The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-09-21
POLITICS Is
THE WHOLE THING
In OhiO's State Capital These
Days and Three Parties
HAVE HEADQUARTERS OPEN
Politicians Hard at work-speakers Beinp
Assigned-That Prohibition Train
, ATTORNEY General sheets
ROasts Mansfield.
From a staff Correspondent.

Roasts Mansfield.
From STAFF Correspondent.
Columbus, Sept. 19.-The political hor-
izon Of the state capital presents a very
animated appearance just now and the
forces at the headquarters Of the three
dominant parties are working like
beavers. For several weeks after the
real work Of the campaign was started
matters were rather dormant but such
a condition is far from being the case
at this moment.
1t is interesting to note the activity
displayed at the Prohibition headquart-
ers. Chairman ]. j. Ashenhurst and
are working away for dear life just as
ii their cause was not a hopeless one.
They may justly be commended for
their Spartan-like zeal.
The special train which will convey
the national Prohibition candidates
throughout the country is scheduled to
make a number Of stops in Ohio, at a
cost of about 500 per stop. The party
on board the train will consist of John
]. Woolley, candidate for president;
H. B. Metcalf. candidate for vice pres
ident; and Hon. o. w. Stewart, ma
tional chairman. Rev. J. Knox Mont
gomery, candidate for secretary of state,
and ex-state Chairman Samuel Dickey
will travel with the party in this state.
RoosEvELTs TOUR.
C,yar,or Dooeoyo1t ona 30, oa,,o-.. :
Hastings, of Pennsylvania, will spend
two or three days speechmaking in
Ohio. The cities where they will ap-
pear have not been designated but it is
believed to be certain that the Repub-
lican candidate for the vice presidency
Pritchford, of North Carolina, will
speak in this state in the interest of the
Republican party next week. He is
billed for a night at Steubenville on the
2Sth.
These prominent Democrats have been
assigned to make speeches over the
state: Hon. John s. Beard, Of Florida;
ex-Auditor DR.. L. w. Habercorn, ap-
pointed during the Harrison admins
tration. and John I. Crosby, Of New
York. Habercorn and Crosby will ap-
pear in Akron one night next week.
Hon. j. Q. Morrow, of Hillsboro, pres
ident of the Ohio League Of Republican
clubs, has announced his advisory COM
mittee for the present campaign. State
Senator Frank B. Archer, of Belmont,
and Aaron Wagner, Of Akron, are men,
bers.
A ROAST FOR MANSFIELD.
Attorney General Sheets criticizes
the people of Mansfield for their unbe-
coming treatment Of the Dowle elders.
While he does not approve Of the Dow
ieites and their teachings he does not
think their actions justify deeds of vi
olence. The seizure of citizens in pri-
vate dwellings and their expulsion from
the city, Judge Sheets opines, is a dan
gerous precedent to set
The Ohio State University will re-
sumo its sessions tomorrow after the
summer vacation. The enrolment this
year will reach sixteen hundred, which
is three hundred more than it was last
year. A number of Stark county per-
sons attend the institution.
Mr.. ]. w. Barnaby, chief bookkeeper
of the state treasury, will return to CO.
lumbus Saturday. after visit Of two
weeks in Stark county. At present he
is in Alliance.
The circuit court judges of the state
met here Tuesday and decided upon the
time for holding court in the various
counties. Judge S. NJ. Douglass, of
Mansfield, was elected chief justice.
Judge Laubie was absent.
GEORGE II. BLAKE.