The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-03
Comes to Senator Hanna and
Governor Bushnell.
MASON NOW HOLDS THE FORT
And the Hanna Republicans in the
House Must Grin and Bear IL.
Hanna's Shame-The Gem
tennial Question,

the Hanna cohorts, and Senator tiauna
has retaliated by di8charging the en-
gineer Of the government building, un-
der suspicion OF furnishing aid and
comfort to the opposing faction. There
is a Roland for your Oliver. Evident
ly the managers of this campaign OF
factional politics believe in settling She
small things first Chairman Daugh-
erty Of the state central committee has
not yet called his committee together
to withdraw Charles j. Eurtz from
the national Republican committee as
member from Ohio.
Republicans Beaten.
There will be no reorganization OF
the house. The combination Of tho
Democrats and the anu-Hanna Repub-
licans is stronger than it was at the
time the house was organized. They
control the house on every point, and
have votes to spare. That Charles L.
Kurtz regards the combination a8 Sc
cure is indicated by the fact that he
has appointed a successor to Charles
Gerlsh as deputy oil inspector. Mr..
Gerish by this act is shown to nave
relinQuished all claim upon the inspec-
torship, and If he should lose the house
Clerkship, through reorganization, he
would be without an Office.
Some Possibilities.
With the senate bribery investigat-
ing committee turning up evidence that
indicates at least an attempt to pur-
chase votes for Senator Hanna, and
his alleged friends refusing to open
their mouths on the witness stand, or
to permit any witness who might eX-
culpate him II he is not guilty to give
evidence in the case, it is not improb-
able that the United States senate will
refuse to permit Senator Hanna to re-
tain his seat. In this connection 1t Is
interesting to consider the conditions
under which a new election would be
held. With this semi-convlction Of
bribery upon him, could Senator Han
ma afford to again enter the contest?
Resident Trustees Again.
Senator Cromley has introduced a
bill to repeal the present law forbid
ding the appointment of resident trus-
tees and stewards for state institu-
tions. The author of this law is Sem
ator Carpenter of Meigs county, and It
stands as a monument of a political
row in the Republican party. 1t will
probably be repealed, as it should be.
Resident trustees would make fewer
meetings of the boards necessary and
thus materially reduce the expenses.
So far as the law refers to stewards
it is being evaded. There are two fla
grant cases of violation of this law
here. Eli NJ West, now steward Of the
state prison, had been a resident of
this county for yeaTs-voted here reg
| ularly-until an opportunity to be
elected steward of the penitentiary
presented itself, when he conveniently
changed his residence to Hooking
county, from which he came long ago
The same thing was done by r. w
Bell, now steward of the Institution
for the Blind. Mr.. Bell had lived in
NDuuIy lOl Ildly years
owned property here and voted here:
but 1t was easy to transfer his citizen
ship to his old home in Richland coun-
| ty in order to evade this act.
If the law ever had good features
they are annulled by this evasion
while all its evil tendencies are given
full play.
The constitutionality of the act is
questioned by lawyers, and in view oI
the decision of the supreme court in
the old soldier case from Wayne coun.
ty this view would seem to be correct
All things considered, it would be best
to take this law from the statute books
as soon as possible.
In Dual Role.
Senator Sullivan's dual role in the
senatorial bribery matter Is being Sc.
verely commented upon throughout
the state, and it will be interesting r.
see how he follows the course he has
started in to the end. His extreme
activity in behalf Of Senator Hanna
both before the election and since
made it quite unnecessary for him to
state that he appeared before the in
vestigating committee as an attorney
This committees report will soon be
made to the senate, and Senator Sulli-
van, the attorney in the case, will sit
as Judge in the case. VIII the Senator
vote on the question?
Senatorial Sense of Honor.
II is true that when the late Henry
B. Payne was elected to the United
States senate charges were made that
he used money in the election, and
substantially that he purchased his
seat. A senate that was hostile to him
politically investigated the matter.
Senator Payne freely gave the exam
liners of the case the fullest opportun-
ity to inquire into the matter, giving
them access to all his correspondence
at the time, both telegraphic and mail,
Senator Hanna seems to he inclined
to permit no investigation of his ac-
tions in the election to be made, If he
can prevent 1t.
The sense of honor was recently
shown to be very delicate with men,
bers Of the United States senate, when
the mere statement that certain SEN
ators had dabbled in stocks, caused a
broker and a newspaper reporter to
be sent to Jail. How can Mr.. Hannas 8
attorneys, in view of this, advise wit
nesses not to give testimony that