The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-01
OUR new CITY Fathers
Brief Sketches Of Men NhO Mill Take
Their Seats Next Monday.
ONLY THREE ARE STRANGERS
Five Of Them Have Been In COuusil
Before and Have Good Reeorda
Each Council VIII Have the
Same Number Of New Faces.

There will be eight new faces In coun-
ellis when reorganization takes place
next Monday morning. Four In each
branch. The new members of the se-
lect council will be J. j. Kearney. of the
Third ward: Robert Robinson. of the
Eleventh ward: Edwin Frable, of the
Nineteenth ward. and John J. Mean
drew, of the 'Twenty-first ward. The
four new men of the lower branch will
be p. F.. Gordon, of the Second ward;
j. j. Flanaghan. of the Eight ward;
Philip Wirth, Of the Eleventh ward,
and Thomas McGrail. of the Twentieth
ward.
Strictly speaking. there will be but
three new men among those who will
take the oath of Office that day. Messrs.
Frable, McAndrew and Gordon, as four
of the others have at one time or an
other represented their constituents in
either the upper or lower branch. and
one of them. Mr.. Wirth. who succeeds
Robert Robinson from. the Eleventh,
will have attended several meetings by
the time reorganization comes on.
Mr.. Kearney, who was returned from
the Third, filled the same office during
the term preceding the present one.
which is being creditably served by
Peter Kelly. whom Mr.. kearney de-
feated for reelection. Mr.. Kearney Is
a conductor on the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western road and Is as
popular among his fellow workmen AZ
he is among his constituents. which is
saying good deal for his popularity.
He made good record during his pre-
vious term and can be relied upon to
duplicate II.
SELECT COUNCILMAN FRABLE.
Edwin Frable. the new select council
man from the Nineteenth ward. was
elected on the Democratic ticket by one
Of the largest majorities even given to
any candidate In that ward. and he
was opposed by Joseph p. Kramer. Il
very popular Republican. Mr.. Frable
is a young man and Is engaged In the
grocery business on Stone avenue as
one of the firm of Washington Frable's
Sons. He Is married and resides at 50a
Stone avenue. This is his first eX-
perience as q servant of the people
The energetic Victor l.auer. of the
Twenty-tirst will have a worthy sue
cessor in ]. J. McAndrew. who Is one OF
those good. solid citizens who can be
trusted to be ever active and on the
alert in the interests of the city and
their constituents. He has never before
held public Office, but this is accounted
for no doubt by the fact that he has not
been u seeker for political preferment.
His popularity Is attested by the cleo
ton In which he carried the ward by a
safe majority with an indepedent can
didate In the field. He Is A. years of age
and has been Il resident OF this clay all
his life. He is an engineer at the Dia-
mond mine. where he has always been
employed from the first day he began
work as a breaker boy.
or Robert Robinson, who Will repre-
sent the Eleventh In the select branch.
nothing need be said He has served In
common council for the past three years
In Il most efficient and businesslike
manner.
GORDON OF THE SECOND.
T.. F. Gordon. who will represent the
Second ward in the lower branch, Is u
blacksmith and carriage maker, doing
business on Green Ridge street He Is 30
years of age and Scrantonian by birth
This Is his first political Office. and the
fact that he was elected to it by a ma
jority of fiftyfve over such strong
man as Morris V. Morris in ward that
Is decidedly Republican,, must be a
source of no small qualification to him.
j. j. Flanaghan IL doubtless the most
prominent and best known of the new
men. He represented the Eighth ward
In one or the other branches of coun-
ellis for seven years altogether, and also
served one term as county commission
er. He has always taken a leading part
In Democratic affairs, and. in fact. in
public affairs generally, and Is recog-
nized as one of our prominent citizens
He will be an addition to common coun-
ell that common council can well stand.
Philip Wirth. the new common cOun-
Gilman from the Eleventh ward. sue
ceeds Robert Robinson, who was ad-
vanced from the lower branch to the
select. Mr.. Wirth is 50 years old. mar.
ried, and has q family. He Is an uphol-
sterer and works In the Delaware, I.ack-
awanna and Western car shops He has
earned quite local reputation as an
athlete and has won several prizes In
outdoor games. This is his first ap-
pearance I'm an official function. His
popularity is attested by the fact that
he won on the Republican ticket in
what is usually a rOckribbed Demo
cratic ward. Fred Phillips was his
competitor.
M'GRAIL WILL RETURN.
Thomas McGrail was elected to the
lower branch as the representative OF
the Twentieth ward. Mr.. McGrail was
in council five years ago, but the abrup,
termination of his tenure OF office Is
in the public mind fresh enough ye,
and needs no repetition. Mr. McGrai
has contended all along that he wa.
innocent of the charge made against
him and was persevering enough tC
work his Way back to councils for th,