The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19

| trict OF Lackawanna county. In conven-
| tion assembled, hereby renew our al
| legiancs to those principles which have
| become identical with Republican policy.
| and declare our faith In their ultimate
| triumph.
We invite the sincere and candid refiec-
| tion Of every elector upon the issues Of
| this campaign, believing 1t to be the
| gravest political crisis since the FIRST
great conflict of our party. and that
upon the result rests for O term, the
veal or woe of a free people.
We submit to the honest scrutiny Of
every Intelligent voter the history Of our
| party. and point with pride to the able
| and wise exercise OF the functions OF gov-
| ernment by our party leaders. who have
been In authority; and We declare to the
| voters of this city ana county that, as
| this vexing and calamitous Democratic
| administration wanes. and We are con-
| fronted with a new. speculative and more
| dangerous opposition, II behooves every
| man to consult his own interests and the
| interests Of his country and, having done
| so, decide whether they will accept the
| fallacious arguments and pernicious doc
| trines OF the new opposition, or return
| again to power that party which the
people have never trusted in vain.
We believe that business and conf
dence, recently crippled by a free trade
| policy, would be more completely para
lyzed by an era of deprecated currency.
We heartily endorse the platform as
| enunciated by our national convention at
| st. Louis, and the standard bearers she
gave US In that great champion Of pro-
| lection and reciprocity. William Mckin-
| ley, OF Ohio, and of Garret A. Hobart, Of
New Jersey.
We further endorse and recommend to
| the suffrage of the voters of Pennsylva-
| MIA the platform adopted by our state
| convention and the choice 1t made for
| ongressmen-at-large, Galusha A. Grow,
Of SusQuehanna, and Samuel A. Daven-
port. Of Erie.
We especially recommend to the voters
OF Lackawanna the nominee Of our late
| county convention for congress. William
Connell OF Scranton, believing that he
| will represent with signal ability this
great Industrial district; and we urge the
| support of every voter of this county and
| city to the candidacy of the other nomi-
nees Of that convention, Samuel W. Rob-
erts and Giles Roberts, for county COM
missioners. and A. T.. Kiefer and Fred l..
Ward, for county auditors.
We congratulate the Republicans Of this
congressional district in the able repre-
sentation given us by the present incum-
bent. Hon. Joseph A. Scranton.
Milton W. Lowry
| II. 8. Alworth,
| II. It. Kramer,
! Committee on Resolutions.
NAMING THE CANDIDATES.
The chairman asked for nominations
for legislature and F. w. Zizelman NOM
mated Fred Ehrhardt. The nomination
was seconded by Attorney Hamilton,
| who reviewed briefly the issues Of the
campaign and dwelt upon the import
| ance Of sending good men to the legis-
| lature this year. Mr.. Ehrhardt, he
said, would add strength to the county
and state tickets.
The name of Alexander T. Connell
| was placed in nomination by Fred w.
| Fleitz, who performed the same SER
| vices two years ago. He paid glow
ing tribute to Mr. Connelrs effective
work for his constituents in the last
legislature. and said that his splendid
record entitled him to a denomination
and reelection. If he did not get II
the district and not Mr.. Connell would
be the loser. The nomination was sec
| Onded by w. F. Davis and NJ. w Lowry.
The latter spoke of Mr.. Connell as the
only Republican who had ever been
| successful in carrying the Second dis
trict. The roll was called and the vote
resulted as follows:
Ehrhardt.. .....................17
Connell.. ......................2O
Chairman Durr declared Mr.. Connell
the nominee, and on motion of Attor-
ney Hamilton, seconded by Delegate
Hackett, the nomination was made
unanimous. Messrs. Lowry, Fleitz
| and Davis were appointed to bring the
candidate before the convention and he
appeared soon afterwards and made a
short speech. thanking the delegates
for the nomination. He felt that it was
due him, and 1t was nothing more than
he expected from the delegates In view
Of his labors for the people of the dis
trict during the term he was their rep
resentative at Harrisburg.
On motion of Mr.. FleitZ the candidate
was directed to name his committee in
the usual way and the convention then
adjourned.