The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-05-08

: follows: Stark county, at Canton;
May 4; Summit county. at Akron, May
s; Portage, at Ravenna. May O; Trum4
bull county, meeting place not fixedl
May 10; Mahoning county, probably
at youngstown, May ~; Columbiana
county, at East Liverpool, May II.
Columbus, o., May 0. - Governor
, Nash welcomed the delegates of the
National Guard association and dur
ing the course of his remarks said
that the national guard is composed
Of the most patriotic citizens of the
several states. Adj,stant General
Barry Of Nebraska responded in be-
half OF the delegates, saying that af,,
ter the battle of Bull Run 1t was the
work Of the Ohio troops In Vest vir-
ginia that shed a ray of light into tho
gloom. He eulogized Ohio, the homo
OF the sainted Mckinley and thanked
the governor for the cordial welcomed
The chief feature OF the opening day
was the address of Secretary of War
Root He explained the basis ana
provisions eof the Dick law comprst
hensively He said that the object Of
the war department and of the guard
was to place the country in position
| where 1t Is able to enforce laws, sup
/ press ins,irrection and repel invasion.
/ The Dick law is broad and zfar-reacsi-
ing. We once presented a%gpecfaole
nf eroo tss =, q -, a Ia :. ~,
army and relying upon citizen sol
diery. but without any law by which
1t could avail itself of It's citizens for
its defense. Then followed the period
of state troops. organized for state
purposes. entirely separate from the
nation. We now recognize that the
bodies Of troops in -the states AFFORD
the true basis of the national Defense
The fundamental basis of the bill il
to adopt as a. basis of the military
system the national guard associations
iiof the to,intry'.andTto to have the general
government pay share of the lex
i'pense commensurate with the advant-
eIage it derives from the guard as the
school Of the volunteer. The law
should be continued so as to strenth-
/ en- and improve the guard and not to
hamper It. The Dick law places the
national guard of the several states un
der direct control OF the president
Adjutant General Chase of Colorado
offered resolution to the convention
memorializing congress to prohibit the
use of the United States uniform by
any other than members of the army,
navy or national guard Private mil
| itary companies are aimed at. Reso-
luton was referred to committee on
resolutions. General Frost of South
Carolina offered a resolution to fix the
minimum strength of a company, and
Adjutant General Conklin- of South
Dakota had another providing that
the government should assume entire
support Of the national guard. Gov
ernor Morrison of Idaho praised the
Dick bill and said his state was among
the first to take advantage Of its pro-
visions. Roll call showed representa-
tives to be present from California,
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine,
Maryland, Minnesota. Nebraska, New
Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Okla
homa, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
South Dakota. Washington, West vir-
ginia, Wisconsin and New York are
unoficially represented A motion
was adopted providing for committee
on resolutions consisting of one dele
gate from each state. Colonel Ed
ward vollrath, of Bucyrus, commands
er of the Eighth regiment, was made
the member from this state. Secretary
Root left for Washington at midnight,
n Attorney General Sheets. has been
Frequested by Theodore Horstman of
Cincinnati to bring suit to 1oust the
Cincinnati Street Railway Co. from
The stfeefss Of that city, because the
superior court of that city has de-
declared the curative act and the fifty
year franchise act unconstitutional
Judge Sheets says as the matter in
wolves millions he will make haste
slowly. He will investigate and says
he wants to do what is right sby the
people and the company Horstma,i
was the attorney for the defendant IN
the case which the decision was given
declaring theecurative act invalid n
The Republicans of yellow Springs
are trying to secure the opening. of the
state camnaipn which hrinpci tn mind