The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-24

front and started vociferous TRADE
against gags and bosses and all that
sort of thing.
Chairman Campbell asked him what
his trouble was. MIR. Honan stated
that a motion to adjourn had been
regularly made and seconded and that
the house was waiting to hear 1t put.
"The motion Is out Of order" declared
the chairman.
This started Mr.. Honan on another
violent hsrrangue that no amount of
noise coaxing or threats could check.
The widest disorder prevailed. Mr..
HOnan talked, or rather, shouted.
Chairman Campbell pounded his gavel
appealing unavailingly for order. Roche
men called for the roll call. Secretary
Coyne was making futile attempts 20
call the roll.
PUT HIS MAN DOWN.
George RoeaY had a one-legged man
down on the floor trying to silence
him, while everybody within arms
reach was pulling at Rosar to attract
his attention long enough to make him
understand that the man he was fight
ing with was a cripple.
When the tumult was at its highest,
Chairman Campbell, despairing of ever
winning order
Robert Emmett O'Boyle borrowed
piece of paper and pencil and hied
himself to the stage. where he took
seat at the tellers' table and an
nounced that he was teller for Mr..
Sando. He was informed by the chair
that he was not a teller and had no
business on the stage. Mr.. O'Boylc in
sisted that Mr.. Sando should be rep
resented on the board of tellers, and
he was there to represent him. Mr..
O'Boyles officiousness was not relish
ed and egged on by cries of put him
off" throw him out" and the like,
Patrick V. Scanlon, of the Seventh
ward, dashed out on the stage and
| caught Mr.. OBoyle by the scruff Of the
neck and lifted him bodily into the
| wings and out of sight.
But the genial Robert Emmet was
not phased a bit. The little experience
| with Scanlon only made him all the
| more genial. Assuming mis- most com
| placent cast Of countenance he had
| at hand and working up his most ami
| able smile he forged his way to a
! commanding position in front OF
| Chairman Campbell and with a dra-
matte coals-of-f fire air withdrew the
| name of Mr.. Sando.
All this time Honan had kept on
| talking and the crowds in the gallery
and pit encouraged him or tried to
| discourage him according to their fac
| tional leanings with calls Of "sit down,
| bully for Honan," shut up" "hire
a hall" nominate Moir," "hurrah fol
Roche" "hurrah for Jennings and
so one. One knot of mischief workers
| up in the right end of the gallery made
the already extremely difficult work
| of calling the roll all the more difficult
by yelling "Sando" every time a dele
| gate was called upon to vote. TC
overcome this difficulty it was neces-
| sary to have each delegate come tC
the front and be identified before his
| vote was recorded. The count haC
| gotten only as far as the Seventh WARD
when Mr.. O'Boyle ended the contest.
CONVENTION QUIETED DOWN.
The withdrawal of Sando's name haG
the effect of taking some of the edge
off the enthusiasm Of the noise-workers
| and also had the effect of causing
| many of them to start towards the
| door.
From this time out the disorder grad
ually diminished until it finally wal
no noisier than a boiler shop. BY
the time the nominations for assessor:
were taken up one could easily heaI
bass drum if it was beaten inside
the room.
When Chairman Campbell an
nounced that it would be in order L
make the Roche nomination by ac
clamation, Mr.. Honan was heard from
with a motion to that effect phrase(
as follows: THAT the standard bear
er Of the minority of this convention
be the standard bearer of Democrac.
in the coming campaign" Somebody
presented the motion in more accept
able form and IL was declared carried
| l.. j. Robinson's nomination for con
troller was made by T. C. Melvin dur
ing the prevalence of the noise follow.
ing the announcement of the result OF
mayor, and but few of the delegates
heard it. or, at least, took the trouble
to vote on 1t.
Esdras Howell was nominated b,
ex-senator NJ. +. Mcdonald in a brie
speech in which he eXtolled Mr.. How,
ellis many good qualities and prophe
sled for him the unanimous vote of hi!
neighborhood. The nomination was
made by acclamation and with som,
show OF enthusiasm.
CANDIDATE FOR ASSESSOR.
Nominations for assessor were theI
declared in order and the followinl
We're put up: John A. Neuls, Nine
teenth ward; John r. Mclean. SiXtl
ward; Thomas ]. Hayden. TWELFTH
ward; James j. Manley, Twelfth ward
Thomas Flynn, Second ward; Fred
Burge Twenty-first ward; Jaco
Smith, Second ward; John ]. Flana
CHAN, Eighth ward; John Doud, Nine
teenth ward. Mr.. Burge withdrew ant
the balloting was begun, each delegat
voting for three nominees. The resul
was:
oHlIn '''''''''''',,,''., 80
Neuls. s..,.....,.....,..,. 80
Mclean n...........,......2 25
Doud ................... 25
manleY. .................,. 23