The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-07-18
Columbus Budget


ishment at once. That state institu-
tions are neglected In this regard has
been known for long time.
Stiles is likely to stir up quite a
muss. He Is staunch Foraker man
and he says II was friends of the
other side that circulated the reports
that led to the first investigation.
This is not true. The News-Democrat,
of Canton, was among the first of the
| papers of the state to mention the
death of Nora Ferris, which had been
concealed for year. There was no
politics in it. The case was so plain
ly murder that If there had been pol
itics in 1t nothing could have stopped
the investigation. And the only thing
that interfered with the investigation
was politics. It would have gone far
ther If Stiles hadn't been prominent
Republican and the present Republi-
can administration. Even the fact
that Stiles is a great friend Of Gov
ernor Bushnell did not deter present
state officials and Republican organs
/ from making as little of the affair as
| possible. Miss Sellers now says she
will come back for trial and that
/ some disclosure will be made that
will tend to relieve her of all the
cdium in the premises. SO much the
! better. The law ought to reach out
and get everybody vino is connected
with that wanton murder II Nash
is in the slightest degree responsible
the grand jury ought to say so, wheth-
er there is any intention to 90 any
thing about 1t or whether anything
/ hA h.%,, { At
tinct victory. Harry CARRIER has teen
nominated for congress in the -Four tn
district, and nomination practically
means election in that section of the
state, especially If the NOMINEES is
Johnson man. 1t is not recorded that
Johnson made any special effort for
his friend. CARRIER was doing very
well himself. He was Johnson
protege and the Democrats up there
thought that was good enough recon-
mendation for him.
!
The death of William Bell, at New
ark, Wednesday, leaves another vacan-
| cy in the legislature. Mr.. Bell had
! served his country in one office or
another for fifty years. During the
last session of the legislature he was
suffering a great deal from heart trou-
BILE. Climbing the stairway to the leg
| islative hall made him almost col
lapse. Frequently he had to stand at
the top CT the stairway for some lit
tie time to get vitality enough to pro-
coed after making the climb. He was
staunch Democrat and was popular
with all of the members and state Off
cials. The speaker will notify cer-
tain members to attend the funeral as
mark of respect and will doubtless
make an effort to attend himself.
Secretary of State Laylin, on We'd
nesday, appoiHted George II. Shauf
as member of the Stark county board
of election supervisors. Shauf is a
Republican and lives at Massillon.
The secretary also appointed E. M.
Dilley, of Warren. for Trumbull coun-
ty and F. c. Wilson, of Akron, for
Summit county. Both are Republi-
cans.
About the first thing the state legis-
lature will do when it gets into Seq
sion will be to vote itself its salaries
After that will come the work Of the
session. The legislators will then
have plenty of money and can stay
longer Party leaders are endeav-
oring to offset this plan for they fear
if the legislators get money they will
not 60 home so soon, and ever, effort
will be made to get them home as
soon as possible. Those who were
present at the last session recall the
drunken orgies during night sessions.
and they know the present legislature
is not easy to handle, SO the attempt
will be made to get the business over
and get through. Some of the legis-
lators think this can be done soon
but others think not. There was bill!
introduced to pay next years salaries
at the winter session but 1t failed and
the legislators took their salaries
simply for the present year.
Joe Miller, the lobbyist for the brew
ers Of the state, is in town and de-
clares that the brewers are not be-
hind the attempt to have the Beal
law declared unconstitutional which
attempt is being made at Steubenville.
He said the Beal law just suited him.
AS it was passed with Joe's consent
and by special arrangemen with Pur-
ley Baker, there seems to be some
plausibility about Joe's yarn.
There will be about two hundred
codes ready for presentation when the
legislature meets About every city
solicitor in the state will insist upon
hearing and insist that the notions
of his town be ingrafted in the bill.
Few Of the codes will be drawn by
the legislators themselves. Few of
the codes will be drawn by the leg
islators themselves. Few of them
could draw a code. The most that
most Of them can draw successfully is
their salaries, and that before they are
due.