10 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE--SATURDAY MORNINGV OCTOBER 30, 1SDT. SKETCHES OF THE CANDIDATES O Something About the Careers of the Worthy Men whose Names Adorn the Republican County Ticket They are Have Been Tried and not Found Wanting. Careful students of local politics who have closely watched the prioress o' tho present county fight, predict n de cisive Republican victory Tuesday. The Indications nil point that way. The candidates have made u careful can vass of the county and everywhere their reception has been most cordial. It now remnlns forvery Republlcnn to go to the polls election day and vote for the entire ticket from top to bot tom. It.iH a ticket woithy of the sup port of every pood citizen, and It Is particularly the duty of Hcpublicans to give H a loyal support. Kvery posslbl? argument Is being ad vanced by the Democratic worker to make inroads on the Republican vote, for In that way only can they hope tor surfers. They are doing their utmost to cause dissensions or produce Indif ference on the pait of Republicans. This is not the time to be led astray. Kvery Republican owes a duty to his country and to his party and that duty should bo faithfully performed Tues ile y Colonel FltzMmmons. the chnlrmnn of Uie Democratic county commute?, yesterday IhsuciI a last appeal to the members of his party, tolling them that defeat Is not within the lange of possibility. How Insincere that state ment was could be read between the luv s further down in his manifesto. As a matter of fact, Colonel Fit2 Fimmons realizes that the gieatM- part of th ticket Is doomed. Ho still clings to a few of the candidates and In the hope of landing them the fight Is being kept up. Never In recent years has such a large element of the Inllmntlal work cis of the Democratic party been so Inactive. The ticket nominated dis couraged them In the beginning, and the manner In which the campaign has been conducted has been anything but pleasing to them. To add to the woes of the campaign managers, every one of the candidates has been striking out for himself. Fred Warlike goes fiom house to houe begging votes. He tells that he has put all of his money into the campaign and a defeat will be t-o-rious for him. All he asks is that the person he is soliciting give him a vote. The fate of the remainder of the ticket is not worrying him. William Koch, the candidate for register of wills, Is mak ing a similar canvass and the frlenfls of Henry T. Koehler are assisting him In the lonesome hunt for otos, for Koehler is to run the offlo? In the event of Koch's election. Schadt, who heads the ticket, snys ho can't drag the whole ticket along with him, and so he doesn't try. He has divided the county Into eight dis tricts and in each one has a lieuten ant. Tills lieutenant has prepared a list of every voter who Is likely to be Influenced by money, and tomonow and Monday these men will be seen and an effoit made to come to terms with them. In the pi e paring of this list for the purposes of conuptlon Schadt called to his aid nearly all of the po litical traders and bummeis of the county. Another scheme Schadt is working is promising appointments. In all parts of the county men have been assured that his election means a place In the jail or sheriff' otllce for them. It Is estimated that If he had twenty times the number of appointments ho will have at his disposal he could not find positions for all the men he has prom ised to place. It's a repetition of the promises mad? by the managers of Halley's campaign during the mayor alty contest. George S. Horn realizes how desper nte Is his case and has addressed cir culars to the voters of the Ninth and Seventeenth wards telling how long he hns been their neighbor and re questing a vote on the strength of his association with them. M. J. Kelly has been losing ground rapidly during the last two we?ks, notwithstanding nil his efforts to stay the tide. He has been making a strong effort to line up the vote of the business men for him self, but has been anything but suc cessful. His friends have been watch ing the movements of Schadt and AVarnko very closely and evidently have small faith In those men. Tom Law and Matt Norton, the two Innocents who were dragged Into tho campaign against their better Judg ment, have thrown up their hands. They realize what Is coming and are prepared for tho worst. JOHN R. JONES. Although Lackawanna Is compara tively a new county, her bar. even In the days when she was part of old Lu zerne, was conspicuous for Its learning and ability. Since the creation of the new political division, with tho nour ishing city of Scranton as tho county seat, there has come to the front a now generation of lawyers, and one of the most brilliant of these Is the subject of our sketch, John Richard Jones was horn In the village of Archbald, May 27, 1856. Ills father, Edward Jones, was a native of Wales, and a graduate of the Cam bridge Scientific school, who enme to this country at the agu of 22 and by his line abilities ndvnnced from tho po sition of miner to that of n very sue ccssful coal operator. He was married August 4, 1SIC, to Mary K daughter of Richard Jones, a manufacturer of Wales. Their son, whoso career we nro now considering, received his early education In tho common schools of Olyphant, his parents having removed to that vicinity In 1S58. He continued there until his seventeenth year, when ho entered the Keystone Academy at Factoryville. His education was finished nt the well-known Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, where ho was a student about three ycais. On September 2S, 1S7G, ho entered tho law department of Harvard College, where, nftcr a tnor ough course he- was graduated In 1879, receiving tho degree of LL.R In the meantime ho had been admitted to the practice of his profession, nt Middlesex, Mass., March 12, 1S7S, after parsing a creditable examination be fote a board of three members of this famous bar. Mr. Jones next entered the law ofllco of Alexander It. Farnham, at Wllkes Tiairo, September 23, 1&79, and on Juno S, of the following year, he was ad mitted to practice In the courts of Lu zerne county. On October 8, 1SS0, he enteicd the law oillce of Hon. R. W. Archbald, at Scranton, and on the same day upon motion of Judge Arch bald, was admitted to practice In tho courts of Lackawanna county. Upon tho election of Judge Archbald to the bench In 188), Mr. Jones opened separ ate law offices of his own, and In a few years, tluough the vigor of his Intel lect, his marvellous capacity for woik, and his extensive knowledge of tho law he placed himself In the front rank of his profession. His practice was not confined to the courts of his State, but extended Into tho Fnltcd States Cir cuit Court, the Western District Couit, and tho Supreme Couit of the United Stutes. It was In the domain of criminal law that he was destined to become best known. He became connected with some of the most noted cases ever tried In Lackawanna county, among these tho case of Augustlna Nolll, who was tried for muider In the first degree, In 1S93. Tho defense took desperate chances, but through tho skill and ability of Mr. Jones, and his magnetism as displayed In a six hours' address be fore the Jury, a verdict of murder In the second degree only was rendered. In the defense of Paul Hydo, who wna indicted for murder In 1SS9, Mr. Jones was also associated. His wise counsel and legal knowledge remain in the his tory of the case. Mr. Jones' wide expeilence in tho de fense of prisoners well fitted him for their prosecution, and it was but na tural that the people should elect him to the office of District Attorney In 1801. His record, during the next three yeais, was an enviable one. Kvery guind Jury passed resolutions com mending his faithful and clllcient man ner of conducting the buslnes-s of lite oillce, as well as his couitesy toward all who came In contact with him. His popularity was such that, In 1597, a spontaneous endoisement of his can didacy for renomlnatlon came from the leading members of tho bench and bar of his county. Men of nil shades of political opinion united in testifying in the public prints to his ability, eneigy conscientiousness, and fitness for the oillce. Politically Mr. Jones has been very active In the councils of the Republican party, with which he has always ntlll latecl. Ho has been a delegate to many city, county, and State conventions, where his fine qualities ns an otator and debater have made him conspicu ous. He has been called upon many times to nominate candidates for office, and his efforts have always been singu larly happy. In one instance he made two nominating speeches In ono day, placing befoie the people the candi dates of his party for congress and county trcasuier. Among his numer ous addresses before other bodies, not of a -political nature, may be mentioned that upon the subject of the poor, their surroundings and care, delivered before tho Poor Association of Pennsylvania, In 1S92, nt which time ho was elected vice-president of that organization. Another service of a public character for which he will long bo remembered wns the removal of all toll-gates from the main thoroughfares between tho cities of Carbondale and Scranton. It took five years of legal warfaro In the courts of his county, nnd the Supreme court at Philadelphia, but ho was so perslbtent that the final victory was his and the chains were tnken down. Ah another evidence of his wide activ ity and the esteem In which he is held, wo may state that on October 2, 1893, he was appointed professor or instruc tor of criminal law at tho branch of the Dickinson School of Law, which opened In St. Thomas' College, at Scranton, on that date. He is also one of the directors of the liar Association of Lackawanna county. Concerning his private life we may add that on December 4, l&SI, Mr. Jones was married to Lizzie Eugenia, daugh ter of Rev Jefferson 11. Kenyon, one of tho earliest resident pastors of the Raptlst church of Wakely, who for a time was a member of the Hlakely poor board and also served ns the first bur gess of the borough. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are parents of two children, Mar shall Gray and Helen Gctrude. His candidacy for reelection to the ofllco of district attorney which he Is now fllllne In suoh a. worthy manner has awakened great enthusiasm In all parts of the county nnd Mr. Jones has received a splendid ovation wherever he has nppcared on the hustings. CLARENCE E. PRYOR. Clarence II. Pryor, the Republican candidate for sheriff was born In Lu zerne county, April 1, 1S1J. He began life by running a mine engine, and from his wages saved enough money to pay for a course ut Lowell's Com meiclal College In Ulnghamton, N. Y. He was graduated from that Institu tion in 1861 and came to Scranton, where he has teslded for tho last 3J years. Mr, Pryor Is tho present prothono tnry, nnd his record In that oillce Is ono to be pioud of. A coretul, courteous, painstaking official, he has given tho office his personal attention, anil by his kindness and readiness to do favors for all has won a warm spot In the heaits of all who have had dealings with him. Never ilslng above his position and always remembering that the people elected lilm, ho is the same after elec tion ns before. A good fellow by na ture, it Is no effort for him to be agree able. He stands befote the people as an upright servant, against whom even his political opponents can say nothing. Ills popularity and acknowledged fit ness won for him his party's nomina tion for the important office of sheriff and It should bo the duty of every good Republican to see that he Is elected by a rousing majority. JOHN COPELAND. When political parties which are only organizations of the sovereign people, piesent to the public candidates for approval for any particular oillce of ti list. It Is Incumbent upon them to state clearly nnd plainly the reasons which actuate them in their choice. This Is the people's ilsht and experi ence has taught and political parties recognize that in a wise selectlo i of candidates lle the principal element of success at tho polls. The candidacy of John Copcland, of Carbondale, for the office of prothon otary wn.s tho result of the wisdom of tho Republican party as expressed at the county convention and therein the party ninde no mistake. Mr. Copcland belongs to that stmdy clans of citizens who nowadays aie called self-made men, that Is men, who, with but few early advantages, by untiring energy and steadfast lntegtlty have acquired well deserved prominence in life. Ho comes of that sturdy Scotch ancestry which has everywhere shown itaelf In the progtesslw development of our country. He wns born In Scotland. His father, James Copcland, came to Carbondale. before the sixties nnd Im mediately found employment with the Delaware and Hudson Canal company, In which he remained until his volun tary retirement some yenrs ago. Up to the nge of 13 John Copeland attended the public schools of Carbon dale. lie was the eldest of a large family and at that ago left school and became a trainman or "runner" on the gravity road, He continued In that position for a number of years, aiding In the support of the family and at tho same time diligently fitting himself for a better position, an opportunity for which ho found in the night schools Such was the early life of John Cope land. Later ho became a brakeman, then a conductor on the locomotive road between Scranton nnd Carbon dale. In 1S7.1 he was appointed Gen eral Yaidmast-r of the Caibnndale yard, having full charge of all trains, both Ktlo and Delaware and Hudson, In which position he remains to this day. Mr. Copeland's elevation from "run ner" on the gravity to brakeman, then conductor, and finally to the responsi ble position of General Yardmnster was solely the lesult of merit. In nil his varied experience In life he has never failed to do his duty to his ein ployos, and throughout his whole life his relations with his fellow railroad men have always been the most cor dial. These are some of the reasons which actuated the Republican county con vention In their choice of John Cope land as candidate for prothonotary. Ho Is competent: his success In other lines proves It. Ho Is deserving: his services to the party show It. He is popular: the voice of every brother railroad man will attest It. In politics Mr. Copeland has always noon a Jiepumioan. and has actively Interested himself In the success of tho principles and candidates of his party. He represented, years ngo, tho First ward of Carbondale In tho city coun cils and he has since then served for six years as member of the board of health, during which time he was president of the body for two years. W. S, LANQSTAFF. Seldom docs a candidate como be fore the people with more reason to nsk for their suffrage than does W. S. Lnngstaff, the Republican candidate for county treasurer. He Is a welf mudo man and has been tried and not found lacking In positions of peculiar public trust. When a lad, 'Mr. Langstaff earned his first wages as a slate flicker In tho Hampton breaker. Since that tltns he has never moved backwnid, but has gradually worked his way Into n largo acquaintance nnd up the ladder to a position of high btnndlng In tho com munity In which ho lives. For many yenrs he has been a faithful public servant on tho Scranton board of con tiol and as a director of tho Scranton poor dlstilct. As a school controller nnd a poor director he has won the commendation of nil who know him. To no one man does tho city of Scran ton owo more for Its unexcelled edu cational system and splendidly man aged poor and Insnne asylum. Such a tried and experienced gentle man Is needed for a position of such peculiar trust ns county treasurer. W. S. Langstaff ought to fill the bill. THOMAS P. DANIELS. Thomas P. Daniels, candldato for clerk of the courts on the Republican ticket, was born In Hyde Park, Scran- ton, June, 18C3. He attended tho pub lie schools of Scrnnton, but like other poor boys, was obliged to leave school and began the battle nf life by working at tire Diamond mines as a gate tender at 40 cents per day. After upwards of two years nt said occupation he wns tendered a position ns ofllco boy In the clerk of the couits office, where, by bis careful attention to the detnlls of the office, by his earn est endeavor to serve the public, nnd by his never falling readiness to nld all who como to him fur Information or assistance In tho line of his duty, hns finally become chief assistant. Kvery person who knows him concedes that his qualifications iuid personal popu larity richly entitle him to be elected to the ofllco he seeks. CHARLES HEUSTER. Chnilcs Hucstcr, who seeks a re-elcc- ' ' v ' " N- i Pt-"' ' i CLARENCE E. PRYOR, OF SCRANTON. Republican Candidate for Sheriff. THOMAS I DANIELS, OF SCRANTON. Republican Candidate for the Clerk of the Courts. tlon to tho oillce of recorder of deeds, was born In Geimnny forty-tluee years ago. Ho came to this country when only a boy and for more than o quar ter of a century has been part of the Industrious, thriving German com munity of the South Side, this city, and has done his share towaids the development and progress of that part of the city. He has the respect and good will of not only his neighbors, but of everyone wherever he Is known. A German by birth, he Is an Ameri can by Instinct, nnd no bettor or more enthusiastic suppoiter of our govern ment can bo found among those who have been born nnd brought up under tho folds of "Old Glory." Ho Is of the peoplo and knows what It costs to earn a dollar at hard labor. Ho has been saving and Industrious nnd to his ciedlt It can be said his labor has not been In vain. Ho has been nn active fireman for over twenty yenrs and still retains his Interest In all that pertains to the wcl faio of his old comrades and the effic iency of tho department. When ho was nominated for the ofllco of e- corder of deeds threo years ago, it was thought that his luck uf acquaintance throughout the county would be against him. but although pitted against one of the most popular candi dates on the Democratic ticket he camo sailing In on tho homo stretch with tho handsome majority of 1.CI7 votes. As a Republican IiIb loyalty has never been denied or questioned, nnd when others doubted ho wns never dismayed but seemed to work all tho better where the Jght was the hottest. In the administration of his office ho has gained the good will nnd respect of all who have had business with him, and with this record of usefulness to his party, attention to the duties of his oillce and upright, sturdy manhood, he ventures to nsk nt tho hands of the people n re-election, pledging for the futuie the same qualities which have adorned his pa.st service. WILLIAM K. nECK. The Republicans nro fortunate In having such an excellent candidate as William K. Heck for register of wills. He has for many years been looked upon ns ono of tho most prominent Republicans of the county, nnd on three occnslons was called upon to be the standard bearer of his paity for legislative honors. Mr. Heck was born In Lockport. Noithampton county, nnd received his enily education In Hasten nnd Wy oming hcmlnniies, For several years he was In business at Lockport previ ous to temovlng to Moscow In 1871, whore he hns since resided, being en gaged In lumbering and farming. Ho Is a thorough business man, In whoso hands the affairs of tho leglster of wills office may be safely Intrusted. CHARLES A. WIGGINS. A splendid typo of the nggrrsslve young Republican is Chnilcs A. Wig gins, the Republican candidate for Jury commissioner. He belongs to thnt cla.ss of energetic young men who fight for party success In and out of season nnd who never sulk when theio Is woik to bo dout. During his twelve years' lcbldence In this city h has woikcd In all cam paigns peislbtently and energetically. He Is a native of Ashley, Luzerne county, -whero ho was educated In the public schools. Hlnco his residence h'ro ho has followed the trade of a barber and is well und favorably known throughout tho county. He Is a genlul, cntei prising nnd Intelligent young man and Is well qualified to make an excellent Jury commissioner. His services In tho past and his ami ability and Integrity will commend him to tho members of his party. Ho Is making n vigorous campaign and Is being ably assisted by his many friends. POLITICAL JOTTINGS. The Democrats candidates had their picture placed In nil the street cars run ning upon tho Scranton Traction com pany lined, through tho advertising agency which controls tho advertising In stroet curs In this city. Mr. Jone has gone thim ono better nnd has had his name placd in blazing letters of light upon tho outsldo of at least ono street car run ning over each lino throughout this vol. ley. It Is certainly tho greatest adver- all Using scheme that was ever seen In Heron ton, and bus mused tho most luvorablo comments on all sides. Tho campaign committee was fortunate In securing tho services of two such nlilo compnlgn roeakors us Hon. Fillmore Mnuat, of Carlisle, and Hon. J. J, Snder, of Lehigh, w ho nro lending such valuable nld to the local speakers of the Republi can gospel. Roth are young men hut It is safo to picdlct tl at tl ey will not be vury old men before tho demand for their ser vices mi tho stump will not be confined to the limits of tho state. They came here perfect strangers, but they will go away leaving behind an army of friends and ad mirers. Appointments to fill vacancies In flec tion boards were mado by court yestt r day as follows: Robert Slnirclt, Jinlge nt election, In tho Third dMtlcl of the tf. -ond ward; W. 1. Dennett, Judge ol rl. tlon In tho He-cond district of the Sevi u tcenth ward: Thomas Robinson, Jr , mi nority Inspector In tho First tllsiri. t nt JONES R. JONES, OF BLAKELY. Republican Candidate for District Attorney. mMm wvY CHARLES HEUSTER, OF SCRANTON. Republican Candidate for Recorder of Deeds, tho Third wnul of Olyphant: Henry My- crs, majority inspector in tho Thlid dls- trict of tho Nineteenth ward. Thn nrr.ir.pcment nnd carrying out of last night's South Side mfetlngs wn. no ' small task and tho smoothness with which ' evorvthlmr was run Is no small compli ment to tho engii'cerlng ability of Fred W. Fleltz and Milton W. Lowry, who had tho affair lu hand. Many good stories of campaign experi ences will no doubt be told by tho slump speakers when they get tlmo to draw tneir breath and tell them. Anyone who has not gone through a campaign can scarcely Imagine what it Is like, liven In the n.ir row limits of Lackawanna county one will get somo new nnd strange luslshu Into humanity. It's u queer world, but you'll think It quceier It you ever do a turn at county coinralgnlng. It Is rumored In political circles that Hilly" Craig Is slated for tho position of county detective In tho event of the elec tion of George S. Horn as district attor ney. The Democratic mas meeting In SIcars' hall last night was a very frosty affair. Less than ono hundred percons nttoni ed It. WILL BE ELECTED. Tho lato Republican convention honored themselves when thry honored William K. Heck with the nomination for register of wills. He Is one of nature's nobleman and all will find him so who have oecas Ion to 1 at his otllce In tho couit house, after January 1 next. Carbondale Loader. QET OUT THE VOTE. Tills l what Is usually termed nn off year In Pennsylvania politics. Thero shoul not bo an off-year. Republicans should vote every year. Theio Is every icaBon why they should go to the polls. Wo have entered upon M en who an era of prosperity. Republican prlntl tiles huvo bri n vindicated. McKlalcy is In tho white house, and a piotcctlvo meas ure Is on the statute books. It is desirable that tho peoplo should show their Appreciation of the changed condition of affairs. Thcro Is no better wnj" to do this- than to record their votes for tho Republican slate and county tick ets. Carbondale Leader. , THEY'LL REMEMBER, NEVER FEAR. Schnrtt did his best to .-ell out Hon. I. P. Smith In b's candidacy for Superior court Judge it the VIUlntn;port conven tion two years ngo end the Judge's friends will not forget mi election day the debt they owo the present Democratic candi date for sherili. Carbondnlo Leuder. WITHOUT A BLEMISH. w Isli S I.angslaff Is n man without blcm 11 Is teeord for honesty and business nblllty Is excelled by none. As county I treasurer he will bo a distinguished sue cess. Ho Is Just the kind of a watch-tog i the taxpayers want to guard their funds. Caihundalo Leader. TRIED AND FOUND TRUE. Thomas 1. Daniel?, the popular and cfll clent clerk in the olflco of clerk of tho tourts. Is Just tho man to placo lu control uf that oillce. He has been tried and toiind true at eveiy point. Carbondale l.tsider. UNSURPASSED ABILITY Vnte for John Copeland for piothnno lary. Ho will bring unsurpassed ability to the ollleo. Carbi ndale Leader. - THE CLYBOURN CASE. Judge KohUiuit Decides Thnt tho .Murringo Cercmoii) Performed Ily .11 rs. fSrrpnry is Legal, Chicago, Oct. !). Pmbate Judge Kohl saat toduy ri ndered his division In tho Urenoty will case In favor of the plain tiff, .Martha t'ljboum. The contest ova' the million dollar estate of Allen Gregorj, "father of tho stock yards," which has hem In piognsif Mvenil days, proved .1 sensation. The plaintiff. .Martha Cly bourn, sought to ettabllsli her rights as the widow of Allen Gregory und did so throush the evidence given by Mrs. I.llllo Ui-gory. of Kansas City, a niece of tho mllllonahe. Mrs. Gregory testified that on March 8 last tho performed a .-ommon law ceie mony uniting her uncle and Miss C'ly binirit with whom he is Kild to havo lived for forty years. Vpon the death of Greg ory, tho estate wus placed In ndmtnlstra. tor' hands, for distribution among the thirty odd heirs. Judge KohUant's de clslon, lu nh'ch he finds Martha Clybourn the legal widow of Allen Gregory, orders news luttcrs of administration, It will bo fought through tho upper courts.
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