The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-27
Columbus Budget


material timber but there are others
who have aspirations. And in this
regard the attitude toward Tom l..
Johnson is involved. 1t is being given
out by Mr.. Johnson's Cleveland friends
that his plan is to use the mayoraity
as stepping stone to the governors
Office and the governors Office as a
stepping stone to the Democratic NOM
ination for president. This sounds
well and is plausible, for johnson is
what of the hopes of others? John l..
Zimmerman, for instance, would like
to be nominated. Zimmerman and
JOHNSON cannot both have it. So Iim-
norman is not Johnson man. Mr..
| Welty is declared to be receptive. He
and Johnson cannot both have it. So
it may be set down that Mr.. Welty is
not Johnson man. Thus it might
he figured out all along the line Any
fellow who considers himself guber.
material timber is not for Tom John
son, and the thing to do is to try, to
break his power in the state now.
! After a while 1t will be too late. So
few counties are endorsing him. 'The
Democratic leaders with aspirations
see to it that the delegates leave that
little plank out of their platform,
There is no particular attention be-
ing paid to the fight started by Tom
Johnson, against John r. Mclean, be-
cause Mclean is not fighting. He is
simply employing his old tactics of al
lowing the other fellow to do the wor-
rying. His position is that the state
Is big enough for several Democrats
and that nobody can successfully get
away with the claim that he is the
whole thing. Many of McLean's 6
friends see that without his aid Dem
ocratic success is not as easily attain"
ed as with 1t, and are refraining from
coming to his defense, fearing more of
a disruption than now exists. 1t is
declared now that there will be no
fight against Mayor Johnson at the
Sandusky convention. He will have
made his speech as temporary chair
man and might as well do the work
the remainder of the convention. A
prominent Mclean lieutenant said last
night that 1t had been decided to al
low Johnson to remain as permanent
chairman of the convention. @SS
|
Representative Pollock, of Stark
county, was here Wednesday, with two
of his nephews, and went out to Neil
park to introduce them into the mys-
teries of the national game, as in
terpreted by Columbus and Kansas
City. The boys were much disappoint-
ed when rain put an end to the sport
Mr.. Pollock is paying very little at
tention to the congressional Sght in
Stark county, and is wisely reservine
his energy for his own candidacy fer
state, senatof next year. His, record
in the house as the leader in all leg
islation in the interest of labor has
made him very strong with those who
earn their bread by the sweat
faces, and his work was so accom-
plished that he retains the respect and
confidence Of the employers of labor
4 as well. The combination is likely to
be pretty severe one for ]. B. Snyder
to defeat.
Stark county Democrats should bare
in mind that at the state convention
when district caucuses are held, a sue
cessor to Otto E. Young, deceased, OIL
the state committee will have to be
selected. The somewhat amateurish
attempt of n Canton fellow to be ap-
pointed by the state committee, with,
out the consent of the district or with.
out even referring the matter to the
Democrats of the district at all, indi.
Gates that some people are going tc
try to break in again, and try to ge,
hold Of some of the machinery of the
party they do not support alt the
polls, and whose candidates they have
in the past, helped to confuse Care
should be taken as to the character
and inclinations of the delegates, tha
a state committeeman may be named
for the district that will fairly rep
resent the Democratic notion.
There Is now some talk of a spe
cial session to restore the equilibrium
of county officials on the fee and sal
ary question. In many counties Off
cials were paid enormous sums a yea
in fees and by having laws passet
putting them on a salary basis muc!
of this was cut off. The return, by tn,
supreme court decision. to the old plal
of mulcting the people will be yer,
unpopular In most counties. In Starl
there are none such as were affecte,
by this, decision, for the people Their
seem to be satisfied, in some instances
to allow a $500 a year man to wall
off with several thousand dollars
The special session of the Legislature
will hardly be called. Since the cour
upheld the Willis law, as everybod.
knew 1t would, having pre-judged> Al
there has been less talk of a. Sspecis
law. IL Mr.. Welty's contention this
the supreme court has had Its juris
diction limited should prevail, then
sDecial session might ho had