The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-19


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WITH tSo n,cf,,ra of Candidate Railev
| emblazoned on it. Similar badges
adorned the lapels of large committee
\ of Democrats. including Fred kirchoff
! School Controller Conrad. Councilman
| Robert Robinson and others. In this
| district, which is the home of Edmund
| j. Robinson, candidate for controller
| the largest vote in its history was
| pOlled.
| The Second and Third districts of the
| Eleventh ward poled more than their
usual vote but in them there was less
! shouting done. The workers on both
sides strovc energetically, systematic
ally. and there was therefore not much
noise and clat.er. The fight here be-
| tween Robinson and Stone for select
council brought many votes,
| The rib rocked" Prohibition Twelfth
! furnished it's regular need Af excite
ment. Constable John c. Moran was
| high ruler Of the Democrats. He shouted
| himself hoarse issuing challenges
/ against every man who came forward
/ to vote that might be suspected of hav-
| ing any Republican tendencies. Nor
! gan Sweeney was up to his neck in pur-
suit of votes for himself for council
| His opponent was his old adversary.
Henry w. Coyle. The city ticket was
/ secondary to the scramble for ward Of
| flee.
West p!ahI Wore Failcy badge
Tba Ninoteeutb ward initiated tbe
.v,mn,e of ,hc Eleventh i'm the ac-
,;vitv ,,aur.sent.d Inv rho diseruptlal
! Ren,,bljcan faction led by e. w West
| nyabi Who wore one of tho In r.e red
| BAILEY BADGES On his coar and advised
| and worked agains, the Republcau
ticket nj every nnnortunitv He aid not
| =
| rod,. aro,,nI II, q haro,cha to the other
wards yhonninr for BAILEY Roland
/ and Robinson At his heels was n large
rontin.ent of the ..refor,n'' element
who we're never known to refuse a
drink The tight between Edwin Fra
! hIa ond Josenb y Kramer for select
/ counciI was of more interest than that
for the cjtv ticket The returns are
Tho only indsx nf what was done Inv the
voters of the Twentieth ward. Demo-
cratic doodle was growing on the
bushes there. AS i'm the other wards
the absorbing fight was for ward hon
ors. For weeks past a bitter war was
waged between the tickets headed by
John Gibbons and Joseph Hanick. re-
! SpectiVeiy. Few men We're exempt from
challenge. and before they voted they
| had to plank down the documents en-
| titling them to the right OF suffrage.
The viaduct question was not heard
| of at all "A Tribune reporter went to
al of the South Side districts and FAILED
to hear one advocate of the improve
ment declare himself.
In Lackawanna township the light
| for Office was especially bitter. 1t was
necessary for Justice of the Peace
OHara to invest citizen with author-
ity to act as peace preserver before
anything like order was obtined. The
/ L.: tl,n..
! blow and it was only after he declared
he would shoot the first man who laid
hands on him that he was let alone
! Richard Cusick. judge of election in the
( South district, has not paid any taxes
in this county in four years and this
caused good deal of trouble among
many who wanted to oust him. Cusick
was appointed last week by Judge
Archibald to iii the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Thomas r. Coyne.
Abou, the West Side Polls.
| T. was rraa,cta5 that the West Side
,,' ~, a,..,.. ~ ., tarriIi, nm
Mt. ~ ,ha panu,,I;oan cardidatas
I,. So, " o ,ot tha ,.,s, ,rhera w.rs
,,,,h..,. u,hn on.pIv onnnsed them
h,,t tha ,n.n who we're exnected to he
~, ,I'a a., In ,ha n,oyemnnt ynre con-
,,;.,,n,,, ~ thai,. ,hsanca v,biIa ardent
wn,t,a,.. far the success of the ticket
'v,r., 30 no found avarvwbnre
| The viaduct boomers were very much
in evidence, and the White badges they
wore tiuttered In the wind at every
polling place They were worn by Dem
ocrats and Republicans indiscrimlnate-
ly. and every man who entered Il booth
to case ballet was asked to femeM-
ber the Niadue..
The Fifteenth ward was the scene OF
some hot hghting. 1T Is the nome OF
John ii. Fellows ana ThoinaS Dawes,
and was expected to give the Repubil-
can candidates a severe black eye. The
voters OF that ward We're nor TO be
fooled. however, and the number VINO
proved disloyal to the ticket was not as
large as the kickers expected. fhere
was a lively fight in TINS ward Tor Sc
lect council between HoratlO j. Eel
lows and John wagner. Ihe lormer
was the Republican candidate ana
| Wagner the Democratic. NJ. >. Gii-
bride was also in the field as an inde-
pendent and was on a lively hunt for
votes all day.
Interest in the municipal contest over
shadoWed all else IN the Fltth ward
where the local contests were not OF a
very exciting nature. Democrats We're
actively engaged sowing discord in the
hope that Bailey would reap many
votes. Similar tactics were employed
in all of the West Side wards.
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