The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-11-23
COLUMBUS.
Revision of the State Tax Sys-
tenn.
Wallace and Neal Will Make a Contest
for Congressional Certificates
Other News.

COLUMBUS, OHIO, November 21.-The
State Commission is now fully organ.
ized and daily engaged at their great
task. Messrs. Goldman, WOOlley and
OgleVee are devOting their time and at
tentiOn to work, and hope to be ready to
submit their report to the Legislature
early in January. They are receiving
communications from different parties
on the abuses in the pl Nsent system of
taxation in the State.
Hon. Andrew Roy, State Inspector of
Mines, to-day submitted his eighth an
nual report to the Governor, being the
first one in, and on the exact date of the
close of the fiscal year. A complete his.
tory of the development of the mines in
this State, their products, &C., with sta
tistics of casualties and condition of the
mines is given. 1t is valuable work.
The annual production of coal is shown
to have increased since 1872 from 5,315,-
294 tons to 9,450,OO0 tons in 1882, and a
table is introduced giving the counties
in which coal is mined, with amount,
value, number of mines and employees
for 1880, as shown by the census report.
The carelessness of township assessors
in making returns Is referred to and il
lustrated. The labor troubles are dis
cussed and the mining laws ably con-
sidered.
Major Jonathan H. Wallace, of New
Lisbon, COlumbiana county, was here to
protest against the issuing of certifi-
cate of election to Major William Nc
Kinley as COngressman-elect in the
Eighteen District, and he Is ready to
show cause.
It is now settled that Major Jonathan
II. Wallace, of the Eighteenth, and Hon.
L. T. Neal. of the Twelfth District, will
contest the seats of Major VIM. McKin-
ley and Governor Alfonso Hart. There
is no official information here as to
whether j. E. Campbell will contest the
seat of H. L. MOrey in the Seventh Dis
trict. Among the points to be raised by
Mr.. Neal is that of Washington clerks
voting in Ohio. There were thirty eight
in his district, and Hart's majority is
ten. Then marked tickets were voted,
said to have been bought, and he has
other and numerous grounds.
Major Wallace, however, claims such
a NgOOd case that he will appear be-
fore the Canvassing Board when the
official vote is counted. This board con-
sists of the Governor, Attorney General
and Secretary of State. The CanVassing
Board has till late in December to do
their work and issue certificates, and il
is not yet decided whether they Will
event hear arguments to go behind the
returns.
The Eighteenth Congressional Dis
trict, composed of the cOuntie', of Stark,
COlumbiana, MahOning and Carroll. at
the recent October election cast 33,804
votes fer Congressman. OF this number
uncOntested and unquestiOned Major
VIM. Mckinley, Jr., received 1896, and
Jonathan II. Wallace 16,899, leaving a
majority for the former of eight votes.
In COlumbiana county there swere %
votes cast for the following parties:
j. II. Wallace, 2; JnO. H. Wallace, g.;
Jonathan Wallace, 5; Wallace, 5; Major
Wallace, 4; W. H. Wallace, 2; w. w.
Wallace, l. These votes were not count
ed for Major Wallace, although the evil
dent intention of the voters casting them
was to vote for him, and they remain in
the boxes.
1t is claimed that Nash has already, in
a former case, rendered an opinion
favorable to covnting votes according to
the intent of the voters. Wallace has
retained Ex-senator Allen G. Thurman
to appear before the Canvassing Board,
which will probably meet December 4th
and 9Th. In case he fails to get the GER
ti6cate of election, Wallace will carry
his case to Washington.
Hon. James Newman is being pressed
while here for positions in the Office of
Secretary of State, but he gives no en-
cOuragement to applicants for clerk
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