The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-12

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half smile. half scorn and the determi-
nation to fill up the blank space on tho
ticket. 81 nominate Edward Merri-
field for congress" was all he said. P.
j. Mccormick, Of Blakley, moved that
the nomination be made by acclama-
tion and the motion was carried with
out opposition, only two men voting
on the motion.
THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION.
For sheriff Attorney G. Comegys
nominated James G.. Bailey. He said
the latter would adorn the office and
make an official Of whom the people Of
Lackawanna might be proud. There
was no other nominee and the nomina-
tion was made by acclamation.
Edward Frable, OF the Twelfth ward,
nominated Charles II. Schadt for
county treasurer, and he was given a
place on the ticket by unanimous con-
sent.
John ]. Durkin was placed in nomi.
nation for the office of clerk Of the
courts in neat speech by 7. ]. Nc.
Tighe. of Carbondale. Like his prede-
cessors he was named by acclamation.
The same was true of Sheriff John J.
Fahey, who was nominated for pro-
thonotary by John Z Roche in a
speech in which he paid high tribute
to Mr.. Fahey's services to the party.
and his sterling qualities as fighter
for party success. Mr.. Fahey's name
was crested by cheers.
1t was not until John P. Kelly was
nominated for district attorney by
james ]. O'Neill, however, that tie
convention began to enthuse. Mr..
O'Neill became truly eloquent as he
dwelt on the merits of MIR. Kelly. In
closing he said "The candidate l
name for you has never been defeated;
he is honest, courageous, with wide
knowledge Of the common aud statute
law, and if you nominate him you
will find him winner again. "
Mr.. Kelly was given the nom
ination by unanimous consent,
and e. J. Lynett then arose
and renominated James j. Healey, of
Dunmore, for recorder of deeds. He
referred to him as man Of the people,
a great vote "getter" and person who
wo uld be tower of strength to the
ticket Incidentally Mr.. Lynett ex-
pressed his qualification at the good
judgment the convention showed in
placing P. P. Smith and Edward Mer-
rifield at the head of the ticket There
was no opposition to the candidacy of
Mr. Healy and he, too, was accorded o
denomination by acclsmation. H. T.
Koehler was unanimously renominated
for the office of register Of wills and
then the struggle for the Office Of jury
commissioners began.
JURY COMMISSIONER,
There were half dozen delegates on
their feet when the nominations for
jury commissioner were called for. All
began talking at once and it was some
time before order was restored. Fin
ally the following were duly placed in
nomination: W. J. Campbell, Provi-
dence; Dennis j. Roche, Seventh ward.
Leopold Yearinc, Eleventh ward; An
thony MeHugb, West Side; George
Shoemaker, Eleventh ward; Thomas
Hrffron. Twentieth ward; Thomas II.
Kelly, Nineteenth ward; John P. Fee
ney, Fourth ward; John j. Mannion,
Carbondale.
A little diversion was created, before
balloting began, by the appearance Of
the diminutive Major Shoemaker, who
mounted the platform in front of the
bench and made an appeal to the dele
gates for support He was interrupted
frequently by cheers, Kisses, cries Of
"Sit down. "Shut up" That's not
fair" etc, but nothing daunted tie
little man said his little say.
Michael J. Giroy, one of the secre-
taries. arose with well-if-all-you-
small-fry- are .throngh-Ill begin air, and
began to talk about the Hub Of Dem.
ocracy," "The Keystone of Lacka-
wanna County" and finally came back
on earth with the information that he
was seconding the nomination Of Dan
mis- j. Roche. of the Seventh ward
During his dissertation he took occasion
to comment on the majority which the
Seventh had rolled up for Judge Smith.
AS he was sitting down one of the DEL
egates in the rear of the room shouted
well, the Seventh was rotten when
Reese Brooks ran for office" When
the laughter following this sally had
subsided the balloting was begun.
On the first ballot the vote for jury
commissioner was as follows: Camp.
bell, 26; Roche, 81; Yearing, 1; Nc.
Hugh, 10; Kelly. 2S; Feeney, 7; Shoe
maker, 8; Mannion. 57!; Heffron. 1.
The names of Feeney, Yearing and
McHugh were withdrawn and second
ballot was taken. The result was
Campbell, 2S; Roche, o.; Kelly, 81
Shoemaker, 10; Mannion. 69t; Heffron.
O. Before the ballot had been taken a
motion was passed that at its conelu-
sion the four lowest candidates be
dropped. That left in the field only
Mannion and Kelly. The former re-
ceived SS votes and was declared the
nominee. Kelly received 81 votes.
MR.. BURKE's RESOLUTION.
When the balloting for jury commits.
sioner was completed W. j. Burke Of
fered the following resolution:
Resolved That the rules Of the Demo-
ing to the election Of delegates to the state
convention be 80 amended and the same
are hereby amended that hereafter dele.
gates to the state convention shall bs ell
ected by the delegates in the several repre-
sentative district conventions which shall
have been called for that purpose.
How are they elected now2" asked
Secretary W. W. Baylor.
lA !
Mr.. Burke.
"Well, that way is good enough de.
clared Mr.. Baylor
"The resolution is there and is sec
onded," declared Mr.. Burke with dig.
nifty, "and if you want an argument III
its favor I'm prepared to make it,"
"Vote it down." shouted Mr. Baylor
but on the contrary the convention
adopted it.
After q motion offered by P. J. Nc
Cormack. of Blakely, that the chair.
man Of the county convention and the