The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-26
Carroll County Man Selected to Take the
Place on the Democratic Ticket.
An Able and Clean Man. Who Worthy of the Support OF All
Friends of Good Government Convention Resolves
Itself Into a LOvefeast and Speeches Are
Made BY Prominent Democrats.

A large assemblage of delegates to
the Democratic senatorial convention
Saturday morning nominated Mr. D. "
Iawler, editor of the Carroll county
Chronicle, for state senator from this
district. Hon. John c. Welty presided
at the convention and Mr.. Junius c..
Ferrell, of Carrollton, was chosen sec
retary. Mr.. LAWYERS name was pre-
sented by r. G. Williams, Of Alliance,
and John Hays seconded the nomina-
ton. There were no other aspirants
and Mr.. Welty asked the nomination be
made by acclamation. There was one
spontaneous aye to the question and
Mr. Lawler was declared the nominee.
DR.. Williams and Mr.. Sharer were ap-
pointed a committee to escort Mr.. Law
Ter before the convention. Mr.. LawiNr
was greeted by loud applause when he
mounted the platform, after an elo-
quent tribute was paid his sterling
integrity and splendid character by Mr.
Welty. Mr.. Lawler addressed the con-
vention in part as follows:
He thanked the delegates for this
manifestation Of their kindness and es-
TEEN. He spoke Of the privilege of be-
ing a delegate to a Democratic con-
vention and said a nomination by a
convention was a distinguished honor,
no matter whether the party arose tri-
umphant in victory or went down in
defeat.
He referred to this district as de-
batable field, victory, like a pendulum,
swinging between the two parties.
There are no fixed majorities, here or
elsewhere. He said only a foolhardy
politician would set up claim we are
sure to win, but that he who would
concede defeat before we have made
gallant fight is a coward for whom lie
has no use.
He p, omised to make the best fight
he could and thought if all others did
the same we have more than an even
chance.
He spoke of the first senatorial con-
vention he attended when Hon. Edwin
Ferrall was nominated and carried
both counties, although we had not
carried the district for a period of %
years. He named the other Democrats
who carried the district, saying we had
been successful five times and unsuc-
cessful eight times since 1873.
Mr.. Lawler referred to the eXtrava-
CANT fees and salaries allowed to county
officials, and was hard on the office
holders trusts. Three Democratic leg
islatures had reduced such fees but
succeeding Republican legislatures had
restored them. This was an injustice to
the people, and the tax payer was .he
forgotten man. If the people want to
make fools of themselves by paying
their county officials so extraordinarily,
why do they not act fair with all and
pay their ministers of the gospel and
school teachers on the same basis? |
What is the sense in paying a probate |
judge in little Carroll as much as a |
common pleas Judge? And from two 70 |
three times as muclI in Stark. A few |
years ago YOUR common pleas judges |
asked for an increase in salaries and |
they were laughed out of court" He |
thought if the compensation of county |
officials was not reduced you ought TO |
be consistent and advance salaries of |
others.
He gave reasons on business and nor.
NAL grounds why these salaries should |
be reduced. He referred to the strike |
in Cleveland and said the arbitration |
law should be made compulsory, then
if employees refuse to abide by the de-
cision it will be time enough to call odt |
soldiers to shoot them. He thought it |
absurd to permit controversies of this
kind to drag along regardless of the
welfare or safety of the people.
He referred to the campaign opening
at Akron and to the fertility of Repub.
licans in hunting up '1shooes." He re-