The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-04-17
Columbus Gossip
GEO. r. BLAKE.
0tRR Correspondsnt.l

Columbus, April 16.-County Treas
lrcr Nelson A. Sims, Of Columbus, an
aspirant for the state treasurership,
Is getting busy and making trouble
for Speaker W. 8. McKipnon, who is
after the same office. Sims is work
ing to secure the endorsement of the
state association Of county treasurers
which meets here this week and may
succeed in the effort. McKinnon's at
titudc in the last session of the legis-
lature will not strengthen his candi-
dacy with the rank and file, though II
is believed he stands well with the
party managers. Politicians are
guessing ON what agreement will be
reached by Hanna and Cox at the
Cleveland conference on the makeup
Of the state ticket. The Hanna forces
are rallying from the stampede which
threatened their undoiDg and are in
better shape now than any time since
the happening. Hanna is marshaling
his strength and does not propose To
have Herrick defeated IL he can help
it,
Word comes from Cleveland that the
Johnson people. favor later conven-
ton and II is possible that the date
for 1t will not be fixed at the meeting
OF the state committee in this city to-
morrow. Salem, who stands close to
Johnson, is reported to favor holding
the convention In September One of
the matters the committee will act up-
on will be the appointment of an or
ganization committee of five, and there
is every reason to suppose 1t will he
composed of johnson people. This
committee will have great power.
Two Eighth regiment companies-F,
of Akron and A, of Bucyrus--will be
a part of the provisional regiment
which will represent Ohio at the dedi-
cation Of the st. Louis exposition.
Major Fred s. Marquis, of Mansfield
will command the second battalion Of
the regiment. He was here Tuesdsy
comforting with AdJutant General
Gyger about the trip. He said that 20
members of Company M, Of Mansfield
would accompany Company A to St.
Louis. Companies will rendezvous at
Dayton, April 27.
Adjutant General Gyger will net ac-
company the regiment. m
The Lake Erie, Ravenna and South
ern railroad. of Cleveland, $4,000
capital, has been incorporated to build
a line from Mentor, Lake county, 10
Alliance by J. q. Morley, E. II. Foote.
F. H. Goff, w. r. Carr and Virgil
Kline.
c. B. Garrison, OF Canton, was
made a member of the executive conf
mittee of the Ohio optical association
which held its first annual convention
In this city.
John L. Zimmerman, Of Springfield,
was scheduled to be present at an
important political conference In this
city yesterday, but for some unex-
planned reason he failed to appear. He
requested Colonel Kilbourne, Of this
city. to meet him at the Great South
ern and the latter was on hand at
the appointed hour. After waiting for
more than an hour he left. It is pre-
sumed Zimmerman wanted to learn II
he could land the Franklin county
delegation In his column.
The Anti-Saloon League refuses to
have anything to do with the move
ment started by the brewery strikers
in this city to bring on an election of
the Beal law. The league says the ef-
fort 10 prompted by spite and desire
for revenge. which spirit, IL claims,
does not actuate II IN it's work. The
strikers are pushing the movement TO
Eet eyen With the brew0fas who deslino
20 acgede TO ttQir demands. This 4
the third week d tbe strlke.