The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-11-22
REPUBLICAN POLITICS
IN NEARBY CONGRESSIONAL DIS
TRlcTs DISCUSSED
BY Pttsbure Dispateh's Washington
Correspondent.

The Washington correspondent of
the Pittsburg Dispatch has the follow.
ing on Republican conditions in the ad-
iacent congressional districts:
There is much trouble among Ohio
Congressman and there will be more
The fight between Secretary Taft AMI
Representative Burton against Sen1
| tors Foraker and Dick for control OF
the delegates to the National Conven-
ton will have an effect in the con.
| tests for nominations for Congress.
Twenty OF the twenty-one members
of the delegation will be candidates
for reelection. The one who Is de-
termined to drop out Is Capell Weems
of the st. Clairsvllle district.
That's a district in which ambitions
grow with rank luxuriance. There
are six or eight men almost ready 10
avow their ambition, but up to date
ID. A. Hollingsworth, OF Cadiz, Is the
only open and above-board candidate.
It has been his ambition for more than
quarter Of century and 1t Is said OF
him that he has turned down chances
for political preferment in other diree
tions TO remain faithful to his -eonyic-
ton that he would make good Con
gressman.
But If he makes a serious attempt to
get the nomination he is likely TO IND
State Senator Charles NJ. Hogg, also
OF Cadlz. camping on the trail that
leads to the nominating convention.
There is personal as we'll as political
feeling between the two men and
Hoggs candidacy would undoubtedly
be attributed to Hollngsworth's can
dldacy.
DEACON" RUTAN's LONGING.
Deacon" d. o. Rutan, Of Carroll.
ton, Carroll county, which has to be
Joined with Harrison so the two may
have one representative In the Ohio |
assembly, also has longlngs. Mark |
Hanna gave him splendid send.ot |
ten years ago by remarking, after
Hanna had been elected to the Sen
ate against Rutan's bolt, We'll, Rutan !
Is an honest man anyway" Coming |
from Hanna Just at that time the re- |
mark was more than ordinarily sig |
Jefferson and Belmont counties, the
big ones OF the district, are expected |
to step aside this year and give the
other counties a a-chance 10 produce
candidate They have divided the
honor between them for years and
years, Belmont having had II for six
terms.
In the neighboring district, the
In which GAINESVILLE is the
chief city, Beman G. Dawes Will be u
for a third term But he
will have a fight on his hands, not only
for the election but for the nominl-
tion. Col. Il, B Brown. or GAINESVILLE
OF the Grand
Army, and editor. OF the GAINESVILLE
Courier. is talked or as an aspirant
'or the nomination, but even II he does
not come out for Il there will be oppo-
s!tion TO Dawes.
OPPOSITION TO KENNEDY.
II James Kennedy. OF youngstown,
IN Inc OLHtT Edbltfu oulO uASlfict
loes not have composition the fac
will be one OF the seven wonders NJ
he world He has asserted that nine
,ut OF ten men ip his district favor
he nomination Of Secretary Taft an
minated that THE tenth. ipso facto'
man. ala not amount TO much.
/ is the tenth nan. az least, who will
ny 10 make Kennedyis life unhappy.
W. Aubrey Thomas, in the Nine
eenth district. which includes Akron,
he home Of Senator Dick. is a lucky
,itiIen. The district is the one that
axes pride In returning men term
lfter term As IL did with Garfield,
Wade. Glddings and Northway.
Thomas and Dick are not on good
erms politically. Thomas at one time
vas a Foraker man, but when Dick
md Foraker combined Thomas few
,yer TO the Taft encampment prob
lbly because he could not bear the
des of being on the same side with
he senator, whom he succeeded in THE