The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-05-02
JUNE 10 1.-THE DAYFIIED
FOR DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARIES
BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Good Attendance and a Feeling Of
Harmony neutrality-suspicious.
Day Probably June 8.

harmony fTeVdneu-hegIStra
Day Probably June 8.
The Democratic city central commit
tee met last night at the law office of
Hubert c. Pontius, with a good attend
ance, every ward in the city being rep
resented. Chairman Emil Kaufman.
in calling the committee to order, said
the object Of the meeting was to fix
the date Of the primaries for the nom
ination of the city and township ticket.
The feeling of the committeeman
seemed to head one way-to nominate
the city and township ticket on the
same day as the county ticket. A mo-
tion made by R. l. Gregory to nomin-
ate the city and township officers on
the second Saturday in June did not
meet with dissenting vote. The DEM
ocratic primary election to nominate
all officers will therefore be held on
Saturday, June 10, between the hours
Of and p. m.
John T. Schroyer then moved that
the chairman and secretary be author
lied to notify the Stark county board
OF elections in regard to the special
registration for the nomination. The
date Of registration will be fixed by
the board Of elections and will proba-
bly, be held on Thursday, June 8. Only
new voters and those who did not reg
lister last fall and those who have
moved from one precinct to another
since last November election day will
have to register.
The question of assessments was
next taken up. Owing to the recent
trouble that the Republican committee
got into over the question of assess
ments, 1t was the general sense of tho
committee to be careful on this mat
ter. The whole matter was referred to
committee of five, including the
chairman and secretary. Chairman
Kaufman appointed James G. Deid-
rick, Ray Hsrbert and II. August Smith
as the committee.
The committee then heard the report
Of Secretary Hubert c. Pontius, who
had been delegated to visit the state
committeeman from Cleveland to see
what could be done towards getting the
Democratic state convention in Can
ton. Mr.. Pontius reported that he had
caon City And;tor Modigap apd Count,,
Clerk Salen, both of whom are mem
bers of the state committee from Guy
ahoga county. Mr.. Madigan pledged
Mr.. Pontius that he would do all In
his power for Canton. Mr.. Salen was
non-committal, but he is not averse to
holding the convention in Can
ton. Mr.. Pontius met several other
Democrats from Cleveland, and every
one of them expressed a preference for
Canton. Schroyer moved that a CON-
mittee of five be appointed to work np
the matter, and that this committee
have power to appoint any sub-com-
mittee they desire. Chairman Kauff-
man appointed upon tais convention
committee John T. Schroyer, James g.
Deidrick, r. l. Gregory, Hubert c.
Pontius and John F. Buchanan. 1t Is
intended that this committee shall act
in conjunction with the board Of trade
committee who are also trying to get
the Democratic state convention for
Canton.
The question Of preventing Republic
cans from voting at the Democratic
primaries was next taken up Ray Har-
bert, who is a member of the board OF
elections, stated that under the law
only known Democrats could vote, and
that no man who had voted for Roose-
welt or voted at the Republican pri-
mary election on April could partici-
pate in the Democratic primaries, and
If they did they were amenable to the
laws of the state. The penalty was the
same as for repeating.
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