Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

The delegates elected on Saturday af
ternoon to the Democratic county con
vention met ON Tuesday in Germania
Hall, Wilkes-Barre, and nominated full
ticket. The convention was opened al
1885 by Chairman English and the
necessary temporary and permanent Off
GERS were elected. The morning session
was brief and consisted mainly in pre-
pairing for the afternoon work. The diff
ferent committees were appointed and
the convention adjourned until half past
one o'clock.
Immediately upon reconvening the
committee on contested seats presented
their report, which was accepted. The
committee on permanent organization
also reported, and among the officers
selected was James L. Lenahan for
chairman. Mr.. Lenahan was greeted
with applause upon taking his position
on the platform. On being introduced
he thanked the convention for the honor,
referred tosthe fight of last fall, how the
Republicans promised prosperity in the
event of their success, and how they
failed to fulfill these promises. He
showed that the greatest prosperity was
under a Democratic administration and
asked if the miners had prosperity under
stagnation-the miner, the merchant and
the professional man. That is the wav
the Republicans kept their promises.
We were defeated last fall, but that
defeat does not dismay us. We are
going in this year to win. He then
spoke briefly on the tariff and showed
that the workingman had nothing to
expect from so-called protection. He
also paid his respects to Corporal Tanner
and that if he were kept at the head of
the pension department the surplus
would not be an issue in the next cam
paign. He spoke at some length on the
state of affairs showing how the Repub-
licans had failed to carry out their
promises made previous to the last cleo
ton, how labor measures were killed in
the legislature, and advised the working
men to vote against Boyer for State
Treasurer.
When the chair announced that the
nominations for judge were in order p
A. O'Boyle of Pittston arose and placed
before the convention the name of Edwin
Shortz of Wilkes-Barre. There being
no opposition Mr.. Shortz was nominated
by acclamation.
A candidate for sheriff was the next
business and the names of Hon. George
j. Steigmaier of Wilkes Barre, Ziba Van
Loon of Plymouth, r. K. Laycock of
Wyoming and Lewis Landmesser of
Halle Township were presented to the
convention. The result of the first bal
lot was:
Stegmaler 131
Van Loon. Observation-Disclosures. IA
Laycock ................... %
IandmeSSpr 20
Ninety-nine votes being necessary to
choice, Stegmaier was declared the nomi-
nee for sheriff
The office of recorder was the next
one to be filled and on this was centered
the interest OF everyone present. The
present incumbent, JOS J. McGinty, and
John McHugh of Halle Township were
nominated. The ballot resulted as fol-
lows:
McGinty .................... 1l6
McHugh "a
Mr. McGinty had majority before
two-thirds of the delegates had been
called. His nomination was made unani-
nous and the result received with great
cheering.
For coroner DIR. J. J. Smythe of Ed
wardsville, Dr. Smith of Plymouth, DR..
William F. Pier of Pleasant Valley, DR.
ID. G. McCarty of Plains and DR.. Peter
Hines of Wilkes-Barre were placed in
nomination. When the names of about
half the delegates had been called Drs.
Hines, Smith, Smythe and McCarty were
withdrawn and DIR. Pier was thereupon
nominated by acclamation.
For surveyor the present official,
James Crockett of Ross Township was
renominated. The following resolutions
were adopted, after which the conven-
tion adjourned amid much enthusiasm.
The Democratic party OF Luzerne County, in
convention assembled at Wilkes Barre city,
this third day of September, 1889, resolves as
follows: That
Frst-We reaflirm the cardinal doctrines of
the Democratic party as enunciated by Thomas
Jefferson, by which the country achieved its
phenomenal success.
Second-The Democratic party of Luzerne
County reaifirms the Democratic platform rs
adopted at the Chicago Convention, believing
the promises therein set forth are those which
alone assure an honest government for and by
the people.
Third-The Democratic party of Luzerne
County favors and supports the doctrine of
revenue reform, believing that in such doctrine
alone are requisite all those virtues from which
spring the happiness and prosperity of our
people, as the present mode of maintaining an
exhorbtant and unnecessary mode of taxation
for the revenue of the government comes in
the main from the poorer or laboring class of
our citizens.
Fourth-The Democratic party of Luzerne
County has always been and still is the party
within which lies the much needed succor of
those who are compelled to labor, and il hereby
pledges itself to adhere to and in every sense
maintain its former attitude.
Fifth-We further desire to call attention to
the fact that the promises and pledges of the
Republican party of better times, Il higher and
better rate of manual wages and of prosperity
heretofore unknown in the history of our peo-
pie, are belied in the evidence of a general
stagnation of trade, an overproduction in i'm
port contract labor and failure in almost
every essential particular to enforce pledges
which deluded and misled the average voter to
support policy in direct antagonism to n
much needed policy of revenue reform.
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