The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-22
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

When an officer in public body can
suit both sides of the house, irrespective
of party affiliations it is a safe propos-
ition that that man has more than or
dinary ability to commend him to those
whose votes retain him in office.
Such is true of A. #. Lotus, the
clerk of common council MIR. Lotus
has held the record for dscharg-
ing his duties so efficiently that he
Is assured an another term and with
out being opposed. A clerk in a
legislative body can either be of untold
assistance in eXpedting matters or he
can be u right big stumbling block in
the progress of legislation. II he be
competent he can make record for
himself for so many details are left to
him which he has grasp he can mar
shall and dispose of to the city's ad-
vantage. In all these points, Mr.. Lof-
tus has been tried and not found want
ing; on the contrary he has earned Il
reputation for method and despatch of
which he may be well satisfied. What
is true of his career in office is like
wise true in his daily employment, for
only a few days ago, Mr.. LOTUS was
rewarded with an advancement to the
position of cashier in the Erie freight
office in this city. Here was q recog-
milton of merit, and no less important
Will be the one he will receive by being
reelected clerk of council for another
term.
Harry 7. Williams, the secretary of
the Carbondale poor board is another
example of the young man who plods
along the road to success while others
in the word of Ali Baba, pass life away
by chewing the rag.
Mr.. Williams comes in broader view
of the public life by his advancement
a few days ago from the position of
chief stenographer to Superintendent
Manville, of the Delaware & Hudson
to higher place with the Carbondale
Machine company. 1t may sound like
broad statement. but it is none the
less true, that in no public body in the
city, does so much depend on the sec
retary or clerk as on Mr.. Williams in
the poor board. Perhaps the necessity
is greater in this body than in any
other but at any rate Mr.. Williams
seems to be the bureau of information
usually the arbiter in cases where there
is a clash and where Il finer sense of
determination is called for. Absolute re-
lance is placed on him, and to such an
extent is his Judgment sought and re-
spected that it would be likely to turn
the head of most young men. Not so
with Mr.. Williams whose modesty and
poise are most conspicuous in his make
up.
In John w. Dimock, Carbondale can
boast of as rare a wit as can be found
in this section No banquet that has
its after-dinner exercises seems to have
the right spirit without the flashes of
Mr.. Dimock's wit or the light of his
humor. Coupled with Mr.. Dimock's wit
is his drollery, which gives his sharp
and bright sayings the surprise that
creates the laughter that ripples over
as assemblage that is privileged to
have Mr. Dimock spread himself before
it.
OF Mr.. Dimock's recent efforts his
sayings at the late banquet of the
Carbondale Cycle club, We're the best
that flowed from him like the horn of
plenty of bright things One of his hap
piest features is he never surfeits his
hearers. One of the chief requisites for
Il successful after-dinner speaker is to
know when to cease speaking; to be
able to know when he has made an
impression or hit and then sit down.
Mr.. Dimmoclt has, this faculty and
when he does sit down, he has given
you just such Il taste of his good things
that you hunger for more and always
welcome him ut another time.
While Mr.. Dimock usually speaks in
IL light vein, he is ut the same time II
profound reader of the classics ana has
Il knowledge of Shakespeare that ranks
him as Il student Of the worlds greatest
poet. His knowledge of Shakespeare
is the foundation for whatever sort of
superstruction he may choose to build.