The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-17

for yesterday morning he appeared al
the election booth and proceeded TO
usurp the office of Judge. There was
wrangle, of course, and several threat
ened clashes, but after an hour or so
of this kind of carrying on it was de-
cided to appeal to court.
Judge Archibald the county commits
sioners and the sheriff were interviewed
and at 9 o'clock County Commission
ers Giles Roberts and John Demuth, ac-
companied by Deputy Sheriff Fer
Der, proceeded to the scene of the dis
turbance. McAndrew offered no oppo-
sition when directed to give up the bal
lots and vacate and about 10 o'clock
the booth was in readiness for busi-
ness.
AT THE LAST ELECTION.
At the last election, it will be remem-
bered, that owing to a wrangle and the
insisting of the Democratic officers in
having the votes counted in certain
tedious way the returns were not COM
peted until II o'clock of the morning
following the election, twenty eight
hours being spent in the booth by the
election board.
The excitement on the West Side was
not confined to the Fourth ward. There
was a good supply of it in the Fifth,
Eighteenth and Twenty-first wards.
During the afternoon word was received
at the West Side police station that
row was in progress among the Demo-
cratic warriors of the Eighteenth ward
and Patrolmen Jones and Parry went
down. They returned again In a. short
time, unscarred and trophyless. 1t was
only a case of beer surrounded by a
man, and the beer wanted to spread its
wings
The Twenty first ward, also had a
little hot-talk sOiree in the afternoon.
More beer. In the Fifth ward. where
the triangle fight for alderman was
on there was not the slightest disturb
ance. Nobody had time to quarrel-it
was all hustle and keep-you-eye-up
and -down-street. This ward had the
| most interesting fight of any in the
city.
In the Fifteenth ward Joseph f. Oil
yer had smooth sailing for re-elec-
tion to common council. His oppo-
| nent. Mr.. McNulty did not cut much
| of a figure in the contest.
FUN IN THE TWELFTH.
The only fun they had in the Twelfth
ward was in watching Jimmie Kearns
| canvass for register of voters Jimmie
never before had the opportunity of
| saying II accept with thanks the honor
| conferred upon me and promise, if elect
| ed, to fulfil! the duties of the Office
| to the best of my ability" James was
| therefore much la peacock. He had
a nomination and a nomination on the
Democratic ticket in the Twelfth ward
means election. He was quite sanguine
! but still not content His trepidation
was noticed by some of the lads and
| they decided to rig up a game on
| Kearns. Fortune favored their designs.
| The specimen ballot which accompanied
| the sheriif's proclamation and which
| was tackled up on various telegraph
| poles throughout the ward, through n
| typographical error, had James koons
| as the Democratic candidate for regis
| ter instead of James Kearns. Kearns
| did not notice it until one of the plotters
| in a very friendly and confidential sort
| of a way told him that the machine
| was against him and that there was a
daring scheme afoot to throw him,point-
ing out, as proof, the substitution of
| Rooms name for his on the ballot. The
| blow almost killed Jamesey.
| In great worry and trepidation he
I sought out Martin Nealon, Con Dono-
! van and others of the leaders to protest
| against the action of the machine and
| demand the restoration of his name on
the ballot They had been posted and
of course kearns received but little
solace from them. Then when he saw
| that everybody in power was arrayed
| against him he sent forth the ukase
| ito blaZes with all of you, I'll be elected
in spite of the powers and proceeded
| to inaugurate an Independent cam
| raign.
HE SECURED STICKERS.
He had sticlers printed, engaged
| workers for each district and with a
couple of his cronies made house to
| house canvass of the ward. Yesterday
| when the official ballot was shown to
| contain the name of James Kearns,
| where it ought to be, spelled correctly
and in letters just as big and as prom
inent as any other name on the ballot,
! keans was norplussed. When the
trick dawned upon him he swore for a
little While but the thoughts of an as
sured election calmed him in time and
he smilingly wrapped up his bundles
of stickers with the remark They may
came handy again.
The Twentieth wanted a fight and
as the regular nominations didn't prom
Use one, they injected third set OF
candidates into the contest. The three
parties in the field We're Republicans
Straight Democrats and True Demo-
Gratis. There was little or no excitement
despite the effort to create some.
| Although several times during the
day Philip Wirth in the Eleventh fell
a little dubious over the result it was
found when the polls closed that he haC
but little cause to be as he had hal
a hundred votes to spare. 1t was
surprise to the Phillips men as they
confidently expected they We're goine
to be victorious and bOasted even vi
to the time of closing the polls tha
they We're surely victorious. Both side!
had out a large force of workers anC
the way carriages rolled around durinf
the entire day made it look as if there
was funeral on every street in tn,
ward
Possibly more interest centered il
the fight in the Nineteenth than in an,
other ward in the city. This was be
, cause there We're two important anC
close contests, one for the office o
common council and the other for al
, derman. The ward is Democratic, bu
it was thought the popularity of tn
Republican candidates, George Wirth
jr,, for council, and Jacob +. Miller 70
Mr. Wirth's victory at the special elec
, tion was also taken as an indication
that he would be returned, but the cri
. terion was not good one.
The Democrats didn't come out OF
that occasion and they did yesterday
. it being n regular election day. Tn
| victory of MaSSrS Sheridan and Stor