The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-15
WILLARD WON WITH ease
Will Get the State Delegates from
the Second and Fourth Districts.
THE CONVENTION AT DUNMQRE
John II. Thomas and James Young
Chosen for state Satcs-Ripple
and Widmayer Will BE Named
In the Second District.

Considering the result Of the conven-
tion in the Fourth Legislative district.
Saturday afternoon, and the primaries
of the Second district later In the day.
| there seems no reasonable doubt as to
| where I.ackawanna stands In the pres
ent hght.
Judge Willard's delegates practically
had a walk-over. the opposition or the
| men working in the interests OF United
States Senator NJ. :. Quay proving OF no
avail In heclouding the issue ana at
tempting to withdraw from Judge Will
| lard the control of the Lackawanna
| delegates.
The primaries in the Second district
were in some of the voting DIVISIONS
warmly contested but in a majority
of the divisions the delegates were
| elected with ease who announced them-
| selves IS; favorable TO Colonel +. IL.
Ripple and +. ]. wldmayer the men
selected by Judge willard as his stand
ard bearers in the Second district.
Before the polls closed even the quay
men realized that they were beaten ana
before o'clock M. II. Dale and Charies
| Wsstpfahl. the Quay caniidateS ior
state 6elega.e. acknowledged that a
| great majority OF the delegates chosen
were against them. Major I. F. Pen
man, who was in command or the
Quay forces In the county, SAID they
were beaten two to ore.
In response TO the question OF Trlo-
une renorter Mr.. ttnman said that ne
was not prepared to say whether OF not
Colonel Ripple and Mr.. Widmayer
would have opposition in Tuesdays
convention. Many Quay men, however.
were Of TIE cplllcn shat the names Oh
Mr.. Dale and Mr.. Westpfahl would not
be presented to the convention There
were fifty delegates elected IN the Sec
ond district and of this number con-
s,rvatiye estimate last night gave COL
onel Ripple and Mr.. Wdmayer thirty
essht. The delegates elected from 1he
several divisions are:
De,ccatcs in Second District.
Seventh ward First district. August
pauster: Second district, Michael Scan
Ion: Third district. Frank Leuthner.
Eighth ward-First district, w. >.
Millar. William A. Raub; Second dis
trict. VIII Shiffer, Fred Zitzleman
Ninth ward-First district, w. "A.
Nav, p, NJ. Vernoy, Willard Perry. Sec
ond district, w. H. Withers, NJ. u.
Hines; Third district, Everett Warren
H. E. Paine.
Tenth ward-Joseph Hance, Charles
Hart.
Eleventh ward-First district Chris
tian Fickus, II. w. Seibecker; Second
district. Philip Scheur, Frank S!ocum;
Third district, Charles Stone.
Twelfth ward-First district, Fred
Ehrhart; Second district, John Metz
heiser.
Thirteenth ward-First ristrict, Sol.
Miller Harry Sykes; Second district, A.
B. Stevens, II. L. Burdick, c. 8. Sea-
mans; Third district, W. w. Osmond.
T. r. Hughes.
Sixteenth ward-First district, j. d.
Ferber, George Connors; Second dis
trict, George Jones, Fred Schoen.
Seventeenth ward-First district,
Frank S. Barker, James A. Oakford.
Thomas Campbell; Second district, F.
w. Martin, ]. B. Woolsey, Robert ].
Haag, Horace E. Hand.
Nineteenth ward-First district, Will
liam Smith. Louis Swartz; Second dis
trict, Jacob Mantz; Third district, Peter
Rink: Fourth district, Charles Wolf.
Twentieth ward-First district,
Thomas Williams; Second district,
Jacob Housradt, Charles Kloss; Third
district, James Shorten.
Fourth District Convention.
The result of Saturdays convention
In the Fourth district was foreshad-
owed in The Tribune Of that morning
by the announcement that Of the
seventy-two delegates elected Friday
night at least forty-seven were in favor
OF John H. Thomas, Of Carbondale, and
James Young, Of Dunmore, for state
delegates.
They were the candidates in Judge
Wizards Interests and the result of
the convention showed that their
strength had been underestimated. d.
w. Humphrey. of. Carbondale, and
Henry Sommerg, of DunInyore, were the
slated Quay candidate for state dele
gates, but so hopeless did the Quayites
feel in the convention that Mr.. Som
mers was not nominated.
At 4.05 the convention was called to
order by f. a. Jones, of Archibald,
chairman OF the district standing COM
mittee. Secretary s. s. Jones read the
call for the convention, and after Edi-
tor w. J. Schubmehl had been named
as assistant secretary, the credentials
Of the delegates were called for, and it
was found that there were two con-
tests from the city Of Carbondale. One
was from the third district Of the Third
ward and the other from the Second
district of the Fourth ward. In the
Third ward J. A. Schermerhorn con-
tested the seat of James Clark. and in
the Fourth ward Thomas Hadgins
thought he was entitled to the seat
for which Michael Connolly had cre-
dentials.
A committee on contested seats, con-
sistlng Of John Copeland. Carbondale;
John Penman, Olyphant, and Edward
Swartz, Duamore, was appointed
which reported in favor OF seating
James Clark and Michael Connolly.
Opposed by $. s. Jones.
8. s. Jones, of Carbondale, made a
speech In opposition to the adoption OF
the report. He said that in the Third
district Of the Third ward thirty-one
votes were cast altogether at the prl-
rnai.es, though the vote last fall
showed that less than fifteen were cast
for the Republican candidate for gover-
NOR. He charged that the vigilance
committee In the district was composed
OF Democrats. and intimated that both
Mr. Clark and Mr.. Connolly were OF
that political faith. In the third ward,
he said, Mr.. schermerhorn received
seventeen votes of fourteen cast for