The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-01-02
LEcALIzED EVILs--NO. 7s.
(written for the News -Democrat)
BY JOHN DANNER


erage purposes is an enemy to our
youth, our schools. our churches and
our homes. Every flag that waves
about our schools is appealing to pat
riotic voters to come to their rescue
and help suppress this destroying mon
ster. Every Christian and every
patriot should enlist to vote against
this legalized evil at every election
and not vote with any political party
that upholds any system of tax or any
license for the traffic. The writhing
and brighting curse Of the traffic IL
admitted by all good people.
1t costs the people in the city OF
Canton fully one million dollars a year
for the liquor dealt out by the Dow
law saloons in our midst: and IT costs
the people in the state OF Ohio more
than eighty-five million dollars aDnu-
ally for liquor shops in the state.
This waste would pay for eighty-five
thousand houses in the state at O
thousand dollars each. It costs the
whole nation twelve hundred mil
lions OF dollars a year to keep up their
legalized saloons. Just stop and
think that this annual waste would
build and pay for twelve hundred
thousand houses at thousand dollars
each. All this evil Is done by the
consent OF voters, because they sup
port political parties that uphold tax
and license for the legislation of the
liquor traffic and are constantly sup
porting the saloon vote. Three
fourths of our prisons and crimes are
the result of this legafizel traffic: our
patrol wagons, prisons and peniten-
taries are crowded by the legalization
of this destructive traffic. The su-
preme court of the United States has
long since decided that no man has an
inherent right to sell intoxicating Ii
quors for beverage purposes; and yet
the two great political parties in the
United States uphold tax and license
laws for the legalization of this
deadly traffic; and each is courting the
saloon vote.
II no permits were given the liquor
traffic by the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties, this monster evil would
soon be pronounced an outlaw and the
saloons would be compelled to close.
Every loyal citizen who thinks more
of his home and his family than he
does of his old political party should
at once forsake the old tax and IL
cense parties, and vote for a party
that at all times says the saloon must
go, and is opposed to all forms of
tax and license laws for the deadly
liquor traffic.
Every voter who really believes the
liquor traffic for beverage purposes to
be q curse and yet continues to vote
for any tax or license party, is as
guilty Of the crime of liquor selling as
is the man who stands behind the bar
and deals out the ruinous drink
Christ has plainly taught us 'Ye can
not serve two masters" All tax and
license laws are in direct conflict with
the suppression Of the traffic, there
fore to vote with any tax or license
party is plainly saying you are op-
posed to the destruction Of the sa-
loon. All the liquor saloon keepers
and bummers vote only for the tax
and license parties because they know
full we'll that this deadly business Is
upheld by tax and license laws; there
fore II you talk against the saloon and
pray against the saloon, you are un-
der moral obligations to vote only for
party pledged to the entire suppress
sion and destruction of the saloon
Refuse to vote for any man. for any
Office, so long as he upholds politi-
cal party in legalizing tax or license
laws, the deadliest foe of our race
II he is good man, is the greater rea-
son you should oppose him so long as
he upholds the same political party
that the brewers, saloon keepers and
bunmers vote for. To vote for such
party is to say you are fully salts
fed to have the bishops and the brew
ers, the deacon and the saloon man,
the distillers and the Sunday school
teachers walk arm in arm and vote
the same ticket.
We freely admit that tax and license
parties are the Oldest and strongest
political parties in our nation. but
they by no means hold a life mortgage
on our people. Will you not help to
defeat all parties that legalHe this
monster evil and cater to the saloon?
Vote only for parties having the moral
courage to say, Saloons must CO."
and we will work and vote to bring
about this great reform and thus save
our youths from the pitfalls that are
now placed In their pathway under the