The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-01-25
THE TICKET IS
TABOR AND BURKE
Hot Time at the Democratic Convention
Saturday Night.
NOLL'S CONFERREE RETALIATED.
Damn Learned That the scanlan People
Had Planned to Dump Jake NoIl, 50
He Turned in with Hanna and
Dumped Seaman.

The Democratic borough ticket for the
Spring campaign was decided upon and an
nounced Saturday night by the conferrees
elected at the primaries on Friday. To say
that the ticket is received with satisfaction
and will receive the support Of the party at
the election would be an unwarrantable chal-
lenge Of truth. The ticket is, Of course, sat
isfactory to many Democrats, and at the same
time meets tho appreciation of many of the
Citizens party, who feel that it is about as
good a favor ~ any the Democratic party
could confer upon them at this time.
The ticket is as follows (;
Chief Burgess-ADAM P. TABOR.
Receiver of Taxes-EDWARD BURKE.
Borough Justices-J. J.. CARDIN.
JERE. TooMEY.
Borough A~uditor-JoHN MCDONALD.
The ticket was made up by a counter deal.
The Seaman forces, at the eleventh hour,
succeeded in taking two confsrrees from
Jacob Noll, one of the Democratic aspirants
for Chief Burgess. Noll's friends retaliated
by throwing their strength to Burke, so that
both Seaman and Noll fell between the
benches, and the end has not been reached
yet if current reports come from points of
authority.
The convention was = stormy one and of a
character that could hardly be assuring to
any party. 1t appears that after Thomas
Scaulan was elected chairman of the Second
ward primary Friday night he left the place
without naming his conferroes, or proceeding
for q nomination of a ward ticket. 1t was
understood, however, that the conferrees
we're TO be Thomas Seaman, Patrick Gibbons
and Killian O'Neal. They we're understood
to be for NJ. j. Seaman for Receiver of Taxes
and Jacob Noll for Chief Burgess. 1t is
charged that efforts we're brought to bear on
Saturday by the Seaman people to get the
conferrees to turn over from Noll to Tabor.
This is stated as a positive fact in connection
with Gibbons, who declined to desert O'Neal
However, when the convention opened the
Second ward conferrees were found to be
Thomas Seaman, f.. J. Brennan aud P. J,
Mulholland, who favored Scanlan and Tabor.
Noll heard of this program and started out
to hustle up his friends. One of Nolrs con-
ferrees in the Fifth ward, Henry Damn,
feeling that Noll was secure for tho nomina.
ton had decided to remain home, on account
of his wife being i'll. Noll suddenly appeared
at the house, shortly after seven o'clock, and
related the Second ward deal. Damn and
Noll hurried to the convention. At hrst
Damn was denied recognition, the grouuc
being taken that a substitute had been seated
Noll and Damn made a successful fight
however, and the latter got his seat. He die
not succeed in saving his man, but he de
feated Seaman.
When the time to vote for Receiver o
Taxes arrived, Matt. Giblon and Thoma
Tracey, First ward conferrees, cast their vote
for Scanlan. These votes, with those Of thu
Second and Fifth wards, would have giyeI
Scanlan eight votes and the nomination, bu
when the Fifth ward votes were called 70
Damn voted Burke, thus leaving Scanlal
with but seven votes. The Third and Fourtl
ward votes, with the vote of Frank Hanna
from the First ward, and Damn, from TIN
Fifth, made up the tally that landed Burke
There are several sore spots. The Scanlal
people blame the Noll people for Damn
action, and Nolls friends say Damn was jus
tilted because the Seaman people tried t
make a Jonah out of Noll. Walter Ryu
kawicz is also asking what no did to deserv
his dump. 1t was understood throughout th
campaign that if Burke should win Ryn
kaWicZ would be one of the Borough Jus
tees. Justice Cardin managed to get out q
the wet on Saturday afternoon, however, an.
that left Rynkawicz out in the blizzard t
take what consolation he could out of tn
nomination of Tabor for Chief Burgess.
1t was generally understood in adyanc
that newspaper men would not be admitte
to the convention. Notwithstanding thi.
two put in an appearance tomake a SCOOP Of
the other reporters, but were obliged to with
draw by a motion Of Frank Hanna tina
neWgDaDar man ba excluded