pTIw3ie! rti; jti'ip)';?' U.' SflvriimoL' "''' '?!,;Biv3T!?'3;sp,OTP' ' 'rv?iiRyiii'5ii'p ?pw?swiAjA v .':! K" r I i v THE SOHANTON TMBUNE-SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, .1901. : STATE TMAIVRER FRANK G, HARRIS JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT WILLIAM P. POTTER ADDITIONAL LAW JUDGE J. W. CARPENTER CONTROLLER , .; EDWARD A. JONES CORONER DR. J. J. ROBERTS SURVEYOR GEORGE E. STEVENSON Republican Candidates. 'l TUESDAY'S J5LECT10N Tuesday next the voters of Penn sylvania will be called upon to elect ft state treasurer and judge of the Supreme court, and to pass upon cer tain proposed amendments to the constitution of the state; and In Lackawanna county besides partici pating In the voting for the abov we will elect an additional law judge, a county contioller. a county coroner and a county surveyor. All the offices to be filled me of great importance and for them the Bepubllcau party presents candi dates of unrivalled excellence. They are: State treasurer, Hon. Frank G. Harris; Supreme court, Justice Will lam P. Potter; additional law judge, Judge J. W. Carpenter; controller, Edward A. Jones; coroner, Dr. J. J. Roberts; surveyor, George E. Steven son. All are men who have been tried in public office and found wor thy servants of the people. They deserve your vote Tuesday. The pro posed amendments to the constitu tion aie as follows: AMENDMENT NO. 1. Shall Section 1. Article VIII of the constitution be amended so as to lead a, follows? Every male citizen twenty-one years of age. possessing the follow ing qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, subject, how ever, to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of elec tors an the General Assembly may enact: 1. He shall have been n citizen of the United States at least one month. 2. He shall have resided in the state one year (or, having previously been a qualified elector or native boin citizen of the state, he shall have removed therefrom and re turned, then six months), immedi ately pieceding the election. 3. He shall have resided in the election district where he shall offer to vote at" least two months imme diately preceding the election. 4. If twenty-two years of age and upwards, he shall have paid within two years a state or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least one month before the election. AMENDMENT NO. 2. Shnll Section 7, Article VIII of the constitution be amended so as to read as follows? All laws regulating the holding of elections by the citizens or for the registration of electors shall be uni form throughout the state, but laws regulating and requirig the registra tion of electors may be enacted to apply to cities only; provided. That such laws be uniform for cities of the same class. AMENDMENT NO. 3. Shall Section 4, Article VIII, of the constitution be amended so as to read as follows? All elections by the citizens shall be by ballot or by such other method as may be prescribed by law; pro vided, That secrecy in voting be pre served. JUDGE J. W. CARPENTER Candidate for Additional Lawjudge of Lackawanna County. Few men nn gifted with the true judicial mind and temperament and thorefoie the scales of Justice ate not always held with an oven, steady hand. When a ('(immunity finds a man who has been marked by nature with all the attributes uf a true Judge it ought to cherish liini. Such a man has this com munity found in Jurtfie J. W. Carpenter who was appointed by Governor V. A. Stone to (ill the vacancy caused by the icslguatlnii of Judge R. V. Archbald. When Judge Archbald left the bench of the local court to take a seat on the federal bench the judicial qualities of Attorney J. W, Carpenter at once at tracted attention and Governor Stone was urged to appoint him. One of the strongest petitions received by the gov ernor came from Air. Carpenter's fel low niembei.s of the Lackawanna bar, the men with whom he associated and practiced during the quarter of a cen tury he lias been at the local bar. This petition which had such great weight with Governor Stone was signed by the following; HON. E. N. WllLARD, HON. II. A. KNAPP, HON. W. W, WATSON. HON. M. H, M'DONALD, HON. K. W. FLEITX. HON. M. l- SANDO, COLONEL GEORGE SANDERSON. MAJOR EVERETT WARREN. CHARLES H, WRIXIIS, W, W. LATHROPE. WILLIAM J. RAND, JAMES H. TORRHY, WILLIAM J I. JESSUP, Jit, E. C. NBWCOMR. CHARLES DU P, RRECK, AARON V. BOWER, CLARENCE RALENTINE. M, F, CONRV, O. C, DONOVAN. LEWIS R. CARTER, W. E, CJUNSTER. P, W. STOKES. W, S. DIEHL. II. B. REYNOLDS. L. KEMMERER. , E. SULLIVAN. EL U. CAPWELL. FANIv E, DONNELLY, F. li. LYNCH. , , GEORGE H. RICE. ROBERT PECK, JAMES J. O'MALLEY, . Ik TAYLOR. GEOUGfcj M. OKELL. WILLIAM R. LEWIS, ttl M. Jy HUDDY. J. M. WALKER. ' v S. II. KINGSBURY. WALTER S. UEVAN. R. LEWIS GUAM UK. PALMER M. WILLIAMS. WALTER ItRIGGS. FRED E. REEKS. WILLIAM I ItoYLE. JAMES E. Rl'ltll. II. r. Mt'TLER. 11. A. VAN Dt'SE.V. JOHN G M 'ASK IE. 1 : IHnw mK&m&m 3SBHwliiMwiRl JUDGE J. W. F. E SCOTT. ". COMEGYS JOHN IX. EOWARMS. GEORGE D. TAYLOR. .1. E. WAT KINS. II. C. REYNOLDS. I!. KENTON TINKHAM. -MILTON V. LOWRY. THOMAS 1'. DUFFY. R. A. ZIMMERMAN. M. J. .MARTIN. ROBERT C. ADA.MS. JOSEPH O'BRIEN. G. M. WATSON. RCSSELL D1MMICIC C. P. BEDFORD. S. B. PRICE. W. L. HILL. A. X. WALKER. RICHARD J. BOFRKE, R. II. HOLGATE. WILLIAM VOKOLEK. JOHN B. JORDAN. M. P. CAW LEY. ROBERT J. MFRRAY. W. W. BAYLOR. D. L. FICK'ES. H. M. HANNAH. JOSEPH F. Gl I.ROY. C. R. PITCHER. F. E. BOYLE. M. J. M'ANDREWS. JOHN J. MANNING. O. R. PARTRIDGE. DR. J, J. ROBERTS. (.', II. SOPER. U. H. WOODRUFF. D. R. REPLOGLE. I. II. BURNS. W, S. HUSLANPER. JOHN M, HARRIS. FRANK P. STOCKER. WILLIAM II. ROE. JOSEPH JEFFREYS. II. M, STREETER. GEORGE B. DAVIDSON. JOHN J. MURPHY. LAYTON M, SCUOOI1. Judgo Carpenter .t bout in Siolt township in tlil.s county in ISM, He wus educated lit the township's bchools and after ho had completed the pre- scribed course of study there he went to the Muhslleld State Normal school, whrie lie showed the natural aptitude for ucqitlilng knowledge which marked lit tn mining the students or the town ship schools. Alter completing his studies ill tile nornial he began teaching sehool, em ploying his leisure hours in the study of inw. To a mini of bl temperament CARPENTER. 1 and quality of mind, the .h ciiis Unit of i.i title knowledge of tlv l.iw was not dllllrull. The great fundamental truths of the law sprang naturally in his evenly-poised mind. A iinrtor of a century ago lie va admitted to the bar and u mnved to thi1! city wheie he ha, lived ever since. -Modest and unassuming although a stalwart Republican, ready and willing to assist in carrying out the policies of that party and electing its tickets, be was never identified with any faction nor was he a candidate lor any otllce. His studious and Industi Ion-. hnhil gained for liini the ic-peet of all bl pioCcssional and personal associates and caused them to recognize in him an aullioiity on fundamental and statu toiy law. The bench as well as the bar have thought to highly of Judge Carpenter's ability and Impai ti.illty. that, for a number of enis, lie has been aiiiniinted lefeiee and arbitrator in cases Involving (.(implicated legal questions. The yoiiuber inenilieis uf the liar always found in him a fi lend ready to advise them In questions of doubt, and his many at ts of klndnc-.s of this na ture have made liini grcnll.i blii ved by them. Born to jiarents of humble position Judge Carpenter's aflillalions and syni- pathles have alwayw bur-ii with (ho la boring classes, ills curly life of toll brought lilm Into (ontact with them, and ho knows tliclt needs and sympa. thlx.es with their alms and purposes us only a man with such an experience can, For fifteen yeiits Judge- Carpenter hits been a resident of the Thirteenth waid, and his neighbors and ft lends who have had an opportunity to know his happy doiuestlo relations, and pute, earnest and helpful lite aie as laudatoiy of him art u citizen as mo his piofesslonal brethren at the bar of his proressloual standing and leaiuliu;. When the late Judge (itiuster was a candidate for re-eloctlou. many of Judge Carpenter's friends In the Re publican party were anxious for him to become n candidate against Judge Glllislcl, but the friendship that had always existed between Judge Gun.ster and himself wits so strong that he re fused to listen to their pleadings and he ivon ndldutu. In lium when the death of Judge Ouii ster ninth a vacancy In the court. Judge Carpenter was a candidate for the ap pointment to succeed lilm, but ne quleseed gracefully and cheerfully In the Judgment of the bar In the selec tion of lion, John P. Kell.v. I'pon tile (icatlou of the new Federal Dltrlct and the appointment of Judge Archbald to that court, tin- leading members of the Bar of Lackawanna county, without legard to party attll lations. united In the petition lo Gov ernor Stone, asking for the appoint ment of Attorne.s J. W. Carpenter. The high standing of the ninety-seven gen tlemen who signed that petition was such that Governor Stone could not af fotd to Ignore their recommendation and he raised lilm from tin advocate at the bar to the judge on the bench. Never was a better appointment made by Govei nor Stone. Such in brief Is the history or the able, modest man whom the Republi cans of Latka wanna county present as their candidate for Judge. Willi n lecoul that Is spotless and spei lal qtiallllcatlous tor the judgeship such as are possessed by few men. Judge Cnrpcllioi deer, os the vote of ever.v man who Is ititeiested ill maintaining (lie high standard the judiciary of Laokawnniin enjoys. The voters run no risk of making a mistake In select ing Judge Carpenter. He Is on Un bend!, be lias been tried and lie has demonstrated to ever.v thinking man In the county that be ought to lie kept in the position he fills with such dis tinguished abllltj. Following are expressions of op inion concerning . lodge Carpenter from members of the Lackawanna bar- E-Judge W. 11. .lessup So far as mj experience III practicing before Judgi Cnipelitor goes, 1 din testify lieely and unreservedly to bis belntr a aood judge He has a judicial mind is stiaightlorward in his actions, and does not hesitate to lake up any re sponsibility that confronts lilm. lie iHivv(.vMs exceptional qualities lor the position he Is occupying. I was not mtii'h acouainled with him befoie his ! elevation to the bench, hut since 1 have had opportunity of observing him close ly, 1 have come to be well pleased with tile milliner he conducts the business of Uie courts, and with the capacity and ability lc has displayed. Ex-Judge Henry A. Knapp Fiom what I know of Judge Carpentei's abil ity as a krwyer. and lioni what I have s-eeu of his conduct since he has taken his scat on the bench, I have no doubt, if elected, he will make an abb-, uptight and conscientious judge, and one who will give satisfaction to Ills constitu ents. W. S Dlelil Judge Cai pouter should be elected because he Is eminently fitted for the position and In every way en titled lo it. Ilu is an honest, capable man, a le.'ii ncd lodge and possessed of the temperament so essential to the boin h. lie Is a man whom J consider lo bo a jurist in all the word implies. One of his qualities marked and ad miied by the attorneys who have prac ticed betoie lilm Is his patience in list ening to an argument 'Without inject ing interruptions. This, any lawyer will tell you. Is highly important to thu law or and his client. T can see no reason why a Republican would hesi tate to vole for Judge Carpenter. lie Is Illliug a position belonging to the Republicans and should be continued 111 it. A Democrat was placed In On position vacated by the late lamented Judge Gunster. The same Mile ot eeptity and ethics should be applied in Judge Carpenter's case as was applied In the case of Judge Kelly. District Attorney W. It. Lewis Judge Carpenter should 1 lecled because he i- a capable and honest judge and In every way fitted for the position and In should not be defeated because there Is no good leason why the Democ racy should have a ninjnrlt. ol the bench In a Republican count. Charles II. Welles Judge Caipenier is a good straightforward man, a call able judge and free from alliances that might detract from his ability m be im partial. City Solicitor George M. AV.ilson T am satisfied that Jndiio Carpenter is one ol the best equipped men Hint has ever been a candidate for the judgeship III this county. He bus been tiled and not found wanting. He discharged every duty faithfully and well. As a Republican be Is eli'tltled to the support of i very Republican' voter In the coun ty, and II he iceelves that he will be elected b.v an overwhelming miijiiilty. A year ago the people said the minority should have a repiesentatlvu on the bench, Do tile Democrats now expect the people will say that the minority should have a majority of the bench'.' Assistant City Solicitor D. J. Diivif The majoilty of the voters of this county arc Republican and Judge Car penter is entitled to their votes. Ho has proved himself eminently qtialllled to bo Judge. sslstant District Attorney W, Gay leird Thomas 1 cannot sec tiny reason why a change should be made In the picsent excellent bench of Lackawanna county, Judge carpenter Is a thor oughly competent, clear-headed lawyer und certainly proven to be of the tim ber f i oiu which good judgc are made. From tho time of his ndinlssdln to the bar ho has beep a close, diligent stu dent and a hard worker. One. tlilni;- that especially commends him for the judge ship is Ills fairness. He Is onif who will treat all men alike, Ah we all know, Judgo Kelly was elected with the help of a great liuiny Republican votes, These votes wen solicited and given on the ground that the minority was en titled to one Judge. The minority has what It claimed It was entitled to. There s no reason why tho majority should give It more, This Is u Repub lican county and If thero Is any vlttue 111 recognizing tho fact thut parties ought to h'.ive. proportionate lepresen tatlou, Judge carpenter bhoulil bo elected to succeed himself. But nblde from politics, Judge Carpenter's mcilts as a man and u jurist entitle) him to the otllce. James 11. Toney While I expected Judge, Carpenter would make .i good Judge, the maturity of his mind and his fairness, impartiality and prompt ness uf decision, far hurpasseil my ex pectations. T, F. Penman No Reiutblkun can reasonably excuse himself for not vot - lug to continue Judge Carpenter on the bench. Then Is no question as to his ability, honesty or regiilailt.. and no question but that the Republicans are entitled to it tnnjorlt.v roproscutntiim W. W. Lalhrope-Whlle I am a I'm lilbltlonlst and will vole Tor mv party nominee, Colonel llltcheoiU, I will tree ly say that Judge t 'at pel ter Is an mi EDWARD mirable loan and Will titled tor the bench. ( (iiitiiiuii! em P.iiro 11 t EDWARD A. JONES, Candidate for the Office of County Controller. County Controller Edward A Jones, who 1s a candidate to succeed himself for thai m w- and important olllce, is peculiarly a man of the people. He comes li iiiu the old Jones family at Olyphant, being' a nephew ol the gen erally leveled and lamented Kdwaid Jones, v. ho was one of the earliest miners and leading , iti.ens of the upper valley. When a meie boy Controller Jones began work In the old No. I breaker at Olyphant. He continued in the mines, climbing from one position to smother until he finally became fore man of the Raymond Coal company. This position he resigned to accept the appointment to the eontrolletshlp. As an evidence of how lie was regarded by the men over whom he had chaise it is only necessary to mention the big demonstration in his honor conducted by the mlii"rs of Archbald, when he was tinuouiicod to bo the governors choice! for the new county olllce. No mine foreman In thu Liukuwuuna val ley was better liked than u and no town was prouder of a distinction com ing on one of Its cltlnen.s tliaii was the town of Aichbald upon Sir. Jones' selection ini- controller. Having been u, miner himself ho could appreciate and .sympathize! with hla employes when lici became an em ployer of labor, und us a consequence! his lelutlons with his men were al was of the most harmonious nature, I'pon assuming the olllco of contiol ler, Mr. Jones wiih confronted with the jKi'ilcxliig tasl of taking charge GEORGE E, STEVENSON. , of and completely changing the whole i system of the county's account. His keen business mind, expert knowledge nt bookkeeping and remitlktible energy seived lilm well, and ns it consequence the day set for the new order of things to go Into effect, found lilm ready for hiiHliifH". The court house ottlcliils, one and all, marvelled tit, the nppur ent ease with which a man who was a A. JONES. complete sit anger to the county's llscal affaiis, took bold of Ibis big Job and carried It out successfully. 1 1 would be veiy regrettable to every one with a sense of fair play, that Mr. Jones would be deprived of this olllce just when lie had gotten it in i tinning order. However, there will In- no occasion lot such l egret. Mr. Jones' election Is assured. This is tin- first time for Mr. Jones to go befoie the people. His known popularity and worth occasioned fie eiuent invitations to lilm from the party to enter the lists for a county olllce, but he always declined. Now that he is in the Held there is a sur prise in stoic for those not acquainted with his standing up-tlie-valley par tieulaily, but also over the whole coun ty. Olyphant and Archbald will cast what can be practically regai ded as an unanimous vote for him. Carbon dale will give him one of the biggest, if not the vers' biggest, majorities a Republican county candidate ever se cured, and In Scranton, in addition to getting the solid vote of his party, he will have the votes of hundreds of long-standing peisonal and business friends and other hundreds of new made trlends whom he has won as ad mlreis since his coming to the court hou.se A seasoned, upright. Imp. . I man, sinli as is Edward A. Jones, Is wanted as wati h dog of the couiity'.s llnances, lu Its Peisonal ami Pertinent column of May ir, last, the Scranton TipieH had this to say. uncut Mr, Jones' appoint meiH as count v lontrnller: i "Mr. Edward A. Jones is a promi nent citizen of Arclibuld, very well known among tho people throughout the county, and exceedingly popular. For ten eurs and upwards lie has been a poor (III color of the Rlakely poor illbtrlel by appointment of the judges of our county mutts and 1 have never heard any complaint of the manner in which he hus performed his duties. On the contrary, he hits often been highly complimented for his adminis tration of the olllce and the tentlornos and consideration with which he ha? treated the people who have been un fortunate enough to become a public charge. Socially he Is it pleasant gen. tlemnii with whom it Is a pleasure tc converse, and the governor might gr farther and speed worse than In ap pointing lilm." DR. J. J. ROBERTS. Candidate for the Coroner. Off of tec The candidate for the ofllee of coro ner Is a iiiiin who lias had three years of trying experleivces In the position, and dining that time has been called upon to pcrfoim autopsies, hold In quests and conduct some of the most Important cases In the history of Lack awanna county. No personal saerlllce was too much for lilm to make In per fuming the duties of his olllce. Dr. .1. J. Roberts was born In Car narvonshire, North Wales, and was the son of a wealthy land owner there, lie lecelved a first-class college educa tion and later took two courses In medicine In a university lu Glasgow fn 1S'I he came tei America to 1111 an appointment as physician for the work men at the great stone qiianl's ow in d and operated by Hugh W, Huglirs. nt Wesl Piiwlet. Vt. These quarries aie located In New York and Vermont, and Hughes was familiarly known as the "Quarry , King." Dr. Robeits' appointment win the first of Its kind among quarry own I crs and corresponded with .similar po sitions held by physicians with the coal mining companies. In isss he came to West Scranton and shortly af terwards purchased the good will of the large practice of Dr. II. I. .Tone?, who departed shortly afterwards for Wales. Dr. Robei ts, by his application and ability, soon Increased his practice enormously. He also purchased Dr. Jones' tine residence nt U2S South Main avenue, where lie and his family have since continued to reside. In 1800 Dr. Roberts took two special courses, one in medicine at the Unlveislty of Ver mont, and Hie other In surgery at the Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia, He has always been a stnuncli Re publican and Is an active member of the West Side Central Republican club, a member of the West Side hospital staff. Lackawanna council, Royal Ar canum, Robert Morris lodge of Ivorltes, Knights of Pythias, Hyde Park lodge. Free and Accepted Masons, and the West Side board of trade. Dr. Roberts was first nominated for the office of coroner at the Republican county convention held in the county court house on AVednesday, Aug. 31, 1S9S, when the now famous Crawford county rules for conducting primaries were adopted. He was nominated by it large majority. He was elected on Tuesday, Nov. S, lS'JS, with a plurality of l.R.'S votes, having received a total of ft.SOri votes, while Dr. Saltry. Democrat, received 7,1147: Dr. Troverton, Prohibitionist, L,0S5, and Dr.i Szlupas, Socialist Labor, received 173 votes. Dr. Roberts was the unanimous choice of the Republican party In Lack awanna county for re-election, and was unopposed for tho nomination. During his term of office he has 'performed the duties of coroner with great faithful ness and his acknowledged skill as a physician and surgeon has placed him in the first rank of his profession. Dr. Roberts Is a strong candidate and his friends confidently expect him to receive a much larger majority thai' he did three years ago. GEORGE E. STEVENSON. Candidate for the Office of County Surveyor. George E. Stevenson, the Reptilillcni candidate for county surveyor, lias been a lifelong resident of Lackawanna county and a consistent Republican since he first became a voter twenty years ago. He has served the party faithfully and has served the pconle of the township and borough In which lie lived In the ofllces of school director (for three terms), assessor, justice of the peace and councilman, to all of which ofllces he was elected without the solicitation of a vote In his own behalf. Ills father, Samuel Stevenson, was ,i civil engineer, who llrst rami Into the Lackawanna valley In the early llftles as one of the englneeis on the Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western rail road then building. George E. Steven son was educated in the public schools of Aliiugtoii and at the "Gunery" In Washington, Conn., finishing up at Cor nell university, Ulinca, N. V. After leaving the university, he decided to follow thu profession of his father, and began work in the railroad engineering department of tho Delaware, L.icka wnnna and Western. Ho assisted In building the Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad and tho Scranton branch of the Ontario and Western. Ills work has not been limited to Pennsylvania, however, for he has nutdo railroad and land surveys In New Jersey, New York, Arkansas, New Mexico, Mississippi, etc, For the past term ho has filled the position of county surveyor of Lacka wanna county, dining which time be originated und Installed tho present system of Irrigating the court lious, dawn, which has piovcd so economical und ellleleni, He has also had a new style of highway bridge adopted by tho county commissioners, which re places the vvooilep doors of the ordinary 'on bridge with nil Indestructible steel, roiie.li u anil stone lloor. He Is n i an advocate of good roads, . ml hub succeeded In Introducing a, method of see ut lug- them, which Is lu successful operation In his residence town, Waverly, Pa. The voters oB Luokuwaiina county, of all parties, may feel sure that the duties of the county surveyor's otllce will be faithfully per-, formed by Mr. Stevenson. His opponent, M. P. Mitchell, wits Um Prohibition candidate three years ago, and Is the nominee of the Prohibition party today. Why he- should ho tho nominee of the Doiuocr.itlo party we do not know, as lie was a Republican prior to his conversion to Prohibition. Wo believe that thu Intelligent voters of Ijirkuwannu county of all parties will join in giving Mr. Stevenson an over whelming majoilty on Nov. S next. M ( - V 1, r