The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-05-27
JEROME PUNCTURES
ANTI-SAL00N LEAGUE
Famous District Attorney Announces
Intention of Investigating
Graft of Pharisses.
Direct Charge That 100000 o
Church Peoples Subscriptions
Are Not Accounted for.
Divinity Diplomas PeddIed Out t
AntLsaIoon Leagde spouters
at High Prices.
New York's Courts Will Show Vo.
taries of Fanaticism How They
Have Been Fleeced.

District Attorney Jerome of New
York City has leveled his lance al
the Auti-Saloon league, and, unless
all signs fail, the result will be an
exposure of this nefarious organiza
tion of graft that will stir up the
country from the Atlantic to the
Pacific.
The mode adopted by the great
legal official of New York will be an
inquiry by court methods into di.
rect charge of embezzlement of funds
obtained by the Anti-Saloon league
Of New York ostensibly for the pur.
pose of promoting the cause of TEN.
perance, but, If the charges which
have been made, and upon which Je'
rome says he will act are true, in
reality for purposes of private graft
emOlument and personal aggrandize-
ment of the big moguls of the Anti.
Saloon league.
This investigation, if carried out
upon the lines outlined, will show
the rottenness Of the Anti-SaToon
league not only of New York, but oi
the entire nation, and will open the
eyes of the deluded people who have
been going down into their pockets
in the belief that their money was
going toward the maintenance of q
great reform movement, whereas in
reality 1t has been used to cater tC
an organized appetite popularly
known as the Anti-Saloon league.
If the readers of The Liberal Ad
vocate will carefully peruse the fol
lowing correspondence, and see to II
that their friends, and all good citi
zens whom they can reach, read Il
also, they will be not only impressed
with the truth of the above state
ments, but also convinced that the
day is at hand when the Anti-Saloor
league will stand forth in all iti
naked hideousness before the gaze O.
the entire country.
The first part of this correspond
ence is letter written by Distric
Attorney Jerome of New York il
answer to the direct charges referred
to above and giving promise of ac
tion thereon. Here is Jerome's let
ter:
NEW YORK, May 10, 1909
Mr.. Charles r. Mabee, Healy Bldg.
Detroit, Mich.
Dear Sir: beg to acknowledge
receipt of your letter of April 18th
in regard to the alleged embezzle
ment of funds collected in this coun
ty by the Anti-Saloon league. II
some way, with the pressure of bust
ness in this office, have overlooked
your communication. l regret the de
lay in answering it. / shall be yer,
glad to take the matter up. An abust
of this kind should be promptly
rsmedied If the criminal laws affort
remedy. shall be glad If yol
would send me the minutes whicI
you refer to in your letter, and an,
additional information that you have
Very truly yours,
VIM. TRAWERS JEROME,
District Attorney
The foregoing letter was writer
In answer to one making the direc
charges and was replied to by tn
following, in which they were re
Deated. Read this letter closely an,
get everybody wou can prevail upol
to read it also:
District Attorney Jerome, Count,
Bldg, New York City.
Dear Sir: For some time past
have been interested. with church
officials in New York and elsewhere
In che elimination Of graft from
church work