The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-09-07
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is composed Of ]. Howard Edwards
Of Mahoning, A. r. Dow of Columbi-
ana, and Percy l.. McLain, Of Stark,
presented today the third chapter In
"The Comedy of Political Errors"
which the Republicans Of this district
have been acting in various cities OF
the district during the past three
weeks. Others actors in the comedy
were Steve S. Conoroy and Congress
man J. B. Kennedy of Youngstown; G..
v. Sharp, Candidate C. s. Speaker, ].
r. Casey, G. F. FARRELL and u G. De-
Ford of Columbiana county. Roscoe
McCulloch and Postmaster George A.
Clark of Stark county. Three newspa-
per reporters constituted the audience.
After the congressional committee
had rehearsed In private their respec-
tive parts the curtain rose. The Gas
ton and Alphonso act was first pre-
sented in which McLain of Stark
named Edwards of Mahoning for chair
man. Dow of Columbiana county in
sisted that McLain of Stark be elect
ed secretary and owing to the pressing
invitation of both Edwards and Dow
he could not well decline
STAGE FRIGHT.
For few moments the whole bunch
seemed to be stricken dumb with
stage fright but at length the star
of the company Mr.. Edwards, got his
bearings and announced to his CO.
workers that he was ready to receive
suggestions as to what they should
do and how they should do it.
While they were in the midst of the
discussion, Candidate Speaker said
that the time and place for holding the
primary should be decided upon by
the congressional committee but that
the details of the contest should be
settled by the central or executive
committees in the various counties
of the district
Mr.. Edwards inquired of the Colum-
biana candidate if he was suspicious
that the congressional committee
would not give him square deal, to
which Mr.. Speaker replied that he did
not mean to infer by his remarks that
the committee was not straight for
ward and honorable, but that under
the old order of things the political
business of each county was left to
the local committee to make their
own rules and regulations.
While thic dicoucSio, 1uoe c,oi,o ~,
the viaduct over the Pennsylvania
railroad tracks fell with a crash and
the entire company rushed out to see
If they were in any way responsible
for the accident. After deciding they
were not they returned to the ALI
ance hotel and after a prolonged dis
cussion adopted the following reso-
luton, sentence by sentence, in order
that the various interests represented
would be satisfied.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Moved and seconded that the con-
gressional committee recommend to
and request the Republican commit
tees of the several counties in the
district to take necessary steps for the
holding of a primary election in the |
several counties by precincts under |
the laws of the state for the nomina-
ton Of the candidate for congress on |
October 8, 1906, between
the hours Of 1 and p M, central |
standard time, and that this commit |
tee further recommends and requests
the several committees to adopt rules |
requiring candidates for congress, not |
later than IL o'clock standard time. |
Saturday, Sept. 18th, to file their |
names with the chairman or secre-
tary of the Republican county central |
DR. executive committee of the county |
In which they reside, and the officers |
Of each county committee are to re-
port to each of the other coun- |
ty committees the name so filed |
with them and that such names pe
printed on the primary ballot in the |
several counties.
That the candidate receiving the |
largest number of votes in the district |
shall be the legal nominee and candi- |
date of the Republican party for con-
as such and that his name be placed |
upon the official ballot at the Novem-
ber election, and that the board of
elections of the respective counties
in the district be requested to take all
necessary steps under the law to GER
tify the vote and the name of such
nominee.
Having plenty Of lawyers in the par
ty, but no law books or election laws,
the gentlemen from Mahoning and
Stark counties accepted an invitation
from Mr.. McLain, the Stark county
of the congressional commit.
tee, to come to Canton and make
sure that the resolutions adopted did
not conflict with the primary laws
The invitation was accepted and the
entire party arrived in Canton on a
Stark Electric car at $3.50 o'clock and
took dinner at the Mar-Lew and the
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