Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-07
NOMINATED THE TICKET.
tUZERNE REPUBLICANS HAVE Sc
LECTED COUNTY CANDIDATES.

Judge Halsey Heads the Ticket, Follow
ed by Raub for Treasurer, Mainwaring
for Register and Jones and Hay for
County Commissioners.
At the Republican county convention
in Wilkesbarre on Tuesday the follow
ing ticket was named:
Judge-Gaius L. Halsey, White Hav-
en-.
Register of wills-John Mainwaring,
Plymouth.
Treasurer-Philip T. Raub, Dallas.
Com mmissioners-John M. Jones, Pitts
ton; Albert d. Hay, Lehman.
Hon. M. B. Williams and Hon. G. A..
Miner were unanimously chosen dele
gates to the national convention in 1900
and A. w. Drake and Alex. Thompson
were chosen alternates.
The Crawford county system of max
nominations was adopted.
There were 292 delegates in atten-
dance at the convention, also the prom
inent heelers, Doodle handlers and
bribers of the party, in addition to many
friends of each candidate and hundreds
of disnterested spectators.
The convention differed in no way
from the annual gatherings of the Re-
publicans of Luzerne county for the
past five years. The usual number of
money-seeking delegates were on the
Square, and the usual amounts await
ing them at the various headquarters. :"
To the man without scruples Monday
night and Tuesday morning was field
day and more than few of the dele
gates made hay from the leaders efforts
to keep the slate intact.
The convention opened at TO- 80
O'Clock. Senator w. j. Scott, an anti
Quay man, was elected permanent chair
man without opposition, and William
Downs, Frederick Reese, John H.
Williams, Fred w. Hooking, Jesse
Alden, A. w. Drake and William Mason
were made honorary vice chairmen.
The resolutions approved the national
policy OF the party, and said the re-
markable business revival was due to
1.-The wise and economic policy of the
Republican party, which has as its main
lines a tariff which protects the Ameri-
can laborer; and the gold standard
which guarantees to us q stable cur
rency." The war policy of President
Mckinley was indorsed. The state ad-
ministraton was approved, and this
was said of Senator Scott's DETECTION
from the Quay ranks:
Resolved, That we most heartily in
dorse the action of Hon. w. j. Scott as
state senator; we believe that he has
always had the welfare of his constitu-
ents and the best interests of the COM
monwealth of Pennsylvania at heart in
every stand that he has taken"
The delegates to the national con-
vention were instructed to vote for Nc
Kinley for president.
Alexander Farnham nominated Judge
Gauis L. HaIsey, of White Haven, for
election to the bench, and he was NOM
mated by acclamation.
The feature of the convention was ex-
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support of the adoption of the Crawford
county rules for the government of
primaries and nomination of candidates.
The rules were then voted on and were
adopted with only three dissenting
votes. So hereafter at Republican pri-
maries the voters will vote for the can
didates they wish nominated.
Nominations for register of wills were
next announced in order. Ex-senator
Kline of Hazleton presented the name
of the present incumbent, Hiram p
Kuntz, of HaZleton.
Attorney John ii. Williams, OF Plym-
outh, presented the name of his fellow
townsman, John Mainwaring.
w. j. Morgan, of Freeland, who was
also a candidate for this office, with