The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-02-27
COLUMBUS LETTER

columbus, o., Feb. 25.-Virginia is
TO have two-cent fare bill, accord
ing to letter received by Represen-
tative Freiner, of Vinton county, au-
thor of Ohio's two-cent law. The let
ter is from Senator Dickerson, of the
Virginia assembly, who says he Is
preparing bill for introduction, and
that he has little doubt that it will
be made into law. He writes MIR.
Freiner to get some of the statistics
and arguments which were presented
in favor of the reduced rate.
If the bill should be passed by Vir-
sinia, it will heavily affect the Nor
folk and Western and Baltimore and
Ohio roads, both of which will feel
heavily also the Ohio law. The Ches-
peake and Ohio will be another big
system affected
CLAIM THE PRIZE.
Leetonia and Salem township, Co
lumbiana county, claim the state rec
ord in exemplifying political labor
of love without hope or desire for
reward While that town and town
ship made the largest Democratic
gain last fall, all they want is a
lithograph of Governor Pattison to
decorate the walls of the mayors Of
fee. In writing for it, Mayor o. c..
Silver tells Governor Pattison:
I'VE are not asking for single
appointment at your hands and we
fully appreciate the difficulty you will
have in making appointments
GROSVENOR CHARGES.
Grosvenor supporters are claiming
that if John F. White, of Logan,
leader of the Hooking county delega-
ton, had kept promise, said to have
been made by him in Columbus, Gen
eral Grosvenor would have been nom
mated for congress at Lancaster in
stead of Albert Douglas, of Chilli
cote.
DEAL is CLAIMED.
1t is Tumored that Eli West and
Samuel l.. Patterson had made an
agreement with Mr.. White. whereby
the latter was to turn over the Hook
ing county delegation to Grosvenor.
When White cast the solid vote of
Hooking for Douglas, John Finster-
wald of Athens, Grosvenor supper
ter, remarked, I'VE have been sold
cold brick"
1t was/claimed by Grosvenor men
that s. 100 was the consideration paid
for the Hooking county delegation.
THE COMING WEEK.
The past week was devoted by the
legislature to making good on cam
paign promises. The senate and the
house each passed county officers
salary bills, slightly different, but it
is thought that conference commit
tee will be able to prepare one salts
factory to both branches. The SEN
ate made the Woods search and seiz-
ure bill, an important measure of the
Anti-SaloOn league, a law and the
house passed the other big measure
Of that organization-the Jones resi-
dence district local option law-and
put it up to the senate.
In addition to the general salary
bill of the house, providing for coun-
ty auditors, probate judges. treas
urers, clerks and sheriffs, the Conroy
prosecuting attorneys salary bill was
passed, which abolishes the Office of
county solicitor and fixes the COM
pensaticn of the prosecutor The SEN
ate also passed bill reducing the
salaries of judges and adopted
O'Rourke's resolution indorsing
Roosevelt's railroad policy.
That the houses temperance trou-
bles did not end with the passing of
the Jones bill, was seen when Dit
mars, Of Holmes county, introduced a
bill to provide county local option
now in force under the Beatty law.
THIS WEEKS PROGRAM.
The elusive problem of inheritance
tax will bother the house next We'd
nesday when Reeds bill on the sub
iect is special order.
Bronson's primary election bill, a
special order for Thursday, was de-
ferred because of The Jones bill un-
til next Tuesday.
Fun is expected when the Spangler
anti-treating bill, recommended Thurs
day by the temperance committee for
passage, comes up next week.
The Wertz railroad commission bill
was recommended by the committee
on railroads and will be considered
next Wednesday.
The finance committee recommend
ed an appropriation of only $4,000
for the jamestown exposition instead
of the 100000 desired.
Members of the family, physicians
and close friends of Governor Pattison
yesterday manifested more satisfac-
tiop with the governors improvement
than at the close of any week since he
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