The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-16
GALBREATH IS
IN DANGER.
His Head Is to Come Off By
Order of the Hapna Men.
SOME BILLS THAT INTEREST
The People of Stark County Have Been
offered In the Legislature Where
Representative Stands on
Temperance.
Special to News-Democrat.

OpeCldl 10
Columbus, Jan. 13.-"Uneasy lies the
head that wears a CROWN" and Just now
there are many uneasy heads about the
state house through fear Of official de-
capitation. That Of State Librarian y.
b. Galbreath, Of Columbiana county,
is popularity reported to be one of these.
1t Is we'll known that Galbreath is not
a Hanna man, and the new state ad-
ministration people are generally un-
derstood to have their tomahawkS
whetted for his scalp. 1t is true that
the state librarian is in charge Of
commission who are supposed to con-
troll the appointment of librarian,
which arrangement is popularity sup
posed to remove the position out of the
reach of fractional politics. Yet, now
| a peculiar condition exists which places
the position in a great uncertainty as
almost any about the state house. The
commission was originally appointed
four years ago, and was composed as
follows: r. p. Hays, son of the late
ex- President Hays; Capt. c. A. Rey
nolds, of Dayton, and J. f. McGrew, Of
| Springfield. Messrs. Hays and Rey-
nolds resigned about a year ago, and
Governor Bushnell appointed Charles
/
of Cleveland, and E. o. Niles, of Circle
vile. They have been acting with Mr..
McGrew, but their appointments are
now being held up in the senate with
Bushnells other recess appointments.
And it is now declared that unless
Messrs. Orr and Niles agree to oust
Galbreath, they will not be confirmed
by the senate. At any rate there are
several applicants for the position of
state librarian, who are doubtless pray
| ing that Ex-Governor Bushnell's library
commissioners may not be confirmed
| The latest of the candidates to be an
nounced for Librarian Galbreaths place
is editor E. S. Wilson, of Ironton. The
place pays $1,000 a year.
| Probably never was there more
| hungry horde of place seekers than that
which has besieged the new state eXecu-
| tive, the state departments and the
| legislature the past week. AS an eX-
ample of this, Adjt. Gen. Geiger told
| the News-Democrat correspondent that
the applicants for the five clerkships in
| his Office We're up in the hundreds.
why" said he, for the one position
of spittoon cleaner in my office there are
just 20 applicants. Senators and repre-
| SentatiVes come to me and say they
have men promised for places, and they
must have something; and they will
take the job of cleaning spittoons if they
| can't get anything else" The only ap-
pointment which has been announced
by Gen. Gyger is that Of his assistant
adjutant general, Col. c. b. Adams, Of
Delaware. Adams was lieutenant colo
mel of the Fourth Ohio in the Spanish
American war, and served for some
time as provost marshal in Porto Rico
Mr.. Hamill, of Harrison county, con-
templates the introduction of a bill
providing for a township superinten-
dent of roads. 1t will do away with
the slip-shod method of working the
road few weeks out of the year under
supervisors, and give to the supervisor
sufficient compensation and assistance
to in a manner systematic the work
| of road making and road repair
A very peculiar entry was made today
in the records of the secretary of state.
1t was the filing of the certificate of
reduction of capital stock of the Good
rich Hard Rubber Co., of Akron, from
100000 to 81, 900.
A writer in a Cincinnati paper upon
the composition of the temperance COM
mittee of the house, of which Mr. Pol
| lock is a member says: I'm view of
the claims of the anti-Saloon League,
the composition of the committee of
Temperance evoked comment. Duff, the
chairman, is radical temperance
man, who, during his campaign, de-
clared in favor of prohibition. Myers,
Of Montgomery, is said to be equally
extreme in his views. Satin. OF Gin
cinnati, and Pollock, of Stark, the only
members who represent city constitu-
encies, are more conservative, while
Irwin, of Ross, was supported by the
anti-saloon organization. Raub be-
lieves in temperance but not prohibit
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