The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-11
Wilhelm Is Concerned
Over Prohibition Vote.
LOOKS AT PETITIONS
And Wonders at Number OF
Unsigned Voters In District
--Coi. kiIbourne to Visit
Canton.
From a Staff Correspondent.

From STAFF Correspondent.
Columbus, Oct. 9.-Senator George
w. Wilhelm was a Columbus visitor
Tuesday. He came on some state bus
mess in connection with former COM
mittee work. The genial senator Is
acting on the hypothesis that nothing
is going to happen to him this fall, and
he has practically engaged his bed end
board for another session. His boom
for speaker pro tempore was with him,
and had rather careworn look, though
1t was not beyond the point of recu-
peration. Senator Wilhelm processes
to be much concerned about the Prohi-
bition vote, and fears that Brother
Sheppard, of Carroll, may get nine
hundred or so. He has been looking
over the petitions in the secretary OF
states Office, and trying to figure out
whether there are
ENOUGH UNSIGNED VOTERS
left in the district to elect Republican
or Democratic candidate. He says his
opponent, Mr.. Hays, Of Carrollton,
who Is the Democratic candidate, Ia
conducting fair and honorable CAM
paign and speaks highly of him.
Colonel Kilbourne, the Democratic
candidate for governor, is not idle, nor
is his opponent, Governor Nash. Meth.
er can make political speeches till the
campaigns are formally opened, but
they are doing lot of visiting. Sec
retary Gillian, of the Democratic COM
mittee, says that there are great de-
mands for Col. Kilbourne, and there
are stacks of letters at the Republican
headquarters, asking that Governor
Nash visit places in the state for the
good of the cause. 1t is not likely that
Nash will get to eastern Ohio to make
many visits, but Colonel Kilbourne is
making arrangements to do so. Sec
retary Gillian said Tuesday, that in
all probability the Democratic candidate
would spend
SEVERAL HOURS IN CANTON ,
probably next week, and would try
hard to visit East Liverpool anI
Youngstown. He has had urgent calls
to visit East Liverpool and it is claim
ed at headquarters that the Democrats
are going to make big gains in Column
biana. 1t Is said the soldier vote Is
badly split in that county and that Kill
bourne, who has a long and distin-
guished war record, is going to get a
tremendous boost. John C. Welty has
written an urgent letter from Canton
asking Col. Kilbourne to be his guest
there for a short time at least, during
the campaign. This invitation is al
most certain to be accepted. Col. Kill
bourne was Mr.. Welty's guest during
the funeral of President Mckinley.
THE ONLY SPEECH
that the candidate will make in the
Eighteenth district will be one at
Youngstown. Arrangements have
about been completed for a speech
there.
Gotleib Eicher, of Canton, was a vis-
itor at the adjutant generals office
Tuesday. He had heard that the SOL
diers had not got their money for duty
performed during the funeral of Pres
ident Mckinley, at Canton, and had
understood that there was to be some
money borrowed to meet the demands
of the soldiers. AS it could not be dis
bursed in lump, there had to be some
place to- keep it. and Mr.. Eicher
thought safe would be just the thing,
so he spent several hours trying to
convince the adjutant general of the
departments needs.