The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-07-05
Fared Badly in Carroll
County Primaries.
NOT ON THE BALLOTS
Votes Cast for Thorn Thrown
Out by convention--Did
Not Pay Exorbitant
Assessment. -

Carrollton, July 2.-Stark county can
didates Jared badly at the hands of
their Carroll county brethren. The
primaries were held Saturday, but the
contest was so close on treasurer that
1t took the official count at the conven-
tion Monday to determine the result.
Jesse Marshall, grain and wool dealer
Of Carrollton, who ran second four
years ago for the same office, was nom
mated by narrow margin. The fight
for this Office was bitter one. and the
animosities engendered will doubtless
be carried into the election. The Rutan
faction was against Marshall, but the
opposition was divided among the other
candidates and allowed Marshall to
win. His nomination will only add fuel
to the fires of dissension and discord
that have torn up the Republican party
In the last two or three years In the
erstwhile loyal Carroll. and which have
already resulted in the election of q
Democratic auditor and commissioner
John Downs was renominated for
sheriff. William Boyd for commissioner
and Eli Shaw for surveyor. There was
a contest for infirmary director, Samuel
Andrews. of Fox township. being sue
cessful.
: INSERTING THE STEEL.
The knife was put into Henry W.
Harter and the Hon. George w. Will
helm at the nomination. Their names
were not printed upon the ballots, and
when they were written in and return
ed to the convention, Chairman Whit
craft ruled that they should not be
counted, so the votes for the two Stark
county aspirants for district offices are
represented by blanks on the tally
sheets of little Carroll.
When 1t became apparent that Car
roll county was to be ignored in dish
ing out the district offices, and Stark
insisted upon having both common
pleas judges and the state senator.
there were threats of dire revenge
heard. but little attention was paid to
them by the Stark county politicians.
They imagined that Carroll would come
around with her old time loyalty. When
the executive committee met to fix the
rules for the primaries and mako the
assessments for the expense of the
nomination. the home
CANDIDATES WERE ASSESSED
$40 and SIS each In ordcr to get their
names on the ticket, but the opportun-
ity was embraced to land the first blow
for revenge against Stark county. The
Hon. Henry w. Harter was notified that
II he wanted to get his name on the
ticket at the primaries In Carroll coun-
ty he would have to pay tho sum of
$3.50. He was told that II he did not do
so his name would not go on the ticket,
and IL any one voted for him by writing
In his name, the votes would not be
counted.
Little attention was paid to this
threat at first. Harter was willing to
pay a reasonable fee, or even go a little
beyond the limits of reason. but he
asserted that If he paid that amount
in Carroll and his assessments in Stark
and Columbiana, he would have to ex-
coed the limit fixed by the Garfield law
He could not do this, he urged, as some
one might be arraigned before him for
an infraction. of the same law after he
got on the bench
The Carroll county committee, head
ed by Chairman Whitcraft, was obdur-
ate. Mr.. Harter was firm. His name
did not appear on the ticket at the
primaries.
WILHELM DIDN'T PAY.
Senator Wilhelm was assessed $125
He did not pay 1t. The fate of Hartel
was the fate of Wilhelm. His name
was not on the ballot. Some of thu
loyal wrote the names in the ballots ant
voted for them. Both got hundreds o
votes at the primaries. The votes were
returned In the regular way to the con
vention, but when they were canvasset
Chairman Whitcraft ruled that they
could not be counted.
To what extent this war Is to be car
ried cannot be foretold It is rumore(
that there will be no delegates from
Carroll at either the judicial or senator
ial conventions. unless Judge Trip an,
his followers who organized their littl
side convention should take a notion Il
send delegates without regard for th
wishes of the committee.
The effect of all this strife will, 1t I
said, be felt at the election. and Demo
Gratis are jubilant over their prospect
of winning in the county and possibl,
in the senatorial fight.
Suicide Because of Heat.
GAINESVILLE, O., July 2.--Charles T
Krause. a blacksmith of this city