The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-19

Despite the protests of the Jennings
| people the Fahey- Gibbons faction of
| the city Democracy proceeded yester-
| day to nominate candidates for the
| poor board.
The purpose of nominating poor
| board ticket is to cure, I'm measure,
| the defect in the school board ticket
| its racial topheaviness. For some rea-
son that they do not make clear, the
Jennings people do not consider this
a desirable move. In fact they openly
express the strongest kind of oppo-
sition, Convention Chairman Dur
kin, even going so far as to say
he would not certify TO the nomina-
tons If they were made. The Fahey-
Gibbons people ignoring all this set
themselves about the work of form
ing a ticket. and at meeting in the
st. Charles yesterday morning select
cd what they considered would be an
acceptable slate.
J. X. Smith was chosen as represent
ing the First, Second and Thirteenth
wards: Fred w. Herge, the Third and
Twenty-first wards: NJ. +. Wymbs, the
Fourth Fifth, Sixth, Fourteenth, Fiji
teenth and Eighteenth wards: Morris
Schwartzkopf, the Seventh, Eighth and
sixteenth war Is; u. j. Campbell, the
Ninth, Tenth and Seventeenth wards
| and John j. lphy. the Eleventh
Twelfth, Nineteenth and Twentieth
wards. What is 10 be done with the
Dunmore end of tire poor district was
not discussed, rs far as could be
learned, if indeed it was considered
at all
NOMINATIONS NOT CERTIFIED.
The nomination We're not certified
| to up to the time The county commits
| sioners office closed last evening, and
| as yesterday vas the last day for fill
| ing certificates from cities, the poor
| board candidates will have to go on
| the ballot on nomination papers. In
| fact it was decided by those who mad
| the nominations - use the nomination
| paper method Of getting on the Of
| fetal ballot. They did not want to
| jeopardize the school director part of
| ticket in the event of a fight in court
| over the poor board nominations.
The meeting also named d. ]. Camp
| bell for city chairman: NJ. J. Walsh
| for secretary, and Nj. r. Howley for
| treasurer. 1t was also given out that
| the following city committeeman had
been named up to date: First ward.
| James Neary; Second ward, James
| Riley; Third ward. William H. Cusick.
James ]. Grier: Seventh ward, James
| Padden: Eighth ward. John Walsh
| Ninth ward, John j. Fahey; Eleventh
| ward. Charles Rosar; Thirteenth ward,
James j. Rowley: Sixteenth ward, NJ.
| T. HOwley: Seventc enth ward, NJ. j.
Walsh; Nineteenth ward John ]. MUIR
| ply: Twentieth ward. John Gibbons.
None of these committeeman were
| suggested by the Jennings Langan-
! Francois faction, and Chairman Dur
| Kin has not attended any of the con-
| ferences.. let alone making any NOM
iiGt'ons, as the rules entitle him to.
The fair inference from all the cir
| curstance would seem to be that the
| school controller candidates are woe-
| fully divided. and that an open rup-
| ture is imminent.
The nomination papers of the ticket
| chosen Saturday were filed with the
| commissioners yesterday. There were
| no sIbsttutions. and it is not likely
| now that there will be- Another meet
ing of candidates and committeeman
has been called for Thursday night.
A CITIZENS TICKET.
From that section of the Democratic
| party which is dissatisfied with the
outcome Of Saturdays convention
comes rumor to the effect that a
Citizens ticket is to be placed in the
| field containing the names of six rep
resentatiVe citizens of the city. equally
divided as to politics. who will stand
| for the offices of school director.
I
ted Yesterday that they had heard Of
the proposed Citizens ticket, but they
disclaimed all knowledge of the father
of the idea.
MN CHIT &c AcEcR