The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-09-02
For Election Under the
Beai Law.
HARD FIGHT IN VIEW
BY State Anti-SaIoon lesque
County Exhibits VIII be
Shown in State
Fair.
BY GEO. T. BLAKE,
(Stan Correspondent.)


Columbus, Aug. 29.--Rev. p. A.
Baker, superintendent of the Anti
Saloon league, says that as soon as II
possibly can the league will hold
elections rin Canton and Youngstown
under the Beal law. This may not be
for long while yet as the smaller
municipalities are to be disposed Of
first before the larger ones are to be
taken up. In Youngstown the league
realizes it has hard proposition to
confront. and is of the opinion that
the task will not be so difficult in
Canton.
Beal law elections have been held
in 1O5. towns, 73 of which have voted
dry" Towns from population
ranging from 500 to 5000 are being
worked by the league at present.
Fifteen speakers are touring the state
and advocating anti-saloon doctrine
and Superintendent Baker says that
as many more could be used by the
league could they be had. Canton is
headquarters for one district. 1t takes
in all the counties in the southeast
ern part of the state.
e. H. Cherrington, of Delaware, a
young college graduate, was recently
appointed superintendent of this dis
trict. He has made requisition for
bot rto
for meetings to be held next Sunday.
T. H. Hare, whom he succeeded, has
charge of the Cleveland district.
One of the great centers of attrac-
ton at the State fair will be the dis
play of the county collective exhibits
of farm products in the Agricultural
building. The object of these county
exhibits is to practically illustrate the
agricultural resources of the different
sections of the state and to furnish
evidence of production peculiar or
prominent in the different counties.
Sixteen counties have entered for
the contest and when all are display
ed in attractive arrangement. a show
will be furnished such as is rarely
seen at any of the great expositions
A great rivalry will be manifested
in thSse several county displays, in
which beauty of arrangement and va
riety of products will be given great
attention The premiums offered to
the successful counties are large and
each county entering the contest is
hoping by excellence of display to car
ry back to its county one of the sew
eral honors to be placed.
The statements that the legislators
would receive no pecuniary compen-
sation for their services during the
extraordinary session are In error.
They are to be allowed mileage. The
senate. Thursday, voted this compen.
sation to its members. At least the
members will get enough out of the
session to keep themselves supplied
with cigars.
General Dick thinks that Senator
Hanna's utterances on the question Of
franchises were impolfte and fears
that they may have an adverse effect
on the campaign. The stand the SEN
ator has taken in favor of perpetual
franchises has created quite a sensa-
ton. The Nash code only provides
for 25 year franchises. and the con-
sensus of opinion seems to bethat that
period is sufficiently long. This is
about the only feature of the code
which Hanna is not in sympathy with.
Second Lieutenant James Il. Ware,
Company C, 14th United States in
fantry. who has been stationed at
Canton, has reported at the Columbus