The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-05-26
FACTIONS WERE FIGHTING
Vote Was Comparatively Light, as
People Were Ignored.
THE CONTEST FOR PROSECUTOR
Was verv Close, and Some of the Turner
Men Still Claim to Have Hopes
Zaiser Was Cut, Though an
Attempt Was Made to
Conceal It.


Conceal It.
Saturday was a great day for the Re-
publican politicians. The Republican
county primaries were held, and here
In Canton, and the returns indicate
elsewhere in the county, 1t was con-
lest for supremacy among the polite
ians, in which the voice of the rank
and file was not heard save in instances
when they we're beguiled to come to
the polls. The vote in Canton Is 800
short of what it was at the spring pri-
The politicians were bitter in their as
saults and there is not one who has not
a bruise about his person, indicative of
the fierce contest that he was in. The
knife wielders had the front of the
stage, and great chunks of political
meat were hacked off rival fellows who
aspired to leadership. The Republi-
cans have seldom had so bitter con-
test as that waged on Saturday. Heads
we're up that were inviting marks,
and the way they were kept bob
bing to avoid knocks was inspir-
ing. While the fight for representative
had in it the Hanna and anti-Hanna
element, that for prosecutor had all the
elements combined. The political lis
tory Of the candidates was taken up and
opened to the public gaze. Every ad-
vantage was taken of stories about the
two candidates that had foundation OF
truth, and more advantage yet OF those
that had not. The fight against T. F.
Turner and for Robert w. Day,
punched the politicians and made some
strange bed-fellows. Turner had pres
tige and some clever workers, but he
had to buck the administration influ-
ence and some citizeHs had varied as
sortment of grievances. Arrayed
against him in Canton alone were such
politicians as A. M. McCarty, @. G. Up
ham, Julius Whiting, James Burn
heimer, Judge Fawcett and a score of
lesser lights. They made it warm, and
will doubtless be prepared to dodge
some missiles if they ever put their
heads up in the future.
HOW THEY VOTED.
The total vote in Canton was little
over 1900. The race for prosecutor
was heated contest and that for rep
resentative awakened interest. The |
returns at the board of elections show
ed at an early honr that T. F. Turner |
and Robert w. Day, the candidates for
prosecutor, were running neck and |
neck. In the law Office OF Day, Lynch |
g. Day crowd of the friends of the
Massillon candidate were gathered to
hear the returns which were received
by long distance telephone. The men,
bers of the crowd in the Day law Office
all wore the governmental stamp and
explosions of mirth followed each re-
turn showing gain for the eX-Secre- |
tary of States brother. Things at the
board of elections rooms were not
nearly 80 hilarious. Mr.. Turner held
forth here. He felt confident of sue
cess in the early hours of the evening
but hard raps began landing when his
own dear city sent in its reports |
from various precincts. The old
rock ribbed Seventh sent in
solar pleXus blow which dashed Mr.. |
Turner's aspirations to smithereens. |
The Seventh was expected to patriotic
ally stand by the home candidate, but
breeze from the east had withering
effect upon home pride when nameto
conjure with was borne upon the zeph-
yrs. Day was rampant far into the
night and when Massillon sent up her
beams to the tune of AS for her own
citizen, IL was all off for Mr.. Turner
and deep gloom settled on the at
mosphere in the board of elections
Offices.
Messrs. Snyder, HOLES and Pollock
easily carried the city for representa-
tive. All had good workers at the
polls and some tall hustling was done
by the friends of all the candidates.
Moulton was expected to cut much
larger figure in the local field and there
are today a few hatchets unearthed In
his camp. Sheriff Zaiser who had no
opposition ran behind the total vote in
spite OF colorings in favor of the grand
jury-criticised sheriff attempted by the
party organ. County Commissioner
Summer had walk away with his OPP
ponent Ham Graham who did not even
prove troublesome for the mansion
building commissioner.
There seems to be no doubt that
Messrs. Snyder, Pollock and Mentz-
gar are nominated. Mr.. Snyder's
nomination is of course, assumed and
while HOLES has been running close
to the other two 1t Is figured by those
who know the precincts yet to be
heard from, that the Alliance man will
not secure the required number OF
votes to land the nomination. The
tardy precincts are: Limaville of
Lexington township, Justus and Elton
of SUGAR Craak tnwnahtn pi0aon Run