The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-06-17
LOCALIZED EvlLS--NO. OF.
BY John Danner.

BY John Danner.
The object of all human law should
be for the protection and uplifting of
society, and the punishment of evil
doers This advances the best inter-
ests of our fellow men ana corre-
spends to the higher law, the law of
God, which uplifts our fellow men, and
offers them the eternal life. All that
degrades and brutalizes men should
be prohibited
Nothing has so destroyed human
laws, and wasted fortunes, as has the
selling of intoxicating liquors for bev.
eragc purposes. Therefore the only
safe way to deal with said evil is to
prohibit the sale for beverage pur-
poses, in all places and at all times.
This principle was recognized by the
trainers of our state constitution
more than fifty years ago, and there
fore they incorporated in said consti-
tuition that mo license" for selling in.
toxicating liquors for beverage pur-
poses, should ever be granted in the
state; two attempts have been made
since that time to have said clause in
our constitution repealed, but the peo.
pie have by their ballots upheld the
present form of our state constitution,
and therefore our laws should be made
to harmonic with the constitution,
and not run square against it, as does
our present infamous Dow tax law.
The rank and file of the G.. o. p. are
honest as are the mass of our people,
but a few who see that the rum pow
er can be turned in either direction
by the almighty dollar" have catered
to the worst element for support, and
the result has been that our good
state constitution, which forbids a Ii
cense ever being granted for liquor
selling, for beverage purposes, has
been ignored, and tax laws permitting
this evil to be carried on were enact
ed, and upheld hy partisan courts: and
the best interest of society trampled
upon.
Among the men who have manipu-
lated the affairs of our state against
the best interests of the people, and
for the protection of our laws, so as
to give legal existence to the saloon,
as Geo. b. Cox, of Cincinnati, who for
merly was proprietor of a saloon in
that city commonly known as Muir
derers' corner saloon" This same
man is now on the Republican state
committee, in our state, and feels Sc
cure in serving said party, that the sa.
loon interests shall not suffer from
any acts by said party.
The very fact that our state consti-
tuition is thus trampled upon, by politi-
cal bosses in order to control the II
quor vote, should arouse every patri.
otic citizen to vote against political
parties that trample upon our state
constitution, and the best interests of
| the people by the enactment Of such
unwholly and unconstitutional laws as
| the Dow tax law.
! Our state constitution was adopted
! shortly after the enactment of the
prohibitory laws in Maine, and there
| fore the clause was inserted that mo
| license" for liquor selling should be
| granted in Ohio. AS loyal citizens let
! us stand by our state constitution,
and oppose all political parties that
| seek to legalize the selling of intoX-
icating liquors for beverage purposes
under any form of law, or pretext
whatever. Our present Dow tax law
is one of the most unholy and dan
| gerous laws ever put upon our statute
| books; let us stand by our good state
! constitution, and oppose all laws and
political parties seeking to trample
upon our prohibitory constitution, and
| cater to the saloon vote.
The best interests of our people, the
protection of our religious institutions,
and the honor of God, demand that
every Christian voter record his bal
| lot against this unholy and wicked ef-
fort on the part of politicians to cater
to the most dangerous element in So
ciety,. and trample upon our state
constitution. The demand of the law
US, that no permit be granted in Ohio
for selling Intoxicating liquors at re-
tail upon any terms, or at any price.
Vote as you pray, against the saloon.