The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06
oLYPHANT.


w. Harris and Il. N. Kennedy. The
time for accepting charter members
| was extended to thirty days. John A.
Lennon was elected first vice presi-
dent and c. NJ. Hathaway second vice
! president. The appointing of the stand
! ing committee was deferred till the
| next meeting. A proposition was read
| from n silk manufacturing concern de-
string to locate here, stating the condl-
| tions required. A committee consist
! ing Of f. NJ. Lynch, w. j. Schubmeh!,
| and u. ID. Edwards were appointed to
! inquire into the responsibilities of the
! company. Another meeting will be
| held on Monday evening, April II.
Mrs. w. E. Lloyd, of Poultrey, VT.
is the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Mason, of Blakcly.
Mrs. Mary Evans, of Hyde Park,
who has been visiting Mrs. T. y. jones,
has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. L. Berry ard chill
dren have gone to Carbonate, where
they will reside
+. T.. Bittenbender, of Nart.Cuke,
was "a caller i'll town yesterday.
The Knights of Pythias ce.ebratCd
their twelfth anniversary with an en-
tertanment and social in their rooms
in Edwards hall Tuesday evening. The
programme previously published in
The Tribune, was carried out in full,
after which refreshments were served
and social time had for n few hours.
There was a very large attendance Of
members and their friends.
Large crowds have been in attend
anCe each evening a the Father Mat
! thew society's fair, which is being held
in the Father Mathew hall. A num-
Der of articles are CHANGED off every
evening. A social is held until II
O'clock
Thomas Hanahoe has accepted a
position as bookkeeper with the Oily.
phant Ice company.
George Chubb and family have
| moved to Dunmore.
Robert Linny, of Dickson. has taken
| possession of the Lackawanna house
at this place.
c. NJ. Hathaway and Leo Lynch ie-
turned to Yale college yesterday aft ar
spending a weeks vacation hero.
j. j. O'Malley and w. j. Wheeler
attended a social at Dunmore last eve
ming.
COMMUNlCATION.
| Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The contested election OF the
| writer has, of course many advocates,
| and many who favor the action / have
! taken, both in Olyphant and other towns
| but there are some people who seem TO
| think 1t waste Of time and money, and
| that the result is not worth much, which
ever wins To the people outside of Oily
| phant ii is of very little consequence.
| - IL i- Of
| concern. Therefore to those who are In
| favor of the contest, and those who are
| against ii, | wish to state a few facts.
| ] received nothing like justice from the
| election board on election day and yet
| am convinced that have a nice majority
| of the votes cast, and that the election
| officers counted ballots for my opponent,
| which should have been counted for me.
| The manner in which the board conduct
| ed themselves during the count, leaves
no room to doubt their intentions / be-
| liove the board deliberately counted me
| out. Now, believing the above to be cor
rect, l was satisfied to accept a recount,
and submitted the following proposition
| to my opponent:
Anthony F. Gillespie, Esq. Olyphant, Pa.
| Dear Sir: In order that the citizens of
| Olyphant, and especially those of the
| Third ward, may be fully satisfied that
| have done everything in my power to
| avoid the proposed test between us, and
| that | do not wish to place any expens rs
| upon the borough they have enough now
| to pay), If it can be avoided and it can
be avoided if you consider the PROPOSE
| tions / offer reasonable. A contest is 10
be deplored at any time, but if all rea-
| sonable propositions fail, it is all that
| Is left to be done,
| Now | am perfectly satisfied to a re-
| count of the ballots and will do every
thing possible to have 1t done. You know
| that the law will not allow the ballot
| boxes to be opened, except in the usual
| way, but by an agreement between the
| contestants it can be done. If you con-
| sent to the recount of the ballots, | will
promptly pay all expenses regardless of
| the result of the count. You know the
| correct count, and If you have 81 votes in
| the First district and 5 in the Second, OF
81 In the ward, you have nothing to fear
| and ought to be willing to accept the
| above. In the Second district / received
| 35 and you votes, yet do not anticipata
any change in the vote if 1t Is recounted
although you claim false count was
made there.
| If recount of the ballots proves that
| you have "a majority. and that | have re,
| ceived credit for all the votes cast fol
me, | willingly will apologize to the elec,
| ton officers, and will reimburse you fOi
| the expense 1 nave tduStu you III retain
| ing lawyers, car fare etc, to the extent
Of Sl00 Therefore if the result of tho
| recount proves that you are elected you
have nothing TO lose. Now this seems tC
me to be very reasonable, as 1t gives al
the privileges you could expect, and re-
lieves the borough from any cost and The
voters from annoyance, and the cOur
from troubles which usually follow a con
test
| If the above is not satisfactory to you
then please make any kind of PROPOSE
ton which will Immediately decide The
result.
l hope you will give this matter tn,
consideration IL deserves The public will
be anxious to hear from you on the abov,
proposition. Martin & Donovan are M!
attorneys, whom You can consult an,
offer any proposition in reference to IN,
above. Very truly yours,
j. \. Lennon.
The above is plain enough to ne under
stood by the taxpayers, and I hope it vii
convince them that | have done every
thing i'm my power to avoid another bill
upon the borough. This contest will COS
the borough Cat a minimum estimate) $500
and / don't think there Is a voter in III
town whose services are worth $500 Il
the borough as Il councilman; but a can
ddate has right TO have counted fo
him all the votes he received. My oppo
ncnt would not accept the above propo
sltlon.
also had the following propositio,
made I'm open court
In re: Contested election Of Anthon
f.. Gillespie to the office Of member O
borueh council from the Third ward q
Olyphant. No. 372. April session, 1899, il
the court of quarter sessions. I.acka
wanna county, Pennsylvania.
John r. Martin and c. G. Donovan
counsel for the petitioners, and for Joh