The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-15
cOLBoRN AND sCHEUER
Chosen to Represent Second District
Republicans at the Convention.
QUAY'S CANDIDACY ENDORSED
Representative A. 7. Council Was
Strongly Commended for His Good
Work Ia the Legislature-Third
District Conveutiou.

At q convention Of the Republicans
Of the Second legislative district held
in the arbitration room of the court
house yesterday afternoon A. ]. Col
born, jr., and John Scheuer, jr., OF
the South Side, were chosen delegates
to represent the district at the coming
state convention at Harrisburg on April
%. and w. T. Hackett and Jacob Hans
were named as alternates. Resolutions
We're adopted endorsing the candidacy
Of Senator Quay for the presidency and
commencing the work Of Hon. A. T.
Connell, the districts representative
In the legislature.
1t was els when Alderman w. s.
Millar. chairman Of the district COM
mittee, called the convention to order,
and in the absence Of the regular Sec
retary, c. 9. Seamans, named Emil
Bonn as secretary, pro tenn. Mr.. Bonn
read the call Of the convention and the
list of election districts. AS he did so
the delegates presented their creden-
tials, showing that the following were
present:
Seventh ward. Third district-J. A. Win
ters.
lar. Second district. H. s. Poust c. c.
Ferber.
Ninth ward. First district-J. H. Hop
ktns, Joseph BaumeiSter.
Tenth ward-Edward II. Wenzel Jacob
Hans.
Eleventh ward. First district-Jacob Bal.
lus, Emil Bonn: Second district, William
Neegel: Third district. August schmidt.
Twelfth ward, First district-Louis r.
Follet.
Thirteenth ward. First district-T. b.
Jackson; Second district, william Tripp,
Charles f. House; Third district. 8. NJ.
Sloat.
Burdick, Charles Crothamel; Second dis
trict, w. A. st. John. Seth Bonney.
Seventeenth ward, First district--George
A. HiEhfield, NJ. J. Andrews; Second dis
trict ". 7. Hackett. g. H. Birdsall, Jo-
Nineteenth ward. First dlstrict-Charles
Helm: Third district, George 1meidoph.
Valentine Hoffman.
Twentieth ward. Second district-Mat-
thew Gard; Third district. James shotten.
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
There We're no contests and after the
list Of delegates had been read conf
mittee on resolutions consisting Of w.
T. Hackett, j. H. Hopkins and j. F.
Baumeister was appointed. A recess
Of five minutes was then taken to allow
the committee to prepare its report.
The following resolutions were present.
ed by the committee as its report and
were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Republicans Of the
Second legislative district, In convention
assembled, hereby endorse for president
| of the United States that intrepid leader
and stalwart Republican, Matthew STAN
ley Quay. as Pennsylvanla's choice for
tho presidency.
Resolved. that the delegates elected ut
| this convention be and are hereby in
structed to endorse his candidacy ut the
state convention to be held at Harrsburg
| Pa, April 20. 1896.
We desire to express our hearty approval
Of the conduct of Hon. Alex. r. Conneil,
| who represented this district In the legisla-
ture Of Pennsylvania during the last ses-
sion. His strong, fearless action In be-
half OF the interests Of the district and
this county call for special commenda-
ton at our hands. His interchangeable eff
forts In favor of honest and necessary
legislation and his manly independence in
opposing what was pernicious demonstrat-
ed better than any words of ours could
the fact that In honoring him this dis
trict honored itself and elected one Of
the most able. industrious and honest rep
resentatives which this county ever sent
to the legislature.
W. r. HACKETT,