The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-24
ANOTHER MOVE
TO DEFEAT CROW
A Case That Is Of Importance in All
Counties.
AN INJUNCTION HAS BEEN GRANTED
The Delay Is Liable to COmplicate
Matters Considerably in Philadel.
phia Unless the Injun ctiOn Is Made
Permanent..CrOw Will Engage
Counsel and Fight Case with vigOr.

Philadelphia, Oct. 23.-An important
step was taken to-day by the opponents
of Alexander Grow, Jr., the Demo-
cratic and Independent Republican
candidate for sheriff Of Philadelphia.
This move is in the shape of a prelim-
mary injunction served upon the coun-
ty commissioners restraining them
from printing and distributing official
ballots with the column known as the
Mckinley Citizens Ticket upon it,
The injunction is the result of u bill
in equity asked for by Frank p. Hend-
ley, a wholesale grocer of the Twelfth
ward of this city, and who Is also one
of the Republican electors. The ground
upon which the injunction il granted
alleges that fraud was used to get this
column on the ticket.
The injunction was granted by Judge
Simonton, Of the Dauphin County
Court. and it was secured by John II.
Fow, Vell-known Democratic politi-
clan and lawyer Of this city.
Judge Simonton was taking part in
the exercises at Princeton College. and
he was visited there by Mr.. Fow last
night. When the papers were present
ed, the judge, accompanied Mr..
Fow to Pennsylvania and issued the
injunction prayed for. The hearing
has been fixed for Tuesday next at z
O'Clock p m., in Harrisburg, and in the
meantime the printing Of the ballots
has been stopped. This action upon the
part Of the Dauphin County Court is
of Importance in all the counties of
the State, as for some time the county
commissioners I'm various sections Of the
state have complained that the addi-
tion of this column to this ballot makes
1t unnecessarily large. and they can
not hnd printing presses in the country
newspaper offices sufficiently large tc
print them.
EFFECT OF THE INJUNCTION.
In the event Of the Injunction be-
coming perpetual 1t will establish ex-
actly the position of the rival candi-
dates for sheriff Of Philadelphia on the
ballot. Mr.. Ashbridge's name will ap-
pear in the regular Republican column
underneath the electoral ticket Mr..
Crows will be printed in three sep
arate columns, the regular Democratic
the free silver and the Mckinley Crow
but in neither column will the name
| appear conformity with the Republican
electoral ticket.
This change, If sustained by the
Dauphin county court on Tuesday next
will obviously be to the advantage
Of Mr.. Ashbridge. Mr.. Grow will en-.
| gage counsel and fight vigorously t
prevent the column being taken off the
| ballot.
County Commissioner Richmond, ir
| speaking Of the injunction, said that
the matter was Of vital Importance tc
| them in one particular-that Of time.
Even now we were hardly able tC
have the ballots printed and distribut-
ed before election day." he said, land
this delay is going to complicate mat.
| ters considerably. With the hearing
| fixed for next Tuesday it will leave us
but some three or four working days
in which the printer can do the work
This represents the printing of ovel
half million ballots, divided into
nearly a thousand lots for the 970 di'
visions in the city. 1t will have to bt
done, of course, and will be done, anG
should the injunction stand 1t will sim.
plify matters consldera bly,"