The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15

| '' - Ihe llCeuSo system were
not in vogue the rum business
would be thrown into the sea by
the people within six months and
the remnants would be but outlaws
and refugees.
10. Because my party stands for
principle. Let either of the two
great parties name a great principle
upon which they are separated.
IL. Because ] repudiate the gener-
ally accepted idea that voter should
ally himself with a party that has a
, chance of immediate success at the
polls If he would have his vote
count. This idea is the cardinal ten
ct of the faith of the demagogues and
partisan. ~ Is foreign TO the real
intent and purpose and use of the
ballot. II Is not my duty to win
elections. Why? Because I can not.
That result Is contingent upon the
actions of other voters. II Is my
duty to vote my views and convic-
tions. When I seek after the win
ner in elections, | am qquite sure to
go with the intention TO do evil.
IL. Because the license system Is
national policy, q national crime,
national curse. The two great part
les refuse to prcmit ME to speak on
this matter through them Therefore
! speak through the only political
channel open for my convictions to
find expression
IS. Because while the dominant
parties grant loca; option with the
law of the state, they give license
TO sell in the same territory by the
national law. The party which has
permitted Prohibition i'm Maine
through the state Jaw, gives a United
States license TO sell i'm this state. Not
only so, but IT. runs an Illegal bar
at East Togus, Maine, and at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas. This is using
the army of the nation TO nullify
and discredit the law of the state.
lStopped now, but 50 tor years
IA. Because tho church of which
| am proud 10 be member, the
Methodist Episcopal, in her supreme
court and her Legislature I'm 1892
and 1900 said: "No political party
has a right TO expect nor ought It
to receive the support of Christian
men so long as It stands committed
to the license policy or refuses TO
put itself on record I'm an attitude Of
open hostility to the saloon" And
also, because It endorsed the utter
ance of its bishops when they said, |
"The liquor traffic can never be
legalized without sin. "
10. Because this question Is great !
er than any other three now before
the public. Count men, money or
morals, and It involves more than
any question ever before our people.
More than a billion dollars will be
worse than w5sted by this business
this year. By II 100000 men viii
be sent to hell this year. And in
morals, nothing can so debauch the
public conscience as consentiug to
vice for a fee.
u6. Because | vote for what Will
liam Window, late Secretary of the
Treasury, declared when he s3id: |
considered socially, financially, pol |
itically or morally, the licensed lIquor
traffic Is or ought to be the over
whelming issue in American politics.
The destruction of this iulquity |
stands next on the worlds calendar"
H. Because the charge that | am
working with the Democrats TO de-
teat the Republicans when the lat
ter are in power Is made of no er !
feet by the charge tnat | am work
ing with the Republicans to defeat the
Democrats when they are in power.
Being opposed to both these parties,
l must of necessity be opposed to |
each of them. This to my credit.
Is. Because "Tho saloon has come
to stay is balanced by the fact that
his Satanic Majestic has likewise !
come to stay. Shall preachers, |
priests aud the church therefore
abandon their work?
19. Because the licensed liquor |
traffic is here in violation of the
economic law of supply and demand.
1t confesses this when it pays exorb- /
ltant license fees, and we are i'm
pressed by the same fact when we
remember that most Of our trouble !,
comes from the supply and not the |
deman, 'The seller Is one who is a
political power who IS the law-break-
er and who is the pusher of the busi-
ness. There is a demand but it is |
created by the supply. The demand
is' artificial and Is better denied |
than supplied.
20. Because this is a political
question and | must be in politics If
| am to touch it And here | endorse
the words of Bishop Haven, of bless
ed memory, when he spoke of slave
ny; ut Is one Of the devices of Satan
by which he seeks TO harden your
hearts AGAINST tho frutb aud malyo D