The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-01-16


Bills to abolish capital punishment
and for other purposes submitted.
Resolution presented Commanding"
Foraker and Dick to support Presi-
dent Roosevelt In rate regulation fight.
Consideration of bills vetoed by
Eferrick indefinitely postponed.
Seventy-one members of the house
of representatives are in favor of do
ing away with the death penalty in
Ohio.
Forty.four members believe capital
punishment Is necessary to a proper
restraint of murder; some would even
extend 1t to burglary.
These figures are the result of a
poll of the lower branch of the legis-
lature.
In the senate 2S declared against
capital punishment and five favor it.
or the total number in both branches
who have expressed themselves, 90
are for the repeal of the law creatln
the death chair, and 40 against the
repeal.
Many who spoke for the repeal de-
clared a repeal, or at least restriction,
of the pardon power would have to go
with the abolition of the death pen
atty.
'In this session we must eliminate
partisanship. While l am q Republi-
can in every sense of the word,
shall while am speaker, give every
man fair deal"
This is what Speaker Thompson
said when taking up the gavel In ac.
ceptance of his election as speaker OF
the house. Democratic members OF
the house are sneeringly repeating
those words now.
There are 62 Republicans and 81
Democrats in the house. OF 33Y com
mitteeships, the Democrats were CIV
en- los, less than one-third. Cuyaho-
ga and Hamilton counties were par.
ticular victims. With few exceptions.
members from these counties were
given places only on unimportant corn
mittees. Throughout, the strong men
of the minority were relegated TO the
woods.
In the serate, which is Democratic
every, Republican member was given
q Craftsmanship. Some of them got
important committees. The Demo
Gratis retained control by a majority
OF one. In the house the Republicans
retained overwhelming control.
The minority had submitted list
of its wants through its leader, Yost,
of Monroe. Speaker Thompson ignor-
ed the list.
Wertz, of Wayne. who had been do
feated for minority leader by Yost,
bad recommended Is members for
places, IL of them got what they
wanted
Vehement protests against the
stand of the last state administration
against pool selling at race tracks wss
made last evening by General I. H..
Sherwood, of Toledo, formerly of Can
ton, veteran horseman. speaking be-
fcre the Ohio State Association OF
Presidents and Secretaries of Fairs
and expositions.
General Sherwood defended what
he called the honor of the horseman.
He has been a breeder OF horses all
his life and he Is now over 20.
II never bought q pool in my life,"
he said, "but | will agree to give $1OO
to charity II some one will tell me
the moral distinction between the
selling of grain on a board OF trade
and the selling of pools on race
track. But there Is difference. On
the race track the horses are there;
on the board of trade the grain is not
tbere--it was never intended to be.
Every board of trade organized for
speculation purposes in the state of
Chic is gambling device"
At the meeting of the Ohio State
farmers institute officers we're elected
as follows: w. W. Farnsworth. Lu-
cas- county, president and J. AL Dobie.
Auglaize county, secretary.
Resolutions were adopted In which
IL was asked that liberal appropria.
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tjons be made for the agricultural de
partment and experimental station at
the o. 8. u. that the Tx be maintain
ed on oleomargarine and that ciyii
service be extended to all parts of the
government. They also favored reg
ulation OF railroad rates by the in
terstate commerce commission; en-
couragement to commerce and ma
tional legislation reciprocity and re-
striction of immigration.
Ohio District No. 6, United Mine
Workers of America, win work hard
to get law enacted during the pres
ent session of the legislature which
VIII make 1t compulsory for all mine
operators In the state to hoist their
miners from shafts rs feet or more
deep in cages.