The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-15
bailey NAMED FOR MAYOR
Told a Tribune Reporter That He
Mould Not Accept.
BOLAND FOR CITY TREASURER.
Work of Yesterdays City Convention.
MIR. bailey VIII Meet Boinnd. Robin
son and Others This Morning to
Discuss the situation.
)LAND FOX CITY TREASURER.

Qence, Cn3TleS ooS, ol tHt west Ciut,
and ID. +. Battle, of the South Side.
The convention was notable for its
QuietneSS and for the absence of nearly
all of the prominent men of the party
who are usually conspicuous figures at
city and county conventions.
At 2.25 the curtain at Music hall was
raised and DIV. Vaughan. acting chair
man of the city committee, and Attor-
ney NJ. +. Sando, secretary, walked on
the stage. Mr.. Vaughan made no re-
marks in calling the convention to or
der, ,contenting himself with instructinE
Secretary Sando to read the call for the
convention. This done credentials were
called for. Attorney John NJ. Corbctt
assisted Secretary SanGo in the work
of receiving and recording them.
There was n large crowd present
though not so many as thronged the
hail u week before at the Republican
convention 1t was n strangely orderly
crowd for a Democratic city conven-
| tion. No waves of enthusiasm ebbed
or flowed across the convention hall
and the glad hand" was not once
given when the notables approached
the platform to hand up their creden-
tials. Usually ut such gatherings the
appearance of n man OF any renown Il;
| the signal for an outburst of applause
but yesterdays convention was unusu
ally silent and cold.
| several Contests Instituted.
At 2.i5 the credentials We're all in the
| possession of the secretaries and Mr..
Sando read the roll of the convention.
The following contests were announced:
Sixth ward--SeCond district-Steph rn
| Coggins contested by John +. Lynch;
third district. Patrick O'iiarn contested
by ]. T. Kelly.
Eleventh ward--Third district contested
| by John SchW,nk.
| Thirteenth ward-Thrd district. John
| Holieran, contested by Michael Neary.
! Chairman Vaughan said he was ready
to hear nominations for temporary
chairman and ROdcrick Toole of the
! Seventh ward, nominated Edward II.
/ Biewitt Colonel +. j. Fitzsimmons
was also nominated but declined and
MIR. Blewitt was unanimously chosen.
| There was much applause as Mr.. Blew
lit appeared on the stage. He thanked
| the delegates for the honor conferred
upon him and called for nominations FOR
secretaries. Attorney NJ j. Donahoc
and Attorney John j. Murphy wer,
elected without opposition. Mr.. Blew
! lit then appointed the following COM
| mittees:
Resolutions-A. f. O'Boyle. NJ. ]. Dona-
hoe, William J. Burke, Nathan Vdaver,
| L. J. FitZsimmons.
| +. Kearney, Conrad Lutz, M Y. Jackson,
john B. O'Malley. John w. Mclean.
| Permanent observation-disclosures Nor
ris, Fred Warnke Patrick Lavele. Pat
| rick Toole. Patrick Mawn, jr.
No Hoodic in Sight.
After the committees retired one dele
| gate moved for a recess of half an hour
but the chairman refused to put the mo-
ton and Patrick Golden cried out: "Sit
down. We don't want a recess; there's
| no Doodle in this
| The delegates and onlookers waited
very quietly and patiently until 3i5
! for the committees to make their re-
/ ports and at that hour Chairman Flan-
aghan of the committee on credentials.
! presented report seating Stephen Cog
| gins as the delegate from the Second
district of the Sixth ward; John Hol-
leran as the delegate from the Third dis
| trict of the Thirteenth ward: John
Schwenk as the delegate from the Third
district of the Eleventh ward. Patrick
| O'llara and J. i. Kelly were each al
lowed half vote as representatives of
the Third district of the sixth ward
Martin Flaherty of the Eleventh
| ward who was ilnseated in favor OF
| John SchWenh, was granted the priv
| ilege of the floor and i'm an impassioned
| speech protested that "a great injustice
! had been done him by the committee on
credentials. He said he was the legally
| elected delegate and could bring album
| dant evidence to prove that fact. In
| the face of this he could not understan nd
why the seat should be given to a man
who had no legal claim to il whatever
| The leaders were Drating about har-
| Inony but If they were sincere in their
desire for harmony they We're proceed
| ing in the wrong way to secure It,
| Notwithstanding Mr.. Flahcrty's pro
| test the report of the committee U-as
adopted and Mr.. Schwenk was seated.
| The report of the committee on resoIu-
| tons was read by A. r. O'Boyje. who
made a brief speech in urging the
adoption of the resolutions. They were
accepted without challenge as an ey.
preston of the sentiments of the dele
gates. They read as follows:
Resolutions Adopted.
| The Democracy of the city of Scranton.
| In convention assembled, renews its allie
| glance TO the principles of the great party
| founded by Thomas Jefferson. which
| though other parties may come and 20
| seems destined to go on forever or nj
least so long as the United States shaI;
continue its present form of government
| we nan with pleasure the returning
fcalty Of the people at large to that great
| party.
We take pleasure in commenting tho
| manly and patriotic stand taken by Presi-
nent cleveland IN ms recent message OF
| the Venezuelan question as a true and
| courageous Interpretation of American T.
policy as enunciated by James Monroc
ard the fathers OF the Republic.
We commend the courageous stand
taken by the insursent Cubans ana the
| Beers In their struggle for liberty. and
| trust success will crown their efforts
We believe 1t the duty Of every civilized
| and Christian nation to raise its voice in
| protest against the atrocities perpetra teC
| on the ArmenianS.
| We deprecatc and denounce the methods
used by our political opponents i'm this
stnttn yt,tt Tot
| pal control. as such means are calcula TED
to defeat the popular form of government
| upon which the stability of our institu-
| tons depends.
We call upon every citizen who is pos
| sessed of political independence and who
resents bribery in every form and whose
desire is for municipal reform to join with
| us In this battle for good government. and
! for the honor and dignity of public Office.
| We pledge ourselves to support the can.
| didates nominated by this convention. and
| agree to use every honest and honora bic
| method TO secure their election.
| We recognize the deplorable condition
to which the degradation of the police
| force has reduced the morality of this city
| The charge of a Republican paper that
leaders of that party have traiIicked il,
| mems iusts and passions has not and can
| not be refuted. The police force. instea d
Of being used for public protection. l.
| openly employed for political oppression.
| 1t Is Il species of deba uchery which af-
fects the liberties and the homes of all
citizens. Police are out of place in poll
tics. and the time has come when that
| fact must be emphasized
We call upon every citizen who IS pos
| sessed of political independence, who re-
sents bribery in every form and who's
desire is for municipal reform, to join witt
us in this battle. We also call for the rele.
CATION of all self-styled Democrats WING
have made 1t practice to hang on to :
| Republican boss to oblivion or Republi
canism. Let them make their choice.
We denounce emphatically the corrupt
use of money for the purpose of infiuenc-
ing elections, whether general or primary