The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-04-11


OCRAT, CANTON, o.
teeman In their business. Mr.. Cam
eron has aspirations TO lead the party
as its executive and state chairman.
The gerrymander means O straight
fight for him.
Again Emmett fompkins has be-
come very unpopular. Everybody
knows that the methods adopted to Sc
cure his election are open to question,
and, besides, certain stories have come
percolating into Columbus Of his do
ings in congress. Some of them affect
his habits and altogether his constit-
uency is pretty thoroughly disgusted.
He will be fought at the outset by
Daugherty. backing by Cy Huling.
Huling will probably win. Then he
will have the friends of Tompkins on
his back. The gerrymander will op-
crate against the Republicans to some
extent, SO 1t is not sure that Lentz has
been defeated by this action, even II it
passes the senate. For this year, how
ever, Daugherty will win. Cameron Is
now practically out Of danger. Dick
Is shelved. He was sent out of the way
when Hanna consented to this gerry
mander. AS Daugherty ters<ly put it,
~Yes sir, IL Is all right. We have
things in pretty good shape"
or .....o n1,,1..-&oxi,o n n,,an onl
Crist, of Columbiana, voted for the
change. Mr.. Cameron Is from Column
biana. Mr.. Buell. is a member of the
steering committee, and he knows
what to do for fellow and to fel-
low, when the right time arrives.
There was little too much debate
to suit Buell. when the question was
before the house of representatives
He figured that the matter was settled
the night before in caucus, and that
there was no use to waste lot of
time with alleged oratory. Besides,
the Daugherty fellows had decided
what to do, and 1t didn't make any
difference whether the other fellows
had or not, they would have to stand
by the caucus, or lose caste In the
party. SO he shut off debate and pos
slulc uhu thS
previous question. Speaker McKin-
non, highly pleased at the turn Of af-
fairs had taken out the question, and
on a vote only one member, Judge
Lochary, ON the Republican side, stood
out for no change. Representative
Metzger, the night before, had voted
against change. He said 1t was
not fair to pick out one district, when
L, nfh hot cho
But the caucus having so decided, he
had no recourse than to vote for the
measure. Mr.. Pollock was not in at
tendance at the caucus.
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There will be resolution introduced
in the house during the week to ap-
propriate $4,000 to aid Columbus to
erect a suitable memorial to the late
President Mckinley, on the state house
grounds, the memorial taking the
shape Of a gateway, with a bronze
statue of the late president back from
the approach. 1t is believed the meas
ure viii prevail. Columbus has about
$4,000 to put with the amount. 1t is
proposed to erect something like the
Shaw memorial, on the Boston COM
mons, which has been admired by
everybody who ever saw it
s~3s
special session, Wednesday night, and
passed lot of local bills. Speaker
MckiHnon knows, and all of the other
members know, that the bills are un-
constitutional, and he declined to pre-
side at the session. Mr.. Comings was
in the chair. A lot of local measures
t..,rh nI x,,tt ..l
to merit.
Joe Blackburn won in the house.
Wednesday, when the substitute Cain
bill passed. 1t provides that the col
lection of the Dow tax in houses of
i'll fame and in speak-easies shall be
done by the dairy and food commits
sioner. This means another lot of al
legged detectives and blackmailers to be
turned loose in Ohio. No matter how
honestly Blackburn might desire to
conduct the thing, 1t puts premium
on blackmail by giving the informer
part OF the penalty. Under Blackburn's 8
administration there has been more
than one case Of blackmail in Ohio,
though Blackburn has not necessarily
had knowledge Of it. 1t is difficult to
Sohtioi itiiOWS WHO Know Jley can,
by threats, obtain money, and not all
appointees are honest. no matter how
well recommended nor by whom ap-
pointed. The bill, as a whole, is a
good thing. The smelling feature, just
as in the pure food laws, is, however,
vicious. But money must be raised
somehow to make up deficits in Gov
ernor Nash's taxation schemes, and II
it comes by tacitly licensing houses of
prostitution, it makes no difference.
The thing is to get the money.
Archer will not know his game bill
when the printer gets through with II
again. 1t was amended "a times in
the house, and then ordered reprinted.
1t will be made special order for
next Tuesday. A photograph of the
bill as originally drawn, will be taken
SO that Mr.. Archer may look at it from
time to time, and then glance at his
bill and realize what happened to 1t.