The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-15

clamation.
The first contest Of the convention
came when the office of register OF
wills was reached. Attorney Douglass
Ward nominated William Koch, ir.,
the present register, and Charles
Dougherty Of North Scranton, nomi-
mated John Il. Regan, of the Sixth
ward. The vote was as follows:
Koch ........,.............
RCgan .......................
REGAIN WAS DEFEATED.
Koch was declared the nominee and
the work of nominting candidates for
jury commissioner was taken mp. p.
+. Honan handed the following paper
to the convention, which was read:
To the Chairman of the Democratic County
Convention:
Dear Sir: We hereby withdraw our names as
candidates for jury commissioner and respectfully
request our friends in the convention to use
their votes and influence in favor Of Daniel J.
Campbell for that Office We want to see har-
mony in tn, convention and the ticket elected,
and this act Of ours is for the purpose Of pro.
noting both. Yours respectfully,
NJ. T. O'Malley
William L. Kane.
Scranton, Pa, Aug. II, 1900
which accompanied the nomination of
candidates for jury commissioner
The withdrawal of candidates O'Mal-
ley and Kane and the pressing forward
of d. j. Campbell caused the heat of
the other candidates ard their sup
| porters to arise rapidly ana their feel
| ing cropped out in the course of the
nominating speeches.
Alf Beers, of jefferson township,
named J. J. Garden, of CarbOndale; p.
j. White vouched for John e. Flynn,
| of Archibald. and pleaded for a recog-
! milton of that borough on the ticket.
! Dan Battle. former common council
man of the Twentieth ward, made
red hot speech in placing Thomas +.
| Mccain, of South Scranton, in nOmi
| nation. The name of -. ]. Camp
! bell was presented by NJ. A. McGin-
! ley, and the nomination was seconded
| by T.. G. NewComb, who spoke of the
Importance of the office of jury COM
| missioner at this time end said in
! this emergency it was n favor to the
party that a man of Mr.. Campbells
recognized integrity and position in
this community should offer himself
as candidate for an office that offers
almost nothing in the way of emolu-
ments. Peter Martin, of Jermyn
nominated \. ]. Gavin, of Jermyn. and
j. +. Wade, of the Nineteenth ward
did the same service for Maurice Dug
gan, of South Scranton. Mr.. Garden
of Carbondale, withdrew. and the
convention proceeded to ballot for the
| following candidates, with this result:
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CANDIDATE CONRY.
On motion of Joseph O'Brien, the
nomination was made by acclamation.
There were calls for candidate Con-
ry just as the convention was about
to adjourn, and contemporaneOus with
the calls appeared the form of Mr..
Conry in the doorway leading into tho
bar enclosure. He was given n good
reception and mounted the judges
bench, addressed the assemblage:
II sincerely appreciate this mag
nificent demonstration of your devo-
tion to the Democratic party" said
MI NOllS, anu II Is my ulldlleTdDlS
determination to show my apprecia-
tion of this nomination by a fearless
and determined fight for the success
of Democracy in LackaWanna county
this fall.
He then spoke of the rights ami
privileges of men, the constitution of
the United States, our glorious form Of
government and his desire to see the
Sublime heritage" of a free govern
ment transmitted to the rcmotest pos
terity. He unqualifiedly endorsed the
Democratic national platform, which
he thought the greatest declaration of
human rights ever written. Had he
it in his power to change the plat
form he would not alter the dOtting of
an ''i' or the crossing of a st." He
denounced imperialism, rhe Porto Ri
can tariff, the Cuban postOffice frauds
and many other things. He said the
country would be redeemed by the
election Of William Jennings Bryan.
The Archibald delegates were much
incensed over the result of the fight
for jury commissioner. Their faVOrite,
John L. Flynn, has been looking for
that nomination for number of years
and has always been stood aside. His
friends and the Archibald delegation
in general were in very ugly frame
of mind after the convention and said
, some things that We're very tart.
PRICE WAS NOT HIGH ENOUGH.
There was much complaint among
some of the delegates over the fact
, that the amount allowed delegates
for Expenses" was far too low, ac-
cording to their view of the matter