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VOLUME 11-NUMBER 158.
AKRON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1902.
PRICE ONE CENT.
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THE CODE BILL IS
PASSED AND SIGNED
Bosses Dictated It
Made It Law.
and
Provision Has Been Made For
Constitutional Amendment.
Democrats and Others Denounced the Measure
and Its Supporters.
Columbus, 0., Oct 22. The new mu
nicipal code was signed by Speaker
McKlnnon at 0;40 this morning. Lieut.
Gov. Gordon signed the code n little
later and and the legislative work on
It Is complete. The Prleo bill to allow
mining companies to build railways to
connect with existing railways was
killed. Uallroad lobbyists held a Jubi
lee In consequence. The bill would
have prevented railways from discrim
inating In favor of their own mines by
refusing to build switches to other
mines.
This morning's session of tho Loglsla.
luro was briof and the adjournment
closed tho special session.
Tho adjournment of tho special ses
sion of the Ohio Legislature today
marked the close of the meeting of the
Ohio Assembly which convened al
most two months ago. Along with
the municipal code tho Royer bill,
giving the Supreme Court jurisdiction
In a majority of cases; thus remedy
ing tlHj mistake of last winter when
this jurisdiction was taken away, was
also 'passed, Llkewlso tho constitu
tional amendment by which, If It Is
adopted by tho people, the classifica
tion of Ohio cities will be permitted,
was also passed.
The last act In code-making was
sonsatonal. In the Senate five Repub
licans revolted at tho last moment
against the dictation of the party
bosses and Longworth, of Cincinnati,
and Tatterson, of Pike, who had tho
code In hand, spent 15 of the most
nervous minutes of their1 lives fnco to
face with the Imminent danger of
actual defeat for their cherished
measure.
For on the roll call Chnrnbcrlnln, of
Lorain, Connell, of Columbiana, Burn
ham, of Dayton, nnd Judson, of Erie,
nil stanch Republicans, responded to
their names with negative votes,
while Wirt, of Mahoning; left tho
Senate and sought seclusion where
none of the frantic party whips could
trace him. Chamberlain nnd Connell
finally changed their votes nnd saved
the code. "Vint turned up when tho
excitement was over and crept under
the party blanket by asking to bo
recorded in favor of the bill. Not a
Democratic vote was cast for the code
in tho Senate.
In tho House, Stage, of Cuyahoga,
Garrison, of -Brown, and Bracken, of
Franklin, denounced tho code, the
party bosses who had dictated its pro
visions, and tho lawmakers who were
preparing to pass it under tho party
whip In terms that have rarely been
employed even In tho Ohio Legislature.
The majority sat in sullen silence as
they listened to tho Democratic ora
tory. They had no ono to tako up the
cudgels in their defense. Painter,
Cole, Willis, of Ilardln, Price of
Athens, Allen, of Fulton, tho orators
nnd fighters of the Republican side,
were secretly In sympathy with tho
spirit that prompted tho denunciations
of tho code and only party loyalty re
strained these leaders from revolting
against a bill thoy liked as little as did
the Democrats. Even Gucrin, who has
found himself able to champion all
kinds of code legislation, didn't seem
to feel equal to tho task of defending
tho bll passed. No reply was made
to the Democratic nttneks except by
the solid vote of the Republican side
cast for tho bill.
Clyburn, Sharp and Partington, of
the minority, voted for the code. Tho
last named gentleman explained that
he himself favored none of Its provis
ions, but he read a telegram from his
constituents urging him to work and
vote, for It becauso of tho provision
contained making good the Shelby
county park bond Issue now hung up
In the courts. Tho other members of
the Democratic "black sheep" flock
voted against thq bill. Gear, "of
yyandot, who had advertised a. display
of nntl-Johnson forewords, found tho
fuses of his enthusiasm dampened
with tho breaking of day and he had
nothing to say during. tho debate on
the code.
Tho members of the House had beeji
promised that copies of tho code, cor
rected to dato, should bo upon their
desks beforo they were callad upon
to vote for tho bill. Comings reported
the bill in behalf of the Conference
committee early In tho afternoon nnd
had it made n special order for 3:30
p.m. Clyburn moved to dispense with
tho reading of tho voluminous docu
ment and this carried. But when the
time for the special order arrived the
printed copies of the bill had not
como. Comings tried to call it up and
Stage demanded tho printed copies.
Comings explained that the printer
could not get .them to the House for
an hour and added that further delay '
was not necessary ancj that "you will
have to tako the word of tho Confer
ence commlttoe. members as you have
on other measures." A yell of derision
greeted Comings at this and tho re
,ply of tho members was to promptly
reconsider their action dispensing with
tho readlngof the bill nnd to adopt
a motion by Stago that further consid
eration of tho measure be dispensed
with until the printed, copies were at
hand.
A sincere distrust' of the bill Itself
and an entire disinclination to take the
word of Comings or anyone else as to
what It contained was evidenced by
members on both sides of tho House.
Thoy declined to proceed until they
had tho code Itself In their hands.
Tho printed copies of tho bill came
late In the afternoon. A portion of It
was read at the clerk's desk. Further
reading was then suspcuded nnd
Price, of Athens," at onco moved the
pervious question. But before the
voto was put entire latitude was given
to Democratic members to say what
thoy would of the code. The minority
took full advnntnge of trie rare privi
lege of tho floor.
Stage began his attack by saying that
it was with regret, disgust and pro-,
found feelings of, discouragement that
anyono must rovleiv the proceedings
of tho special session. The code bo
called "tho work of, the Cox concur
rence committee of code contortion
ists'," and he added that in common
with a certain Frenchman ho began
to feel that the m'oro he know of men
tho better ho liked dogs. "For two
months," ho continued, "has been en
acted hero ono of the most gigantic
farco comedies ever played for the
benefit of the people of the State. A
fow mon, not members of this Gen
eral Assembly, have formulated and
passed through this body .laws ap
proved by them. Tho climax Is this
damnable rotten municipal code. It
enacts board rule. Of nil thQ.men who
appeared beforo the House Code com
mittee but one, and he tho Mayor of
Cincinnati, favored this plan pf mu
nicipal government. Tho others were
a unit against it. The 'Cox Curativo
Code Is to change and disrupt the
government of the seventy 'cities of tho
Stnto so that powor of tho boss in
Cincinnati may bo perpetuated,"
Stage then paid his compliments to
Guerln, of Erie, citing him as an ex
ample of the subserviency of Republi
can members. "My friend from Erie,"
ho cried, "this pugnacious young game
cock from Brio, came here with his
plumage all precne for-the fray. Ho
would havo had enacted a gpod code,
a federal plan code. Today ho lies
prostrate nnd bedraggled In the pit,
his spurs broken, his tall feathers pull
ed out nnd his comb clipped, tho next
Attorney General of Ohio." Sharp,
of Fnlrflold, one of tho eight Demo
cratic "black Bhcep," was tho next
man" to catch It. Tho members of thq"
House had laughed uproariously at
Stage's sarcastic delineation of Guor
in's plight. They leaned forward
breathlessly when Stage turned and
facing Sharp, who sat not a few scata
back of him, continued with wither
ing sontempt:
"The gentleman from Fairfield de
serves tho pity of many. When ho
began his work of securing voles for
the board plan and the curativo act
on this side he mado tho remark thnt
he had never, been able In a business
way to break iuto Cincinnati with a
crowbar. I suppose he has found his"
crowbar."
Stago then suggested the next possi
ble stage In evolution of Mr. Sharp In
terms that brought Price to his 'feet
with a point of order ngalnst the two
of personalities. Speaker McKlnnon
declared the point well taken. Stago
bowed, allowed Sharp to escape aud
turned again on the Republicans. He
said that members of the majority hnd
said the bill was an outrage and a dis
grace. "Will you stifle your con
sciences and voto for It'i" lie de
manded. Garrison, of Brown, said tho codo
had been drafted at tho dictation of
political bosses. He said notice had.
been served on the Democrats from
tho outset that their assistance was
not desired, that they had not beep
called in to participate In conferences
with Governor Nash, that their repre
sentation on the House Code commit
tee had been but a meager one, and
'We don't wish It to be uudcrstrod that
we were represented on the Confer-
euco committee," hcsiddcd. This was.
another shot at Sharp, who wns.plnecd
on that committee by McKlnnon os
tensibly ns a Democrat. .
Garrison said ho was glad that the
Republican party was to be responsi
ble for the code and that the minority
has had no part In it from the start.
"Because cerjam men In ,OhIo havo
built up political machines aud want
to perpetrate them." he said, "thev
will extend to all parts of the State,
tho system of government that permits
the political grafting they began In the
cities. Because Hamilton county
wishes to perpetrate board rule and,
other iniquities every part of tho
State must buffer them."
Bracken, of Franklin, made a strong
speech against the codo. He pointed
out that the arbitration clause, the
eight-hour law, the provisions for
vlstlbules on street ears, th'c provision
against the employment of girls as
messengers and every other feature
placed In tho code' at tho request qf
organized labor In the House had
been eliminated In conference com
mittee by whnt ho called "thc-cut-lf.
out" policy.
"The Interests of tho workers nro
neglected, yet you nripenl to them for
votes," h0i said (o the Republicans.
"When a proposition benefits (hem.
you cut It out." He warned the Re
publican members that their first duty
wis to their constituents nnd not ic
politicians whom they might expeet
to reward them with State or loenj
offices. He said the promises of poll-
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The Last Days
of Registration
it
Thq last registration ::
days are th6A24th and : :
25th of this month, be- V.
tween the hours of 8 a. V.
m. and I p. m., and 4 : '.
and 9pm." All new
voters and persons who
havo removed from one
ward to another, or who
'' have lately removed In-
' to the city, must regis-
ter, If they Went to vote.
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UNITED
Work Done by Ml
. Candidates.
and Bumuuin voted iijnlnst the bill
In dapld succession. W th Democratic
votes solidly against It t ic result stood
10 to 10. ' ,''''' '
Wirt ' had " disappeared. Patter
son shouted for a ealPiof the Senato
and for 15 minutes 'Ushers and page
hoys vero searching for Wlit, who
couU not lie found. Meanwhile the
other Republicans labeled with fe
verish energy to Bt the negative llc-
publlpnti votes changul, Chninbcrlalu
and Connell at Inst' changed their
votes to "aye" and' the code hnd pass
A Beacon Falsehood Is
Nailed. .
Chairman Snyder. Speaks a Word
of Caution.
"It Is the same old story that the
Beacon has used in every cnmpalgn
under Its present management," wild
Chairman W. E. Snyder of tlic Demo
ciatlc County committee Wednesday,
referring to' an article In Tuesday
night's Beacon to the effect that the
Democratic candidates are working
each for himself alone. "I wnnt to say
once and for all that there Is no truth
whatever In ,thc statement. Ordinar
ily I consider the Beacon's efforts to
mislead the voters as too pitiably weak
and transparent to deserve notice; but
THANKED
Jarvis Meach For Killing and
Wounding Burglars.
Lorain, O., Oct. 22. The County
Commissioners today officially extend
ed a vote of thanks to Jarvis Meach,
for killing two and wounding two
other burglars and "for defending his
rights aud the rights of others and
speaking out against jobbery, with hfs
shot-gun,"
ed. Later, W'lrt came, In and asked 'this opportunity I want to Improve to
to bo recorded "aye'' and before ad'
Jourumciit Burnham'niid Jmfcou had
naked and obtained pm'liilssioii to havo
the record of their voles c!,nnged to
"aye."
MRS. A. L CONGER
Is Cprnpleling Her Course In
, Osteopathy.
Mrs, A. L.' Conger, of Akron, O., a
former: student of the American School
of Osteopathy, and of (ho Des Molars
school, s now romplctliip her course in
Osteopathy at the A. S, O. Mrs. Con
ger Is 'quite well known In osteopathic
circles being' que of the stockholders
In the Dcs Moines fcIiooI, and also a
trustee of the school, says the Journal
of Osteopathy, of Kirksvllle, Mo. .
.MUCH LND. t
Mr. VanVKSamperYHas ite'Urider
Leasz In Kentucky.
' A letter from Mr.,H, D. Van Campen,
who "lsnow at Kllzab?thtouu Ky
states that he has- 15,000 acres of land
und&r? lease there, with brlcht pros
pects of striking n gocd flow of oil and
gas. One well Is now down 1.330
feet and oil Is oxpoctcd at a depth of
1,700 feet.
say that every candidate on tno uem
ocratlc ticket Is doing good work for
all the other candidates and the party.
Kvcry candidate Is working hard for
himself, but he Is working for the
whole ticket, too. We know this to
bo a fact and the good reports which
came In show that their work is first
class all along the line. The people
at large should remember that all such
btorles the Beacon prints arc false, and
should be on their guard against them."
BIG BEAR
Chased a Congressman Into a
Tree.
St. Augustine, Fin., Oct. 22-Whlle
Congressman R. W. Davis and a party
of friends were hunting In the lower
part of this county, a large black bear
began hunting for the Congressman.
Davis ran, but Bruin was loo fast and
the Congressman was obliged to climb
a tree. He kept tip a fusillade on the
bear with his revolver, but It was sev
eral hours before help came and" the
bear was killed.
TEN DEAD
MARRIED 50 YEARS.
Mr. and Mrs Ozias Barber Cele
brated Golden Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Ozlas Barber, of 104
York st., celebrated their golden wed
en wedding anniversary Monday even
ing at their home. Mr. Barber Is 78
years old and, Mrs. Barber Is aged
70. They are; among the oldpst resl-
.dents.of tho city and Mr. Barber has
been connected with- the Tapln, Rice
& Co. for tho'.past-.'-JO years.
Thirty-live of the employes of Tnp
lu, Rice & Co.nttended-thc celebration
ami presented 'Mr. Barber a gold head
ed cane nnd Mrs.- Barber, n pair of gold
spectacles, The guests presented the
couple a purse of $50 In gold. Gifts
were also received from a number of
manufacturing concerns.
AKRON TIRES WERE
IN FRONT RANK
rn the automobile reliability contest
conducted In New York Oct. 0 the
great majority of the tires used were
made In Akron and they nil won
praise. Of the 70 machines entered In
the run. which was from New York
to New Haven, Conn., 23 were equip
ped with Goodrich tires, 13 with. Dia
mond Ires nnd several others with
. . . 4
tires of the Goodyear .make. The J
G. it J. and Dunlop were also con
spicuous tires.
ACCIDENT TO MRS.
j, W, LYDER, JR.
News has reached here from Diiluth,
Minn.. hnt very mwh after the arrival
of Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. I.ydor. jr.. In
th.t el'-', recently. ' Mrs. I.ydor was
Injured 'by a fall. One of her ankles
Was lirakcu. .Mr. l;yder Is cashier In a
bank t Du'nth. lie uih formerly
connected with the Akiou Trust Co.
WEDDING DAY
tlcinns were vain things and that al
the reward that most ot ' the members
could expect from this session was tlo
satisfaction of having done their duty.
"You on n't expect to be Treasurer
of tho State of Ohio," he cried, and
the members laughed loudly at this
home thriibt at McKlnnon.
But the codo went through by a voto
of 05 to 35, for all ttyit Beal, 311611'
nnd Williams, of Mahoning, of 'the
Republicans dodged the roll call.
No debute preceded the roll cal on
the codo bill In the Senate. Mem-i
bers of that body compelled tho rendr
lug of tho entire bill and when
at 0 p.m. It was called up for passage
Senator Judson asked for more tlma
to go over tho printed copies that hnd
Just been placed In the hands of the,
members. Senator Connell moved
to delay action until 7:30 p.m. This
motion was defeated. A motion Uy
Hosea that the report of tho Confer
ence committee be adopted was tliorij
put. To the surprise and consterna
tion of Longworth and Patterson, Sen
ators Chamberlain, Connell, Judjon
Found This Man In Jail Charged
W.th Autder.
I'afnesvllle O., Oct. 22. Isaac Turll
wns arrested Inst night charged with
the murder of Mike Polassi, his room
mate, who'-e body was found hi n corn
Held. Turll was to have been, married
today.
WANTED TO v
BE ARRESTED
After a spree of two weeks, In which
he had gotten into a condition 'which
wns but ono step from delirium tre
mens, Thomas Martin wnlked into po
lice station Tuesday iiljjlit and- nsked
to be locked up. "I want, a chanceto
sober up." he Fnid, "npd I caij't do It
alone." He wns .commodated with
quarters at the Clty-prisprrnpfj whep
arraigned before Mayor Doyje, Wednes
day morning, ho repeated his request
for a chance to sober up. Tin; Mqyo
imposed a line of $2 and costs and. will
keep Martin at the City Prison for 10
days, while the effects of the spree
wear away.
A Great Fine In.
Chicago.
Many Injured and Prop
erty Loss Is Large.
Workmen In a Factory Cut Off
by Fire.
Chicago, Oct. 22. Ten men killed,
thrice as many injured and a finan
cial loss of $."00,000 are the' net re
sults of a fire that last -night de
stroyed !x large buildings compris
ing part of the Corn Products Co.'
plant of West Taylor st. and tho
river.
A furious gnlo swept huge, 'brands
over the city, endangering million
of dollars' worth of property and
causing n score of small fires. The
dead and Injured were nearly all em
ployes of the company.
The flames originated In the rear
part of the first floor from an un
known cause nnd were discovered by
the nigbtwntcliinan. Twenty mtnutes
after he had turned In an alarm the
bidding was In ruins.
Ten men were at work on the first
floor of the building, and these had
no more than escaped, when an explo-'
slou on the second floor shook' the
whole structure and carried the flames
like a flash to"be upper floors.
Thirty-four men were employed oa
the fifth floor and before any of them
could escape by the elevators or stair
ways reticat was shut off.. Several
were killed jumping to the life nets.
IN SESSION
ONLY ONE DAY
JChe special grand Jury wap in.,ecjfc.
slon only one day. All the' work was
completedf-Rnd true bills reportedia
follows: . t .
For burglnry and larceny,, Arthur
Brown, Cha. Green, Clarence Deeser,
Arthur Burns, Michael Binder, Cleo.
Wingerter; W. B. West, obtaining mon
ey under false pretense and forgery;
Michael Melllnger, horsestealing; Joij
eph Coy, criminal assault
THE "HOODOO" MAIN
HSS "SURE THING."
Kaiser WSfihelm Takes a
Renewed Interest In the Navy
Both Are on "Hand as Usual Clint Kline Criti
cised For Misrepresenting Popular
Ab. Paige.
Berlin, Oct. 22. The Kaiser has been giving his attention of late, to tho
building up of n navy which will ecllp so all other countrifs. Ho is study
ing rioval conditions and tho war and sen fortlcaUons of the big EJuropean
powers, and .will recommend to tho Reichstag, the building of a premier
wjI,
The hoodoo, which has pursued tho
political career of Mr. Clint Kline,: is
this year with him closer- than ever.
Just as surely as It knocked' him out
In 197, and on seveinl later occa
sions It will do It again 'on'! Nov, 4.:
And Clint is-growing thin and nervous
in anticipation of the terrible -defpat-
that Is awaiting him. ' Glint Kline
can't he elected to office ' Summit
county. He Is the victim of a relent
less hoodoo thnt not only keep? Ului
from getting any political honors for
hliubelf. but has heretofore defeated
every ticket on which Clint had h's
name or' headed the organization.
You can bet every cent you've
got that the hoodoo will get In Ita
work again this fall.
But Clint has pot been doing the
square thing lately. The fact thnt
he Is held In the grasp of a hoodoo Is
no excuse for him. He has been mis
representing popular "Ab" Tnlge, who
will be the next Clerk, This 'Is wrong
and Clint will gain no votes by jt.-
Not long ago, Messrs. Paige aud
Kline met on the street.
"Hello, Ab," said Glint, "I'm going
to bent you." .
"I don't. think you are," replied Mr,
Paige. "I am In the race to wn. But
If you beat me I'll be a good loser,"
"Makes no difference, I'm a 6ure
winner this trip."
"I still cling to the belief that I
will be the next Clerk of Courts," con
cluded Mr. Paige.
Only a few days Inter, Mr. PalgQ
heard that Clint had been traveling
around through East Akron, telling
the people that Mr. Paige had ad
mitted to him that he was out at tha
race.
The fact is that Mr. Paige has been.
In the race to win ever since ho re-
ceived the nomination. He has beea
working almost day and night, and
has canvassed both the city and qounrj
ty thoroughly. All of hls-close.frlends
are working for him, and It is report-,
ed from all sections that his candidacy
is received with favor everywhere.
Clint is merely at his old tricks
again. Whenever didn't he claim to
be a sure winner while he was after
an office for himself or somebody else?
In 18SI7, when asked If he would, be
elected Representative, Clint, almost"
like Joshua of old, pointed to the sun
and demanded It to become a witness,
for him,, to say whether or np victory,
wag not his.
"You see that sun there," said Clint
"We do," was the reply. '
"Ask It whether It will shine tomor'
row, and the question will be as fool
ish ns to abk me If 1 will win."
"Indeed!"
"Yes, indeed, I will win as surely
as the sun shines," he concluded, and
thnt fall there wasn't a worse llpked
man In the whole county. The hqddoo
hnd claimed him again.
Mr. A. T. Paige is well quallfed In
every way to bold the ofllce of Clerk,
of Courts. Tho people of Summit,
county all know him, and aro Ills'
friends.
"I have won two beats already,"
suld Mr. Paige today, "and am now
out for the third."
THE WEATHER:
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