The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-28
WYOMING COUNTY
REPUBLICANS
They Nominate a stalwart IicKe'
and Line Up Unitedly for the
Coming Contest.


Special to the Scranton Tribune
Tunkhannock, Aug. 27.-The Repup-
licans of wyoming county met IN CON
vention at the court house at this place
today for the purpose or nominating
county officers. The convention was
called TO order at o'clock by county
chairman George A. Carter, OF Me-
shoppen. The first business IN oruer
was the nomination of permanent
chairman and for that Office H. %
Harding. of Tunkhannock, was CHOSEN
without opposition. The organization
was completed by the nomination OF
John Walters, of Factoryille, ana u
G. Brown, of Braintrim, as secretaries
and Berliley Lyman, of Tunkhannock,
as reading clerk.
AS a committee on resolutions, II. J'
Jorden. Z. C. Frear and Norman Ster-
ling were appointed. The resolutions
as reported by the committee We're
adopted by the convention. The hrst
nomination called for was for the OF
fee of representative in the generai
assembly. For this office three cam
didates we're named, S. r. Brungress,
of Tunkhannock township; II. ID. Ilt-
fany, of Nicholson, and Moses Shields
ir of Nicholson For this office there
has been a spirited fight on In the
county for the last few weeks and the
result was uncertain up to the time the
convention was called TO order.
TIFFANY NOMINATED.
ON the call Of the roll for the first
ballot. Bruness had % votes, Tiffany
q votes, and Shields votes, one
delegate not voting. Before the taking
of the second ballot, Mr.. Shields with
drew his name from the consideration
of the convention and the call of the
roll showed: Tiffany, 26; Brungess
"a, % votes being necessary for a
choice. Mr.. Tiffany was declared the
choice of the convention for repre-
sentative.
For the Office of associate Judge but
one candidate was named, H. w.
Bardwell, of Tunkhannock, the pres
ent holder of the office. He was nomi-
mated by acclamation. For the office
of coroner, DR.. +. l.. Meade, of Tunk-
hammock, and DIR. q. II. Tibbins, OF
Noxen were nominated, the roll call
resulting in the nomination of Meade
on the first ballot. There being no
further business, the convention ad-
journed.
THE SENATORSH1P.
In the resolutions offered by the
committee on resolutions and adopted
bv the convention was one authoriz-
ing II. w. Lewis, Wyoming's candidate
for senator, to choose six conferees
to represent him in the senatorial con-
ference to be held jointly by Brad
ford and Wyoming counties. Bradford
nA hpan iOinp1 n
senatorial district ever since the last
apportionment of the state. Bradford
is a large county and polls a large
Republican vote Owing to their larg'
er population, they have always beer
conceded six conferees in the senator
ial conference as opposed to Wyo'
ming's two, with the result that the
nomination has always gone to Brad
ford county and never once to Wyo'
ming. For this reason, the cOnven
tion today authorized the selection OF
six conferees instead Of two, and Wyo
ming will go into the senatorial con
ference with an equal representation
with Bradford Mr.. Lewis has the au
thority to select his own conferees.
This was the first county conven
tion to be held since the abandonment
of the Crawford county system o
making nominations, and there was
great hustling for delegates down tow
this morning. The following is a lis
of the delegates by districts: Brain
trim, Dennis Keeney, C. G. Brown
Clinton, Frank Lindsey, Fred Linds
ley; Eaton, Carpenter Sands, William
Sine; Exeter Alexander Smith, II. L
Swartwood; Factoryville borough
John Walters. Crawford Matthewson
Falls, Hugh Bender. Charles Nesbitt
Forkston, No. l, Arthur Kasson, 1
Fassett: Forkston. No. 2, Robert Tay
lor, Lewis Kuhns; Forkston. No. 8,
A. Watkins, w. w. Bostwick; Lemon
j. NJ. Stark, Russell Clark; Mehoop
any. Elijah Kintner, John Russell
Meshoppen borough, c. II. Holcom'
William CARRIER; MeshOppen township
Norman Sterling. Nelson Cole; Mon
roe. Stanley Jackson; Nicholson boz
ough, NJ. G. Blakslee, Morton Ste
vens; Nicholson township, Josep
Speh, NJ. c. Rhodes; North Brancl