The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-04-07
HERE'S A GOOD THING.
Weak Places In the Repub-
lican State Ticket.
THEY 90 ON MULTIPLYING.
ysr Allen Wants a Third Term--End OF
the Session Approaching-Iiead-
ing OF the Hanna Com
mittee Report.


nomination on the Republican state
ticket this fall for election to a third
term as clerk of the supreme court
ought to send the Democratic chances
for carrying the state up with a
whoop. 1t has been a matter for the
captain to tell about with pride for a
long time that he has not been off the
public payroll since the close of the
war. The two-terms-and-out rule has
been enforced as strictly in this Office
as in any other in the roster Of the
state, and the attempt to set it aside
for the benefit of Captain Allen Is not
likely to be received with eclat by
those who have been casting wistful
glances at the Office. But Senator
Hanna owes something to Captain AL
len, and he will probably try to repay
1t by giving him the nomination he
asks for. Was it not "Si' Allen who
waved his handkerchief from the win
dow of the supreme court to Hanna
and his friends in their headquarters
in the Neil House, informing him that
the joint ballot had been taken and
Hanna had been elected senator? Can
such valuable services be overlooked?
trow not. The crowd must stand
back and let this nomination go as
Senator Hanna wants it to go. Notice
is served on all candidates for the
nomination that they might as well
give it UP now and save themselves
the embarrassment. The boss has de-
cided that this nomination is to go TO
Allen Of Athens.
Chaos Iu the Senate.
With the approach of the final ad-
iournment of the le- islature come
some startling breaks between mem
bers of combinations that have stood
firm all through the early part of the
session. Senator May and Senator
Sullivan, two of the staunchest mem
bers of the Hanna Republicans COM
bine, surprised their friends at the
close of last week by locking horns.
May intimated that Sullivan was op-
posing his bill to enable Jail prisoners
for whom a mob is laundering at the
Jail door, to plead guilty and take SEN
tence without the formality of indict-
ment, for the reason that his bill to
abolish capital punishment was de-
feated, and Sullivan came back at him
with some of the bitterest sarcasm
and invective that has been heard on
the senate floor this session.
Senators Finck and Long have been
the Aenas and his fidus achates of
the Democratic side of the senate, but
the last week has seen them charging
each other with fighting each others
bills for personal revenge.
Senators Finck and Burke have
fought many a battel together, elbows
touching, in this session, but serious
break came last Friday when Burke
charged Finck with holding up his
freight rate bill in the interest of the
railroad lawyers, and Finck came back
with the charge that Burke never at
tended the meetings of the judiciary
committee, of which he is member,
unless the committee had one of his
own bills under consideration.
There are many indications that the
end of the session is approaching.
Lawyers Galore.
The assistant clerk of the supreme
court, who has charge of the registra-
ton Of law students under the new
rules of the supreme court, states that
he now has 1896 such students en-
rolled. BY these new rules students
get credit for time spent in study
the law requires three years Of study
only from the time of the filing Of
their certificates showing that they
have begun the study OF law. This
number will be still swelled slightly,
SO that 1t is not likely that there will
be a dearth of lawyers in this state
in the immediate future.
Hot Shot FROM Cor.
Cincinnati has emphasized her turn
toward Democracy by going Demo
cratic in this weeks elections by a
majority of over 1900. Upon the au.
thority OF a leading Republican OF
Cincinnati it is stated that there is nc
good ground for expecting that the
| Republicans will carry the city for al
least four years. Cox is bound to pun
ish some of his enemies before hi
retires from politics for good, II h'
is really in earnest about quitting pol
itics. Some of the anti-CoX Republic
ans are congratulating themselves
that their defeat was no more EN-
phatic. 1t was we'll known that Coz
was fighting Calvin. the Republican
candidate for Judge Of the superio
court and II was expected that h
would try to make his power severel
felt. The reform element of the Re
publican party says that If he has n
more power than he showed in tn
elections of this week the party ha
nothing much to fear from Cox,
Go-as- You Please Taxation,
The senate committee on judiciar
mas recommended Senator Wolcott'
measure loking to go-as-you-pleas
method of raising taxes for local pur
poses. The object of this is to permi
local governments to raise the take
they need for their own use by an
| nlan thew nhnnaa Thls will make