The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-18
REPUBLICANS IN COUNCIL
Enthusiastic and Harmonious County
Convention Held in Music Hall.
THE MEN NnO WERE HONOReD
William Conncll and John 7. Williams
Elected National Dclcsntcs-Dr. $. y.
LOngstrcct Nominee for Coroner
and T.. A. Bartl for Surveyor.


Over 200 delegates. representing the
Republicans of Lackawanna county
met in Music hall yesterday afternoon
and elected delegates and alternates tc
the next national Republican conven'
ton, and also nominated candidates
for county coroner and county sur
veyor.
William Connell and John T. Will
Jams were chosen national delegates
and Conrad Schroeder and James J
Williams alternates. DR.. $. +. Long,
street was nominated for coroner, anu
Edmund A. Bartl for surveyor.
The call specified o'clock as the
time for the assembling Of the con
vention. but for an hour prior to that
time there was a large crowd about tn,
entrance to Music hall At {. O'Clock
Colonel f.. III. Ripple, chairman of tn,
county committee. suggested to tht
delegates that time might be saved IL
they would hand in their credentials
then to Secretary w. :. Millar. As
the delegates complied with the request
visitors kept pouring into the hall.
DIR. L. W. McAndrew. candidate foi
the Democratic nomination for coro'
ner, strolled in accompanied by Dr.
Joseph Mclean. They took positions
in the rear of the hall. where they
watched the deliberations of the con-
vention with a great deal of interest
Among the well-known men who were
spectators We're: Sheriff +. X. Glenn
one. Senator j. c. Vaughan, Clerk OF
the Courts John Fl. Thomas. County
Auditor h. f. 'Squier, Recorder of
Deeds Charles Heuster. Councilman &,
= Seamans. Warden Thomas jay, Rep
ras fa 4 T.
OMalley. Thomas Reynolds, John Roll
John II. Reynolds. Attorney w. r. Da-
Wis. James McGinness, &. j. Gillespie
Frank Jermyn, Fred Jacobus, George
b. Thompson, Attorney George Beale,
County Commissioner Giles Roberts
Attorney f.. II. House. DR.. II. +, Paine,
County Superintendent j. Z, Taylor
John Courier Morris, Thomas Marshall
DR.. Walter Reedy and eX-Councilman
BeVan.
Convention Called to Order.
At 30 Colonel Ripple formally called
the convention To order, and after the
reading of the call by Secretary Millar
Assistant Clerk of the Courts Emil
Bonn and James T.. Watkins. of Tay-
lor, were chosen assistant secretaries
Another request was made for Gre
dentials and while these We're being
Udulltu III ". "a 'hoi sHstii, t!it phiS WI
ored delegate in the convention, en-
tered the hall and walked up to the
first row of seats. He was greeted
with applause. Mr.. Marshall was one
of the delegates from the first district
of the Eighth ward. 1t was O'Clock
when list of the delegates was com
piled. and it was announced that there
were two contests, one from the
Eighteenth ward of this city and the
other from the Third district of the
Third ward of Dunmore. Chairman
Ripple. at this point named the fol
lowing committees:
on Contested Seats--W. w. Davis
Scranton: DR.. j. W. Houser. Taylor
Henry Whitall. Dickson City; John II
Horn. Scranton; p. +. Spellman, Arch
bald.
on Resolutions. II. ]. Hamilton
Scranton: Roderick Jones. West Side
Thomas GShotten, Providence; John
Copeland. Carbondale; r. A. Marshall
Scranton.
The committee on contested seats
was prompt in making its report. In
the Eighteenth ward of this city Ed
ward l.. Williams and William Wheeler
claimed the credentials. Mr.. Williams
was seated. In the Third district OF
the Third ward of Dunmore, from
which the second contest came. George
Kuntz and ]. A. Watres We're each
read the list of delegates, which was
as follows:
Names Of the Delegates.
Archbald-F'irst ward. First district
Auth. Bril-, +. A. Jones; Second district
John f. Jones; Second ward, +. +. Spell
man; Third ward, X. r. Caffrey.
Blakely-First ward, william Bonner
r. Sned!cor; Second ward, Edward Evans
Samuel Prosser; Third ward, Harry S.mp
Benton-Will;am Monsey, L. B. Green.
Clifton-Jobe Moore.
Covington-Lew.s Jones.
Carbondale City-First ward, First dis
Wonnacott. Harry Walcott; Third dis
trict, j. b. Faulkner; Second ward. Frs
district, G. w. Evans; Second district. II
F.. Elbrecht Third district, Patrick Tighe
Third ward. FIRST district. John Chiffon
Second district, David Thomas. DAME
Fourth district. w F.. Ward, G. X. Smith
Fourth ward, First district, Richard
Llewllyn; Second district. Eugene Burke
Fifth ward. First district, william Hol
lenback. william Stevens John Copeland
Sixth ward, First district, Richard Haddy
James Westbury.
Dickson C!ty-Harry Whitall, John G
Miller.
Dunmore-F.rst ward. First district. T.
f. Swartz c. p. Russell: Second district
James Mccarthy. Second ward. FIRST dis
tr;ct, Thomas Gaynor: Second district, w
s. Jones. Third ward. First district, Mel
son CrotZer; Second district. G. F. Saw
age; Third district, George Kuntz, J. a
Patrick Mccormick Fifth ward. M!chae
Murphy. Sixth ward, First district w
s. Potter, r. w. Marsh: Second district
A: a. Peck:ns. John G. McAskie;
Elmhurst-Benjamin Butterfield.
Fell township-First district. Michae
German; Second district. James Morgans
Third district Thomas Johns.
Glenburn-John Northup.
Greenfield-S. J. Snyder.
Jeffersor-A. II. Shook. '''
Jermyn borough--Flrst ward. Thoma
Morrow, Conner GrifIlths: Second ward
Thomas Prynn, John Solomon; Thiro
ward. David Reeves.
Lackawanna tOwnsh.p-South district
Kinds, II. y. Warner; East district, Fran
cis Nash Northeast district. William Jer
myn: Southwest district. j. X. Mucklow.
La Plume-M. o. Webster.
Lehigh-Nauhilus Slutter
Mad!son-Daniel Swartz VIM. Decker.
Mayfield-M. J. Cavanaugh. John Mar
tn.
Newton-Eg bert A. Richards.
North Abington--Stephen Aylesworth.
West AbingtOn--George II. Colvin.
DaltOn-M. b. Sherman. J. l.. Tinkham
Old Forge-F!rst district, John jenkins
David Davies; Second district. james Sal
mon; Fourth district. Thomas B. Jones
". Dale.
Olyphant-First ward. John Pickering
Thomas G.. Davies: Second ward. Davi,
a. Patten. Thomas r. Jones; Third ward
Edward Evans.
SCRANTON.
First ward-F.rst district. Jehu Jehu
John Morgan. David ii. Price; Second dis
frfr a Il 1igtr nj
Richard Jenkins. John Howells, Sylveste
Foster, George Schiller.
Second ward-Flrst district, Thoma
Shotten. Daniel Thomas: Second district
A. b. Briggs. A. Overbaugh,, NJ. Il. San
ders; Third district. Thomas Thomas. jr.
]. ]. Wheatley: Fourth district, MEREDITH
Morgans; Fifth district, Michael J. Nc
Queene.