of the Disciple or
Christian church and the men whose
names are appended to this call are
all identified with this church:
Dear Brethren:-The time has come
for the Lords hosts to rally against
the liquor traffic. Bishop Hurst says
that "one hundred drunkards are
made in India to one Christian"
In these United States we drank
four and one-half gallons of intoxi-
cants per capita. In 1901, ending June
30, we drank seventeen and sixty
one hundredths gallons of liquors per
capita. So you see, drunkenness has
increased nearly 400-fold in forty-two
years. We need not remind you that
the saloon hinders the church at work
in the salvation of souls more than
all other evils and crimes.
One of the greatest meetings held
at the Minneapolis convention last
year was the Prohibition rally. We
have arranged one Of the greatest pro-
grams for the coming Prohibition raj
ly that has ever been gotten up. The
meeting will be non-partisan, but pro-
hibition to the core. We want nc
talks on license-bigh or low-local
option, or any method but prohibi-
ton. We have heard these other
methods talked and operated for over
one hundred years. Total annihila-
tion Is what we want now. And the
brotherhood of the Church of Chris
are in better position to take a bold
stand on the liquor question than
any other church on the continent
Let the great assembly building be
filled to its utmost extent the first
session, Wednesday, October 15, a
1880 p. m, to hear o. w. Stewart
national chairman of the Prohibition
party, on Christian Citizenship"
Then, beginning Thursday, October
! 16, at a. IN. and closing at 1880 p
m, the following brethren will make
addresses, and all have promised tc
be there: George F. Hall, Chicago;
G.. l.. Wharton, Hiram, o.; DR.. H. ]
Hall, Franklin, Ind; Pres. ID. r. Dun
gan, Canton, Mo-; w. j. Lhamon
Team Bible DEPARTMENT Columbia
Mo-; f. w. Emerson, Topeka Kan.
Y. T. Sweeney, Columbus, Ind: N.
! Wright, Paris, ILL.,; J. M. Elan, Ro
chester Mimi; A. w. Jackman, Bat
tie Ground, Ind; Lawrence Wright
Jefferson, Ia; M. w. Harkins, Ander
son, Ind; Simpson Ely. Des Moines
Ia, II, G. Hill, Omaha. Neb.: ]. H. o
Smith. Valparaiso, Ind; G. w. Hoot
man, Eureka. ILL.,: and others.
/ No brethren can afford TO miss thi
great feast of reason and flow of sou
on the greatest moral and religious
problem before the world, next to tn
conversion of the world. ~
Will all our papers, weekly ant
monthly. throughout the United
States. please copy this announce
ment to the brotherhood, and great.
| OEllSe tHe committee.
w. II. Boles, Chairman, Alma, III
j. A. Lord. Cincinnati o.
| j. II. Garrison, st. Louis, Mo.
A. M. Haggard, Des Moines, Ia
What is cheering in this call is tha
they are non-partisan and that the,
seek the entire destruction of thi
enormous evil. When Christians O
every name. Protestant and Catholi
take the position stated in the abov
call, we can hope to see such an arm,
Of non-partisan Prohibitionists com
ing together as will defy the power
of darkness.
1t is not the party or sect that /
sought to be advanced, but a unite
host of all Christians and patriots VIII
B, feel that the selling of intoxicatin,
liquors for beverage purpose is tn
greatest obstacle to the proclamatio
of gospel in foreign and heather lands
J, The evil of this sinful business ca
be proven by the records from ou
daily papers throughout the country
and it will be continued just as lon
as political parties who uphold tax O
license laws for the traffic are put i
power, and no longer. 1t Is therefor
the duty of all Christians and patri
OTIS to take the position adopted in tn