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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-01-21
AIKEN TAX TO
co TO CITIES
Representative Hunt Seeks TO Have
New Scale OF Redistribution
Establlshed-Also Wants
"''nieipal Civil
Service.

Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 20.-Two I'm
portant bills, one proposing a re-dls-
tribution OF the receipts OF the Aiken
tax so as to give municipalities a
larger share, and tho other seeking to
apply civil service to municipalities,
are In the hand OF Representative
Hunt, OF Hamilton, and Will be intro
duced early this week.
Mr.. Hunts civil service bill applies
the merit system to all the cities OF
the state. and covers all branches OF
the municipal employment except the
department OF fire and police, where
provision is already made for examina-
tion OF applicants for appointment.
The entire civil service, save for the
two departments mentioned is divided
into classified and unclassifed. All
appointments to the classified service
must be made upon merit after ex-
animation.
No removals can be made from the
classified list appointees except the
person to be removed is duly notified
OF the reasons. Then tho employe
must be given reasonable time, not
exceeding five days, in which to make
his answer in writing.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-01-21

TO PREVENT The GRIP.

LAXATIVE BRoMo oUININE re-
moves the cause. To get the genuine.
call Tor full name and look for signature
OF u. w. GROVE. ESQ.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-01-21

Advertise your wants In the Morn
Ing News Peoples Column.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-20
THE CHICAGO MoB.

Senator Lodge of Massachusetts added to his reputation as a presiding officer by directing the clerks of the republican national convention to go on with the poll of states in spite of the noisy galleries "I shall not have the president nominated by Chicago mob,' shouted the senator in anger. The poll was carried to its successful finish and Mir. Taft was nominated on the first ballot.
 This incident ought to be enough to convince the managers of the big pol itical parties that the presence of a crowd bent upon a frolic means the serious Interruption of the business which calls the states together and the possible destruction of their purpose. Until the direct primary Is adopted the surest way to escape the mob influence Is to keep the mob outside the building. With both parties in agreement in this regard the national political conventions may become things of order and beauty.
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like dynamite, Hammond had no one to take him seriously and the all sorts of others dropped out of sight, with MT, sherman passing easily under the wire q winner
 The one branch of the government in which Mr Taft lacks practical ex- perience is the legislative branch This branch MT, sherman knows as he knows his alphabet The convention obviously had this in mind when 1t sought thls method of balancing the general ticket If the next congress should take 1t into It's head to magnify tho dignity of the vice- president ana Include him among cabinet officers as an adviser of the president, or If MT, Taft, If elected, should establish the precedent of automatically lifting the vlce-president into cabinet conference by personal invitation, 1t Is conceivable that Mir sherman's usefulness would be immensely increased.
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CANAL ROAD CROSSINGS.

Somebody referred recently to the great and ever increasing number of railroad accidents in this country as The great American evl' In this age of hurry and hustle, when neith- CT subways nor river tubes. ocean greyhounds that traverse the Atlantic in four days nor motor boats that speed about our harbors with the speed of express trains, electric trains nor automobiles are fast enough to satisfy the American craze for fast living, 1t is little wonder that there are many accidents.
 If the risk of accident is great 1t calls for even greater care in provid- ing every means of safeguarding life and property that may be had. To some minds there may be a vein of humor in connecting the trains of the canal road with excess of speed and any unusual danger. But there have been not a few accidents within the last few years along the route of the canal road in this city and the alder men could not take more creditable action than they have in authorizing the committee on railroads and bridges to make thorough investi- gation of the necessity for eliminat- ing the grade crossings, especially those from Webster to Ivy streets. If grade crossings are to be abolished those that are most objectionable should go first, In the past through out this state the railroad company, being under the necessity of removing certain crossings each year, has been far too prone to abolish only those which would involve the least ex- pense. In this way the object of the law requiring the changes is for the most part perverted, since those cross- ings to be first made safe should be those that are the most dangerous
 The working out of the new rail- road cut through this city has mater ially lessened the likelihood of acci-
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dents on the main line. The railroad company has the thanks of the city for 1t. But the cut has not remedled the conditions of the Canal road, The fact that the branch has not been a paying proposition, as MT, Mellen says, may be true, but 1t does not lessen the sorrow of those who have been made widows and orphans. Mir. Mellen says the New Haven road Is seriously considering doing away with the branch altogether, but those who have followed New Haven road history know that It's tendencies have been toward acquiring new lines, rather than getting rid of any it has If the Canal road does not pay now, It certainly will not pay more with a great number of damage suits arising from inadequate grade crossings,
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Not Hooseysstss Heir.
(Providence JonrnalO


 It may be doubted indeed, if even MT. Roosevelt could have compelled the convention to take such a man, or if NIT, Taft needed any fictitious strength to make him the foremost among all his rivals, Had hls indivil- ual merits been less marked, the favor of the White House might have been quite as much an Injury as an advan- tage. The charge that he is a mere al- ter ego of MT, Roosevelt will doubtless be echoed and re-echoed during the coming campaign, That the two men are In substantial agreement upon the leading issues of the day Is undenla- bly, the case, At the same time those who know him best feel that MT, Taft Is very different man from Mir Roose- welt, and that, once he is freed from the obligations which bind member of the cabinet, his own personality will have ampler play.
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YnIe md Taft.

ttiarlt0fd Courhnt,)
 William Howard Taft needs no in- troduction to the people of Connecticut. Connecticut knows him, she knows his family, his ancestry and his breed; and she knows that there is not jumpy mind in the entire stock. It takes d man of pretty steadfast quality to be known and liked by this steady going old state. A while ago some persons said that Yale college--it was college In Bill Taft's days--was the foundation of the confidence felt by the people of this state In Judge Taft. That was moony notion. Yale university turns out several scores of young men every year--capable fellows, most of them, and all of them with their intellectuals duly stretched and exercised and rub bed down after the gymnnstic manner of training minds In our great schools; but every one of these young fellows has to show the stuff that he is made of on his own account before he is ever heard of again.
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THE INCORRIGIBLE FOUNDER.

The city of Hartford has a student of original research for mayor, MT. Hook
 CT, He is dleincined to take things for granted. When therefore the thirst for knowledge overpowers him he goes out
 of his office with his eyes open and his note book in hand. A very creditable
 and useful indulgence if the lessons of
 what he sees are put to their best use,
 Last Saturday evening. Mayor Hook
 CT was overcome by desire to see for himself how the police of that city con duct their department, so he announe-
 ed that he would go on duty for the
 night, As fast as the calls came in for the patrol wagon he jumped to the seat by the driver and personally and officially inspected the arrests made.
 From the full account of the evening printed in the Hartford newspapers,
 there was business enough and to spare. For the most part the offend 'ers consisted of the rounder class, poor |derelicts, who alternate between the
 county jail and the low dives of the city. There was a bunch of them,
 men and women. and when the volun- |tary service was completed, Mayor
 Hooker was certainly a wiser man, whether he was a sadder one or not.
 It is not very pleasant business to come into such intimate touch with the seemy side of life, and 1t is time lost unless the investigator has some more
 serious intent than to study police methods Those are easily studied in a less offensive way.
 If Mayor Hooker has had time to Ianalyze his experience he must now
 be convert to the care of the incor- rigible rounder. He must realize as
 he never did before that society dissi-
 pates its powers and weakens Its ener- gies when 1t goes on endlessly arrest ing these degenerates, putting them to trial and sending them to Jail. From any point of achievement involved. 1t
 would be just as well to ignore them altogether. leaving them to test to the extreme the principle of the survival of the Attest What society should do is to repeal its arbitrarily drawn laws requiring these offenders to spend stated time in jail for a stated offense, and to substitute for them the power of the police court to send them to jail
 for an indefinite time. long enough to
 surely get all of the rum out of them and then long enough 10 awaken their dormant faculties if they are found to possess any. If they then prove them selves incorrigible they should be de- prived of their liberty and the most made of their weakened labor To treat
 them as they arc now treated is un- worthy of a savage tribe in the in- terior of the Philippine Islands We hope this realization has come to May
 or Hooker as result of his experi- ence.
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Never n Better Equipped Candidate.

(NeW fOTk lflDune,)
 It Is no straining of the truth to say that MT. Taft is better equipped for the administrative duties of the presidential office than any other candi- date for the presidency has been at the time of his nomination. The political experience of the secretary of war has been extraordinarily complete and va ried. He has served with distinction as state and federal judge, held one of the most important posts in the depart ment of justice, been secretary of war and acting secretary of state. has gov erned the Philippines, been temporary governor of Cuba, and has supervised affairs In the Isthmian canal strip. He Is an administrator. negotiator and pacifcator who has proved his tact and skill In many difficult fields, and his all round competency as a public man equals, fl 1t does not exceed, that of such earlier noted eXemplars of versa tility In statesmanship as Albert Gall latin, James Madison and John Quincy Adams. Mir. Taft Is just as admirably fitted to be chief justice of the supreme court or a leader in either branch of congress as he Is to fulfil the duties of the presidency.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-20
A VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

The class of 1878 which graduated from Hamilton college, New York. fol- class which graduated from Yale col- lege in 1878 gives forth it's best produc, to balance the republican ticket of 1908. James schoolcraft sherman Is the man anu if elected will depart from the halls of legislation to preside over the de- Alterations of the senate.
 MT sherman has had a very active and prosperous career both In the prac- tice of law, in business and in politics He was first elected to the fftieth con- gross and with but one exception has been regularly reelected to the sue ceeding congresses including the pres ent one He Is man of high character and integrity Ever since the New York delegation arrived in Chicago hopelessly tied to the Hughes string they have been maneuvering about to support MT. sherman for second place but it was not until they had obeyed the instructions of the state conven- ton to present Governor Hughes name for president could they move ef- fectively. The adjournment of the con- vention from Thursday to Friday gave them the opportunity they needed to work on the delegates from other states and force New York into the lime light MT Fairbanks remained obdurate, Guild could not summon impressive strength, Deliver and Cummins looked
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YALE BASEBALL

The Waterbury American, In very timely aqulh, asks why it is that In baseball 'lickings do not seem to do Yale ae much good as they do in every other form of athletics. The fact Is pointed out that in rowing and foot ball 1t does not take Yale teams years to learn the trick of winning, but in baseball defeats. This season 1t was added to every year in a mournful fashion
 The plaint Is no new one but to Yale minds 1t will continue to recur again and again until that happy time when conditions are changed and Yale will be the acknowledged baseball superior that she is on the gridiron and on the Thames. Many reasons have been Iascribed for the continuance of Yale baseball defeats. This reason 1t was figured out that possibly the past sys- tom of professional coaching was ac- icountable for the trouble In eonse- quence q graduate system of coaching very similar to that used in football was instituted and the best of results were looked for. The wisdom of that change need not wholly be determined 
 from the fact that Yale has lost the Princeton series and seems to be in a fair way to lose the Harvard series, too. The change in coaching seems to have been a wise one without regard to the number of games won or lost. In collegiate athletics 1t would always seem that a system of graduate coach- ing turned out a team that Is more truly representative of a university
 than the objectionable and less sports lmanlike method of hiring professional men to round the boys into shape,
 Wherein, then, have Yale baseball tSdllis HlDNSu ldIhlllS ll ildS DttH III the ability to recognize and to make the best of opportunities. All other Yale teams succeed tolerably well but the baseball men do not The first Princeton game was fuke. of course, The second game was not so much won by the deserving ability of the Yale team as lt was because the Princeton boys had an off-day. At the game in New York, Yale had the brightest of golden opportunities to clinch the victory with men circling the bases in splendid style. But Yale did not measure up to the opportunity and all the good work went for nothing. In just this particular lies the exasper- ating part of Yale baseball A Yale football team on the ten yards line will make a touchdown dollars to doughnuts: but a Yale baseball team with the bases full and not man out cannot be depended upon for one run, The near-presence of success and vic-
 tory seems to paralyze 1t.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-20
Taft Qualifications.
(New York Times ]


 Quite aside from his relation to the president, Mir. Taft Is the man of the hour because he has high qualifications In respect to brains and character which are fundamentals of fitness he is eminent The country knows him we'll and he knows the country thoroughly Indeed, next to his ability and upright ness his Intimate knowledge of the ma. chnery his hand is to direct, should he be elected, must be counted chief among his qualifications. No recent president save MT Mckinley has been his equal in knowledge of public af- fairs, and he surpassed MT. Mckinley in this, that while the martyred presi- dents experience of natfonai affairs had been confined to the legislative branch, Mir Taft has long had the run of the executive field, where his ser- vices have been most intelligent and valuable, and before that he sat upon the bench
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Where Is His pccrf

tWateibufy Kepub1Icnn)
 Where Is the man his peer for the position7 With experience as lawyer. judge. cabinet officer, and with that ex- perience augmented by personal vlsitn- ton of not only the states, b ut the out posts of our national possessions, he comes more fully equipped, physically and mentally, to discharge the duties incident to the presidential office than any other man in the country, With candidate of such universally ac- knowledged ability, experience and mental boise, confidence should be at once restored and business move on In its, wonted channels. Confidence and big crops will insure votes enough to elect him and start another ten years of prosperity
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gift of the people of the greatest of all countries,
 We are not aware that any particu- lar lesson is to be drawn from the contrary careers of these two young men IL would De difficult to lraw one that would At both but 1t Is at least interesting to contemplate the little power many distinguished men have and have had over their own destiny,
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No Insuperahle obstnclc.
(New York Sun.)

It Is q great relief. too to find that nothing has been put in the platform which precludes the possibility of Mir
 Taft's election He is not committed by it to any well defined form of sacrilege in respect of the Constitution or of the courts II contains no mandamus 10 continue the work of destruction so auspiciously pursued by his predecessor. In fact we discern in 1t no insuperable obstacle 10 Mir Taft's conducting n con stfuctive and benencent administration.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-20

An upstate paper publishes group of pictures of Mir, Taft's family, his birthplace and home, such as are sent out by newspaper agencies in matrix form Beneath are these words, which had not been eliminated in the print ing. Not to be used until Taft is nomA mated" Somebody must have ex- peeted he would be.
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The Next President.
tNew York World.)

William II, Taft Is the next president of the United states-provided the dem ocratic national convention nomlnates William ]. Bryan. II Ia an office for which MT. Taft has conspicuous quali- Hcations. But best of all, his nomin- ntion means the end of Roosevelt and Rooseveltism. IL means the end of per sona government, of antocratic regime, of militarism, of jingoism, of rough riderism, of administration by shouting and clamor, tumult and denunciaton. II means the end of the Roosevelt reign of terror and the restoration of the pres- dency to It's historical dignity under the constitution
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-20

They tell us that Mrs. Roosevelt would not let her husband run again because she Is so afraid some harm will come to him because of his position and she Is tired of worrying about 1t. They also say that Mrs. Taft saved her hus- band for the presidency by preventing him from accepting a place on the bench of the Supreme court. Why are the women asking for the suffrage any way. They are running things as 1t is,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-20

Comparisons are odlous. A carefully compiled list of statistics gives the length of the demonstrations at the va rious national conventions. Mckinley was applauded twelve minutes when nominated President Roosevelt was applauded forty-hve minutes the other day when simply mentioned, yet he is is not necessarily the better man. Vic torious Yale teams have been applaud ed whole evening.
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Hurrnh for the Fourth!

Burn up powder! Raise row! Celebrate the rise Of our Independence Day. tJohnny's independent now Of his eyes). Shot your bombs. Our army wrung, Deaf to wars alarms, Freedom from the foreign king con the rule has Jimmy flung, Of his arms). Start the rockets! Let 'em see Not the land that begs, But who fights gains liberty. tTommy is thls minute free Of his legs). Let your cheers to heaven ring! Light the skies with red. tPlenty kids to go around) Sound the ancient slogan, Bring Out your dead.'
 ---Life.
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There's an old song sung on the cam pus that goes: Hello. Bill. Who's your friend?" That Is the question the Re- publioans were asking Taft yesterday as to his choice for president.
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Governor Judson can go a-sailing Before he reaches the narrows, Connec- ticut will have her usual stock of gov ernors home and ready for business.
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What did you give your wife for her birthday" "A blank check" Gee whiz Can she All In any amount she wants to?' Yep. I didn't sign it, Cleveland Leader
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Fifty-seven varieties of Taft photos on the front pages of the newspapers Ill over the country.
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A FEW LAUGHS.

50 your son Is now a soldier, hey, Uncle Ben?" Yes sah; he's done jned de malicious corpse, sah. Baltimore American.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-20

If 1t had come out Roosevelt, there would have been any number to say: stampede. l told you so." But 1t didn't.
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Sonora de Costa, who caused the great peace monument, the Christ of the Andes" to be erected on the bound ary between Argentina and Chile, has finally completed the organization of the South American Universal Peace as- gociation.
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Amy Tooer--That man who jumped and shouted when men were on bases must have had wheels
 Yalevard- -Er--I guess likely he was the coach, don't you know.
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"On my knee begged her for kiss. " And what did she say?"
 Told me 10 get up and be practical. ]: Louisville Courier Journal.
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The mapping of the United States by the geological survey has been in prog ress since 1879 and go far somewhat more than third of the country has been surveyed or about 1,050,000 square miles, exclusive of parts of Alaska.
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A master t-arms is petty officer in the navy who forms one of the police of ship. In the United States navy there are four grades of masters-at- arms.-~chief master-at-arms and mas ter-at-arms of the first. second and third class. Large vessels have one chief and several of the lower ratings. In small ships a first or second class master at arms is the chief of the ships
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The best of the campaign songs SO far Is the parody on Harrigan, sung by the ohio glee club, with the chorus: "B -dolble-l-y Taft spells Billy Taft; Sure he has the qualities with him, Devil a man can gay word ag'in him. E -double-l-y Taft, you see, Is q name that great fame has ever
 been conneetd with; Billy Taft. Ylp. That's he
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Hortense, call up MT. De Millyuns and ask for Fido."
 Yes, me lady"
 "Carlo wishes to bark to him over the telephone e'--Washington Herald.
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The Ananias club will expire under the statute of limitations March l. 1909.
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Mrs Calder (reading an ad)--"Shop- ping by mail! How ridculousl' Mrs hscun1-"Why so2" Mrs, Gadder--"Why. how can one shop by mail' You can only buy things by mail Philadelphia Record.
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Old Gent (siving barber's assistant a tip)--How Ia 1t that you expect tips in this place and yet display that mo gratuities" placard? Barbers Assistant We'll sir. we find 1t pays best. Sorter reminds gents, sir-Punch.
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TAFT AND THE CONVENTION
Ynle Sure to Win. (Bridueport Standard

N'7FTHHFF'Il btNTTIHTH'T
 Roosevelt, who is a Harvard man. probably made up his mind for Taft on the ground that it was time that Yale had chance. Republican. To be sure. And he knew that Yale would win if 1t was fair competi- ton.