The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-04-18

a bad measure passed the house
W Wednesday and became law.
1t provides that men may be
sent to the reformatory at Mansfield
up to the age of 35 years. II has been
the popular belief that the re.ormatory
was constructed to take care of boys
who had gone wrong, but for whom
there was still hope of reformation.
To put lot of old fellows with rec
ords as long as the recently departed
municipal code, In with them. Is to
destroy the purpose and intent of the
Institution. II is now nothing more
or less than penitentiary. Youths
under twenty will have to be sent
there, no matter what crime they have
committed. 1t will soon fill up, for a
part OF the law makes 1t compulsory
on the part of county commissioners
to allow bills for the sheriff's fees in
taking the fellows to the reformatory.
That means that about all the fellows
sentenced in the southern part of the
state will go to the reformatory, II the
sheriffs have any influence with
the court. and some sheriffs have. The
sheriff will find II to his interest to
tote the man as far as possible, SO he
will get plenty of mileage. The fact
that he will ride on a pass will have
nothing to do with the case.
Word comes that the Republicans
OF Toledo are not pleased with the ar
90 f<,
year at the head of the Republican
state committee. They will submit,
however, with the understanding that
it does not bind them for next year.
They are Daugherty people mp there.
The Blade, the Republican, daily. is a
strong Daugherty paper, and there is
other sentiment for him. "A prominent
Toledo Republican said, Wednesday
night, that nothing could stop the nom
ination of Daugherty next year and
that Cameron could not be beaten for
chairman.
There will be a fight in the house
Thursday afternoon, on the appropria-
ton bill. 1t has been made a special
order for 2:30. There are some men,
bers who do not favor reductions for
some of the institutions. The demands
have grown as the state has
grown, yet the appropriations are
smaller than usual. They think this
is an incongruous situation, and do not
feel like crippling state institutions
for the purpose of making Nash's ad-
ministration have good showing.
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The time of the canal commission
will be extended two years If the sem
ate agrees to a bill that passed the
house Wednesday and is now up for
the concurrence of the senate.
Among the items included in the
general appropriation bill is one Of
81, 800 for the Summit county reser-
voir. Two years ago 100000 was al
lowed for the Ohio and Erie canal. but
this year this division will get moth
ing. the appropriation made being set
aside for the reservoir instead.
Colonel Vollrath, of Bucyrus, COM
mander OF the Eighth regiment, was at
the adjutants Office Wednesday
looking after routine business.
Major Critchfield. of Shreve, was here
| trying to persuade the senate finance
committee to recommend for passage
the Seese bill to reimburse the Eighth
regiment for money expended in at
tending the Mckinley Inauguration.
Captain George Billow, of Akron:
John Fl. Sharer, of Alliance, and John
| |. Mum, of Cleveland, members of the
executive committee of the Funeral Di-
rectors' Associations of Ohio, were in
the house of representatives Wednes-
| day afternoon working for the passage
of the Cain bill providing for board
Of examiners for embalmers. They
showed to the members wherein the
measure would provide additional
safeguards for the public health by
reducing to minimum the danger
| of the spread of disease in the dis
position Of dead bodies and the bill
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