The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-08
LACKAWANNA'S LUCK.
Tho Leading Anthracite County Secures
Two OF the Seven Superior Judges.

Inv hSodhuS SOuuty
Two OF the Seven Superior Judges.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Philadelphia, Nov. THE unofficial
returns upon results of Tuesdays cleo
Smith to the Superior court bench.
certainty. In nearly every district
Judge Smith has made unexpected
gains and has developed strength in
the coal regions that has surprised his
most sanguine friends. The ardent
supporters of Judge Yerkes who were
confident of his election last evening
now concede the election of Judge
Smith by a plurality of at least 5000.
The election of Judge Smith gives the
anthracite coal regions three out of
the seven Superior court judges.
Two members of the Superior court
bench, Judges Willard and Smith. will
come from the city of Scranton, while
the third, Judge Rice, is native of
Wilkes Barre, which city is less than
twenty miles distant from Scranton.
BY United Press.
Philadelphia Nov. 7.-Complete re-
turns have been received from every
county In the state on the vote for Su-
perior court judges, excepting LuZerne
county. Luzerne. however, had COM
pleted the count for Smith and Yerkes,
and the complete returns on the state
for these two candidates are given be-
low. Smith Is thus elected as the min
ority representative on the Superior
court bench by 5.0lS.
The totals for the twelve candidates
with Luzernc missing except in the
vote for Smith and Yerkes) are as fol-
lows:
Republicans: Willard, 4422O3; Rice.
AL, 1898; Beaver, 44O,S77; Wickham, 44O,-
1856; Reeder. 439.051: Orlady, 433,2S1.
Democrats: Smith. 2S5.SS2; Yerkes.
0S64; Magee. 267.124; Noyes. 265, 1868;
Bechtel, 264,136; Moorehead, 26S,561.
Information received by Judge Smith
yesterday from various parts of the
state led him to believe that he was
elected beyond the shadow of doubt.
During the afternoon his Office in the
Commonwealth building was visited by
scores of Democrats and Republicans
to tender their congratulations. Among
those who spent some time In Judge
Smiths office and assisted in the work
of receiving returns from the state was
ex-Sheriff John J. Fahey.
There was much enthusiasm dis
played by Democrats generally over
the election of a representative of their
party in Lackawanna to the office of
minority judge of the new Superior
court and as soon as II became reason
ably certain that the Judge was elected
they began to formulate plans to prop
erly celebrate the notable evnt
1t Is probable that he will be sere-
naded at his home in the near future
and that later he will be rendered a
dinner. which will be attended by many
Of the prominent citizens of this vicin-
ity.
There was one man in the city yester-
day that was particularly gratined
over the election of Judge Smith and
that was John T.. Roche. select coun-
Gilman of the Seventh ward. 1t was
Mr.. Roche who introduced the rcsolu-
county committee last March instruct
ing the delegates from this county to
use every honorable effort to secure the
nomination of Judge Smith for judge of
the Superior court.
At the Williamsport convention Mr..
Roche was one of the most earnest of
Judge Smiths supporters and it was
due in q measure to his work that the
judges name found q place on the
Democratic ticket.
The latter said last evening that the
information in his possession led him
to believe that he would be elected by
about 5000 votes.