The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03
Twelfth WARD CONTEST
Commissioners Have Filled Their Re-
port In the Case.
LIST OF ILLEGAL VOTERS
Many Voted Who Were Not Naturalixed.
'he Commissioners Say. and Others
Voted Whose Affidavits Were Very
Defective from Various Causes.

Commissioners W. Gaylord Thomas
and w. W. Baylor filed their report
yesterday In the Twelfth ward election
contest. This contest is an outgrowth
of the municipal election held here In
February. 1894. when James ]. Manley
was returned as elected select council
man Of the Twelfth ward. and Morgan
]. Sweeney as common councilman.
Their right to hold the offices was
contested by John f. Kearney and
Henry w. Coyle, respectively.
The first meeting of the commission
ers was held on May ., 1894, and since
then they have held fifty meetings.
Eleven days We're consumed In eXamin-
ing record testimony. At the election
held in the Twelfth ward on Feb. 20,
1894 the commissioners state that they
found that l6l votes were cast for select
council, and OF these the face of the
returns showed that James j. Manley
received 246 and John +. Kearney 2l5.
for Sweeney and POS for Henry W.
Coyle.
The commissioners find that the fol-
lowing named persons voted for the
office of select council and common
council of the Twelfth ward Of the city
of Scranton at the election held Feb.
20, 1894. but had not paid a state and
county tax within two years of said
election. which had been personally as
sessed in the state as least two months
and paid at least one month before said
election: Matthew Roche. owen Nc
Donald. Julius Whalen. Patrick Cos
grove, Daniel I.afferty. James Cronan,
John Sweeney. Michael Osborne,
Walsh. jr., John Finnerty, John ]. Fill
bin. Joseph Cover. James Walsh,
James Kane. Thomas Cannon. John
Sheehan, Edward McGann. Bloom La
France. and Michael Hayes. of the
First district: James Whalen. Daniel
Sheehan, William Mullen. Patrick
Harmon, Second district.
We're Not Na,uralizcd.
The following named persons voted
for said offices at said election, but
We're of foreign birth and had never
been naturalized previous to said cleo
ton: Patrick Durkin, Patrick Butter,
Michael Keogh Bernard Carroll, John
Walsh. Daniel DonOhue. jr., First dis
trict; Michael Burke, Thaddeus Noon.
Thomas Moran. Michael Brogan, John
Evans. Adam Dennier. Second district
The following named persons voted for
said officers at said election, but We're
not registered and made no affidavits:
Matthew Byron. First district John
Hisig and James Moynahan. Second
district
The following named person voted at
said election for said offices and was
not registered, but made affidavit,
which did not state when. where nor
for what ward the tax claimed to have
been paid by the voter was assessed:
Frank Sweeney. Second district.
The following ballots We're cast for
said officers at said election, but the
names of the voters as they appear
on the lists of voters differ from the
names in the registry list. and no affl-
davits were made in the names of the
persons whose names appear on said
lists of voters: said names as they
appear on said list Of voters and reg
istry lists being as follows: Thomas
Mcdonnell. Thomas Mcdonald. F. c..
Eahard. Fred Eurhardt. First district;
Mike Pryle, Michael Price, Second dis
trict.
Affidavits Were Defective.
Following were not registered and
made defective affidavits: John
Keough, Bartholomew Mullen. First
district; Michael Norton. Fred Bursch.
First district: Michael Keegan, Second
district; Stephen Reap, Second district;
Julius Whalen, First district; Thomas
Ryan. Second district; William Ryan.
First district: George Luzender, First
district; Stanislaus Farnamski, Second
district; Henry Davis. First district.
Other persons whose votes are de-
clared illegal are: George Houston,
sr., First district. never naturalized,
voted in Second district and Is regis
tered in First. Thomas Mcclure. First
district, did not live In the district In
which he voted. John Downley, Sec
ond district. voted but was not as
sessed. Philip Wren. Second district.
his property Is assessed as Philip
Ryan. John Ryan, Second district, did
not pay a state tax and voted In the
district in which he was not registered.
Other Illegal voters specified are:
James Mcdonnell. Michael Kelly, First
district; James Quinnan, Second dis
trict; David Walsh. First district.