The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-15
d CARROLL COUNTY PEOPLE
Have Decided That 1t Is About Time to
Make Strong Protest.
IF WILHELM WANTS TO RUN
He VIII Have to Get His Majority in stark
County as the Carroll Republicans
Think They VIII Lose All
If They DO Not Call
Halt.

Halt.
AttorneysA M. McCarty and c. c. Bow
went to Carrollton a day or two ago,
ostensibly on law business, but really
on business connected with the State
senatorial situation, which is in any
thing but a satisfactory state. Car
roll county has felt for some years that
it has been placed in district where 1t
has little chance to do for itself and
must depend on the fairness of the
other county to get anything at all.
After voting for Silas Williams and
furnishing him his majority the Car
roll county Republicans think they
should have something to say this year.
They put a man in the field but the
Stark county managers fixed things so
that he could not get delegates enough
in the convention, by making him seek
them out in his own county. OF course
he got all his delegates but they are
few in number and he expected that he
could go into a convention and take
even chances. But he found that the
arrangement was made for Squire Will
helm to get enough delegates in Stark
county, where he was known, and make
Weaver the Carroll man, hustle in the
same territory, with no chance of Win
ming. The result was all that the
managers could wish for. Wilhelm got
enough delegates to control the con-
vention and then the local committee
proposed that few fellows from each
county meet at Minerva, or some other
out-of the-way place and ratify the
thing without the formality Of con-
Vention.
The Carroll county people have de-
cided to have nothing to do with such
a proceeding and they promise to take
no part in the convention, If one is call
ed. They say that they have not had
fair chance and that Stark county Re-
publicans are inclined to hog the per-
simmons. They insist that they are
clearly entitled to the nominee for
State senator and they will insist that
if Wilhelm wants to run he shall get
his majority in the county where he
got his delegates. The Carroll county
people think that they have furnished
majorities quite long enough. That is
what Messrs. Bow and McCarty learn
ed when they went to Carrollton ION
legal business" They saw Republican
County Chairman ]. c. Ogelvee and
made an effort to fix matters up. Ogle-
wee was just waiting for an opportu-
nifty to make few trite remarks and he
set about it. He informed Messrs. Bow
and McCarty that Carroll county was
not satisfied with the way she had been
treated and that if Stark county want
ed the offices she would have to fur
nish her own majorities. He told them
that they had already been euchred
out of the senatorship and they were
in fair way to lose their representa-
ly that there would be no use to call
a convention, for Carroll county would
not be there. If Stark wants a conven-
ton Mr.. Wilhelm and few of his man
ayers might meet and declare him nom-
mated if they wanted to, but Carroll
would have no hand in the election OF
man nominated in that fashion.
When the Canton men returned they
recited their tale of woe and now il
is not known what will be done. Nc
convention has been called and nobody
knows when one will be called. The
Stark county Republicans know thai
they will be defeated in Stark county
this fall anyway and they have beer
. banking on Carroll to help them out Of
the hole and furnish a majority fol
Wilhelm, when Carroll was clearly en-
titled to the nomination.
Nor is this the only instance in which
Carroll county is to be given the stronl
arm. Already a Stark county mar
has come out for common pleas judg,
to succeed Judge Taylor, a Carol
county man. The Stark county man did
not go to Carroll county for aid, but fix
ed 1t up in Columbiana county for tn
delegation from that county expecting
later to secure the Stark county dele
cation and again give Carroll the laugl
In convention. Carroll county furnishe
a big slice of the majority for common
pleas judge in this sub division and 1
is strongly intimated that 1t will b
missing when most needed.
1t is said that at a meeting of loca
Republican leaders in Canton, fey
nights since, decree was granted, di
Yorcing Carroll county from the map.