The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-13
Next Saturdays Primaries.

~ N NEXT Saturday afternoon.
between 4 and 2 o'clock, Re-
~ publican voters in the First
and Second legislative dis
tricts, comprising the city of Scran-
ton. the third most populous COM
munity in the state will meet at the
regular polling places, under the direct
primary system, to indicate their
choice for party nominee for the legis-
lature. 1t is important that they
choose wisely.
In the First district Speaker Farr.
whose record at Harrisburg, beginning
with the free text book law, which has
saved to poor parents thousands of
dollars in the cost of educating their
children. and including the compulsory
education law, the law to make eight
hours a days work in state and city
employment, the law to protect the
American flag and, of especial local
interest. the law creating the West
Side hospital, in which, since its or
ganization. more than 1000 persons
have received free treatment during
illness or disability, is opposed for the
nomination by r. Jefferson Reynolds,
of the Fifteenth ward, a young man
without experience in legislative af-
fairs and whose candidacy is really
meant to punish Speaker Farr for
having been so successful in promot-
ing the interests and the prestige of
his district. 1t is well known that
when. during the last session of the
legislature Mr.. Farr as speaker de-
clined to surrender to a clamorous mi
nority faction or to be browbeaten by
the subsidized press of Philadelphia
threats were made that he would be
made to pay for his independence. 1t
nolds was put forward as the candi-
date OF this faction and that the
voters of Hyde Park and Providence
are being solicited to wreak vengeance
on Mr.. Farr. not because he has not
served them well. but because Mr..
Reynolds factional hackers could not
use him as they wished. We mistake
the temper of the plain and loyal
people of the First district If they will
have any part in such programme of
revenge. They know what John r..
Farr is capable Of doing for them and
they Will ask him to continue the good
work he has already homework which
has not been surpassed by that of any
other member in this or any other
county.
In the Second district a similar sit =
uation is presented in the opposition of
Frederick Connell to Representative
scheuer. During his first term at
Harrisburg Mr.. Scheuer was especially
useful to his district by reason of his
membership on the appropriations,
municipal corporations and labor and
industries committees. He intro
duced In the house and successfully
piloted to passage the law to prevent
vindictive and extravagant election
contests-a law which if it had been
on the statute books year or two
sooner would have saved the voters OF
I.ackawanna county $SO,OOO to s10O, GOA
by preventing the Langstaff contest.
lie also introduced the defective affi-
davit bill which protects honest voters
from ignorant or evil disposed election
officers. He secured $1,000 for the
Hahnemann hospital. protected the
other charities of Scranton from the
cuts which We're so general in the la st
legislative session, and started the in
fiuences which, if continued, will pro-
vide suitable home for Lackawanna
hospital. In every requisite of a con-
scienttous, faithful and successful rep
resentative, Mr.. Scheuer amply estab-
lished his right to claim reelection;
and he is opposed by a young man
avowedly set up by faction, who has
not, within our knowledge, previousl,
lifted finger for the Republican party
or for the public interests of the Sec
Ond district.
The city of Scranton, as it is about
TO pass from the third class into the
second class of cities. will have need in
the next legislature, in the adjust
T. lnent and protection of it's growing
Fl Legislative interests, of the best men
A. that it can find to represent it. II
T. cannot afford, under the whip of fac
.. tional scherning, to displace legisla-
tors who are tried and true by the
/: nomination of men absolutely mex.
= perienced.
M, Criticism Is easy; performance diff
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