The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-07-15

tudJ Will De sdtiSldCtOIy. 4 dH1 uOt III
favor Of any Judge Shauck or Judge
Warrington codes. II one comes In 1t
will not last ten minutes in the 1egis-
lature. l think the legislature will
be in session only five or six days. IT
seems to me that is long enough. }
wouldn't disturb anything but would
simply pass a general code for the
government of Ohio cities and then go
home. So far as the Roger law is
concerned / wouldn't repeal Il. The
people want 1t to stand. 1t gives the
poor man a chance. Nine tenths Of
the people of the state think 1t is a
good thing. The country people are
in favor of letting the law stand. No
body wants it disturbed but the law
yers. That is the very reason it
ought not to be disturbed. The law
yers want it disturbed because 1t
makes more business for them and
draws their cases out longer. l will
not specially oppose the repeal Of the
bill II Governor Nash has good rea-
sons to have 1t repealed, but 1t doesn't
look to me now as If it would be re-
pealed."
Auu ltil you ohothNi thihbt
said Dr. Cain, who is one of the
strongest of the Forakerites in the
house. THE legislature will come here
pretty mad and the supreme court Is
likely to hear from 1t before 1t ad-
journs. Why that decision on the
Cleveland charter is worse than any
school boy would make. The supreme
court has no legislative powers at all
vet it declares law unconstitutional
and in the same breath says the city
can run on under it till October. Why,
If tbs unconstitutional at all 1t Is un-
constitutional right away. Every act
committed under that charter from
now till October is unconstitutional II
the law is unconstitutional. Any
school boy would have known better
than to have made a decision like
that. The idea of these fellows COM
ing into court and declaring laws that
have stood for years and years uncon-
stitutional. Think of this court, COM
posed of men of only ordinary legal
ability upsetting the decisions of such
men as Allen G. Thurman and others
of his time. 1t is simply preposterous.
This supreme court ought to get a
good raking over the Goals and it will
If | don't miss my guess. Thes peo-
pie have lost confidence in it."
DR.. Cain only expresses the senti-
ment of large number Of members
of the legislature. In the first place
the legislature is mad because 1t has
been called at all. 1t is extra expense
to the members for they will have to
board themselves, unless the corpo-
rate interests interested in getting the
right kind of franchise laws into the
code pay their bills, which is quite
likly. A great effort will be made to
have the code very flexible as regards
franchises and there will be some
money to spend. That Foraker lead
er likefDr. Cain has made a Ideclara-
ton in plain language is significant
The Forakerites were not invited to
the conference and they may decide to
stir up a muss. While DR.. Cain says
he thinks Nash will bring in a code
that will be acceptable it is very evil
dent that he has some doubts about
1t.
Party leaders declare that the boom
of Senator Hanna for president of the
United States was launched at Put
in-Bay and that, while the man most
interested did not declare that he
would be candidate he did not op-
pose mention Of his name. A promi-
nent member Of the party said Han
ma would be a candidate and would
have Ohio solid. He said it made no
difference whether Hanna wanted to
be candidate or not, he would have
20 he. f4r knx h. ct m
friends from every state in the union.
He declared that every congressman
and about every senator is opposed to
the rough riding occupant Of the white
house and would be glad to see Han
ma in.