The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-01-03
THE FOXY MIR. dick
Will SHY HIS CASTOR IN
He May Seem Coy and Reluctant just
Now, But He n Be Johnnie on the Spot
When Candidates Are Called Out.
BY Der e. WILLIAMSON.
(Staff Correspondent.)

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has was put into the campaign last fall
with view of succeeding Governor
Nash. It was talked about in his Off
ces during the campaign, his clerks
discussed 1t without being rebuked in
the slightest, and finally, when the
work was done and the time for leave
takings had come, his Office force pre-
sented him a token of esteem and
mentioned him again for the nomina-
ton.
He did not evade the matter then.
A little later his boom was launched at
Youngstown. He did not protest when
his name was presented to the assem-
bled guests there. He is a candidate
but may be permitting 1t to be report
cd about that he Is not, so as to
have its effect on the present fight, for
If some of the representatives had an
idea that the election Of the Hanna
slate in the legislature would aid
Dicks candidacy for governor, they
would not vote for the slate.
General Jones, Of Youngstown, has
arrived But Of course you could tell
it by the tipping-up process. What
the Foraker campaign needs now is
lungs, and General Jones has pair,
or rather n series, that are the envy
of the prize bull of every fair that has
ever been held in Mahoning county.
Senator Writ of the Youngstown
district, would like to do all he can for
the Hanna candidates and Ig
his best. but he SHE'D off at danger
GUS angle when they wanted him to
run for president pro tenn. Of the sen
ate against Archer. Every time a fell
low gets away from Youngstown and
they find out where he is from, they
paste a little more tinsel on one Of last
years gold bricks, and go after him.
The one labeled president pro tenn
was neatly covered, but Senator Writ
had been away from home frequently
and detected the thing at once.
Charles Silver, of Alliance, is not
one of those young men who do not
know stone fence when they see it,
Hence he has joined the something
just-as-g good" cohorts.
The Foraker men are sending all
over the state for their friends to come
on and help them out. Mr.. McRoberts
is expected in from Stark on most any
train.
A Stark county man. who came down
to look on. told your correspondent
that Hanna would win in walk If
he had as his managers, fellows that
could go after the opposition with the
strenuosity that County Commissioner
Summer belabors a workhouse superin-
tendent or iolts an incompetent poor
house keeper. What Hanna needs this
time is fighters that will come out in
the open and go to business. The old
mans gout keeps him from being here
or there wouldn't be much doubt how
the thing would come out
Among the newspaper workers doing
the legislative muddle Is George U.
Marvin, representing the Toledo Blade
Mr.. Marvin is a former Cantonian. He
was connected with the Repository for
some years and was later editor of
Addison c. Dickinson's Record, now
defunct.
Whenever one glances over the list
put up for Mr.. Hanna's candidates he
always sees the name of Mr.. Metzger
OF Stark among the "also present.
Mr.. Metzger doesn't play any star
parts al he Is expected to do is just
stand around and be ready to yell
AYE" when the Hanna fellows are
called off. Mr.. Metzger is doubtless
carrying out what he feels IS the wish
Of those Of his constituents who con-
tributed to his nomination--for the
Anti-Saloon league is not for Price
but he would be able to serve them het-
ter II he were Just little more promi-
nent. A number Of old residents here
have never heard of him, though he
spent whole session In town. accord
ing to the vouchers in the treasurer
office. What Metzger wants to do is
to don knickerbockers, and red stock
ings, screw spikes in his shoes, and
then go to the Neil house and shove
somebody around and get in the pa
pers. In that way fellow can get his
name In the block score in winter as
well as summer.
Senator Wilhelm says he is Just
looking on, which brings to mind the
fact that it was reported to the Hanna
lieutenants about the hotel corridors
to-day that one of the, spectators had
a sand bag concealed about his person.
There was talk among the Hanna
men of sending for the influence that
worked on the Honorable John p.
Jones during the Hanna senatorial
fight, but 1t was argued that 1t would
probably be no more use now than it
was then. Besides. Mr.. Turner hasn't
played cornet for a long time and
First Baseman Pollock is hard man
to subdue.
Some OF the tactics employed by the
Foraker fellows are just too mean for
anything. IT is said that the way they
won Representative Pollock over to
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