The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-24
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are therefore each entitled to one-half
q vote.
Laurel Run-Edward Ianing.
plymouth township. West division.
First distrist-Peter McDermott.
MARCY township. South district
Frank mccarthy and Patrick Walsh. a
half vote each.
Marcy township. North distrlct-J.
r. Arnold seated. as Boyle's contest was
not presented according to the rules OF
the party"
"Yank" Tighe, who contested the seat
Of Joe Hart in the Fifth ward. claimed
that Hart was not a resident OF that
ward. The report had been adopted,
however, and "Yank" was promptly
called down by Chairman O'Boyle.
After few substitutions had been
made. the chairman called for nomina-
tons for the judgeship. Colonel T. II.
Martin then rose and. in n brief, we'll
wordei speech. nominated William 5.
Mclean. who. he said. Is one OF the
ablest lawyers at the Luzerne county
bar, and would fittingly grace the bench
OF Luzerne coum,y. The nomination
was seconded. and L. +. McGovern. esq,
promptly moved that the nominations
clcse. before any others could be made.
Joe Rittenmeyer vigorously objected to
this. but was called to order by the
chairman. and nearly had a fit before
he could b. Quieted. When Joe had
been silencsd Mr.. McLean's nomination
was made unanimous.
Mr.. O'Royle then called for nominal
tiors for sheriff. A delegate from
Wilkes Barre township jumped up and
Bohau nominated A. Lee Stanton,
whose name was received with app!aus
generously intermingled with hisses
W. r. Tressler. OF Sugar Loaf. nomi-
mated Henry Rrennsr. and John Cav
anaugh. of the Ninth ward, Wilkes
Barre. placed Hhs name OF Nathan
Doater in nomination. II was seconded
by Attorney Frank Mccormick in an
elaborate address. Joe Rittenmeyer. Of
the Eleventh ward, Wilkes-Barre, here
got in some more Of his fine work. He
made u speech indorsing Mr.. Dotter,
and got very noisy. He was drunk,
and his effusion was frequently inter-
rupted by other delegates, whereupon
Mr.. Rittenmeyer would turn around,
tell his triterrupter to shut up" and
go on with his speech Finally a unan-
imous protest came from the other del
egates. and Mr.. Rittenmeyer was taken
in hand by a policeman. and given his
choice between sitting down and keep
ing qutet or being thumped. Joe sat
down. and 1t was five minutes before
he broke out again
Attorney Michael Cannon. in a brief
address. nominated c. Bart Sutton,
whose name was Well received; and
the red-headed and hopeful Garman. of
Nanticoke. nominated Rudolph c.
Hitchler, of that place. for the honor, in
the best political address OF the day.
Attorney s. s. Harring them made a
speech for Stanton, which was fire.
quently interrupted by the delegates
who told him to break it off," "go hire
a hall for yourself" ETC., but Mr.. Her.
ring was never phased, and confined to
the end.
Then a delegate from Pittston got up
and in a long speech nominated Thomas
English, of Pittston. NIr. English had
made no effort to secure delegates and
when his name was proposed. got up on
the platform and yelled: mot on yer
life. No honors fer me today" His
name was received with great applause,
but though his friends made a vigorous
effort to get Mr.. English before the con-
vention, he would not hive it, and the
first ballot was taken with the follow