The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-05-26
A COMMITTEE RESOLUTION
That Insures John p. JOnes's Attend
ance at the State Convention.
COURT OF LAST RESORT
10 the Delegation Of Particular Locality
A Clever Trick by which the For
aker Clan Gets the Stark
County Delegation
Wen Split.


Wen Split.
A recent action OF the Republican
county committee makes it altogether
probable that the Stark county delega-
tion to the state convention will split
about even as to Hanna and anti-Hanna
delegates. 1t now seems settled that
Jones and his clan will have ample
representation on the delegation, The
Hanna men did not know just what
had happened to them at the time the
county central committee took action
on the manner OF selecting state dele
gates, but it is patent to the thickest-
headed of the lot now. By some sort
OF connivance and subterfuge resolu-
tion was adopted defining the manner
of selecting delegates that was observ-
ed to be departure from former rules,
but the Importance of which was for
the time overlooked. The resolution
which was adopted and by which the
county convention will be bound, pro-
vides that the delegates be selected by
precincts or wards, just as was voted
at the primaries, and that delegates be
apportioned to the various pre-
cincts. Each precinct will have
certain number OF delegates,
according to the number Of Republican
votes it casts. Delegates to the county
convention were elected at the primar-
les Saturday, and these delegates under
the resolution, will select the state
delegates from the respective precincts
they represent. The convention must
ratify, but cannot substitute, under the
resolution, without the consent of the
delegates from the precinct for which
substitution Is desired to be made
For instance, North Lawrence selected
its own delegates to the county con-
vention that will name the state dele
gates. One of these delegates to the
county convention, which meets May
q, is Jonn p. Jones, and the delegation
from his town is delegation favorable
to him. 1t is understood that the dele
cation will present his name as dele
gate to the state convention. This
will not please the Hanna men, who
will likely have a majority Of the
county delegates, but they cannot
remedy the matter without the hazard
OF deadlock. The North Lawrence
delegation is the court of last resort as
to who goes to the state convention as
delegates from North Lawrence. III
John z. Jones's name is presented as a
delegate-which it will be--the conven-
tion may undertake to reject it. But
the convention cannot substitute. The
matter will go back to the North Law
renee delegation to choose another
man. But II the Lawrence delegation
refuses to appoint another man, where
will the convention be? The resolu-
tion adopted by the central committee,
under which resolution the county con-
vention will organize and operate, pro-
vides that the delegation from partic-
ular locality chooses its representa-
tives. IL the delegation refuses to sub
stitute, the convention cannot do other
than accept, or go to the state conven-
tion with short delegation. Or If the
delegation should decide to substitute,
it Is clear that they would make sub
stitution suitable to the notions of the
delegate who had been rejected. Thus
the influence in the state convention
would not be changed, and there would
be a vote there for the Kurtz-M -McKisson-
Foraker Bushnell fellows just the same.
So when the friends OF Jones and the
Forakerites got that resolution through
the committee they builded wisely. 1t
is bitter pill, but 1t looks as il the
Hanna fellows will have to swallow it
Saturday.