The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-03-03
LECAulED EVIlS--NO. 81.
(written for the News Democrat
BY JOHN DANNER

| DCVeTuBe puTpOseS, 10 tHe BIcatoS'
foe of christianity and churches, no
intelligent man will try to contradict,
That said traffic is protected and
shielded from obstruction by means Of
tax and license laws, is also fact
that all good citizens must confess to
be true
That all the liquor fraternity. the
brewers, dlstillers, saloon keepers,
liquor dealers and drinkers of all
grades, are in favor Of tax and license
laws, no man can doubt for moment;
this very fact of itself should con-
vince every christian voter, and anti
saloon man, that he cannot be consist
ent with his profession, to vote for
any political party or its candidates,
so long as said party upholds tax or
license In any form, high or low, for
the. legaiization OF said traffic.
We also know that throughout this
nation. all our churches have fully en-
dorsed the sentiment put forth by our
Methodist brethren, when they de-
clared in their general conference, "The
liquor traffics for beverage purposes,
cannot be legalizeds without SIM"
Christian brethren of, every name,
how can you longer pray, and preach
against the saloon, and then
march up to the polls and vote with
any political party that upholds the
giant crime Of liquor selling for bev-
erage purposes, by some system of tax
or license laws; in Ohio this crime is
shielded by the Dow tax law. Geo. b.
Cox, of Cincinnati, an ex-saloon man,
and the greatest advocate Of the liquor
crime in the state, is one OF the chief
consellors in the political party that
imposed this law upon our people,
and tramples upon the state constitu-
ton, which clearly declares, that, no
license (or permiD for liquor selling
shall be granted in this state.
II is an insult to ask any christian
man, or temperance worker, to vote
for any man on a political party tick
ct, SO long as said political party
stands committed to the tax and license
plan for the liquor traffic; and SO long
as said party courts the liquor vote.
Every sensible man knows that the
saloon men and liquor voters Of all
grades will only vote for tax or H..
cense party; and that Of itself should
convince all christian voters that they
should vote against all tax and IL
cense parties. ~ s
The only thing a christian or tenn
pcrance worker can consistently do,
is to vote only for political party
that stands committed to state and
national prohibition of the liquor
traffic, for beverage purposes, or stay
away from the polls; no political
party that upholds tax or license for
the liquor traffic has a right to expect
the support of any anti-saloon man
or prohibitionist, as 1t is impossible
for such a political party to uphold
the principles of temperance voters SO
long as said party courts the liquor
vote, and upholds any form of tax
or license for said traffic. Let the
lines be clearly drawn; all attempts
by any one to blow hot and cold at
the same time on this great national
no man that votes tax or license
ticket has right to claim that he is
opposed to saloon and liquor traffic
in general; the life and prosperity
of the liquor traffic depends upon
keeping tax and license parties In
power. Every saloon man and IL
quor seller in the land vote only for
tax and license parties, and any chris
tian or anti-saloon man that votes
tax~ or license ticket is for the saloon
keeper; when such ballots are count
ed out no board of election can tell
whether the ballot was cast by "a
jolly old brewer" or by "a Sunday
school man."
Honest people cannot help but say
the brewer is entitled to the most re-
brewer and saloon keeper deceive no
one in favor Of the legalization of the
liquor traffic for beverage purposes,
and vote according; but the church
and Sunday school man, who
is constantly deriding the saloon, and
the brewer. and then votes the same
tax or license ticket that the liquor
man does, proves to all honest peo-
pie that he is mot honest"
Let us be honest about this thing
IL q man is friendly to the, saloon let
him say SO, and vote accordingly, but
let no man say he is opposed to the
saloon and then continue to vote for
any tax or license party. All honest
people know that such a man can
not be trusted when he by word OF
mouth tries to be opposed to the sa-
loon and then when It comes to vot-
ing. votes with the brewers and other
liquor men to uphold political parties
that legalize the saloon, and are con-
stantly courting the liquor vote. 1t Is
high time this kind of double dealing
was given up by all honest men; we
cannot help to respect q saloon man IN
voting for a tax or license party, but
we look with disgust upon the man
that Is always talking and praying
against the saloon, and then on cleo
tion day votes the same ticket that the
saloon keeper and brewer vote. Out
on such hypocracy, be one thing or