The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-03

Between the hours of IL and 12 o'cloc K
Saturday night there was a long and
| loud changing of the door bell Of
Judge Gunster's residence on jefferson
avenue. The judge was suffering from
"A sudden and severe bilious attack
ahd his wife, who was attending him.
| went down with some trepidation to
see what the trouble was.
In answer to her who's there" a
grIff voice responded with the infor-
nation that Judge Gunster was want
ed. Further inquiry drew out that the
| man outside had a paper which he
waried to serve on the Judge. Mrs.
Cunsier, of course. declined to admit
the midnight caller with the gruff
voice end the paper, but believing
thas probably the man was an officer
of the law in pursuant of some duty,
| agreed 10 carry the paper to the Judge
| If lac of the gruff voice would push
1t under the door.
T!iis seemed to satisfy the gruff-
voiced messenger, for without further
ado hc slid the paper under the door
! ard tramped away.
After waiting until the footsteps of
! hc of the sepulchral bones had died in
the cistance, Mrs. Gunster carried the
Laper to he1 husbands room and gave
l. t" m. This is what he read:
In re nomination of Hon. r. w. Gunster
In the Court of Common Pleas OF Dau-
phin County.
| First-And now, October l. 1898. The act
| of assembly, approved July g. 1897, pro-
vides that upon the official ballots, trans
| mitted as herein provided by the secre-
|
| commissioners, and upon the ballots to be
| voted at any election the name of any
| candidate, shall not appear more than
| once by certificate of nomination or
| more than once by nomination papers"
In accordance with this provision, the
| certlhcate of nomination of the Republi-
| can convention of Lackawanna county
| in the state of Pennsylvania, which has
! been duly filed, certifying the nominal
| ton of Hon. Frederick w. Gunster for he
| the office of additional law Judge of the
Forty-fifth judicial district, is objected
to on the ground that prior to the said
/ nomination by the said Republican con-
| Vention. the said Hon. Frederick W.
Gunster received from the Democratic
convention, in said county, and said 1u-
| dicial district, nomination for the same
| office, which nomination has been duly
certified and filed of record.
Second-Tha. the name of a candidate
voted at the ensuing election.
Cornelius Smith.
| To the Hon. Frederick w. Gunster.
| Dear Sir: You are hereby notified that
| the above stated objection to your GER
titicate of nomination by the Republican
convention will be filed in the court OF
common pleas of Dauphin county.
Cornelius Smith.
WHAT IT MEANS
Boiled down and spread out in plain
United States the above means that
Cornelius Smith believes that one man
| can't be nominated for the same Office
by two parties and with this belief in
| mind proposes to go to the Dauphin
county courts. where the statutes direct
all such matters shall be heard, and
there undo the work of the convention
| of the majority party of this county.
| by having its nomination for the Office
| of judge declared null and void.
For fear there may be somebody be-
sides the intending independent candi-
| date for judge, who does not know
| that the petition or whatever it is
| above quoted, is ludicrously nil, il
| might not be amiss to say, parenthetic-
| ally, that Judge J. b. Mcpherson, o,
Dauphin county, with whom Mr.. Smith
lays his complaint, decided two years
ago that 1t is permissible to do Just
what Mr.. Smith desires to estop.
| The case is entitled Com. VS.. Martin
and is reported at length in the Sixth
district reports. 1t is a case where two
Democratic judges in Philadelphia were
nominated by both the Republicans and
Democrats. The same complaint was
made as Mr.. Smith now makes and the
complaint was dismissed. 1t is inter.
esting to note in this connection Judic-
ial Candidates Searle, of Susquchanna
Metzger. of Lycoming, and Mitchell. OF
| Tioga, are nominees both of the Re-
publicans and Democrats of their re.
| spective districts.
Judge Gunster sent Mr.. Smiths com.
munication tc Major Warren with the
request that he give 1t any attention il
might demand. Major Warren sale
last night he couldn't just see tha,
there was anything for him to do
If, however, Mr.. Smith follows out
his avowed intention and files the paper
in question, Major Warren will be on
hand to see that Judge Mcpherson does
not reverse himself