The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-22


caused no little comment in this city
and in fact throughout the state.
The Philadelphia Times yesterday said
about Senator Andrews visit.
State Senator William II. Andrews of
Crawford county, left this city yester-
day morning with Scranton as his avowed
destination. Some of the gossips had II
that Andrews had gone to that section
of the state to consult with the friends
of State Senator William Scott, in Lu-
zerne and Lackawanna counties, with
view to obtaining an estimate of Scotts
strength and availability as a prospective
candidate for auditor general. 1t was re-
membered that Andrews and Magee had
recently been hob-nobbing together in
Pittsburg and the legislators and others
who were inclined to criticise the COVER
nor were ready to join that circumstance
with Andrews trip to Scranton and draw
inferences in favor of a possible Scott
boom. Andrews. 1t was intimated, might
be quietly lining up the state delegates
against McCauley, SO as to be In a posi-
tion to inform Quay on the eve of the
convention that his friends favor Scott.
Hardenbergh or some one else other than
Levi G.. McCauley, of Chester county, the
choice of Governor Hastings.
Friends of Major McCauley asserted
last night, with the most positive en-
phasis, that no such scheme as that ru-
mored could possibly succeed. McCauley,
they declared would be nominated with
out substantial opposition. If anything
like movement againsi him had been
started they contended, it was nothing
more nor less than an effort to scare the
governor and coerce him into approving
some bills, whose intended beneficiaries
feared his veto. The Quay lieutenants in
this city take no stock in the reports.
They are entirely confident that nothing
stands M
ton, and that it will be accomplished
with practical unanimity.
The presence of Henry K. Boyer,
the speaker of the state house of rep
resentatives in this city within the
week added to the local stories and not
few of the men who always have al
legged inside information on every
thing looked wise and spoke about GER
tain moves on the state checker board
that were under contemplation. The
visit of the three notables to this city
was for the purpose of getting matters
properly arranged in this part of the
state. said the wise men.
Mr.. Boyer's visit here was entire
ly of social nature. He has a friend
who is visiting relatives in the Green
Ridge section of the city and desire
to pay his respects to his friend
brought him to Scranton.
Something entirely different attracted
the Andrews brothers.
Charles Andrews, brother of the state
senator, has for years been the legis-
lative agent of the state liquor league.
He came here with his brother to help
along the movement now in progress
of combining all of the breweries in
this part of the state in one syndicate.
They had several conferences with the
members of the law firm of Warren
& Knapp who are drawing up papers
that will be necessary in the event
of the consolidation of brewing inter-
ests becoming a fact. The Messrs.
Andrews left the city again yesterday
morning.
The men who tried to destroy Hon.
It. " Powderly while he was at the
head of the knights of Labor and who
| oppose his appointment as commits
sioner general of immigration, are in
| dustriously engaged trying to prevent
his confirmation by the United States
senate. The Washington Post Of yes
! terday said:
Torrance V. Powderly, whose name was
| once power among the laboring organ
izatioas of the country, will have rocky
road to travel before he is confirmed by
| the senate as commissioner Of immigra-
| ton, to which place he was recently ap-
pointed by President Mckinley.
| Already the Knights of Labor and the
| Federation of Labor, the two most impor-
tant and influential organizations of work =
| ingmen, have given notice that they will
file a protest against confirmation and will
1Z ill IL Ahat,, 1,.En Ii
tor Fairbanks, the chairman of the immi-
grafton committee which will have to act
upon the nomination, said yesterday that
he had not received any formal docu-
nents, but the fact that a fight would be
made had been intimated to him. From
other sources it is learned that the OBJ
jections to Mr.. PoWderIy will be numer-
Gus and definite. In the first place, 1t is
charged that he was never a Republican
until he went into the campaign last fall
but that when he ran for mayor of Scran-
ton he was identified very largely with
the Democrats. In the second place, he
was an ardent advocate of the free coin.
age of silver as long as he was identi
fled with labor organizations, but be-
came an apostate to the silver cause last
fall. His troubles with the knights u
Labor will also be presented at length tC
the committee. In Difference to the presi
dent 1t is expected that the nomination
will not be acted upon at this session, bu
will be allowed to go over until next De
cember.
The Democratic state convention
will be held at Reading August 81
and conventions will soon be called
in each of the legislative districts OF
the county to select delegates to attend
the state meeting. This county is en-
| 10 AaIa foc
the first legislative district, three from
the second. two from the third ant
four from the fourth. For severa
years there has been endless trouble
about the selection Of state delegate:
the county and legislative com
mittees claiming the right to elect Al
result rival delegations attended th'
conventions and fought out their righ
to seats before the committee on con
tested seats. The recent rules for tn,
government of the Democratic part!
in the county provide as follows:
Sec. 1. Delegates and alternates to tn
state convention shall be chosen by tn
legislative convention called for the pur
pose by the various chairmen of tn
legislative committees of the county no
less than two or more than nine week
before the assembling of the state con
Ventlon.
Sec. 2. Should the chairman of any leg
islative committee neglect or refuse L
issue the call, the secretary of sucl
committee may, after having been peti
toned by five or more members of tn
committee for the district, issued sal
call. Should both refuse or neglect to d
so then the chairman of the county com
mittee shall perform the duty. Shoul
he neglect or refuse, then the stat
chairman shall issue the call.
Sec. 8. No substitution OF state dele