The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-18

shall: W. S. M1lar; Second district, Will
| lam r. jenkins. william Sh!ffer.
| Ninth ward-First district, j. r. Bau-
meister. Wizard +. Perry, J. ]. n. Ham,l-
| ton; Second district, Fred l.. Ward, Isaac
| Bann,ster; Third district, +. i. Kings
Tenth ward-Joseph Haus. A. II. Bern
| stem.
| Eleventh wari-F.rst district. Albert
| Heller. Emil Bonn: Second district.
| Charles Webber. jr.. John ]. Van Bergen;
Third district. Charles Armbrust.
| Twelfth ward-First district. John Mad.-
gan; Second district, John Metzhe.ser.
| Thirteenth ward-F.rst district, John
! Ellis. Albert Nothacker: Second district,
| r. q. Stevens. Richard A. Holly. Charles
II. Shedd: Third district. }. NJ. Athertoa.
| William Ginger.
| Fourteenth ward-First district. George
L. Peck. David Jones: Second district,
John J. Martin, Charles Stetter.
| Fifteenth ward-First district. David
Harris. Christopher Naumann. Eawarl
Davis; Second district. John Burschell
| solomon Jones.
Sixteenth ward-F;rst district. Charles
Crothamel. J. ID. Ferber; Second district,
| Fred +. Schoen, w. A. ST. John.
| Seventeenth ward-Ffrst district, Chas.
Schlager. w. $. D.ehl. Arthur Foote;
Second district. Luther Keller, Fred s.
Warren. j. W. Kambeck. calvin Stone.
| Eighteenth ward-k.. l.. Williams.
| Nineteenth ward-First district, Philip
| Wirth. Arthur Held; Second district.
Peter Nehr; Third district. Jacob Weiss
man; Fourth district. Michael J. Welsh.
| Twentieth ward-F.rst district, David
Davies; Second district, Henry Hener
Matt. Bugno; Third district, H. NJ.
| Heaney.
| jenkins. David Jones.
| Scott-P. J. Lee. r. Il. Taylor
South Abinston-A. l. Akerly. Frank
| Holgatc.
spring Brook-D. L. SculI.
| Taylor-F'irst ward, Jas. Powell, Talle
| w. Jones: Second ward. DIR. j. W. Houser,
James +. Watkins; Third ward. Peter
| Price, James Morris: Fourth ward John
Coombe: Fifth ward, John Price, jr.
| Throop-Fred Fryer.
Waverly-John Perry.
W!nton-First district. T.. n. Watson;
Second district. q. ii. Nasserow.
| Ackcrly Permanent Chairman.
| The work of reading the names of the
| delegates completed Colonel Ripple
| called for nominations for permanent
| chairman, and f.. +. kingsbury named
Major A. |. Akerly of South Abingdon,
who was unanimously chosen. Mr..
| kingsbury and Il. j. Lee were asked
| To escort him to the chair. on motion
of w. :. Millar. James r. Watkins was
| made permanent secretary and Emil
| Bonn assistant secretary. The report
| of the committee on resolutions was
called for and Chairman Hamilton read
the following. which were unanimously
| adopted:
The Republicans of Lackawanna county,
| in convention assembled, JON with The
other party organizations throughout the
commonwealth in congratulatng the peo-
pie on the outcome ot the elections last
Iall securing to us efficient state Of
GERS, twenty eight Of the thirty represen-
| tut!ves in the t'ifty-fourth congress, and
| ensuring to US, III view OF the results
| throughout the country. glorious ma
| tionai victory in 1896.
| We reafiirm our steadfast devotion To
the principles Of our party as enunc.ated
IN the platform adopted by the national
| convention IN 1882, and that adopted by
| the state convention IN 1875.
We heartily !ndorse the candidates
named by the Republican convention at
| Harrisburg in the person OF the Hon. b.
j. Haywood, of Mercer county, for state
treasurer, and the SIX appointees of Gov
| ernor Hastings to the Superior court
bench, the Hon. James \. Beaver, OF
Bellefonte; the Hon. Howard j, Reeder, of
| Easton; the Hon. John }. Wickham, OF
! Beaver: the Hon. George B. Orlady, OF
! huntington; the Hon. Charles h. Rice, uf
| Luzerne, and the Hon. T.. n. Willard, OF
our own county. In them we recognize
| men of the highest personal integrity and
| professional standing, em!nently lifted to
| discharge the duties of their high offices
| faction of all of the people of the state.
| And to the election of them all, without
| reservation or exception or individual Sc
| lection. we pledge our votes and the
work of a united party in Lackawanna In
| the coming campaign.
| We commend to the suffrage of the peo-
| pie of this county the nominees of this
| convention for county surveyor and coua-
! ty coroner, pledg;ng them also our sup
| port with the assurance of success at the
polls in November next.
| We take this occasion to record our APP
probation of the efficient and patriotic
| administration Of Governor Daniel II.
| Hastings, and congratulate the people of
| the state in having in the gubernatorial
chair man of his sterling integrity, con-
| scientious upr.ghtness and Independence
We unite with Republicans all over the
| state in the support of the great stand
ard bearer Of Republicansm in Pennsyl-
| vania, now the leader of the party, the
| Hon. NJ. $. QUAY, in all his efforts for the
advancement Of our partys interests.
| The names of Judges Willard and
| Rice, Governor Hastings and Senator
NJ. s. Quay. when mentioned by Mr.
Hamilton, called forth hearty applause
| Nominating Candidates for Coroner.
| Nominations for coroner will now
be received" said Chairman Akerly
| and Thomas ShOtten, of Providence, at
| once claimed the attention of the con-
vention, and. in a brief speech, placed
DR.. w. A. Donne's name before the con-
vention. He said that gentleman was
the choice of the Republicans of the
| Providence portion of the county, who
he said, We're deserving of representa-
tion on the ticket. James f. Watkins
next took the floor and nominated DR.
f.. r. Weston, of Taylor, as the choice
of the Republicans of the southern
part of the county, for coroner. Three
years ago, he said. DR.. Weston was
given the Republican nomination. and
made a gallant fight. but was defca ted
He thought 1t would be only justice
and a strict following of precedent tC
give him another nomination.
| 81 want to occupy the time of the
convention for few minutes while
place in nomination the next coroner
of Lackawanna county" was the man.
ner in which Alderman w. s. MillaI
prefaced his remarks in placing DIR
S. p. LOngstreet in nomination. Mr.
Millar said that 1t was highly desira BILE
that the coroner should be a resident
of this city that he may be I'm close
communication with all parts of The
| county at all times. He said that Mr.
| Longstreet was q man with n host OF
| friends and Ia moreover a resident OF
the pivot of politics in Lackawanna
county. the Eighth ward of Scranton
The roll was called and the vote re.
suited as follows
DIR. S. p. LONGsTREET. .157k
DIR. F.. +. WESTON. .... 2Gk
| DIR. w. A. DONNIE. ....... 2S
DR.. Longstreet was declared the nom
lnee of the convention amid loud ap
plause. The work Of selecting county
surveyor was next taken up. and Jo
seph Baumeister named Edmund A
Bartl as a candidate for the nomina
tion after Daying a splendid tribute t.
his ability. Gwlym Jones placed In
nomination Richard Evans, of tn,
West Side. and M. T.. Sanders nomi
mated George T.. Stevenson, of Waverly
Permission was given to Attorney r
Fl. Holgate. who was not delegate