The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-07
WATKINS WON WITH ease
Elected IS q Willard Hastings Dele
gate to the State C0nveation.
HAD VERY LITTLE OPPOSITION
His Competitor. R. Willis Reese. Of Old
Forge. the Quay Candidate. Got Only
Sixteen and Oae. Half Votes Ont Of
the Fifty. .Niue-No Resolutions.

lor. reading clerk Of the house Of rep
resentatives, was victorious as the
Willard-Hastings delegate over r.
Willis Reese. of Old Forge, by the vote
OF 4sh to 16Is In the Third legislative
district convention, assembled at the
court house yesterday afternoon. Be
sides the So delegates representing the
Republicans voters Of the district.
large attendance Of interested onlook-
ers occupied seats In court room No. /,
where the convention took place.
Leading lights of the party Of the
opposite persuasion present were: COL
onel F. ]. Fitzsimmons. a local light,
and c. Ben johnson, of Wilkes Barre.
They had reserved seats In the jury
box. The only well-known Republi.
cans Of note who were seen in the
audience were Clerk Of the Courts
John H. Thomas. Prothonotary Clar-
ence Z. Pryor. Sam H. Stevens and
John Fern. of the West Side. The aud
itorium Of the court room was filled
and most of the delegates had seats
within the bar enclosure.
Proceedings We're Businssslikc.
Chairman of the District Committee
John McCrindle. of Moosic. at 2.10 called
the delegates to order. after which DR..
j. w. Houser of Taylor, the secretary,
read the call and the list Of districts, an
nouncing the representation to which
each one was entitled. Before the en-
rollment Of the delegates, DR.. N. c.
Mackey. Of Waverly, arose and sug-
gested that an assistant secretary be
selected to assist DR.. Houser. p. s.
Parker. of South Abingdon, was chosen
for this Office and then as the districts
were called in alphabetical order the
delegates marched to the secretary's
desk with their credentials. This was
done systematically and In business
like manner.
From the South district Of Lacka-
wanna township contest was present.
ed by William Thomas against John
Vanderberg. and from Ransom the seat
Of Henry Harlos was contested by Gall
on Haupt. In order to obvate the APP
pointment Of a committee on contested
seats, 1t was unanimously agreed to
give each man in these two districts
half vote.
DIR. N. c. Mackey was nominated for
permanent chairman by T. H. watts,
Of Glenburn. without any remarks; M.
d. Cure, of Scott. seconded the nominal
ton, and the election was made unani-
NOUS. DR.. Mackey took tine chair and
thanked the delegates for the honor.
He stated that nominations were then
in order for the election Of permanent
secretary. William Thomas, OF MI
nooka. nominated DIR. Houser. but that
gentleman said he was not delegate,
and did not believe he was eligible. 1t
was found that the party rules allow
a secretary Of the outgoing committee
TO be chosen, so DR.. Hokser was unani-
mously chosen permanent secretary
Names Of the Delegates.
The delegates having a voice In the
convention as recorded by the secre'
taries were as follows:
Benton-J. w. Tiffany and c. NJ. Cook.
Cnfton-James O'Boyle.
Covington-D. w. Dale and james
Lewis.
Dalton borough-C. A. knight and w. J.
Brown.
Glenburn-T. H. Watts.
Gouldsboro-J. B. Gardner
Greenfield - William Bell and Fred
Worth.
I,ackawanna township-South district
John Vanderberg and William Thomas
half vote each; West district, John Davis,
Edwin White, Thomas H. Evans, hal
vote; Charles Snyder, half vote; East dis
trict, Zacharlas Gray; Northeast DISTRICT
George Chambers and Thomas Cook;
Southeast district, Isaac 8. Davis.
I.aPlume-R. II. Holgate.
Lehigh-Jacob KnecM.
Madison-S. f. Noack and Lesly Beemer.
Newton - william Hill and Samuel
Decker.
North hAbington-William Dalzelle.
Old Forge-First district, James Cal
vert. Thomas Stephens william H. koh-
ler: Second district. William Riddle;
Fourth district, John Thornton and James
A. John.
Ascat That Was Contested.
Ransom-Henry Harlos, Gallon Haupt,
half vote each.
Scott-M. ID. Cure, jr. william Gardner,
George Carpenter and EnOs 6locum.
Scranton-Sixth ward. Third district,
Jacob ]. Jones. George Pry, Griffith Will
Jams. William H. Dagger.
Spring Brook-DaWd H. Thomas.
South Abington-T. 8. Parker, Silas
Griffiths, NJ. NJ. Huffer. John 8. Court
right.
Taylor-Farst ward. William @. Morris
and John Howard: Second ward. Thomas
Frances and Frank Cooper; Third ward.
David T. Evans, James Stone and Casper
Stahli; Fourth ward, James 6teever anu
Michael Ruffibach; Fifth ward, John
Ayers.
Waverly-N. c. Mackey and e. g. Car
penter.
West Abington-J. r. Brgges.
IIoIgate Championcd Quay.
without any oratory the name OF
James E. Watkins was placed in nomi-
nation as a delegate to the state con-
vention at Harrisburg on Wednesday,
Aug. 2S. A short silence reigned before
Attorney RichardGIolgate took the floor
to sing the praises Of r. Willis Reese.
the Quay candidate. He started out
with a fiowery introduction and told
how forty years ago the Republican
party. was organized and since then
that no man has shown more skill In
the party leadership than Mathew STAN
ley Quay, who for the past twelve
years has had his hand on the pilot
wheel.
Mr.. Holgate was proceeding to ar
raign what ne was pleased to term a
campaign of false pretenses and poll
tical assassination, and declared he
was going to tell the delegates bag
full of information about treachery
and what not, when Mr.. Watts, Of
Glenburn. appealed to the chair to shut
of some of the La Plumelte's steam.
Chairman Mackey ruled that the orator
was in order and ne was allowed to 60
on with his recitation. He ended by
nominating r. Willis Reese. During
his harangue Mr.. Holgate referred,
with the hope Of pandering to the
sentiment of the delegates. to the silent