The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23

CLOSED

Entries closed Saturday night at 8
o'clock for the Republican nomination
that is to be held the 4th of May. No
new candidates developed at the last
moment. There was some talk of other
entries, but they failed to develop.
County Surveyor John s. Hoover had
thought of being candidate for q
third term, but at the last moment de.
cided not to come out He was seen
relative TO the matter Monday morn
ing, and stated that he had received
every encouragement to make the race,
but that he realized that the third
term idea was not a popular one, and
that recent developments would Sc"
cure him the opposition of certain class.
es, and he did not care to go into the
fight. my term does not expire until
next September year." said Mr.. Hoov,
er, land If I went into this fight and
got the nomination it would mean tho
loss of a whole summers work, for
would have the same opposition at the
election that would have at the nonii.
nation"
The entries for senator are but two
so far, though the books are being held
open until Sala, of Minerva, is heard
from. 1t Is thought probable that his
notification may have been sidetracked
in a snowdrift down about the Osnaburg
cut on the Wheeling branch. No mail
has come from that section of the dis
trict since the snow fell. The two en-
tries are the present senator, George W.
Wilhelm, and Rev. George w. BrOwL
of Louisville. They are expected to
make pretty nearly an even split OF the
delegates in the county, and the politi.
cal seers are Of the opinion that neither
will have votes enough on the first bal
lot to secure nomination.
The senatorial convention will be
composed of 131 delegates, of which
Stark county will have 104 and Carroll
27. This is based on the vote at the
last presidential election. The hopes
of Carroll are centered on the dead
lock in Stark. 1t will take &c votes to
nominate. The larger towns are ex'
pected to go for Wilhelm and the rural
districts for Brown. The issue is the
Clark local option bill. The line is dis.
tinctly drawn and the result is expected
to show the sentiment for that measure
in the Republican ranks. No Carroll
county man has been brought forward
They have habit of laying low down
there till they see the dog end of par.
ty fighting itself, and then the tail will
endeavor to wag the dog. 1t has turn
ed the trick in The past and may sue
ceed again.
There are but two candidates for aud
itor, NJ. w. Oberlin and Joseph McCon-
nell. This is fight between the east
and west ends. Mcconnell is from ALI.
ance. Over in exington they are maxi
ing all sorts of remarks about Massil.
lon wanting the earth. They take some
of the articles from the Carrcllton pa
pers relative to Starks porcine procliv;-
ties and change the ear-marks enough
to make them apply to the west end of
the county. The geography OF the sit
uation will figure considerably in the
fight, it said. What Massillon and the
west end hasn't got in the courthouse
they say it is asking for, and not only
that, 1t Is asking for second dose o.
official pap.
For county clerk, Harry L. Keyes and
John f. Splitter, of Canton, are in the
field, and Mayor Jacob Wise, from Mas
silloh, is also in the race, The trio ara
all in to win, they say, and are working
night and day to convince the rank and
file that they are qualified for tho
place.
For representative, r. A. Pollock and
Clark w. Metzgar, both of whom have
had one term. are in for denomination
and William b. Martin, of Massillon. a
cousin of MetZgar, has come out in tho
hopes of beating one or the other of the
old representatives. In this case there
is no geographical choice. They all
come from the west end. In this fight
the omnipresent Clark bill is again a
factor-Metzgar for, Pollock against
Martin any old thing to win.
For treasurer Ephriam Pickens, j
Royal Snyder and Aaron j. Stoner are
the entries. They are said to be neck
and neck and selling even in the pools
The sheriff scambie is an even one
L. ]. Bidwell. who was second four
years ago, Is out again. He claims to
know the route pretty well. But close
up is Frank Mckinney, Zaiser's depu,
, ty, who knows every highway, by-way
man, woman and child in the county
they say. In the ruck are Frank Will
son, J. w. Calhoun, and Lewis L. Daum
They all claim to have a little knowl.
edge of the devious ways of Stark coun-