The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-01-12

that you as members of tho erenerAi 40
seinbiy In benaif OF the peop.e, snouiu
| ascertain wnetner the iacts nave gwen
| are true: AZ so, az Will douVticss pe
| tron at the earliest time possible. ~
should not be necessary for me 10 say
that all poitlcai assessments made upon
cana, emp,oyes ] or any nh,n,,ea oInea no N tSe
future by proper Legislation. IN TINS con
! nection let me recommend that you ap
point committee 10 ascertain tne a.
| sessments made or collected from al the
officers ana employees oil the various de-
partments and institutions OF the state
| Second--For fifteen years past, ever
since tho last salary law was repea.ed,
upon the promise that q more Just one
would he enacted, the Intelligent peOpio
of Ohio have been demanding the enact
| rnent of fair law which would give 10
| each county officer n proper compehsa-
| .ion for his services anu no more. AS AZ
| Is now. many of these county officers are
| teceiving fees which are two. three, ano
In some cases ten times more than the
value of the services they are rendering
/ to the State or counties. 1t Is right an
proper for the State or county TO pay q
| fair compensation for any services rend-
cred. but 1t certainly should not pay
more than the service would be worth
| to an individual or to an ordinary coruo-
ration. The honor of holding posnuon
1
Itself and should be. sufficient induce
ment to insure the acceptance of nomin-
ations of good men to hll these places
They should be filed by men who ars
patriotic and who would show zeal In
looking after the interests of either tn Z
/ State. county, township or schooi-dis-
| trict and who would have more concern
about the interests of the people than
about their own Under no circumstanc-
| es should these respective o"ces bn
made places where large sums of money
| s.l.t atV V,..1 nyNI tNffI IN
| politicians. or be used irproperl- or dis-
| honestly to secure an election. The man
| who accepts position or secures an OF
| flee In the county. state or city. stmDN
! for the money that Is In II. and who has
not n proper appreciation of the honor
| raturalv will thi~t more OF increasin~
his bank account than he will of serving
the people.
ltrLs, mat all associations now 1orm-
ed IN ONO oy tne Na..V.S OV~"sy o..iN-i ,
| "4.I ~ o.SD..n~~u, 90 A CViis..asv~ .iat
| tne mInuNis nii p..Ss a ISSO.a.,oh th.ss
.v,iIn:s sn,1I De COiisiderII Wy ...em of
| ,lieir APP .sentatN,s .ACept "nat IS lof
,Iie be1~nC Uf tnS pOOpiS ...iu ,o".a" s-.~
| r.dIcuon OF tADO4iS~s o. tns various
| on.Ces vi tins cuad.y and me towering Oi
taxes. me meinDvIS UI SuCn a.. 8 .~iiiLd-
| ..UIis shou.d c-rtaiiiiy cons.~er ~ uhpa
triouc anu IN sUIIe wtidt poor tas.o 40
| make any eLorts Ia tneif own Denst.I as
suCn olitcers. All orgdnzatiOnS o. codn-
~ oincers formed 10. ,ne p..pose or m
creaSIng their sa,aflss of IO.ap1nSa..o..s.
either directly or Indirectly, snOu,u ~
p.OaIbiteu by law.
| 1.u.u--ln,.e i...s beC- u demand for
| manly yIe.s POS. IpOii lhe ps.ss "a ..is
| p>- 4,.e tnv D......I"s, le-''S "a t.a-
O,esv shO,..d 10 iInPsOv~.A in 81 Way ...-s
| ~ouId l-SN~Ii., A D~--.D.J, ,n0 >'...s.IiaSs-
| v4ess.s...s u UslI.s, S..u.A.s, in .-.S iSSS
vI lny ,4.l.uS Ds.OhRIhs .iiO uSi,oois-. ..
NoNI.or I.CriiNn iS.U..4Ii..lio~ tiI-.' 20 4,
former Lts4s.dsare Dal, w4tnD,st ass.Ai. ~
IioS DetA .D4.,...y S.a,ou ..i..s O.. se.-.i
| D.,iikers, or p.IsonS n.tS. .estOu ih ...Sss
p-hatS aIAu D.... Da...Ao, nave. DSSn aDie
heretofore 10 exert an inii.NnSe ~..n tnd
nI~ Iuuors or tIIo- LSnS.ai Asse4.I..y ~
prevent the pasSage OF tnese p.opoSd
necessary laws. A Ieei co..aidtiit .dts
suIn Mii nol DE casu Wan ais p.eo. ~
General Assembly. 1 have su.iicie.It
.ai.n 10 bc.iSye mat Al the melnue.s "a
the Gtnerar Assembly th-.In AZ -.s.i. 20
protect the peop.e by more stringens
Jaws, that they wal take tne nCcSsSafy
acuon. There is no Du.ItiCs III ~ and
should be none. The honest banAer o.
| Ds.uk onCIai OF o.dte o. prlvate Dana
or of any other bank, Wno wants TO 10
the best for has panN. wili n.G~ssLri.y y
insist that the laws for the protection
Of the depositors shou.u he tn~ ssfons-
est possible. but wne her he does or not,
the peopie, In the interest OF the ~posi-
tor, should see tndt such Jaws are en-
acted. If thIs cannot be done at very
carry day OF the session. men co.h-
mittee should be appointed at once to an
vestIgate the present conultlon OF the
various State and privd,c banNs doing
business in Ohio, and report to the
ueue.a al Assembly, In framing any la "
for this purpose, suggest that you maze
some pfOvisrun, IL 1t 40 pOssIp.e, Dy wn.cn
no man can become an officer or direc-
Ior amy Stale or private bank uniess
he VIII not engage in any kind OF specu-
IatiUn whatsvevUf. FOR any vlo.atIVn oi
this oa.n the penalty should be made
very severe My oDseryation is. anu 4
lnInk The lactS VIII bear me out, mat
the great majority of the losses SUSTAIN
ed In the STATE of OHIO dur.ng the las;
quarter of a century have been brougI,
aDoDI because OF the directors or officers
of these various banks engd1Ing direct
ly or indirectly in specula tion. fnIs De-
ing so, sooner or laCer, they would use
the depositors' funds and commit crimes
for winch some are nov Su..s.lng tu~
penalty. PROVISION should be made .or O
department 10 supervise ban6s and bank
ing. ana the expense OF any anu all Sdch
supervison and examination sno1.. az
paid by the banks: or, If the dividends
20 the stockhoadefs afe llmited TO rea-
sonable amount .nen the exDense sIiou..
be paid out of the funds of the ~eposi'
, tors. In any event, thus expense being
incurred for the benefit of certain Class
, OF cuI8ens. the department shou.~ no.
J be any expense to the State. IT, per
chance, o larger sum OF monev Is collect
ed than is necessary TO de.ray t..e ex'
ptnses of the department. the surp. ia
should be returned TO the banks tIoH
winch II was collected. III. on the othei
, hand, the amount collected during tn,
vurrent year as not sufficient 10 pay tn,
, expense of the department. then an adai
tional amount should be assessed.
desire TO call your attention To til,
, interest that is being taken In the sub
/ ject of Home Rule Tor clues. particular
ly as to the right of each city, town o.
village at large TO decide foI Itself al
: questions of local policy. especially thos'
) OF pubic or private ownersiip of al
1 pubic utilities. including street railways
water-works and lighting systems. IL 1
Is according to your judgment that pro
|
9 such matters to the peop.e. then upo.
: request from such potion of the citi
{ zens and voters of such city as you ma
: think advisable. vote shall be takel
6 and the majority shall decide the ques
Q tion. II such authority should be gwen
: Il certainly should be guarded by tn
: merit system OF appointment and tenur
: of office. Although heretofore this ma,
I have been a subject OF party Interest,
J should not be one of partisan action. ]
4 this privilege were gwen. one or NOR
{ cities would probably take advantage o
o II at once, While this idea OF HON
. Rule in larger sense Is being favorab
a l. N VaripuS uQFfiDna nj IN