The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-04
The PRIMARIES today
Delegates Will BE Elected to Attend
Tuesdays City Convention.
LARGE VOTE MILL BE POLLED
Names Of the Men Who Are Candidate F..
for Delegates in the Interest OF
Ripple. widmaycr aud " iiiiams.
Convention On Tuesday,

This afternoon the Republican pri-
maries will be held between the hours
OF and I o'clock to elect delegates to
attend Tuesdays city convention in
Music Hall.
fhere was much activity in political
circles yesterday and the various can
didates for delegate were hard at work
cahVassing among their neighbors for
votes. Although today will be cold the
indications are that an excecdinpIv
large vote will he polied.
In every election district in the CITY
there are two sets Of delegates. One
ia'ors the candidacy of Colonel F., H,
hippie Tor mayor. Fred j. Widmayer
sor city controller. and Daniel Williams
ior treasurer and the other Is in the field
III the interest of the candidacy of Can.
taln James Moir for mayor, C. w. West -
Piahi Tor controller and Thomas II
DuN,es ior treasurer. Between the
rNal candidates for delegates there will
Se many hard-fought battles which will
nave tendency to bring out a very
large vote. '''s
Following Is a list of the de,...,o
who are running i'm the interast ot
Messrs. Ripple, Widmayer and Wi.
liams: "''" WIZ
Names OF tho Delegates.
First ward-First district stan,ov S,,,.
man . Reese Watkins: Second district. Ma
}0r r. ": Pearce; Third district. I,fre5
rierce, Wallace Burgess.
,nS. necSnu ward-tirst district, David Ev-
ain; Wi;,;;,o second district. Walter V. Handricks
Sin SMinliiam $; Ward; Third district, Ellis r.
SIMl,fnptson; IMfit FOURTH district John j. owens:
riItn r district. John Slmms.
Norsn. Nrur'S aoo WardEtirst district. Henry
iaoIse' second district. Morgan Williams
lanes Ian, Evans; Third district. William Gil
per., isi., Richard Phillips: Fourth district.
''EMsbd Ei1,b wsr ;; LEWIS, Henry BergerhoM.
Hasen, David J., Cosgrove: Third district
George Jones, William Gleason. ir.: Fourth
'siTii' sixth war%r,rI Names rT,hro ssnjamin Thomas
rinston; Third district, Edwin Bowen.
John Il. Williams. "e"'
Seventh ward-First district. George
hRrkSi Eiks,, !, Third ns district, Herman Hagen.
Millar: Second district, william r. Jen-
kns. Charles q. German.
Ninth ward-F,rst district, joseph Bau-
meister' msd, q i I James Taylor; Second district,
district, Thomas Sprague. W. j Tracy.
Meyer. A'"''
Eleventh ,ward.First district. Albert
Charles Weber; Third district. James Nc,
Guinness.
Twelfth ward-First district. Fred Err
nafut.
Thirteenth ward-First district. John
Sykes: Second district. Conrad Schroeder,
Preston Robinson; Third district, L. d.
Hughes.
nj, Fonrteen!h ward-Tirst district, Rees
Fifteenth ward-ffrs: district, John E.v-
ans. Joseph Pollock: Second district, NJ. G.
Birtly. w. j. jenkins.
Sixteenth ward.First district. Adam
Schroeder. j. ID. Ferber: Second district,
Lnfe $. Raught, Seth Bonney.
Seventeenth ward--First district, Charles
Schlager, j. W. Oakford: Second district.
Montrose Barnard. John W. Kambeck,
Luther Keller.
Eighteenth war1-Charles Beckett.
Nineteenth ward-First district, Joseph
Weber; Second district, Peter Naher:
Third district. Jacob Weissman: Fourth
district. Fred Xiegler.
Twentieth ward-First district, Julian
Cooper: Second district. Fred Klatt;
Third district. James Mccoy.
Twenty-first wards. d. Roberts.