The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
HON. A. 7. -CONNELL
IS RENOMINATED
Chosen by the Second District RepubIi
cans Yesterday Afternoon.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION
In the Absence of Chairman w. 8.
Millar, Secretary c. 8. Seamans
Called the Convention to Order.
Names Of the Deiegates..The Reso.
lutiOns AdOpted...ThOse Who
Placed Candidates in Nomination.

lutiOns AdOpted...ThOse Who
Placed Candidates in Nomination
Alexander T. Connell, Of the Twen.
tieth ward. was renominated for the
legislature by the Republicans of thu
Second Legislative district at a conven
tion held in the court house yesterds!
afternoon. The resolutions adopted
commend the course followed by Mr.
Connell in the legislature and tht
speeches made in placing his name be-
fore the convention and in lsecondinl
the nomination were warmly eulogistit
of the candidates singleness of purpos,
and conscientious labor for his consti
tuents in the last house of representa-
tives. Mr.. Connell's opponent was Fred
Ehrhardt, of the Twelfth ward, who re-
ceived seventeen votes. Mr.. Connell re-
ceived twenty.
Much interest was shown In the out
come of the convention and there wa.
a big crowd in the arbitration room anC
Immediately outside In the corridor anx
ious to listen to the deliberations o.
the delegates. In the gathering wer,
noticed Attorney James f. Watkins
Attorney r. II. Holgate. b. r. Jayne
T. b. Jackson. who was mentioned a.
possible candidates; James Moir. jr.
w. II. Withers, John G. McAskie, c. p
O'Malley, Bryon Ackerly. E. +. Roba
than, John H. Fellows John M. Casey
John ]. Flanaghan, w. ]. Walsh, Emf
Bonn and Charles Wagner. The cal
announced that the convention woul(
be held at p. M, but 1t was some time
later before any great number Of tn,
delegates put In an appearance.
CONVENTION CALLED TO ORDER
|, In the absence of Chairman w.
Millar, of the district standing commit
tee, c. s. SeamanS, the secretary, called
the convention to order at 2.45 p. m.
stating that he had been requested L
do 80 by Chairman Millar He appoint
ed Isadore Goodman secretary. Mr.
Goodman read the call and the list o.
precincts in the district. and as eaci
was announced the delegate represent.
ing it handed in his credentials. The
delegates were:
Seventh ward-First district, George
Berkel Third district, William Gunlock
Eighth ward-First district, Fred Durr
Second district. +. w. Zizelman, 1sador,
Goodman.
Ninth ward-First district. II. $. Al
worth. James J. II. Hamilton: Seconc
district. q. b. Thompson, NJ. d. Hine
Third district, NJ. w. Lowry f. w. Fletz
Tenth ward-Rudolph Buenzli, Charlie.
Rayner.
Eleventh ward-First district. John f
Scheuer, Charles Scull; Second district
Philip Scheuer; Third district. John Fink
Twelfth ward-First district. Fred Lin
der
Thirteenth ward-First district, =. X
Potter; Second district c. $. Seamans
G. b. Gardner; Third district, Joseph II
Seward.
sixteenth ward-First district, Joseph
Danner Edward Bisbing; Second district
Harry Caskey, Walter II. Davis.
Seventeenth ward-First district, Franz
9. Hall. John l.. Holiday: Second dis
trict, William T. Hackett, Robert HaAg
Frank Martin.
Nineteenth ward-First district. Johr
Hartman; Second district. ]. p. Kramer
Third district, william Doehler; Fourth
district, Charles Milicb.
Twentieth ward-First district, Charles
Simrell: Second district, Charles F. Kloss
Third district, James Edwards.
TENTH'S REPRESENTATION
Attention was called to the fact that
the Tenth ward had returned two dele
gates. Attorney NJ. w. Lowry made a
statement to the effect that at the last
state election 1O5 votes were cast fol
State Treasurer Jackson, the head OF
the Republican ticket. The rules of the
party as he understood 1t was that
there must be ten Republican votes In
q district to entitle it one representative
and for every one hundred over that
number they were entitled to an addi-
tional delegate. As this would only
give the Tenth ward one delegate he
moved that Mr.. Buenzli and Mr.. Ray
ner be given half a vote each.
This drew forth a protest from Mr.
Buenzli. Attorney James ]. H. Hamil-
ton did not agree with Mr. Lowry's
Interpretation of the rules. He said a
district is entitled to a representative
for each one hundred Republican votes
and fraction thereof no matter how
small that fraction is. A copy of the
rules was obtained and it was found
that Mr.. Hamilton's position was the
correct one. Mr.. Lowry withdrew his
motion and the names Of the two Tenth
ward delegates remained on the roll
and each had full vote.
Joseph Danner nominated Fred Durr
for temporary chairman and John r.
Scheuer named Fred w. Zizelman. The
roll was called by the secretary and the
vote was as follows: Durr. %; Zizel-
man, Is. Chairman Seamans declared
Mr.. Durr the temporary chairman. Mr..
Durr thanked the delegates for the
honor and then called for nominations
for temporary secretaries and on motion
of NJ. w. Lowry, c. s. Seamans and
Isadore Goodman were chosen. Chair
man Durr named the following COM
mittees:
THE COMMITTEES.
Resolutions-M. w. Lowry. A. 8. Al
worth, Joseph Kramer.
Permanent Organization-C. B. Gardner,
Charles f. Kloss, NJ. d. Hine.
Chairman Gardner of the committee
on permanent organization. presented
a report recommending that the tenn
porary organization be made perman-
ent. On motion of w. f. Davis the
report was adopted. Chairman Lowry
of the resolutions committee. read the
platform which closed with the follow
ing paragraph:
In conclusion we desire to express our
hearty appreciation Of the faithful and
effective services rendered by our present
representative from this district Hon. A.
T. Connell. ana believe that his arduous
labors in that behalf have earned for him
the united support Of his constituents to
re-elect him for another term in the legis-
lature of tfs commonwealth.
Attorney James J. H. Hamilton OBJ
jected to the latter part of the resolu-