The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-01
GIVEN THE STRONG ARM
BY the Stark County Republicans
and Are Taking No Part
INCONvENTION ARRANGEMENTS
The Stark County Fellows Wanted to
D Hand the Nomination over to
wilhelm without the
Formality of
nonvantiOn.

Convention.
Special to the News Democrat.
Carrollton, July 27.-There seems to
be strife and dissention among the Re-
publican brethren Of this senatorial
district, aud while both Stark and Car
roll counties have long since held their
local primaries and cast their votes for
their choice for state senator, 1t will
be observed that no arrangements have
been made for the holding OF a senate
rial convention. Nor Is there likely to
be, unless some concessions are made
to the Carroll county Republicans that
will appease their wrath and disabuse
their minds OF the idea that they are
being imposed upon and unfairly treat
ed by their brethren In Stark. For
nearly forty years, it is claimed, with
but few exceptions, Stark county has
been furnishing the Republican
senatorial candidates, while Carroll
county has been called upon to furnish
the majority that made their election
possible. Stark county Republicans
never gave plurality for a single one
of her candidates for senator except
Silas Williams. Recently 1t became an
unwritten law of equity between the
in furnishing the candidates. They al.
lowed Carroll Senator Eckley, with the
privilege OF electing him herself. Then
Williams of Stark was conceded his
two terms under this tacit understand
ing.
But this year the Republicans OF
Stark deliberately planned to rob Car
roll county OF her rights, and not only
did they propose to bring out candi-
dates and make fight for the nomina-
tion, but their county central com
mittee passed resolution that the can
didate having q majority vote In the
county should have all the delegates.
AS Stark has 100 to Carroll's 26, it is
easy to see that unless Carroll's candi-
date went up and carried Stark county
over her own candidates, he had abso-
lutely no chance of nomination. An
emphatic protest was made, but not
until four days prior to the primaries
was this iniquitous resolution modified
so as to allow candidates the delegates
only from precincts that they carried.
Weaver, from this county, In those four
days, captured Is or 20 delegates. Viii,
helm, of Stark, got enough to nomin.
ate him on the first ballot.
The Stark county fellows immediate,
ly tried to arrange for representatives
of the two executive committees to
meet and sign up a certificate of nom.
ination for Wilhelm without the for
mality and expense of convention,
but they were told to go ahead and ar.
range for their convention with EN-.
phasls on the "their'0 and to hold il
at Minerva. This did not suit the
statesmen from Stark, and they sent
down certificate showing that Will,
helm had more than enough delegates
to nominate and urging the uselessness
OF a convention. This was also follow,
ed by deluge of letters, to all oi
which Chairman Oglevee has made nc
reply, and he and other prominent Re-
publicans declare that Carroll county
will not be known in the convention
nor will she this year furnish the ma,
.jority.
Democrats here are quietly jubilant
and are looking about for an available
candidate, and may find him in the per
son of j, G. Ferrall or j. V. Lawler, the
latter the editor Of the Chronicle.