The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-22
CHATS BY THE WAY.


The announcement that Governor Pat
tison may turn the duty of Issuing writ
OF election to fill the vacancy in the elf.
teenth district over to his successor Con.
eral Hastings, thus postponlng the choice
OF successor to the late Myron b.
Wright until the regular February elec-
tlons ought to be generally satisfactory
ihere Is no pressing reason for immc-
diate action; and three months delay
would give the people of the district
ample time to select suitable candidate
Speaking of candidates. new name has
been suggested, that of S. s. Wright, of
Great Bend, now serving his third term
as register and recorder of Susquehanna
county. Mr.. Wright is a sterling Repub-
lican and well-informed man, politically.
The district would be creditably repre-
sonted should he be chosen TO fill the pres
ent vacancy.
That new Philadelphia car fender which
Is said to work so admirably consists Of
a vertical wire screen, to which is at
tached a horizontal screen tipped with
rubber. 1t scoops persons up and de-
posits them gently upon the netting, heart
whole and fancy free Judging from its
pictures it Is not an aesthetic success;
but Scrantonians are content to waive
that point if it will save their lives from
the now threatening trolley. Besides,
when the cars are jammed full, these
Tenders could be utilized for reserved
seats. Let US have the tenders, by all
means.
Judge White, of Plttsburg, Is a jurist
who doesn't propose to stand any non
sense in his treatment of the liquor prob
lem. He has just fined Il brewery agent
$500 and sent him up for three months, for
soliciting orders for beer in kegs and FIJI.
Ing these orders through local agents.
The court held that both the agent ana
the brewers We're guilty of violation of
the license law. The sales should be
made at the brewery or at the regular
place of business. Their business is TO
supply the trade, both wholesale and re-
tail dealers, but not to establish agencies,
send out wagons, or supply individuals,
clubs and the like. a brewery license
conveys no privilege to engage in the
wholesale or retail business anywhere.
Nevertheless, in this county, If common
report be not amiss, there are several
brewery licenses which convey privileges
to do pretty much as their holders please
Judge White should visit Scranton.
In review of the next state senate
Harry Hall makes the following interest
ing allusions to members from this sec
ton: 'E. B. Hardenbergh, of Wayne, who
was elected from the Twenty-siXth dis
trict, represented by Democrat for the
past four years, served In the house in the
sessions of 1885 and 1887, being one of the
first Republicans to carry his county
Senator Hardenbergh was born in 1916
and has been in the railroad business
from his youth. He is man of force and
ability, was one of the most popular
members of the lower branch, and is a
decided acquisition to the senate. James
c. Vaughan, of Scranton, senator-elact
from the Twentieth district, is young
Irish American, who studied law with
Lieutenant Governor l.. A. Watres, for-
merly senator from the same district. He
Is looked upon as rising young man in
his section. and the fact that he defeated
NJ. T.. Mcdonald, one of the ablest AMI
most deservedly popular Democrats in the
senate, is ample evidence of his capabil-
tiles as a worker"
The leader of the Democrats in the next
senate, in Harrys opinion will be new
man, j. Henry Cochran of Williamsport.
The Democrats, what there are of them,
will need leader, for the losses on their
side have been marked. Those losses in
| clude: George Ross of Bucks. the De-
mocracy's acknowledged leader, who died
| Monday; Markley. of Montgomery. the
chief of the anti-Harrity. Pennsylvania
Democracy; Grant Herring, of Columbia,
| eloquent and popular now collector of in
ternal revenue G.. c, Brown, of York, the
| Granger" senator: =. Gray Meek, of
| Center, now surveyor of the port of Phil
| adelpha; Harry Alvan Hall, of Elk, now
| United States district attorney; NJ f. Me-
| Donald, of Lackawanna-all these were
men especially prominent on the Demo-
| cratic side, while Rapsher, OF Carbon
Lloyd, of Cumberland, and Logan, of
Crawford, took considerable part In sena-
torial proceedings. With a following Of
six members, the new Democratic sena-
torial Moses will hardly have much
chance to distinguish himself.
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| It, these advertisements are In reality
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