The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-16
NEXT FEBRUARY ELECTION
Unexpired Terms Of ClemOnS. COnnell
and Schadt to BesFilled,
COUNCILS, TO BE. REPUBLICAN
From Odd Numbered Wards Commoners
VIII Be Elccted-Indication Arc Ihat
Democrats viii Lose Control
of Common Body.

Now that the excitement of state ana
county politics has subsidized attention
naturally turns to Feb. 10, the third
Tuesday of the month, on which day
Nill be held the Scranton city election.
The chief interest in the coming con-
test hinges upon the councilmanic Of
fices, although ward constables, alder
men, registers of voters assessors and
election boards are to be chosen.
Added interest is attached to the cleo
tion of councilmen from the fact that
the common body, which now contains
twelve Democrats and nine Republi-
cans, will probably be made Republican
by at least majority Of one For com
mon council, members will be elected
from the odd numbered wards and from
the Sixteenth to fill the uneXpired term
of Charles Schadt, who has been elect.
ed county treasurer. Frank Fl. Glenn
ons and Alexander T. Connell, Of the
Seventeenth and Twentieth wards, who
have respectively. been elected sheriff
and representative, will retire from Sc
lect council and the vacancies will have
TO be filled. The select body now con-
tains twelve Republicans and nine
Democrats, and it is possible that the
Democrats will gain one member in the
councilman to succeed Mr.. Connell.
The reason for drawing these conclu
sions are presented elsewhere in this
column. XXX
Three Doubtful Wards.
Six Democrats and five Republicans
. mill rafira council Of
the Democrats, Mr. Golden, of the First
ward, was elected by virtue of a split
on the Republican ticket The ward Is
Republican and it is fair to presume
that a member. of that party will next
year succeed Mr. Golden. This would
reduce the Democratic membership to
eleven and increase the Republicans
to tdn Three doubtful wards, the
Eleventh, Nineteenth and Twenty-first,
are now represented by Democrats, but
assuming that one Of these wards goes
Republican,, common council would
have eleven Republicans and ten Dem
ocrats. Republican leaders do not
doubt that the First ward will go Re-
publican and give it as their opinion
that at least one and possibly two Of
the doubtful Eleventh, Nineteenth and
Twenty-first will elect Republican
members, Mr.. ,Schadt, the Democratic
representative of the Republican Six
teenth. who retires to occupy the office
of county treasurer, will probably be
succeeded by Republican. Mr.. Schadt
had for his opponent j. w. Browning,
of pole tax fame. whose defeat was due
largely to his advocacy of taxing cleo
trio poles.
All this gives evidence that the Re-
publicans will have working majority
of at least one or two, and probably
three, in the common body.
Y Thomas NJ. Jones Suggested.
There can be no question but thata Re-
PUBLICAN will be elected from the Seven
teent& to fill Mr.. Clemon's unexpired
termf in select. The Twentieth ward
6>swkver, is indisputably Demo-
ytc, Mr.. Connell (Rep) was
elected to- select council from
this ward as an independant cam
didate, which, added to his popular per-
sonality. secured his election. Republi-
can leaders are cognizant of the fact
tiidtr tiiC~ NGlt bCSls lilHDti SllOulu Dt
selected as candidate for Mr.. Con-
nelrs uneXpred term. Thomas NJ.
Jones, head bookkeeper at the Meadow
Brook colliery, has been suggested on
account of his general ability and an
unusual popularity among the large
laboring class of that ward. 1t cannot
be learned that Mr.. Jones has even con-
sidered the matter but from hearsaO
1t is evident that, as a councilmanic
candidate, he would do much to keep
the ward in the Republican column.
The Republican members whose terms
will expire in common council are: Ed
ward E. Robathan Fifth ward; James
NOR, Ninth ward Thomas b. Howe,
Thirteenth ward; T. Ellsworth Davis,
Fifteenth ward; Aria Williams, Seven
teenth ward The retiring Democrats
will be Patrick II. Golden, First ward
James ]. Grier, Third ward; John w.
Mclean, Seventh ward; Robert Robin
son, Eleventh ward Patrick j. Hickey,
Nineteenth ward; Thomas Norton,
Twenty-first ward. Those who will
probably be re.nominated are: Mem
bers Robathan, Moir, Robinson, Hickey,
and Norton.
Warm Fight in the Eighth.
Aldermen will be elected from the
First, Second, Eighth, and Fifteenth
wards. Probably the warmest contest
will be waged, in ther Eighth. between
w. s.. Miller and Alderman John :Fltz-
simmons, who seem likely to be nomi-
mated on the Republican and Demo-
cratic ticket, respectively