The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
MINE INSPECTORS
NAMED FRIDAY.
Inspector Biddison SO Announces
To a News-DemOcrat Man.
CANTONIANS IN COLUMBUS.
Many People In the Capital City Looking
After Their Interests interest
Ing News Letter From
Columbus.

Special to Democrat.
| Columbus, May 17.-Up until noon to-
day, State Mine Inspector e. ]. Biddison
had not announced his list of district in
spectors. The inspector informed your
representative that in all probability
the names Of the appointees would be
given out by not later than Friday.
The redistricting of the state has mate
rally interfered with the plans Of Mr..
Biddison with reference to certain ap-
pointments, and several district inspec-
tors now in Office, the retention OF
whom had practically been decided up
on, under the new arrangement, will
be dropped.
Inspector Biddison stated to me yes
terday afternoon that the changes In
the districts of the state had been made
the night before, but as the governor
had not then yet passed on them, he
had made no official announcement Of
the action taken.
Heretofore Stark county with Wayne
and Tuscarawas counties composed the
sixth district, but under the new classi-
fication as stated yesterday in these
columns, Stark is transferred to the
seventh district. The other counties IN
this district are Summit, Medina,
Wayne and Holmes.
Columbiana county Is transferred
from the fifth and seventh districts TO
the sixth district, the other counties In
the district being Carroll, Mahoningr
ITrumbull and Portage.
Among the 200 odd applications for the
seven jobs to be filled are the follow
ling from Eastern Ohio: John w. Wha-
lien and John p. Phillips, of Portage
county; William Phillips, Of Akron w.
e. Knight, M. ]. Morris and C. w. Smith
of near Massillon; Samuel Jones, or
Portage county; Thomas z. Thomas, OF
Trumbull county; Reese 7. Davis and
Richard Prosser, of Columbiana county,
and James P. Davis, of Del Roy.
The name of Capt. j. l.. Morris. for
mer East Liverpool man, now residing
) at Carrollton, and that of Canton man
who had also applied, have been drop
ned fro mthe list from which the selec-
ton will be made.
James P. Davis, of Del Roy, and
Reese T Davis, Of Columbiana county,
!, are now serving as inspectors Of the
. fifth and seventh districts, respectfully
and before the new appointment was
determined upon, it was intimated
; strongly from an official source that
, both would be retained, but as both
incumbents are now thrown into the
same district, one of them must neces-
| sarily be turned down. James p. Davis
was appointed two years ago, and
Reese T. Davis six years ago.
William X. Moore. of Stark county,
whose term as district inspector ex-
pires July 5, 1901, is putting up stiff
fight to stay on, but against heavy odds.
II appears considerable opposition has
developed in Stark to Moore's candidacy
: and that powerful political influences
are operating against him.
The visit yesterday of Speaker Pro
Tenn Snyder and Representative Pol
lock, of Stark county, to Governor Nash,
! has some significance in view of the
fact that both gentlemen are unfriendly
to Moore.
Ex-Mayor James A Rice of Canton,
who aspires to a member Of the board
Of trustees of the Massillon State hos
pital, was in the city Wednesday in the
interest Of his candidacy. The board
is bipartisan and Mr.. Rice wants to
be one Of the Democratic members.
The fire marshal bill will stand after
all. The attorney general has ruled
that the funds necessary for the support
of the department can be drawn from
the state treasury until the defect in
the law can be corrected by the legis-
lature.
Attorney General Sheets today ruled
that the salary of any prosecuting at
torney for the year 1900. shall be COM
puted from the population shown by
the census taken in 1890, and not by the
census Of this year.
This ruling was given in response to
an inquiry from Wood county.
H. S. Chamberlin and Aug. Dommer
of Canton, are here taking the national
guard examination.
Judge Billingsley, Of Lisbon, called
on the attorney general yesterday on
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