The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-13
It Cured Them.

If there were any Irregularities in
the proceedings of the convention, he
argued, the acquiescence of the dele
gates cured them. Either vote or silent
assent would affirm the substitution of
Fahey for secretary and his subsequent
assumption of the chalrmanship under
authority of the executive committee,
no matter whether or not the eXecu-
tive committee had this power of sub
stitution. The convention was above
the rules and as there was not a single
protest against these variations from
the methods prescribed by the rules,
the actions We're affirmed and must
stand. For the reason that there was
no objection to the adoption of the re-
port of the committee on permanent
organization and no appeal from the
Fahey ruling that the Gibbons motion
was too late, the report and the ruling
must also stand.
When Il delegate files Il credential
and another delegate from the same
district files another, Mr.. Stranahan
argued, the second was by the mere
filing of his credential given the re-
quired written notice and reasons for
contest" The notice" was the filing
of the credential. The treason" was
contained in the claim on the face of
the credential that the contestant was
the one rightfully elected.
Various other ingenious but unsub-
stantial props were put under the
Fahey case by Mr.. Stranahan Mr.
Bergner who followed him for the
Faheyites. dealt mainly with the ev-
dence. He claimed that the testimony
of the Flynnites' own witnesses showed
that there were l23 regularly elected
delegates who were in Music hall when
Howell and Sando were nominated.
Closed for Flynnites.
Mr.. Olmsted closed for the Flynnites.
He pointed out further Irregularities in
the Music hall convention, among them
the counting of the vote by secretaries,
when the rules prescribe that the work
shall be done by tellers and then, as an
evidence of conspiracy to defraud, he
called attention to the undisputed evil
dence that the twenty-five Fahey men
who were given seats by fake contests
were put on the roll before the conven-
ton met in the afternoon, The evidence
clearly showed, he said, that the friends
of Connell and Hoban constituted
clear majority of those holding creden-
tials. and that the organization was
wrested from them by few persons
more skilled i'm the manipulation OF
conventions. If the credentials OF amy
of the delegates can he sustained, said
Mr.. Olmsted, il is unquestioned that IA
majority of duly accredited delegates
We're not in Music hall, but in Melvin
hall, when the nominations of Howell
and Sando occurred.
Judging from the questions propound-
ed by the judges during the arguments,
it is a safe guess that the Music half
convention, surely, and the Melvin hall
convention, possibly, will be declared
Illegal
The special train bearing the Flynn
witnesses left for Scranton at o'clock
Saturday afternoon. They We're rather
amused by the story in a Scranton
paper that they had not been treated
well by those who subpoenaed them.
Those who had their comfort and en-
tertainment i'm charge were likewise
amused at the story.
Only few of the witnesses and at
torneys remained over for the other
hearings which are to take place to-
morrow. . I. j. Duffy.