The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-04

+" Canton Board OF lfaue was helu h'
-sf6e assembly room last night and it
: developed into a spirited controversy
over the selection of a secretary. Two
candidates were presented, Attorney
Hubert Pontius and A. ID. McCarty, To-
cal representative Of Dunns agency
Friends of both candidates were ac-
tive. Attorney James A. Rice was
present with a bunch of lS2 proxies
(which he intended voting for McCarly
and when this became known the ad-
yyocates of Mr.. Pontius raised ques-
ton as to whether or not the meeting
should accept proxies. .-t -l-'
H Charles A. Dougherty nominated MT.
Pontius and spoke OF him as having
done great deal of work for the
board during the past year without
any compensation. John e. Monnot
seconded the nomination and spoke IN
a complimentary way. James A. Rlce
placed the name of McCarty before the
meeting and announced the fact That
he had the proxies.
STARTED a FIGHT. ....
4p This brought Mr.. Dougherty 10 MS
feet and be said the procedure was
without precedent Attorneys Rice,
Pomerene and Simpson took the stand
THAT. proxies were legal and there was
enough law quoted to try case In
court. W. ID. Theobald was one OF
those who had given his proxy ana
said that he gave it under the impress
sion that there had been slate hXed
up and it twas all light" This caused
considerable laughter. II. H. Timken
then advocated the rights of the prox-
les It looked for time as though
there might be some bad blood gen.
Grated. Rice said it looked like case
Of sour grapes and Mr.. Dougherty' be-
fore leaving the room, said 1t was an
outrage" They spoke from opposite
view points.
McCarty, the candidate, settled the
matter by getting up and stating that
he would waive his right to the use OF
proxies and abide by the decision OF
those present. The vote was then taken
and McCarty won by vote of 80 to
So. ..
-,4f ,g OTHER OFFICERS.
Gordon NJ. Mather was elected presi"
dent aof athe board without opposition,
He was called upon for speech and
simply thanked the members for the
Y honor conferred.
L. A. Loichot was elected first vice
president and Ferdinand Herbruck
Second vice president; H. S. Kaufman
treasurer.
liThe directors selected were as fol-
lows: W. X. Zollinger. w. l.. Stol-
zenbach, A. M. McCarty, E. D. Lang,
]. e. Carnahan, John Rommel, Charles
w. Keplinger, John Danner Jr., III. ID.
McCrea, r. S. Bell.
Prior to the election Of officers,
President Zollinger, Secretary John
Z. Monnot. Treasurer Kaufman and
the various chairmen of committees
made their reports.
President Zollinger's report is full
of interest and in it he made num-
ber of good suggestions as to the needs
( of the city and the board and the full
I text of the paper is given below:
PEsIDENT zoLLINGER'S REPORT.
Gentlemen, Members of the Board of
Trade:-
The year Just closed, while not alto
gether, one of unmixed prosperity as a
whole shows growth in population, in
our manufacturing, commercial build
! ing and other important interests.
The work of the board has been of a
positive nature, and in line with its ira
ditfons securing results. The burning
Of the old w. & L. e. shops, placed
the company in position, where they
were ready to make a contemplated re-
moyal. Learning of this conference
was held with General Manager Blick-
ensderfer who was found to be person.
ally favorable to the rebuilding of
the shops here, but whose instructions
were Of such nature as to limit his
action. After quite lengthy negotia-
ton Gin the interval of which 1t looked
as If we would lose the shops alto
gether) an agreement was reached,
where the railroad company, in consid-
Grafton of acquiring certain lots to be
decided them by the Board agreed to
put Up a machine shop 190x110, a car
shop 239x78, an engine room 7Ox45, and
to employ about $50 men. Tne con-
tractor is now finishing the buildings,
and It is expected the shop will be in
operation shortly. The amount requir-
ed for the purchase of the lots was
about $4,000, raised by popular sub
scription, and Is nearly all collected.
The purchase OK the lets has not been