The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-05
MR.. BOLAND JUMPS
INTO THE SADDLE
City Hall Ring Proposes to Capture
Tuesdays Convention.
ALEX. W. DICKSON IS THE MAN
Mentioned for Congress ut n Seance
In the Mayors Office at Which MIR.
BOiand's Idea Is UnfOlded.. Meet.
ing Didn't Quite Fall in with the
Idea..COl. FitzsimmOns and Merri.
field Side.Tracked.

1t was like this:
Nobody had come up openly and said
| he wanted it, so Christy Boland said to
himself, why not own a congressman
| or even defeated candidate for con-
gress? If Bryan should be elected
somebody up this way Is going to be
the distributor of big lot of patronage.
The defeated congressman or the man
who is the recognized manager of af-
fairs will be the patronage distributor"
Consequence:
There will be meeting of representative
Democrats at the office of Mayor Bailey,
in the Municipal building. Friday evening
at s. o'clock at which you are invited to be
present. Committee.
The following responded to the invi-
tation: Mayor James G. Bailey. City
Controller Z. ]. Robinson, County
Treasurer c. II. Schadt, d. J. Reedy,
secretary of the Bryan and Sewall
| club; John f. Gaffney, secretary of the
county committee: Select Councilman
John j. Flanaghan, A. f. Duffy, John
]. Durkin, Joseph e. Taylor, Hon. NJ
II. Sando, NJ. ]. Donahoe, Editor Lynett
of the Times, NJ. A. Mckinley and sew
eral others received invitations. Mr..
Boland it is needless to say was also
there.
SLATE PLAN WENT AMISS.
Mayor Bailey was chosen to preside
The announcement was made that the
meeting was called for the purpose Of
talking over things pertaining to next
Tuesdays convention. These things
We're duly talked over. 1t was the in
tention Of the instigators to attempt
slate but the makeup of the meeting
precluded this. Every candidate for
commissioner and auditor, from Car
bondale to Moosic had friend at the
meeting and when the engineers of the
affair looked over the gathering 1t was
decided that any attempt at slate maxi
ing just then must result disaStrously.
But there were other plans.
One of them was a surprise to the un-
initiated. 1t was to have the commit
tee invite Alexander w. Dickson to stand
for congress. His boomers said he
would take to it; that they had author
ity to say he believed Bryan would be
elected and should have a free silver
congress. He was a free silverite and
would not refuse an unanimous call to
be the standard bearer of the Lacka-
wanna free silverites.
BUT THERE WE'RE OTHERS.
But what about Mr.. Campbell and
Col. Fitzsimmons and Mr.. Vidaver and
Mr.. Merrifeld? was asked.
The answer was Mr.. Campbell de-
clines, Col. Fitzsimmons will agree to
anything we do, Mr.. Vidaver is willing
to step aside for any other man and
Mr.. Merrifield-well he hasn't said he
wanted it.
The committee of representative
Democrats" promised to think it over
and meet again at 4 o'clock this after
noon. Colonel Fitzsimmons will be
seen in the meantime. He will be
asked to be chairman of the conven-
tion and to withdraw in favor of Mr..
Dickson. He will be expected to make
rousing speech and tell how glad he
is that he is permitted to Withdraw
from the fight and how it tickles him
to death to be sidetracked.