The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-03-12
REFORMLEACUE
Observation-Disclosures
Iy Perfected Through
out the State.
pARTIZANSHIP CUT OUT

pARTIzANSHIP CUT OUT
Columbus, O., March 1O.-It is less
han a month since the Ohio Pri-
nary Election Reform League was
ormed. During that time it has per-
ected an organization reaching into
)very congressional district and coun-
" of the state The state executive
bommittee, now nearly complete, has
ppon it men of prominence and high
character belonging to both political
parties. Partisanship has in no way
lntered into the workings of the
league. 1t was formed for the one
purpose of securing the passage of a
Air. compulsory primary election bill
1t the next session of the Legislature
"a bill which will call for the nomi-
nation of all candidates for all offices
by the direct vote of the people. The
lavor with which the league has met
IN all parts of the state Is remark
lble. Instead of experiencing diff
lculty in finding men who would as
yist in the work the difficulty has
been to find something to do for all
who have volunteered assistance. AT
lhe headquarters in the Board of
Trade building in this city letters
iome pouring in every day from men
In all parts of the state and of all po-
htical beliefs requesting that they be
allowed a hand in the work. They
IRE all accommodated. There is no
question as TO where the people stanG
In the matter They want primaries
where they can vote as directly for
candidates as they can for nominees
pn election day. The one thing is to
becomes a concentrated and potent
force That is what the Reform
League has been organized to do. AS
\ powerful help in the work Gov
ernor Harris has come out unhesitat-
lngly in favor Of the plan. In an in
terview he has said:
Il certainly favor the enactment of
good primary election law. 1 be-
lieve in the primary principle, but
am not committed to any particular
bill or method. They are matters OF
detail. But, of course, the proposed
law should make provision for fair,
square primary"
In addition to the state executive
committee, which will consist Of
Tome fifty men of different political
parties in all parts of the state, each
iounty will have its own workers and
organization, under the direction of
|he executive committeeman for that
congressional district. In this way it
Is expected to reach into every voting
precinct in Ohio and arouse the peo-
pie to the Importance of the issue and
the work which is being done. The
state executive committee, as far as
organized. is composed of the follow
ing men: Judge Howard g. Hollister,
Henry c. Hunt and Senator Arthur
Espy, Cincinnati; G. w, Bieser and
W. H. Tomlinson, Esq, Dayton; John
B. Shook, Paulding, former member
of the national house of representa-
tives; Judge Henry M. Higgins, Hills
boro; Col. o. H. Hughes, Hillsboro,
\ member of the state railway commits
sion; A. F. Broomball. Esq, Sena-
tor George s. Long, Troy; Gen. j.
Warren Keifer. Judge F. M. Hagan,
Springfield; Gen. William R. War
mock, Urbana, United States pension
agent, McEldin Dun, Bellefontaine;
George e. Pomeroy, president Of the
state board of commerce; F. l.. Dust
man, Toledo: James l. Sherwood,
Wauseon; Judge A. q. Blair, Ironton;
W. P. Stephenson, West Union, prose-
suting attorney of Adams county;
DR.. w. o. Thompson, president Ohio
State University; Prof. Alonzo B. Tut
tie, Ohio State University; Myron S.
6eibert, Allen Ripley Foote, commits
sioner state board of commerce.: H.
M. Daugherty, Columbus; E. B. Fen
ton, Sandusky; w. S. Cappeller, Mans
field; Senator George H. Chamber
lain, Elyria; Mayor Roscoe Skiles,
Shelby; Fred L. Rosemond. Cam
bridge; Thomas G.. Smith, FairyieW;
Edward X. Kibler, Newark, member
of the state municipal code commits
sion; Former Mayor w. e. Young.
Akron; F. A. Derthick, Mantua. pres
ident Ohio state grange; w. L. Day,
Esq, Canton, city solicitor and presi-
dent of state city solicitors associa-
ton; Former Mayor e. H. Moore,
Youngstown; T. e. Burton. John r.
Cunningham, "Ohio Farmer" Paul
Rowland, member congress-elect,
Cleveland.