The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-10

Lackawanan county is receiving an |
unusually large share of attention |
throughout the state just now because
of the candidacy of Hon. Il. w. Arch |
bald president judge Of the courts of |
this county. and Hon. p. p. Smith, of |
the superior court, for the supreme |
court nominations. Judge Archibald |
asks the distinction from the Republi-
can party and Judge Smith from the
Democratic party. The Republican
state convention will not be held until
August. but the Democrats do not
propose to wait until so late day.
They will nominate their state candi-
dates at Harrisburg Wednesday.
lnasmuch as two supreme court jus
tCes are TO be elected this year and
the citizen is only entitled to vote for
one, the Republican and Democratic
nomination are equivalent to an cleo
tion. Usually "A Republican state NOM
ination in Pennsylvania is equivalent
to an election; this time, so far as the
supreme court is concerned, it is a GER
tainty The fact that a supreme
nomination carries with it an election
to the Democrat who secures it, is
making the struggle within that party
of the liveliest character. The indica-
tions point to the nomination of Hon.
p. =. Smith as a strong possibility. but
it is requiring all of his shrewdness
and diplomacy to keep at the head of
the procession
Judge John Lynch, of Wilkes Barre.
is also a candidate for the supreme
court nomination and during this
week he has given some uneasiness to
Judge Smith and his friends. Judge
Lynch is not in a position to N,mmand
the nomination, but with eighteen Luz
erne delegates behind him he is able
TO bring about complications that may
upset carefully laid plans. Judge
Smith yesterday named the delegates
who will represent this county in the
state convention. They are:
First district-EX. Postmaster Frank NJ
Nandling, Thomas j. jennings and John
f.. GafTney.
Second district-Cooncl i. J. Fitzslm-
mons, Joseph OBrien and William G.
! O'Malloy.
! Third dstrict-IIon. Frank r. Coyne,
| Old Forge; John j. Coyno Lackawanna.
| Fourth districJ--Jamos J. O'Ncill Car
| bondale William Walker, Mayncld;
James OBriCn, Olyphant; T. +. Boland,
Dunmorc.
| Judge Smiths headquarters at 213
! Walnut street, Harrisburg, opposite
| the post office, will be opened this af-
| ternoon. Colonel f. ]. Fitzsimmons,
| II. J. Jennings and Attorney NJ. J. Nc
| Andrew leave this morning for Harris
! burg to take charge of the headquar-
! ters. There will be an abundance Of
| Smith literature to keep the name of
| the Lackawanna candidate prominent
| ly before the delegates.
At 2,1S Monday afternoon the big
! party of Smith boomers will leave this
city for the state capital. 1t is cX-
| pected that there will be about one
hundred and fifty of them. y band
will accompany the Lackawanna men
and when they reach Harrisburg they
will proceed to give the Smith boom the
widest possible popularity.
Owing to the immense crowd that
will attend the convention, it was i'm
| possible for the Lackawanna delcga-
tion to secure quarters at any OF the
hotels, They have rented a large hall,
which will be supplied with cots and
there they will make their hoadquar-
ters while at the state capital.
The Luzerne admirers of Judge
| Lynch are also going to the convention
in force and will be accompanied by Il
! band. EX-State Chairman John Gar
man will he one of the prominent fig
ures Of that delegation.
This convention gives promise of
being one of the most interesting gath
ering Of Democrats held i'm the state
for years. Three candidates are to
be nominated, justice of the supreme
court, judge Of superior court and a
state treasurer In the event of the
nomination Of Judge Smith for the
higher court there will be two vacan-
cies on the superior court bench and
, exactly the same conditions will apply
, to that court as 20 the supreme.
y good deal of preliminary figuring
is being done with this possibility in
mind and, by the time the convention
opens, affairs will have SO shaped
themselves that this superior court
nomination, which ordinarily would g
begging for taker. will control the
situation. on combinations that viii
be made with reference to that office
the fate of the other nominations viii
largely depend.
From Harrisburg comes the report
that a very determined effort is tc
be made to send the supreme court
nomination TO the western part of the
state. a part Of this programme is
the nomination of William L. Greasy
of Columbia county, for state treasurer
Judge Smiths friends are no
alarmed by this report, They are con,
| WINGED that their favoTtc will com,
mand the situation at Harrisburg Wed
. nesdaY.