The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-20
ONLY ONE CONSOLATION
Three Republican Candidates for As
SCISSORS Elected.
MR. BAILEY'S NARROW MARGIN
lie Was Pressed Very Close BY Colonel
Rippic-Mr. Holland Led His Ticket.
Niaduct Prop ton Defeated
By q small Majority.
MR. BAILEY'S NARROW MARGIN

As stated in yesterdays Tribune the
| Democratic candidates for mayor,
treasurer and controller were elected.
The only consolation for the Republi-
cans was the victory of the three candi-
dates for assessors, and there Is but lit
tie consolation in that, when Is con-
sidered the fact that the Democrats Sc
cured control of councils ON joint bal
lot. y gain of one way made in the
upper branch, which reduces the Re-
publican majority to one. and in the
lower branch the Democratic majority
| was increased from one to three.
The accompanying table shows the
result by districts and in detail. Mr..
Bailey's plurality was 1885. Mr.. Boland' $
l,j57. and Mr.. Robinson's Sil. study
| of the figures shows over which CaiIdi-
dates there was the greatest strife. For
mayor, IL, ,533 votes We're polled; for
treasurer. li,1il. and for controller. H.
| $40 votes, excluding In each case the
vote for the Prohibition candidates.
Although the three Republican can
ddates for assessors were elected. the
majorities of two of them We're very
| small Dawson, with SO6l votes. led
Battle. the highest Democrat. by over
1000. but Fowler was elected by only
81 votes, and Ficlius by the narrow
margin of Il.
j. w. Guernsey. the Prohibition cam
didate for mayor, RECEIVED the kslaA7
est vote of any one candidate on, his
party's ticket, not excepting the candl-
| dates for assessors. He received ITO
votes; Minor &. Carr. for treasurer. al6;
| f.. $. Williams. for controller, $50, and
the three candidates for the assessor-
ships, Nlessrs Pcthrick, Moore and
Clearwater, 6S3, 3l6 and 457 votes re-
| spectively.
The viaduct proposition was mega
| tived by AZ votes, only about one out
of every two electors voting on,thesmat-
ter. The project received its biggest
vote on the West Side: the central city
was about neutral in the matter, and
the South Side and North End voted
| Overwhelmingly against it,
| Tribnne's Complete Rctnrns.
The completeness and accuracy of
| The Tribune'S election returns were
commented upon favoiably on all sides.
yesterday. Both Republicans and Dem
ocrats Joined in complimenting what
| was generally termed an extraordinary
piece of work for a Scranton newspaper.
| The newspaper men of our esteemed
| contemporaries who can best appreci-
ate the task which the report entailed
We're among the most generous in their
bestOwal of praise.
| The TribuneS report was little short
of nine columns in length and besides
presenting particularly complete table
Of the vote on the city offices and via
duct contained a record of every vote
cast in the city and Dunmore for
| every office even to the minority inspec-
tor in the most unimnortant or most
isolated districts. The Republican
| contained less than two columns of
| election news. The first edition did not
contain single line and the second
edition used the Trlbune's first edition
resume of the day as its estimate of
| the result.
! When the papers made their first ap-
| pearance on the streets yesterday
morning they We're bought up eagerly
! by those who had gotten out early and
| those who stayed out late. At Lob
mans where the Democratic shouters
had adjourned after headquarters
Were closed up. there was the greatest
excitement when The Tribune came
out and the crowd couldn't get papers
enough to go around so one of the party
| was lifted to a table and therefrom read
| the Trbune's report. This settled all
doubt in their minds as to which way
| the day had gone and as can be i'm
agined pandemonum reigned for
| time. The more prominent among the
Democrats We're lifted on to the should
| ers of the crowd and carried through
the bar and dining room of the res
| taurant.
| Wanted to Hire a Band.
| Several of the most enthusiastic
wanted to hire a band and have a par
ade but this idea was given up for
something else. All kinds of sugges-
| tiOns from breaking into Bailey's store
and stealing all his brooms to setting
| fire to the restaurant were made but
| the enthusiasm eked out before any
| thing rash was done.
| That the public appreciated The Tr-
| bunes enterprise in presenting such
| complete election returns was demon
| stratedly the fact that the street sales
| We're $500 larger than usual. Orders
| for copies of the paper We're received at
this office as late as o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
Yesterday, from a business stand
point. was probably the dullest day
since the holidays although an excep-
| ton may be made of the saloons. cigar
stores and other places where men
congregated and gave their many YER
| sions of how the election was lost and
WON The retail and wholesale stores.
| banking institutions and other places
| of business were practically deserted
| by customers throughout the day.
1t was noticed on the streets and
wherever Il group was congregated in
doors that the number Of Democrats
was much larger than was at any time
| observed before election. and dozens
and hundreds of this faith who had not
previously been heard from were loud
| in their recitals of how the thing had
| been done. They told how they had
| foretold the result and gave any num-
| ber and variety of exact reasons why
| Colonel Ripple was defeated.
Result in the Wards.
The result in tie wards of the city is
ti,lI lI,- t,,1
| last edition of The Tribune. In the
| First ward Finley Ross. Republican,
is returned 10 the select council and ID.
r. Watkins was elected assessor. Seth
Smith defeated W. n. Cowles for con-
stable. officers elected in the other
wards of the city are
Second ward-Common council Pot
rick +. Gordon. d.: school controller,
A. l.. Francois, d.; ward assessor.
Thomas ShOtten; constable, Bernard
Davis
Third ward--select council, John ].
Kearney, D.; ward assessor. Thomas
Connors: constable, Patrick Cavanagh
Fourth ward-Common council, Sim
on Thomas, r.: school controller. Ben
son Davis, d.: ward assessor. NJ II.
Watkins constable. John j. Davis.
Fifth ward-Select council, Richard
H. Williams, r.: ward assessor. Thos.
Williams: constable. Timothy Jones.
Sixth ward-Common council, John
f.. Regan, d.; school controller. John
NJ. Casey, d.: ward assessor. Daniel p.
ManniX, 121; constable, Thomas j.
Walsh.
Seventh ward-Select council. John
r. Roche d.. constable Patrick