The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-09
DEMOCRATS NAME
CONVENTION DATE
County Ticket Is 10 Be Nominated on
Tuesday, Aug. "a.
WAS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
Nine of the County Committeeman
We're in Favor of a Late Convention
and Voted for September 7--They
Were Out-Voted, However, Eleven
Committeeman Favoring an Early
the Candidates.

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At a meeting OF the Democratic
county committee in the St. Charles
Hotel. Saturday night, It was decided
to hold the county convention on Tues
| day, Aug. "a. The primaries will be
held the preceding Saturday. Music
Hall will probably be the scene of the
| convention.
When the committee was called to
| order at s o'clock by County Chairman
Jennings there were present David J.
| Reedy. secretary; George S. Horn, Ed
ward Robinson, A. =. O'Donnell An
thony Walsh, NJ. ]. Donohoe. c. II.
Schadt, Joseph Taylor, Richard Man
gan, Miles f. Mcdonald, all of Scran-
ton; John e. Flynn, of Archibald Jud-
son Calender, of Clark's Green; f. J.
Fitzsimmons, of Scranton; NJ. f. Nc
Dermott. of Jermyn: p. F. Lawler,
of Jessup; James Pigeon and John +.
Mannion. of Carbondale; John j.
Coyne, of Minooka; Frank r. Coyne,
of Old Forge, and NJ. w. Cummings,
of Olyphant.
Mr.. Jennings, after announcing the
object of the meeting, said that at the
last county convention list had been
COllplleu VI lne NlSlld1Ce committees
returned. This had been preserved,
but was anything but complete, as
many of the districts had not returned
vigilance committees. 1t was suggest
ed by the chairman that a number of
candidates for county offices were in
the hallway and might be called in and
consulted with reference to a time for
holding the county gathering. The
| committeeman thought they were COM
petent to wresje with that subject
without receiving any assistance from
the candidates and declined to call
them in.
FIXING A DATE.
Colonel Fitzsmmons claimed the at
| tention of the chairman and moved
that the convention be held on Tues
day, Aug. "a, and the primaries on Sat-
urday, Aug. 81. Joseph Taylor amend
ed the motion by naming Aug 81 as the
| date for the convention, but David j.
Reedy killed IT by calling the atten-
ton of the committee to the fact that
the state convention meets on Aug. 81.
Then Mr.. Taylor named the first Tues
day in September as the time for hold
| ing the convention.
Colonel Fitzsimmons took the floor
| and made a speech favoring an early
convention. He said the Demo-
| cratic party wants men as candidates
| this fall who are not afraid to run, no
| matter who are named by the Repub-
| lican party. The only possible argu-
ment in favor of a late convention that
| could be put forward, as he viewed the
| situation, is that the party might take
advantage of any blunders made by
| the Republicans or soreness that might
| result from their convention. No man
| should be given n Democratic nomina-
| tion, he said, who first wants to know
| the Republican against whom he will
| be pitted. A late convention, he said,
would render it impossible to get an
effective working organization per-
| fected in time to dc the work that will
be necessary this fall.
1t was again suggested, this time by
| Mr. Taylor and NJ. w. Cummings, of
| Olyphant, that the candidates be called
in and their sentiments obtained, but
the committee did not do so.
AN EARLY CONVENTION.
Mr.. TayloT's amendment for a con-
vention on Sept. Z was put and was
defeated by a vote of IL to o. The
motion of Colonel Fitzslmmons fixing
u.
There promises to be a lively skir-
mish for offices among the Democrats.
AS yet no real effort to form a slate
has been made. but this week will see
one perfected in all probability The
candidates say they cannot afford to
make a canvass for delegates single
| handed and as an economy of time and
money propose to form a combination.
Attorney r. ]. Duggan, candidate for
the district attorney nomination, it is
| said, will not enter any of the COM
| binatiOns unless circumstances should
| force him to do so. He has been maxi
| ing a single handed fight for delegates
for weeks and will continue along that
line to the end. unless events of the
| week cause him to change his course.
During this week, the political gos-
sips have it, delegates will be set up in
nearly all of the election districts of
hte county for Charles II. Schadt for
sheriff, NJ. j. Kelly for treasurer and
George S. Horn for district attorney.
This is the nucleus of county ticket.
To Carbondale has been allotted the
Office of prothonotary and Matthew
| Norton and John +. Wheeler are prom.
inent aspirants for the office. Whoever
can swing the greatest number of
votes for the combination will have his
name placed on the slate.
RECORDER OF DEEDS.
1t is thought desirable to award the
office of recorder Of deeds to a Ger
man and if this programme is carried
out Frederick Warnke Of the West
Side. may receive the nomination.
Frank Deckert of the South Side one Of
the most prominent Polish citizens Of
the county, is also being talked of
for the office although he was origi-
nally a candidate for register of wilc
If Deckert can do more for the slate
on the South Side than Warnke can
on the West Side he may be nominat-
ed for recorder. School controller Ben
son Davis is making a fight for the
nomination and so Is eX-Recorder
James j. Healey. There is little liki-
hood from present indications Of the
latter being successful.
Common Councilman James Grier
wants the nomination for register of
wills and so does Jury Commissioner
John F. Mannion of Carbondale. II
Frank Deckert is not the nominee for
recorder there is a strong likelihooi
that he will be named for register of
wills. For Jury Commissioner some of
the candidates are j. ]. Flynn, Arch
bald; Frank Doherty, CoWngton;
Thomas Price, Archibald; James Foley,
| Olyphant,
The slate viii not be without opposi-
tion, In the first place u. j. Cannon
of the West Side will try to succeed
NJ. j. Kelly on 1t as a candidate for
treasurer. II he is unsuccessful it is
highly probable that another COM
blnation will be perfected, the plans Of