Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31
THEY YWANT GEN. LILLY.
Fourth District Republicans Sup
port the Operator.
DELEGATES FEEL SORRY BECAUSE
PARDEE is DEAD RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED THAT ARE LAUGHED AT
BY PEOPLE OF BOTH PARTIES.

The Republicans of the Fourth Legis-
lative District met at HaZleton on Mon
day for the purpose of electing de egate
to the State Convention. Ii f. Sweeney,
of Drifton. was elected chairman, and
w. Z. Weigand, of Jeanesvlle, secre-
tary. The following were delegates from
the North Side: John NJ. Powell. Free
land; George Kugler, Sandy Run; Alfred
Widdick. Drfton Robert Newton, jed
do, and FL. E. Sweeney, Drifton. There
were only two candilates nominated, T.
ID. Jones, of Hazleton, and William S.
Leb, of Hareigh. The latter was elect
ed by vote of 13 to IL. The delegate
goes instructed for Harrison.
The committee on resolutions made
their re port, which was accepted After
commencing various Republican officials
and paying their respects to Democrats
in general the delegates say:
Resolved, That this convention believes that
it voices the feelings and the sentiments of the
great mass of the Republican voters when it
mourns the loss to the >tate of Ario Pardee, of
Hazleton, IA man who was essentially of the
common people, whose business genius built
up and developed this section of the State.
whose word was his bond and who added to the
glory of Republicansm by II loyal adherence to
the principles of that party since its birth.
Resolved, That General William II. Lilly de-
serves the support of every Republican in his
canvass for the nomination us Congressman-a at
large.
Resolved, That we view with great concern
tn action of the coal operators in the anthra-
cite region in disregarding the semi-nonthly
pay law, and as il is of vital importance that no
class of our people shall be permitted to set at
defiance the law of the land, as their action
would establish precedent that all good cti-
zens deplore, therefore we urge upon all people
interested exact compliance with the two
weeks bill as measure of justice due the
working men.
The first two paragraphs show what a
corporation save the Republican party
of this district is, and the weak attempt
in the last to throw Il bone to the labor
ing element is an insult to wOrkingmen.
MI they care about the semi-monthly
pay is not worth mentioning. If they
were in earnest AMI in sympathy with
the resolution on that subject they could
not lend their aid to the Congressiona,
aspirations of General Lilly, who is one
of the vioiators of that law. But ii Re-
publican set of res'lr tions is never in
tended to be taken seriously and the
delegates had to continue the usual COS
tom of making IA laughing stock of them
selves by adopting such inconsistent
nonsense. Their sputterings over dead
and living coal operators is too ridiculous
for anything,
The other districts of the county elect
ed the following men to 90 to Harris
bnr5: First, Hon. Morgan B. William,
and Arnold Bertels, of Wilkes Barre;
second, E. A. Coray, of Pittston, and
Crawford Harvey, of Har, eyvIIe; third.
r H. Meyer, Of Nanticuke, and Evan
X. Morgan, of Plymouth; fifth, w b.
Evans, of Pitiston; sixth, DR.. r. b.
Brundage, of Conygham.
The Republican County Convention
Mas held at Wilkes Barre on Tuesday to
elect two delegates to the National Re-
publican Convention. There were four
nominations, w j Scott, Hon Geor,e
w. Shonk, Hon. NJ B. Hughes and {.
j. Barrett. Mr.. Shonk was elected by
acclamation. The vote for the second
delegate was: Scott, So; Barrett, 80;
Hughes, 90 Isaac P. Hand was elected
substitute to Mr.. Shonk and VIM. f
Adams, uf Beaver Brook, to Mr. Scott.
President Harrison was indorsed and
the delegates were instructed for him
Matt Quay was commended and Con.
gressinan Shnnk's course in Congress
was approved.