The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-31

delegates of this convention, have
the privilege of making a nomination
for additional law judge of the county
of Lackawanna. / yield you nothing,
Mr.. Chairman in my devotion to the
Republican party, and my pride In
its honorable record. At no time in its
history has there been more occasion
for pride in the grand old party, than
the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred
and ninety-eight. When consider the
sunken Spanish hulks at Manila, the
pride of Cervera's navy burning upon
the sands of Porto Rico, and the re-
markable achievements of our land
forces, / feel proud indeed to think
that at the helm of the ship OF state
stands that stalwart Republican, dis
tinguished citizen and remarkable
statesman, William Mckinley, the
president of the United States. But
the Republican party is great enough,
and grand enough and far-seeing en-
ough to recognize the fact that the
judiciary must be elected from a non
partisan basis. Non-partsanship of
the bench is a bulkwark of our civil
ization. The Republican party leads
in everything, IL never follows. Yet,
/ see that our Democratic friends are
coming strongly to the front in the
effort to create non-partisan judic-
larry.
dorsed Judge Mitchell, in Franklin they
have endorsed Judge Stewart. l am
glad, my friends, to find that the
Republican party Is not behind in this
great work. In Lycoming we have
endorsed Judge Metzgar, in Lehigh
we have endorsed Judge Albright. in
Clinton we have endorsed Judge May
err, and I hope and believe that in
Lackawanna we will follow their ex-
ample and endorse the Hon. F. w.
Gunster.
BENCH WITHOUT A PEER.
believe that we have today
in the bench of Lackawanna coun-
day in the bench of Lackawanna coun-
ty, composed as 1t is of Judges Arch
bald, Edwards and Gunster, a bench
which is the equal If not the peer of
any bench in the state of Pennsyl-
vania, and j am glad indeed of the
privilege which is afforded me of plac-
ing in nomination today one of its
members. | stand here today as a
witness to that which can be testified
to by every member of the bar of
Lackawanna county, and by every
suitor in her courts, any one who goes
before Judge Gunster in his judicial
capacity is not considered as Re-
publican or as a Democrat, but as a
man, and he wins or looses, as the case
may be, solely upon the justice or
injustice of his cause. Judge Gunster
needs no introduction to you; there is
no right minded man in Lackawanna
county who does not know him and
esteem him. For ten years he has
adorned the bench of Lackawanna
county, and during all that time not
a finger can be laid upon an act Of
his that was not honorable and up
right. Mr.. Chairman, it gives me great
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the office of additional law Judge for
the county of Lackawanna a respected
citizen, a learned jurist and an honor
able man-Honorable Frederick w.
Gunster.
Charles Simrell, of the Twentieth
ward, seconded the nomination and
Squire j. w. Tiffany, of Benton. was
then recognized. In one of his charac-
teristic speeches he objected to the en-
dorsement of a Democrat. He wanted
to know if a Democratic majority was
ever known to be maRnanimous to a
Republican minority. He said that as
Republicans they should stand true to
their party. If the Republican judges
are as fair and as unbiased as the
speech of the gentleman who nominat-
ed Judge Gunster would indicate then
no harm cun be done in getting an
other like them on the bench.
OTHER NOMINATIONS.
j. S. Reynolds, of the East district
of Lackawanna, nominated j. Elliot
Ross and the nomination was seconded
by j. w. Tiffany, of Benton, and Mar
shall Preston, of the Second ward. c.
F. Bugden, of the Thirteenth ward
presented the name of c. B. Gardner
and T. E. Jackson seconded the nomi-
nation. A vote was taken and il re-
suited as follows:
Hon. F. w. Gunster. l57
j. Elliot Ross. ........ IL
G. B. Gardner. ........ 2S
Hon. F. w. Gunster was declared tie
nominee and on motion of Hon. w. w.
Watson the nomination was made