The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-11-07
THE HOODOO
IN ALLIANCE
Why the East End City Gets None
Of Stark's Political
PIums.
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ALREADY LINING UP FOR next fall.
(Staff Correspondence

Alliance, o., Nov. 6. - With the
smoke of the recent battle of ballots
hanging over the city of Alliance, guns
are being shotted by two or her prom
inent citizens who are ready to make
war upon one another in the scramble
for the Republican nomination for
county recorder.
alliance is a little shy ON county Of
fees. She has claim in equity and
In the geography Of the situation.
There Is not an officer In the court
house who halls from this city of Re-
publican majorities. There is no blame
that can attach to Canton and Mas
sillon. They have the bulk of the
offices for the reason that they are
smart enough to take advantage of IL
divided strength In Alliance.
For a number Of years the Repub-
licans have conceded one or more good
offices to the east end. There has
been O disposition to give them with
out any particular contest, but just as
soon as some one Alliance man comes
out for an office, one, two or three
others will jump in and the vote will
be SO divided up that Canton or
Massillon candidate will succeed In
getting the plum.
Just such a condition of things will
exist next year. Two candidates are
already announced for recorder from
Alliance and both are determined
stay in the fight to the end. The as
pirants are J. l.. Russell and Col. w.
w. Fing, with the possibility that
there may be others.
A brief history Of how Alliance fail-
ed to land offices might be of interest.
About eight years ago Levi Johnson
run for county commissioner. There
were others after 1t from his city and
he failed. The year following he had
no opposition at home and was nomi-
mated.
Then came the scramble between f.
A. HOLES and A. O. Strong for repre-
sentative. By reason Of divie
strength in the east end of the county
neither succeeded.
Two years ago A. f. Elicit and NJ.
J., Secrist both wanted to be represen-
tative. Neither got there for the rea-
son that neither would get out of the
others road.
Secrist and Isaac Smith then tried
for the Republican nomination for
commissioner While they were fight
ing each other, Burnheimer got 1.
nomination.
Alliance Republicans were inclined
to get up a rebellion against the
party nominee when their candidates
were defeated. but 1t finally dawned
upon them that it was their own fault
and not any fault of the party at large
Committees were appointed during
the campaigns to try to get some
the candidates to withdraw. but there
were always enough who would stick
to lose the Office.
The result reminds one of the tale
OF the Kilkenny catsi
"There were two cats in Kilkenny.
And each thought there was one cat
too many,
So they clawed and they fit,
They howled and they spit,
Till, excepting their nails, ~
And the tips of their tails,
Instead of two cats, there wasn't any,
The result of this suicidal method ia
apparent Canton has IN Office Pro-
bate Judge Aungst, Sheriff Frank Nc
Kinney, Commissioner Harry Hill
Commissioner j. b. Summer, Commits.
sioner-elect James Burnheimer
Judges Henry W. Harter and Ralph
8. Amber, Recorder Charles Dough-
erty. Infrmary Director Thomas NIL.
Ter. Coroner schuftell and Coroner
elect Schiltz.
Massillon has Prosecuting Attorney
r. II. Day, Clerk Jacob J. Wise, Au-
ditor M. w. Oberlin.
Alliance has nothing.
It is known that there are others In
the county who are anxious to he can
didates for recorder and they are hop.
Ing that Alliance will next year re-
peat the folly Of the past.
THp ROYAL TEMPER.