The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-10-08
In Address at Minerva
Fair Fridav
Atlee Pomerene FlaYed
Kennedy While j. j.
Whitacre Paid His Re-
spects to the Court
House Ring.

Minerva, O., Oct. 2.-This was pol
tticians day at the Minerva fair.
Governor Harris, Congressman Ken
nedy, candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor Treadwell, with a party of Re-
publicans that filled eleven automo-
biles, came about IL o'clock in the
morning. The governors party, al
though invited to the fair, we're stop
ped at the entrance until the admis-
sion was paid for the members of
the party. The Democratic delega-
tion also came in automobiles and by
train. The party included ex-Gov-
ernor Campbell, Atlee Pomerene, Can
didate Whitacre and others.
The governor was introduced by
Clark Metzgar, chairman of the Re-
publican county committee. The gov
ernor iollied the farmers on their
farms and farming. He said: "You
have a right to ask Of the Kepubli-
can party that so long as it is in
power it shall so conduct the affairs
of this nation and this state as to
ensure the knowledge that your labor
in the field in no degree be wasted
but shall bring forth returns to Its
full value" Continuing he said that
local option as desired today by the
Republican party is nothing more or
less than the referendum. Nothing
more or less than self government -
Going to the subject of Judge Harmon
and the railroad of which he is re-
ceiver the governor said: "The only
clear light Judge Harmon has thrown
on the subject, so far as l can see,
is to make 1t plain what his attitude
would be in event he should be elect
ed governor and the question OF re-
mitting that $120,000 penalty should
come before the commission of which
he would be a member"
Congressman Kennedy followed in
an old fashioned Smooth bore
speech in which he tore passions to
tatters'' over what he characterized
as "the monstrous doctrine of insur-
ing bank deposits"
Ex-Governor Campbell was introduc-
ed by Edwin De Ford, candidate for
state senator. CampbelPs speech was
well received and literally applaud
ed He referred to the fact that Gov
ernor Harris had accused Judson Har-
mon of being at the head of rail
road corporation that had not paid
all of it's taxes but he called atten-
tion that the governor had not re-
ferred to the fact that six millions
of the peoples money held by Re-
publican state treasurer had been
distributed to favorites of the party
so that fortunes were and had been
made from the use of this money and
that while the populous county OF
Stark had but sixty thousand Of state
funds on deposit in its banks that
State Treasurer McKinnon had loan.
ed three hundred thousand dollars OF
state funds to his own bank up IN
Ashtabula county. The governor hat
also failed TO state that when the leg.
tslature attempted to Investigate the
condition Of affairs In the state treas
urer's Office that 1t was discovered
that no account of the disposition Of
the immense sum of state money In
custody of the treasurer had been KEEP
and that the investigating committee
had to secure its information from
the banks themselves.
Atlee Pomerene followed and effec
lively f1ayed Congressman Kennedy'i
heated remarks about the "monstroul
doctrine OF insuring bank deposits.
He called attention to the fact that
insuring against loss by fire had no
Increased incendiarism; that the lif'
insurance had not increased suicides
that the insuring against accidents
had not resulted in people deliberate
ly injuring themselves and he pointed
out the absurdity of the charge tha
fnsuring bank deposits would increasl
dishonesty among bankers.
]. ]. Whitacre, candidate for con
gress, then paid his respects to th'
court house ring and pointed out thu
necessity of the voters of Stark coun
ty electing Democrats to the positions
10 be filed this fall.
The audience stayed until the clos
of the speaking and by their attention
and applause demonstrated that ther'
will be a substantial Democratic gail
in that part of the state this fall.