The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-20
ACTION WAS ENDORSED
Election Of State Delegates by County
Committee Meets with Approval.
RESOLUTION TO THAT EFFECT
Adopted nj Last Nights Meeting Of the
Democratic Standing Committee Of
the Second Legislative District
After o Spirited Debate.

lative district last night at Its meeting
in the st. Charles hotel held to protest
against the action taken by the substi-
tutes for committeeman in the same
place at noon Wednesday.
A radical resolution was adopted
strongly condemning the action Of the
men who met Wednesday, relinquishing
whatever right legislative standing
committees may have to elect state
delegates and finally endorsing the ac-
ton of the county committee In elect
ing state delegates. As q compromise
the antis allowed a few words at the
end of the resolution approving the
committees choice of state delegates to
be stricken out. That was only done
after very stubborn debate. during
which the motion to ADOPT the resolu
tion was lost on tie vote.
The members of the legislative COM
mittee were very much excited when
they learned of the action of the sub
stitutes in the St. Charles hotel. and in
response to their wishes NJ. j. Donahoe.
the chairman. called a meeting of the
real committee for last night. The fol-
lowing attended it: Eighth ward T.
c. Melvin; Ninth ward, T. p Hoban;
Tenth ward. John Butterman, jr.:
Eleventh ward, Fred Kirchoff: Twelfth
ward. David Clark: Thirteenth ward, NJ.
j. Cadden; Sixteenth ward, John r.
Murphy: Twentieth ward, NJ. j. Dona-
hoe
COMMITTEE ORGANIZED.
Although Mr.. Donahoe Is chairman of
the committee, he suggested that it
would be better to proceed to organiza-
ton. as a majority of the committee
was present. He was chosen chairman
nhp Il ~,
details completed. Nj. j. Cadden offered
the following resolution, and moved its
adoption, Il. e. Melvin seconding the
motion:
Resolved, That the members of the Sec
ond legislative district committee repudi-
ate the action of the gentlemen who as
sembled at the ST. Charles hotel March y,
1896, and constituted themselves members
of said committee without any authC rity
and proceeded to elect from arlOng their
members delegates to attend the state
convention. We also desire 20 call the
attention Of the citizens of the Second
district TO the method they pursued in
making the call by attaching the names
of commit tteemen without their consent.
and serving but twenty minutes notice
on the regular appointed committee to at
tend their pre-arranged gathering.
The appointing Of delegates to attend
the state convention was irregular, as
the rules of the Democratic party of
Lackawanna county are that all delegates
to the state convention shall be elected by
the county convention with 4 proviso that
ii no county convention IL held previous
to the state convention the state dele
gates are to be elected by the direct rep
resentatives of the county convention.
namely the county committee.
The resolution introduced by Mr.. W. j.
Burke in county convention three years
ago relating to the election OF state dele
gates was Ignored at the last election of
state delegates by these very gentlemen
who called the snap gathering OH Nednes-
day. As they held, and correctly so, that
the resolution was out Of order. 1t being
offered AT u convention called together Tor
another purpose and did not specify that
business should be transacted except the
nominating Of candidates for certain Of
fees and when those nominations were
made the convention had no power to
transact any further business.
The county committee having compiled
with all the rules relating to the election
OF state delegates. we endorse their action
and approve their selection OF sSASe dele
gates.
SPIRITED DEBATE FOLLOWED.
This resolution percipitated a spirit
ed debate in which all of the members
Of the committee participated. Mr.. Ho-
ban was in favor of moving cautiously.
He would like to know II the legislat-
i've committees have the right to elect
state delegates before adopting such "a
resolution or taking any other action.
Mr.. Cadden said the Burke resolution
empowering Legislative conventions to
elect state delegates was irregular and
should not be recognized. To this Alr.
Hoban retOrted:
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quarrel
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RULES foh u" EhNE r'>"'
Mr.. Cadden thought That they couid
W. VII s ,o',nt,, ,n,,,n;ttae of which he is
also a member, for the committee rep
resents the people of the county and
they would therefore be simply endors-
ing the action of the people of the coun-
ty and therefore their own action. This
hit of logic quite staggered and sub