The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-30
They ARE BOOMING Smith
Ex-JudGe's Friends Want a State
Nomination for Him.
SUPERIOR COURT THE OFFICE
Say That lie Win DO Nominated 1t the
State Convention Which Meets In
WiliiamspOrt Sept. ii-Names
Of the Local Delegates.

.Ex-Judge p. p. Smith will be one
OF the Democratic candidates for Judge
OF the superior court" said we'll
known Democrat to u Tribune reporter
yesterday.
HAS he announced his candidacyw
Queried the reporter.
mo. / do not think that he has In
so many words, but his friends who
broached the matter to him are now
at work in his interests. from which l
draw the conclusion that he has no
serious objections to allowing his name
to go before the state convention at
Wiliiamsport. Sept. II. There IL one
Democrat sure to be elected and Judge
Smiths friends think that he may be
the fortunate one. At all events they
believe II Is worth while making an
effort In his behalf.
The nomination they say will be ac-
corded to him when the leaders of the
party get together to make up a slate
before the convention. This part OF
the state will demand a place on the
ticket and that demand will undoubt-
edly be recognized. for the Lackawanna
Democrats are not without influence
In the state convention.
THE place having been accorded
Judge Smith will be brought forward
AZ the unanimous choice of the Demo-
Gratis Of this and adjoining counties for
the place and be nominated without
dithculty. or course there are u num-
Der Of little things that might arise to
defeat this plan. but at present there
seems to reason that ! can see why Il
should not so through. The Judges
defeats In this county. ! do not think,
would weaken him In q state fight"
Make Up Of tho Court.
The superior court Is made up Of
seven judges, and, according to the
act creating 1t. there can be no more
than six Of one party on the bench:
the minority party must be represented
by one judge, and he will be the one
who receives the highest number Of
votes of the Democratic nominees, as
suming that the six Republican judges
will be elected. which is altogether
probable. Each party entitled to a
place on the official ballot is privileged
to nominate six candidates for the
judgeship.
When the smoke of the battle clears
away and the vote Is counted the seven
highest candidates will be the judges
for the next ten years. The present
Democratic member Of the court is
Judge Henry ]. McCarthy. Of Phila-
delphia. who was appointed to the po-
sition by Governor Hastings.
ANiuC uCiCSdtCS Will iCpiS A<tiSNd-
wanna county in the Democratic state
conventions; 1t will assemble at Will
Transport on Wednesday, Sept. IL.
The names Of the delegates are: First
legislative district, Postmaster Frank
NJ. Vandling and Peter j. McCann;
Second district. Charles H. Schadt,
John E. Roche and Edward Robinson;
Third district, James G. Bailey;
Fourth district, Attorney T. ]. Dug
gan, Of Dunmore; J. +. Mcdonnell, OF
Carbondale, and j. w. O'Brien, Of
Olyphant.
Want the COloncps Eioqucncc.
Although he Is not delegate to the
convention it Is said that Colonel F. J.
Fitzsimmons will go to the Williams
port convention as proxy, and make
the speech nominating Judge Smith.
Judge Smiths friends do not figure
out his election on the strength Of
any detection in the Republican ranks,
but estimate that he can carry a ma
jority In the race among his colleagues
on the Democratic ticket.