The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-20

doesn't the committee say so plainlyT
If there Is an abuse of power and au-
thority In the matter, 1t ought to be
corrected. The committee makes the
charge. What are DR.. March and the
others of the board going to do about
It? This is a charge that reflects on
the commissioners of the county. the
infirmaSy directors and an architect Of
some prominence. 1t is important
enough to demand more details. Is
Judge McCarty satisfied with report
that tacitly makes charge and
furnishes neither evidence nor recon-
mendation in connection with 1t? Is
the boaYd simply to go about daub-
ing people, without feeling any re-
sponsibilty or being held to any rule
requiring the production of evidence In
substantiation of the charges made? Is
the court to whom the report Is made.
to pass 1t up without requiring any
thing further? 1t is the peoples money
that Is being used in the construction Of
these cottages and the people are in
terested in the facts with reference
to their construction. 1t Is UP to DR..
March and his colleagues to make good
the charges or declare that they were
meaningless phrases, injected into tie
report for no purpose whatever but to
consume space. (,
The Melange mans mail, this morn
ing. consisted of a bulky envelope, en-
closing some exciting verses with a
senatorial frank and coat-of-arms,
the crest's pendant containing the
catchy motto Everything Belongs to
U.s." while the standard gold regardant
carried the terse phrase "Tellwith
Teddy" The monogram on the pretty
little letter head consisted of s, in
the twisty intricacies OF which charac-
ter were entwined the insignia of the
| sender, m. A. H., It," 1t is evident
that Mr.. Hanna has decided to accept
| our invitation to contribute to this
column. He goes after our laurels some
more, as the following Jolt to aspiring
poet-laureates suggests:
The snow came down and the air fells
blue,
"ris chilly for me and it's cold for you.
You want your coat but your chances
| are few.
For you put it in hook with a three ball
Jew
The cold wave came and the wind it
Around the barn and your whiskers
| through
The cows in the stable her cud for to
chew
Your flannels are rough and you sneeze
| kerchew-
The Dems are not doing the Hootchey
Koo-
In official returns there Is nothing new
We've licked tantalizing old Pettigrew--
Mckinley is singing MY Lady Lou"
I've sampled quart Of brand new
brew
And am doin' poetry turn at the
Zoo
wibbledee wobbIedee woopdee WOO
This is the best Uncle Marcus can do.
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When death removed James s. Bar
ber from the sphere of usefulness, the
grim destroyer again demonstrated that
he loved a shining mark. 1t Is sad, in
deed, for a young man to die away from
the home Of his childhood, comforted
only by the girl-wife he had so recently
wedded-a comfort that added only to
the sting Of dissolution-but for such
a young man to die at all is extremely
distressing. He was the son Of an in
fluential and prominent Canton family
and was a nephew Of the president of
the United States, but it should be
i
sumo upon that fact to secure q posi-
ton in one of the government de-
partments. He was not appointed as
sistant paymaster in the United States
navy because he was the presidents s
| nephew, but because he was a worthy
young man who had earned promotion
in the field Of opportunity. He did not
first serve the government under the
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any Of the heads Of departments in his
administration. After taking ample
schooling and finishing a course at a
polytechnic institute. he started out for
himself Feeling that he would like to
enter the government service he ap-
piled to Hoke Smith, of the cabinet of
President Cleveland, and got Job in
the chain gang of a surveying corps
the hardest work that young man
could choose. It entailed much priva-
tion, and an immense amount of pains
taking toll. He traversed great part
Of the western country and Alaska
afoot, in the interest Of the government
survey and at meager recompense. II
was Hoke Smith who turned him over
10 his illustrious uncle and gave him
a recommendation as q faithful en-
ploye. The young man did not ask to
be made a lackey in a sinecure posi-
ton, where he could draw salary and
avoid exercise but he asked for and
got a position that meant great many
hard knocts on very small boat. with
detailed duty on land In any kind Of
weather. He contracted the disease
that took him off. in the service. Hif
life Is worth emulating. He made a
place for himself. He asked for worl
and not for a cushioned seat and O
soft salary, which beget idleness and
prOfigacy. Being the nephew of a mar
who holds the highest and most power.
full place in the world his industry com.
mends Itself doubly. James 8. Barber
|, is q shining example of q young mar
who started out to do something use
. full and did 1t.
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