The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-03-24

mittee and the candidates on the tick
et--long enough after the convention
to allow sober judgment to govern the
action. As a rule no one is more deep
ly interested In the result OF the cleo
tion than the candidate. 1t is to be
hoped that a single experience with a
costly variation Of the old rule will
suffice the Democratic party of Ohio.
Delegating all the power to one man
is a dangerous proceeding unless you
are pretty sure that the one man is
not a political boss.
Sensible Conclusion.
"A joint committee composed OF sew
eral committees of the senate and
house has agreed upon a bill which
will provide at once for q memorial
building TO mark the one hundredth
anniversary Of the statehood of Ohio,
and give the needed additional room
for the accommodation Of state de-
partments and bureaus. The bill Ia to
carry an appropriation Of 100000 and
more will be provided by the next leg
islature II it is needed. The wisdom
of this proposition is evident. It suits
the people of every locality except
those that had set their hearts upon
an exposition, paid fer by the state
for the purpose Of town booming. They
are, of course, somewhat disappointed
at the turn things have taken and
may be expected to put in vigorous
objections. With this amount of
money at command it will be possible
for the commission to give the people
of the state a building that will be a
beautiful and-best of all--lasting
monument to mark the completion of
the first hundred years of the state.
If a demonstration is deemed neces-
sary the occasion Of the dedication of
the building will afford opportunity
for that.
Courteous to the Committee.
It is simply justice to Charles L.
Kurtz to say that he sent word to the
house committee, appointed 70 inves-
tigate the charges that a combination
Of which he was a member, was con-
trolling legislation in that branch of
the general assembly, that he would
be ready to come before it at any
time, for examination, il he was want
ed. 1t would not be necessary to issue
a subpoena for him to get him before
the committee, or to hold him within
the jurisdiction of the committee. His
departure for Colorado just as the
committee settled down to work Gre
ated some unfavorable comment,
which was noted in this correspond
enCe. Mr.. Kurtz, accompanied by both
West and Bramley, arrived home from
the west Monday night and reported
their presence at once to the commit
tee. In this connection it is proper
to draw a comparison of the attitude
of these accused persons toward the
committee appointed to investigate
them and that of Senator Hanna and
his colleagues toward the senate COM
mittee appointed to investigate the
charge that he bought his seat in the
United States senate. Senator Hanna
has not only refused to appear before
the committee, but has ignored all
communications from it.
McKisson Wins Again.
Mayor McKisson has followed up his
victory over the Hanna Republicans
in the Cleveland primary elections,
last week, by another victory over the
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week. This was won in the passage
of the bill authorizing the issue of
Cleveland sewer bonds to the amount
of a million dollars. Senator Hannas
friends fought this, fearing that the
expenditure of the money by Mayor
administration would give
him enormous power over the Hanna
faction, but Senator Burke secured the
passage of the bill.
If the Hanna Republicans control
the state Republican convention this
year and organize the state executive
will the executive chair
man be Judge Nash or Colonel Dick?
One of the Two will certainly be the
choice of Charles Kinney, who will, o.
course, be the head of the ticket if
the Hanna faction holds the upper
hand. Judging from the way things
are going where the primary elections
have been held for the spring cleo
tions, however, it is not certain that
the Hanna Republicans will control
the state convention, though it would
be naturally expected that they should,
A Bad Measure Remains,
The house has defeated the Schaeffer
bill repeating the Dana law and it
looks as though the obnoxious meas
IRE would remain on the statute books
Tor two more years at least The bill
Is plainly in the interest of the ma
jority party 1t is an obstacle in the
way of combination OF the small par
ties with the Democratic party in a
common fight against the Republican
party, for which the time is otherwise
very propitous just now. 1t is not
it too highly to say that If
he Democrats could have secured the
'epeal of the law, II would have been
worth to them almost as much as the
United States senatorship. 1t would
have made it easy to capture one or
wo Republican congressional districts
With a fusion movement.
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