The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-03-11
To be Opened in LegisIa-
ture Tuesday.
SOME STRICT RULES
Governing the Discussion Have
Been Framed - Thousands
of Ohio Citizens vitality
Interested in Question.

Columbus, March 10.--Next Tuesday
will witness the remarkable spectacle
of the general assembly acting as
Judge on a debate conducted for their
benefit by the people of the state Of
Ohio. The question is on the retention
or abandonment of the great Ohio
canal system. Traction companies,
manufacturing establishments, busi-
ness houses, fishermen. the small
farmer with his market garden and
rowboat, who depends on the state
waterway for rapid transit to his mar
ket, all are interested. Every taxpayer
in the state, which annually spends
a large part of it's income to maintain
the system, is interested.
EVERYONE MAY SPEAK.
Every man and every interest de-
string to express an opinion, to state
facts or to offer argument, capitalist
or fisherman, manufacturer or farmer
will have a chance to be heard or to
have his views presented on Tues
day. The preference will be given
without doubt to the qualified elector,
and the man who can control a num-
Der of electors will find that his voice
carries more weight than the brother
with a single franchise in his pocket.
Fortune usually favors the side with
the heaviest batallions and legislators
are sticklers for precedent.
SOME SPECIAL RULES.
The food gates of oratory will open
promptly ut 10:30 a. m. The flood
will be regulated according TO the
following rules laid down by the joint
committee of the house and senate:
Adopted by the Joint committee:
81. For the purpose of orderly dis
cussion and in accordance with the
terms of the resolution, the retention
and Improvement OF the canal system
will be assumed as the affirmative side
of debate, and abandonment as the
negative.
"2. That the discussion will be in
the first instance directed to reten-
tion OF abandonment of the system as
whole and the question of retention
or abandonment of parts of the system
be treated later as subsidiary to the
main question.
"3. Names of speakers selected on
either side of the discussion should
he sent to the committee not later
than Monday noon.
NO INTERRUPTIONS.
~. No questions to or interruption
of speakers during debate shall be al
lowed, except at the conclusion of a
speakers remarks and for the purpose
of correcting any error of statement |
but the committee may formulate and
announce at the opening of the debate
any questions they may desire dis
cussed.
"5. The debate for the day shall
begin at 80 a. m. and close for the
day at 6 p. m, but may be adjourned
to future day at the pleasure of the
II deemed necessary. Time
will be divided to conform as closely
as possible to the following schedule:
1920 a. m. to II: 80 a. m, affirmative;
1870 a. m. to 1880 p. m, negative;
1890 p. m. to 2 p. m, recess; 2 p. m.
to p. M, affirmative; 3 p. m. to
p M. negative; p. m. to 6. p. m,
affirmative closing.
&c. The committee will recommend |
to the respective houses that the pro-
ceedings and speeches be reported and
printed on the appendix to the jour-
nal. with extra copies for distribu-
tion.
90. The committee reserves the
right to make such minor changes
in these arrangements as may best
subserve the ends in view.
"By order of the joint committee.
Lewis M. Hosea, Chairman"