The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-01
CANTON COMPANY VOTES
And Casts Her Solid Fifty for the
Gallant Alliance Man.
OTHER OFFICERS ARE ELECTED.
Charles Dick Has No Trouble Being
Elected Colonel and VoIrath Is
Probably Elected Lieutenant
Colonel-How the Vote
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| Stood.
Considerable enthusiasm was exhib-
tied Friday night by the boys of the
local company Of the Eighth Regiment
in their election for regimental officers.
From the result it appears that there
were other officers besides the ones
nominated at Akron who were more
favorable to the boys for election to the
respective offices, and they eventually
cast their votes for them. The local
armory was thrown open at o'clock
and short time thereafter the men,
bers came in, some in groups and sim
gly, all intent on casting their ballot
for whom they thought would best
crafty their wishes. John II. Warner
was appointed judge and Howard
Greenwald and Charles Houser acted
as tellers. The voting began early and
there seemed no hesitation on the part
of the boys who voted as to whom they
should select, for the Canton contin-
gent favored the election OF Weybrecht
and Volrath. At 10 o'clock the polls
were closed and a counting was begun
of the ballots. Half an hour afterward
this work was completed and the entire
vote resulted as follows:
For Colonel, Dick, so votes.
For lieutenant colonel, VolraSh, 30
votes.
For first major, Weybrecht, so votes.
For major, Critchfield, 43 votes.
Captain Charles Miller received two
oo,,o NJ uptau for ION
Fred Marquis, of Mansfield, received
only one vote as major. Marquis was
one of the men placed on the ticket al
the Akron nomination.
. Numerous unofficial reports were re-
ceived early Saturday morning from the
various cities in which companies are
located, each tending to show thai
Critchtield, Marquis and Charlton haC
of the companies who arrived from
Shreve stated that Critchfeld atfirma
lively stated to his company in that
city Friday night that he would ignore
all votes cast for officials who were not
nominated at Akron. The Shreve
company evidently retaliated as it is
: reported that Volrath received Is votes
as lieutenant colonel and Weybrecht
the same number for first major, Critch
field receiving q votes for simply ma.
jor, thus defeating their own captain
for the lieutenant colonelcy.
1t is alleged that Charlton, the Bu-
cyrus nominee for major, received only
that Office, virtually turning him down
in favor of Weybrecht.
1t is asserted that Wooster cast sc
! UntaS for Vnlpath anH "nUh hnnahf nd
for Critchfield. Mansfield is stated
to have voted solid for Volrath and
Weybrecht. Taking these various un
official figures into consideration, the
local officials figure that Dick has been
elected as colonel, Volrath as lieuten.
ant colonel, Weybrecht as first major
and possibly Critchfeld as major in
stead of lieutenant colonel as he had
been nominated at Akron.
Major Weybrecht in point of ser
vice is one of the Oldest officials
in the regiment, and his active
canvass during the past week has
secured him gratifying returns. II
was understood right along that the
members of the major portion Of the
new regiment favored the reelection
of Volrath ana Weybrecht, and they
were not in the least afraid to express
themselves.
After the election measurements
were taken for uniforms for the boys
These, Captain M. A. Fisher stated
would arrive here in about ten days
with the full equipment, and the boys
will at once, then, be ushered into drill
service.
SEVEN TOWNS HEARD FROM.
Alliance, July 29.-Reports have
been received from seven of the nine
companies composing the Eighth Ohio
From the returns the Akron nomina
tions are not in it and the independent
ticket will go through easily. The vote
is as follows: 90. A, Bucyrus, indie
pendent ticket 36, regular ticket 3; Co
G, Canton, independent so; 90. d
Wooster, independent 36, regular Is
Co. G, Wadsworth, Independent 27
regular 5; 90, H, Shreve, independent
Is, regular 81; Co. K, Alliance, inde
pendent Al; Co. F., Akron, Independent
l6, regular 5, Total independent nom
inees 22l, regular nominees 81.