The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-06


three Of the four legislative districts of |
the county held conventions Saturday |
and elected delegates to the State con-
Nenton. In the Second district Il cam /
didate fol the legislature was also NOM |
mated. u
The convention of the First district !
was held in CoSyIoVe'S hail. North !
Main avenue. West Scranton, in the
afternoon. The purpose was to elect /
three delegates to attend the state |
| Democratic convention to be held June
20. at Altoona. There were twenty
six properly accredited delegates pres
ert out Of a total of thirty-Onc for the
district.
Resolutions were read reiterating the
principles of the platform of 1886, COM
mcndng Hon. William Jennings Bryan
! expressing Il disparagoment Of the
| growth Of trusts and syndicates, which
'ovnrshadow the land and dictate laws
| to congress for their own personal
/ gain" breathing sympathy for the Ia
/ horcr and a hope Of ultimate freedom
| Tor Cuba; siInifying opposition 10 en-
! tIayaeaut Republican legislatures ana
calling attention to the recent Rcpubli-
can convention at Harrisburg "as being
! indictive of the power of a few unscru-
!
crs to repudiate it; and finally cndors
| ing the candidacy If Hon. William Ah-
/ hott Whitman, of Reading, for lieuten-
ant governor. Il. J. Neals, Thomas
Cosgrove and p. f. Gordon were elected
| delegates.
CALLED TO ORDER.
At o'clock the assembled delegates
we're called To order by Chairman John
| L. Gafiney. The call was read and
John =. MahOn was made assistant to
Secretary James j. Flynn. The dis
tricts were called and delegates pre-
scented their credentials. 1t being in
order t. select a temporary chairman
and secretary, Messrs Gaffney and
Flynn were instructed to act in those
respective capacities.
There were no contested seats and
Chairman Gaffney appointed the other
two committees as follows: Rcsolu-
tions-J. II. McCarty, J. p. Mahon. j.
| " hite. Frank Ncedham and Thomas
Cosgrove. Organ2ation-J. ]. Flynn.
j. p. Kelly. John McHale, NJ. Guthrie
and NJ. Walsh. After a short absence,
the committees returned and reported.
The committee on organization re-
ported through it, secretary, j. L.
! Kelly, recommending that the tcmpor-
ary organization BE made permanent.
The report was accepted anu adopted.
The committee on resolutions reported
and the resolutions were read by As
sistant Secretary John =. Mahon.
Chairman Gaffney, in accepting his
recollection as chairman for second
time, said he would corgo the opportun-
itv to make a speech, the delegates well
knowing what he would say. He, how
eyer. hoped that in selecting their dele
gates, men would be chosen who viii
represent them crcGitahly and that all
fartional disscnsion would be buried
at Altoona. He then announced the
or Ter Of nominations.
=. J. NoaliS. Z. f. Gordon and Thos.
Cusgrovr were nominated in the order
named and their election was made by
acrlamation In similar manner al
ternates for the above were elected in
the persons of John Mo1itt, NJ. Welsh
and J. T. Kelly.
THOUGHT IT WEAK NESS.
A little excitement was caused when
by motion il was agreed to adjourn to
meet again at the cali of the chairman
for the purpose of selecting a nominee
for the Legislature. Alderman John +.
! Kelly thought this action an indication
Of weakness among the Democrats of
the district and was for discussion and
later selection of a candidate. The
chairman explained that nothing of the
kind could he done at this time and be-
sides there was no candidate in sight.
The convention then adjourned.
Some Of the Democrats of the district
alleged that the convention was dis
tiuctly snap affair and propose to call
1 -, ,.1 ,..,t Of 1ll-
cgates If this is done the coming
state convention will not miss one OF
the strong attractions Of its predeces-
sors, the annual fight of the Lackawan-
ma statesmen for recognition as the
regularly elected delegates.
The convention OF the Second district
was held in the Arbitration room of the
Court House Saturday afternoon. Lit
tie interest was taken in it, the Eighth
Eleventh, Thirteenth and Sixteenth
wards being entirely without represen-
tatiOn
In organizing the convention, w. J.
Burke was elected chairman ana II, T..
Koehler and w. +. Mclean secretaries.
After a short address by Chairman
Burke. the work OF clecting delegates
was taken up and II. J. Roche nOminat-
ed /. v Scanlon, Peter Carr nominated
r. j. Beamish. John j. Gordon nomin-
atcd NJ. j. Walsh, Thomas II. Kelly
nominated Henry Il. KOehcr and James
Coync nominated John Gibbons. The
name Of ohm ]. Shea was also present
ed. but he declined the nomination. The
vote resulted as follows: Walsh, p;
Scanlon, Is; Gibbons, u; Koehler 6;
BcamiSh, D.
MR.. FLAHERTY NOMINATED.
As the partys candidate for the legis-
latue, Martin d Flaherty, president Of
the Central Labor dnion, was n0minat-
ed by Il. }. PeamiSh. He had no orpo-
sitiun and was unanimously chosen. Mir.
Flahertv was then brought before The
convention and made a neat speech,
thanking the delegates for the nOmna-
tion. The resolutions adopted We're:
Resolved. That We reaflirm our devotion
Ia Democratic principles us declared in
the national platform adopted at chicago
IN 1896 and approved by our state convent
tiOn of last year.
Resolved. That we unduaiGcdly con-
denim the reckless waste, cXtravagance
and corruption Of the late Republican leg
islature and we request the candidate of
this convention to unilinchingly oppose
! all attempts to rob the people of Penn
svlyania by bogus bills In election con-
tests, by payment Of salaries to super
3 numeraries who perform no service, ana
+ | hy the other well known means Dy which
p the ring OF Republican handlers fdttcn
at the expense of the public,
/ John T. Brown and John j. COync
I ! were elected to represent the Third