The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-22
Some Men
of the Hour

If ey-Sheriff Charles Robinson goes
in for the Democratic nomination for
state treasurer, IL is very likely that
he will get it, and if he gets it, there
will be a campaign on the Democratic
side, the like of which the common
wealth never before beheld.
The ex-sheriff is very picturesque
character and whatever he does is done
in no ordinary way. He would without
doubt. attract quite as much attention
on his stumping tour as did Colonel
Barnett two years ago. He, of course,
would not achieve this as did Colonel
Barnett, but he would achieve it, never
theless. Just what particular methods
he would pursue can not at this dis
tanCe he figured out with any degree
of certainty, but to his ncighbors here
and friends throughout the state, Il
fieeting idea may possibly come of some
OF the kind of thunder he will let loose
One thing certain, the newspaper cor
respondents will not protest very Wig
orously against being assigned to ac-
company the Robinson campaigning
party. AS rule, they are men who like
nothing better than a conflict, even if il
is with themselves, and being an abb
stemious lot, they will by this assign
ment he accorded rare opportunity of
struggle to the death to keep them
selves within their ahstemious VOWS. At
the last session of the legislature the
genial eX-sheriff got the Harrisburg
correspondents together at the Com
monwealth one night; got them en-
gagged each with his own self in a con-
flict of the kind above noted. After
keeping the battle waging for four
hours, the guests capitulated and con-
ceded to their host the unanimous
nomination for treasurer this year,
governor the next, and United States
; senator at the conclusion of his subpr-
material term.
State President J. +. Mullahy of the
International Stationary Firemen's as
sociation. who has been very much in
evidence this last week in directing The
strike of the firemen, is "A very young
man, not being much over Twenty-Five
and in this respect is like some of the
other big labor leaders who have had
charge of recent large strikes, as. for
instance, Mitchell, of the Mine Work
ers, and Shaffer, of the steel workers
both Of whom are young men.
President Mullahy. like other laho,
leaders, has been a worker himself Ur
10 the time he became state president
he was firing at the mines near hi,
home in Kingston. II know myself
from hard experience, what a fireman
has 10 stand" said he last week, "ant
feel that they should not be compelled
20 work for longer than eight hours in
the terrific heat Of the boiler rooms.
He has hoyish enthusiasm and spiri
about him, and is public speaker o.
no mean ability. He may not cloth,
what he saws in the most elegant die
ton. hut he certainly does succeed IN
stirring up his audiences to a higl
pitch of enthusiasm. 1t is unfortunat,
for President Mullahys reputation tha
his bow before the public was made il
connection with the tremen's strike
which, from the beginning, has haC
failure written upon its brow.
Probably the oldest, yet one of III,
most energetic and popular pastors il
the city of Scranton is the Rev, Thoma
lie Gruchy, ID. D., of the jackson Stree
Baptist church. He is one of the mos
resourceful men in the ministry today
and has the happy faculty of "doinl
things" and at the same time accom-
plishing something. Originally a me
chanic, Dr. de Gruchy labored for year