The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-05-14
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It is said that the new $4,000 ise"~
of Stark county refunding bonds is to
be printed on both sides, so they may
be read with ease whichever way one
looks at them. The plan seems to be
TO have them match the court house
windows, that are to work on pivots, II,
stead of up and down.
The gentlemen who are running the
county are about to clean up it's debts
by borrowing money to pay them off.
While President Mckinley is ang.
ling for additional popularity in Cali
fornia ex-Pres.dent Cleveland is fishing
in Ohio.
To read General MacArthur's glow
ing reports one would think there
wasn't a mosquito in Manila.
Mayor Tom Johnson abolished tn
Keep off the Grass" signs in the parks
at Cleveland. A little less restriction
at Nimisilla park, in this city. would
make that beautiful place mole popg
lar.
All you've got to do to produce
scatterment in the throne room at the
Stark county auditors Office is to yell
ION Johnson"
There is talk of arranging a debate
between Mrs. Carrie Nation and Can.
ton woman, as 10 the relative potency
of the hatchet and the umbrella as
saloon smashe"
The hailstone story is late comi lg
in. Up to date the LARGEST hunk oi
ice found was only about as bic as the
bowl end of small gou"d.
At Mansfield the people are greatly
interested in the past of young wo.
man who held an important position III
the conduct of the municipal govern
ment. 1t did not occur to anybody to
make any inquiry about her before
she was given the position. But then
she is a pretty girl, which may explain
1t.
1t is reported that Auditor Reed is
thinking seriously of joining the Dem
ocratic ranks, so as to be in a position
to fight Tom Johnson from the inside
and keep him from being nominated for
president. Somehow the auditor hasn't
fondness for Tom.
With its push and enterprise,
And faith that never dies, 81
Canton's climbing right up to the
head. ~
when new people, with new zeal,
Put their shoulders to the wheel
not dead.
We've got factories galore,
Others knocking at the door
You can't keep good thlns down.
But aside from the new mills,
We've put on some other fTiils-
The new ting-a-ling's in town.
Mayor Tom Johnson landed on the |
auditors who were appraising the C. & |
p. railroad, a branch Of the Pennsylva-
mia company, at Cleveland Friday. |
The auditors put the valuation up one
per cent, it is claimed, uecause the !
company is paying but II per cent OF it's
value. When the auditors were about
to adjourn, after making the rennsyl
vania company fine present, consid-
cring the improvements made during |
the year, that added TO the valuation,
Johnson sarcastically said:
Gentlemen, you ought tG be proud !
of yourselves. You have been as good |
to this charitable institution, the Penn |
sylvania railroad company, as you
know how. | hope that every one Of
you will be defeated if you aspire to
reelection, or any other Office. II
can help defeat you will do SO. pre-
sumo that you who have passes on this
line in your pockets, II there are any
such among you, found 1t difficult to
adj this per cent to this poor, abused
corporation. ! repeat you ought to be
proud of yourselves"
A Cleveland report says that the au-
ditors did not all wait till the mayor
had finished, but escaped his scathing
references as soon as possible. II is
said that Auditor Reed. of Stark coun.
ty, who was present, again found 1t con,
venient to remember an engagement
elsewhere, as he had done the day
before, when Mayor Tom went after
the auditors on the appraisement of
another road over which he accused
them Of having passes.
The Honorable Charles Beenup-
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