Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10
THE WORLD OF POLITICS.
COMMENTS AND CLIPPINGS ON THE
COUNTY CAMPAIGN.
What Kind of a Man tho Democratic
Candidate for Sheriff Has Been and Is.
Carbon Opinions of Dan Mccarthy.
Controller LIoyd's Troubles, Etc.


Controller LIoyd's Troubles, Etc.
There is no more deserving man before
the voters of Luzerne county in the
present canvass than Joseph j. McGinty.
He has been tried and not found want
ing. He is no uncertain quantity. The
voters and taxpayers know him and
know Just what he can do. How do
they know? From what he has already
done. There is no better way of judging
what man will do than by what he has
done under similar conditions. When
he was recorder of the county he attend
ed strictly to the business of his office
personally. He did not, like many
another public Office holder of this
county hire clerks to do the work he
should do and bring this additional bur-
den on the taxpayers.
He saved what he could by doing his
duty, the duty for which he was elected
and for which he was paid. He is
faithful worker and his years of exper-
ought to have a measure of experience
for the trying duties that befall to his
lot. Joseph McGinty brings these quail
lications to bear. Tho average man
who desires to see the right man In the
right place will vote for McGnty.
The experience of Luzerne county has
been such that voters ought to exercise
the greatest care and caution In choosing
Il man who is likely to be called on in
trying times to restore order and insure
peace and quiet. No man who has ever
stood before the voters is better equipped
in this than the present Democratic
candidate. Wilkesbarre Ne,cSdedLr.
Waltor Melford, writer in the Wealth
erly Herald, says: "Dan Mccarthy, OF
Freeand, has Topped with sack and
pack over the fence in tho Republican
camp. AS long as good old Eckley Coke
lived, Dan was a Democrat; now he is
nothing. l remember well the last poor
director convention we held at Halle
ton, how Dan told us in loud and long
speech, to some five or six hundred
people, what good Democrat he was
and he would always abide by its prin-
ciples, and how he did arraign, yea,
mercieSsly fail the Republicans in the
district for the extravagant condition of
affairs then existing. Now he is Re-
publican. Sometimes l wonder If the
Republicans are not ashamed to stump
the county with him. He spoke at
nd nar ~
the meeting was dry and dull. He was
jollied and his words had no weight by
reason of his actions. Every Democrat
and thorough Republican is sorely dis
gusted with the likes of Dan"
A hearing was had on Thursday in
the case of DR.. j. j. Smythe, who claims
he was counted out at the Democratic
county convention, where he was a
candidate for coroner. Attorney Hines,
for Smythe contended that seventy-five
delegates had voted for DR.. Smythe and
the tellers had credited him with forty,
while they gave DR.. Singer sixty. At
torney Strauss, for DR.. j. A. Singer, the
party nomineee, asserted that the court
had no Jurisdiction in the matter and
also that DR.. Smythe had not complied
with all the requirements of the law in
preparation of his papers. Attorney
McHugh, representing the Democratic
party, argued that the court had moth
ing to do with the case. Judge Wood
ward instructed the attorneys to prepare
briefs in the case and he would take the
papers, then give his decision.
Controller Joseph d. Lloyd, whose
first official act was to draw $2,4OO from
the county treasury for which money he
never performed moments work, has
been sued for slander by M. j. Mslvey,
of Miners Mills, and 5000 damages are
asked. In speech at North Pond last
month Lloyd accused Mulvey of trying
to fleece the county out of 300 by pre-
senting exhorbitant bills. This Mulvey
denies, and in addition to bringing suit
for the SANDER is preparing copies OF
records in Luzerne and Lackawanna
courts which will show Lloyd's personal
character In an unenviable light.
There is hot fight on for the common
pleas judgeship, made vacant by the
death of Judge Bennett. Governor
Hastings is expected to make the ap
pointment at an early day. George S.
Ferris, who has been urged by his many
friends to allow them to press his claims as
a candidate, has decided not to enter the
contest for appointment. This narrows
the race to Frank Wheaton and Gaius
l.. Halsey, each of whom has host OF
friends.
The Republicans OF Carbon county
had n flag raising in Mauch Chunk last
Saturday evening. Among the speakers
was Daniel Mccarthy, of Freeland, who
took one hour aud twenty minutes to
tell why he left the Democratic party
1t could be told in twenty seconds. He
left because, like the Hessian of the rev
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