The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-03-17
LECALIzED EvlLS--NO. 80.
written for the News-Democratl
BY JOHN DANNER

In reading In the. News-Democrat the
Interview between one of your re-.
porters and the Rev. c. w. Brew
baker, in which 1t appeared that the
ministers In Canton were fearful that
1t might not be popular to come out
bodily against the legalizedS liquor
traffic
All such cringing before the great
legalized liquor power Is to be re-
GREETED everywhere, but more espe-
cially is 1t so when such duplicity
and cowardice are manifested on the
and teachers of good morals, and
against all legalized iniquity.
Every well-informed person knows
that the saloons and the selling of in
toxicating liquors for beverage pur-
poses. Is the cause Of fully three
fourths Of all our crime and poverty.
While the bible and all our churches
declare against this evil, and our u.
g. supreme court has decided that
mo citizen of any state. or citizen OF
the United States has an Inherent
right to sell Intoxicating liquors ut
RETAIL" yet the two dominant political
parties of our nation are counting the
liquor vote, and both parties have
publicly declared In favor OF legaliz-
ing said traffic by some system OF tax
or license laws; and every liquor
seller, brewer, distiller and saloon
keeper vote only for tax and license
parties Not one of them will vote a
prohibition ballot.
A FRANCHISE REMEDY.
II either old political party would
,coine out for reorganization and de-
clare against the further legalization
|of this crime Of crimes, in our midst,
all good citizens would rejoice, but IL
they will not do this the only thing
left for loyal and peace loving -etl-
zens to do Is to do as Brother Brew
baker proposed. or vote for the little
and much despised Prohibition party,
which has boldly declared against this
great iniquity. We cannot serve God
and mammon on his great question.
Every Christian, whether in the
pulpit or out of 1t, should say Where
principle is there is my party" Tho
thing that hurts the cause of tenn
perance and morality is to have men
the year round denounce the saloon
In the pulpit and out Of II, and then
walk up to the ballot box and vote
with the saloons to keep tax and IL
cense parties in power. A saloonkeep-
er Is no worse than a saloon voter.
The rsaloonsJcould not be kept open
legally another day II all tax and IL
cense parties were defeated. Hither-
to the great majority of church peo-
pie, including the preachers. have
been voting the same ticket that the
saloon men vote, and this thing must
be changed before we can hope for a
reformation When the same ticket is
voted by a saloon hummer and Q
preacher no board Of elections oil
earth can tell one ballot from the
other, and both will count in favor of
the saloon. Common sense should
teach every man this plain lesson.
THE SLAVE STRUGGLE.
When George B, Cox, Of Cincinnati,
votes the Republican ticket and said
party tramples upon our state con-
stitution, and the decisions Of the U.
s. supreme court. in enacting and up
holding the outrageous Dow tax law,
and a preacher votes the same ticket
because he believes the Republican
party is temperance party, it is
quite certain that one OF these voters
will be greatly fooled. And it is not
the rum voter, you rest assured, who
Is fooled.
Fifty-five years ago we had two
great national political parties who
were cringing to the slave power, AMI
all that could be said by Abolitionists
ond Ernocni1arC OF
parties catering to the slave power
they would not give up. Finally the
reformers Of that day got together
and demanded that a new policy should
be pursued. Most of the old Wings
In the north and quite a
large number of Democrats de-
manded this change. and or
ganized new party calling 1t the Re.
publican party and publicly declaring
that slavery should not go one foo.
farther on American soil A few oi
the idol worshipers would not give
up to this needed reform, but persist
ed In still keeping Whig ticket in
.the field, known afterwards as the
Silver Grey Wings, with Bell and
Everett as their standard bearers.
THE COUNTRY FREED.
But their opposition to the great
needed reform soon died and the re-
suit has been that we now have a
country free from human slavery
This needed reform cost much hard
work, the loss of many valuable lives
and great treasure. But who would
want slavery back with US? No true
patriot.
History is about TO repeat itself. All
loyal Prohibitfonists, anti-saloon
voters and patriots of all parties. and
all sections of our nation. are de-
manding that the saloon be taken oul
|of politics. And this greatly needed
reform cannot be obtained so long Al
amy political party Is kept in power
that legalizes the trafiic in any form
Our best citizens. and most loyal
preachers, say most emphatically
"the saloon must CO." This sin waf
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