The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-15
CARROLL LIST.
Of Prohibition Petition
SIgners
IS NOT NOW ON FILE
At the Office Of the Secretary
: Of State--A Desire to
Read the List Ex-
pressed.

From a STAFF Correspondent.
Columbus, Oct. 12.-Your correspon-
dent has received letter from prom
inent citizen of Carrollton, Ohio, in
which the gentleman says:
"Your list Of Canton Prohibs, in
Monday nights News-Democrat, and
the reference made to it, were greatly
appreciated by Carrollton readers.
Please go one better and give list
of Carrollton signers to the petitions,
with outline Of headings. Some peo-
pie here. who have signed, contend
that It makes no reference to the sign
er supporting and voting the ticket
Thanking you for your courtesy. etc.
ETC."
The letter indicates that there are
some Carrollton signers to the petit
tions for the Prohibition party. but II
SO they
ARE NOT ON FILE
at the office of the secretary of state,
where they ought to be. 1t is possible
the Carroll county list was not handed
in by Chairman Ashenhurst as there
were many hundreds more names filed
with the secretary of state than were
necessary to conform to the law and
secure the desired nominations. One
Carrollton man appears on the list
for Stark county, Morris M. Fawcett.
So far as the state house records
show, he is the only cold water man
In Carrollton, though Rev. Shepherd
will doubtless insist upon going be-
hind the record, as he intends to get
more votes than Senator Wilhelm In
the senatorial district. IL such a list
exists, will the gentleman who wrote
concerning It write again and state to
whom the list was forwarded? Car.
rollton people ought to know whether
they are in the throes of the reform
movement. They are entitled to know
when they go to bed, what party they
are liable to belong to when they wake
up. II there are really no signers
from Carrollton, as the state house
records seem to indicate, it might be
we'll to have others besides Mr.. Faw.
cett visit Canton and get the aqua
pura
THEORY BY INDUCTION.
An excursion from the county seat OF
judgeless little Carroll might work
wonders, for Canton is now considered
cold water headquarters. both by d
quantitative and qualitative analysis
of the list presented for Prohibition
nominations, and few visitors will be
able to escape the influence, when they
once get to Stark's county seat. This
was true heretofore, but it was diff.
ferent kind of influence.
But SO far as the pledge to vote the
ticket Is concerned. there can be no dis,
pute. Printed.
IN BOLD LETTERS,
at the top of every list that was sign.
ed. was the following statement:
"And we and each Of us severally
pledge ourselves to vote for the candi
dates whose nominations are hereir
requested"
Everybody that signed his name
whether in Carroll, Stark. Columbians
or any other county. signed that pledge
for the petitions are all alike as tt
headings, and are in exactly the sam,
form as the petitions for the Socialis
ticket and for the Social Labor ticket
the difference being that the ticke
the signer petitions to be nominated l.
printed or written on the title page O
the petitions. But the pledge Is jus
the same on all of them, and is put OF
there to conform with the law. which
specifically requires 1t before the nam
of the petitioner can be considered
People who signed for the ticket mus
vote 1t or break their pledge. 1t is
plain proposition.
WILLIAMSON.