The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-06

oLUMBuS, May 3.-More than
~ one city in the state is to be
affected by the passage of the Long
worth bill, providing for the abandon
ment of boards of equalization and
substituting a board of review. This
board differs from the one the au-
ditor may call for, and provides that
1t shall be in existence all of the
time. Three men are to receive $2,-
500 each. Under the present law
boards receive quite enough, and 1t Is
not denied even by the members
themselves-at least not successfully
denied-that the position is largely a
sinecure. 1-ney get FIVE dollars a. day
for about nine weeks. 1t seems to be
worth going after for it cost some
thing to get it. The election of q
member of the city board is always at
tended with more or less talk of boo
die, and instances have been known
where candidates paid as high as $3.50
for the place. One candidate who
didn't have the money and had to be
defeated went out to waterworks park,
few days after the election and put
hole through his heart. The pro-
posed law would be a worse graft than
the present one. Only the smaller
property owners get their taxes raised
anyhow so board that meets only for
short time is much better than n
board that meets for longer period.
But some peculiar legislation is being
enacted here. Most anything is likely
| to pass.
The telephone was again busy this
week and the patriots who want to
build a viaduct but do not want an
electric railway to pay for any part Of
its construction have been calling up
Mr. Metzger and trying hard to induce
him to induce Senator Wilhelm to in
duce Mr.. Pollock to introduce the bill.
1t is probable the bill would have been
introduced when it first arrived, If
your correspondent had not looked it
over and declined to attach his o. K.
1t is waste of time to proceed with
out this little 'all right" sign. ANA
teur promoters ought to send the bill
direct, so il can be looked over care
fully before it gets to the hands Of
the Legislators. Then If there are any
little Lodi sleepers in them they can
be carefully edited out, after which
there may be a chance for their pas
sage.
Representative Pollock, and his base
ball team went to Xenia, Saturday
morning, to cross bats with the club
of that place, connected with the state
institution. Many of the members
made it the object of a special ex-
cursion, though no excursion tickets
We're sold. Excursion tickets cost
more than passes, so the legislature
didn't want an excursion. Pollock
captains the Solons and plays first
base as he used to do in North Law
renee.
The state live stock commission,
which has done little but draw it's
salary and appurtenances, has been
abolished, and hereafter the state
board of agriculture, which has very
little to do, will add to that little the
little the state board of live stock COM
missioners did, which was very little.
Ohio State university has received
another liberal slice from the tax levy.
New buildings will be built. An ad-
ditional levy to raise the money is
provided.
County auditors will now get a
fee Of three per cent for collecting the
Dow tax. If the amount delinquent is
$4,000 only one and half per cent,
so the auditors will see to It that not
too much is collected at a time, so II
will all pay out the full three per
cent.
Sam Pruden. of Canton, was here
Friday. He has resigned his position
with Judge Day and is now employed
by the Berger Mfg. Co.
The last week of the legislature
will begin Monday. There are some
little steals that haven't been made
yet, and the last week Is always dan
gerous. Some sleepers in bills can
not be found in time to prevent them
becoming operative. The steering
committee promises to watch matters
pretty closely.
II has about been decided that noth-
ing can be done to prevent Senator
Archer from getting directly in line
for the govcrnorship. He will succeed
Nippert as president Of the senate and
then II any thing happens to the gov
ernor he will be governor. This is
appreciated by the Hanna people and
they are doing what they can to pre-
vent Archer's election. Gov. Nash Is
sick man. He coScedes it himself
To friend day or two ago, when
this situation was brought to his mind,