The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-12
AUGUST q is THE
DATE AGREED upon
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/, The Democratic county primaries
will be held Saturday. Aug. %. 1902,
from to Z o'clock in the afternoon.
This date was decided upon at
meeting of the county central COM
mittee held In the assembly room at
the city hall Saturday morning. At
the primaries a county ticket. dele
gates to the state convention and
members of the county central com-
mittee are to be selected, the congress
sional delegates to be elected at a
mass meeting to be held in Canton.
August 30. -,
The committee was called to order
by County Chairman Arthur Turnbul!
Secretary J. A. Jeffers took a minute
of the proceedings. without any pre-
liminaries, Justice J. H. Reigner in
troduced a set of resolutions fixing
the time of the county primaries and
the rules governing the same.
SELECTION OF DELEGATES.
When the question of adopting the
resolutions came up, there was no
discussion as to the selection of con-
gressional delegates by convention in
stead of at the primaries. This was
explained by the fact that this meth
cd would save lot of ticket printing.
If delegates were selected, separate
ballots would have to be printed for
nearly all the precincts mourning ad-
ditional expense, while If the congress
sional question were left out of the
primaries the ballots would not need
to be SO numerous. No amendment
was made.
Attorney John T. Hays and Justice
Reigner had quite an argument as to
whether the nomination should be by
the delegate or popular vote plan.
Hays offered an amendment to the re-
port providing that county conven-
ton be held and ticket selected by
the delegates to the convention.
Chairman Turnbull took the stand
that the motion was out Of order for
the reason that this method had been
adopted by a vote Of the people and
could not be changed except by sub
mitting II to vote of the voters Of
the party. t
VOTERS MAY DECIDE.
Hays then offered resolution that
the question of changing the plan be
submitted to the voters of the party
at the coming primaries. This was
adopted by close vote.
Hays grew eloquent In his remarks
and with the greatest good humor
stated that he had been active in the
politics of Stark county before Reig-
ner had left "the hungry hills and
barren rocks of West Virginia" This
sally created some merriment.
It was stated that when the ques.
tion was submitted to the party In
1898. the vote in favor of the popular
carried by nearly 8 to 1.
The resolutions we're adopted as
introduced with the addition Of the
motion offered by Mr.. Hays. AS ther,
was nothing further for the consid
, Grafton OF the committee, an adjourn
ment twas taken. The resolutions
adopted were as follows:
,g1s,l THE RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That the Democratic
Urinary election to nominate pro
bate Judge, county commissioner, in
Urinary director and coroner, and t.
elect 16 delegates and 16 alternate
to the state convention, and SO centra
committeeman, shall be held on Sat
urday. August %. 1902, between tn
hours of 1 and o'clock p. m.
"There shall be three state dele
gates at large and three alternates
elected by the voters of Stark county
There shall be one state delegate an,
one state alternate elected from eacl
Of the following districts: Cantor
city--First ward, Second ward, Thir'
and Fourth wards. Fifth and Sixtl
wards, Seventh ward and Cantor
township;, Sugar Creek.t Bethlehem
Pike and Sandy townships; Lawrenc
and Tuscarawas townships; jackson
and Plains townships; Lake, Marlbor
and Nimishillen towpships;. Washing
ton. Paris and osnaburg townships