The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-27
JOINT SESSION OF
COUNCILS TONIGHT
Another Effort to Be Made to Elect a
City Solicitor.
REPUBLICANS MAY NOT ATTEND
Democrats TO Pin Their Faith on
None Other Than McDonaId--sec-
retary Murray of the Board of
Health will Have n Boy Assistant.
PatroIman Flaherty's Reinstate-
ment Is Not improbable.

A Joint session of councils Is an
nounoed for tonight to make another
of the many attempts to elect a city
solicitor. 1t is, however, doubtful If
any of the Republican members will
attend the meeting. They will be alb
sent, not from any political motive,
but because one or two members will
be unable to be present and Mr.. Tor
rey's friends do not care to go into
Joint session without their full compile
ment of 21 votes. That is, too, the
number of votes possessed by ex-Sena-
tor Mcdonald, the Democratic candi-
date.
A Democratic councilman recognized
as a leader by his colleagues in coun-
ellis is the Tribune's authority that If
Mr.. Mcdonald cannot be elected the
Democrats would vote for Mr.. Torrey
rather than seek Democrat other than
the ex-senator for a candidate. Attor-
ney NJ. A. Mckinley is the only Demo-
crat who seeks a nomination but his
canvas is not received with favor.
The whole matter summed up is that
Mr. Torreys election will be brought
about just as soon as the Democrats
and Mr.. Mcdonald abandon their effort
to break the deadlock.
Attorney II. ]. Murray, who was re-
Gently elected secretary of the board
Cf health, is not disposed to part with
much of the 5000 per year salary that
goes with the office. His present plan
is not to have q deputy secretary nor
to devote a great portion of his time
to the duties of the office. On Saturday
Miss Alice Deepen, the very efficient
assistant of eX-Secretary Briggs, will
retire from the position and the office
routine will be in charge of small
boy. The latter was established in the
office yesterday for the purpose of
learning the routine work.
There seems to be more truth than
fiction in the report that Patrolman
Flaherty, who was recently suspended
for drunkenness and neglect of duty,
| is to be renstated. Mayor Bailey said
yesterday that very powerful influei ce
was being brought to bear to have
Flaherty restored to the police force.
| The mayor would not state that Flah-
orty would not be reinstated; in fact
| his honor's conversation with a Trib-
une reporter implied that Flaherty
| would again be in uniform. He re-
marked: "Flaherty made a mistake
but he was a good officer. He has beer
considerably punished already. The
efforts in his behalf come from influen-
tial people and l must give them con-
sideration. l don't know what my con
clusion viii be. No. you need not un.
derstand me to say that / will not
cause his return to the force"
f. ]. Maloney, Of the Central Penn
sylvania Telephone company, has be-
gun consultations with City Engineer
| Phillips relative to the plans for ar
underground wire system, as provided
| in the conduit ordinance recently pass
ed by councils. The company repre-
sentatives say that one small line o.
conduits may be laid on one of tht
streets of the business district before
cold weather arrives. and that early
next spring the work will be started
on larger scale.
There were but few cases of con
tagious diseases reported for last weel
by the board OF health. There were
rev cases and l death from diphtheria
new cases of neasles and 32 deaths
from all causes.
Superint andent of Schools Howell re
turned Saturday from a trip to Mil
waukee, Wis.