Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-01-28
FIRST IN THE FIELD.
Foster Republicans Nominate a
Full Ticket.
FAIRCHILDS FOR TAX COLLECTOR
JENKINS AND SERRICKs CAPTURE
THE ROADS-oUIET CONVENTION
AND NO ENTHUSIASM.

Foster Republicans prepared them
selves for election day by nominating a
ticket at Highland school building on
Tuesday evening. There were very
Z few contests that excited any interest,"
and the convention seemed more like a
quiet little family gathering than a
meeting of politicians. 1t lacked the
sharp competition among the candidates
that is SO conspicuous in Democratic
caucus, and the delegates were easily
handled by a few good takers. The
eight districts of the township were rep
resented by sixteen delegates, and the
convention organized at 730 oclo k by
electing James Long as chairman and
Alonzo Woodring as secretary. To sew
eral of the delegates the business of
making ticket satisfactory to the party
was new, but they succeeded in getting
down to work after some difficulty.
For tax collector Thomas Brown and
John Fairchilds were named, the vote
resulting as follows:
FalTcnlluS .......
Brown Observation-Disclosures.
For assessor the names of John G.
Davis and William Drumtra were placed
in nomination, with the following re-
suit:
DaVlS S......'...... Ill
Drumtra .................
Nominations for supervisors were
next called, and four candidates were
named. The first ballot:
VIM. Jenkins. ..............
jos. SerrlcKS.
John w. Davis. s..............
John b. MUSer er............. q
jenkins having received a majority of
the votes cast he was declared one of
tho nopnipaac onI tho Ialarntac
ceeded to elect another. The second
ballot:
Serricks OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
DAVIS ...............
MoSer NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The being no choice another ballot
was ordered. The lowest candidate.
Moser, was dropped, and a motion to
vote secretly was lost The third ballot
showed seventeen votes cast, a mistake
having been made by the tellers, and
the fourth was as follows:
Serrlcks ....................
DAVIS .................
Thomas August and Thomas j, Boyd
were nominated by acclammation for
school directors.
For township treasurer VIM. j. Morgan
and John Krouse were candidates. The
vote:
hrOuSe. ..lZ
Morgan ..............
Archibald Keers and William Ulrich
were named for township clerk. The
vote:
heeTS ....''.. 10
Ulrlch Observation-Disclosures.
Auditor was the last office to be filled =,
and Jerry Woodring and Elmer E.
Salmon received the following vote:
Woodrlng ............ ......
SalmOn..... ...............
When the nominations were finished
the delegates and spectators slowly filed
out of the school room, without even the
formalty of adjourning. The work of
the delegates is not regarded by many
of the party as the best that could be
done, and several expressions of regret
were heard because certain men who
would have added strength to the ticket
refused to allow their names to be used.
The general feeling is that the candi-
dates will have rough road to travel,
unless Fosters 'unterrified' make a
bad break next Tuesday. With the ex-
ception of three or four of the nominees
the ticket is said to be one of the weak
est pnt up for some years.
The complete ticket, with the resi-
dences of the candidates, is as follows:
Tax Colector-John Fairchilds, Sandy
Valley.
Assessor-John G. Davis, South Heb
ertpn.
Supervisors-Wm jenkins, Freeand
Joseph Serricks, Sandy Run.
School observation-disclosures August, Up
per Lehigh; VIM. Boyd. Freeland.
Treasurer-John Krouse, Hazle Brook.
Clerk-Arch. Keers, Upper Leligh.
Auditor-Jerry Woodring, Sandy Run.