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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1894
Page
4
The Tribune reports ongoing election counts with county tallies in doubt and no firm claims until official results confirm winners. It cites Frank H. Clemons as sheriff-elect by a large plurality, but defers final judgment until certified counts are released.
The piece mocks the Democratic party for its insistence on explaining its loss, contrasts it with Republican momentum, notes the party’s supposed unity by spoils, and predicts recovery. It praises United Press for timely election summaries and boasts of its own news-gathering prowess.
Property owners along West Lackawanna avenue between the railroad tracks and Ninth street petitioned councils for permission to pave the muddy road. They even agreed to waive the usual thirty day margin between adoption of a pay plan to facilitate the project.
After six months of deadlock the common council lets property owners pay to finance a public thoroughfare. The writer mocks the council speed toward progress and warns that if Frank H. Clemons does not become sheriff, Bailey would face a harsher campaign. The Democratic party is urged to find new leadership.
The piece argues that modern political rhetoric and theaterlike stunts amuse rather than edify readers, while noting a progressive return to common sense. A few critics, labeled kickers, stand out as bores, and the column praises the absence of sour mood after a heated autumn campaign. It also mentions Mr. Schadt, Mr. Davies, and Democrats holding in Tennessee and Texas.
The piece discusses Mr Harding as a capable municipal leader and potential future mayor, praising his honesty and reform zeal while noting public trust. It reports Colonel Laclar retiring from the Scranton Republican after a long career and hints at Colonel Luclay joining the Philadelphia Press. It explains the plurality vs majority distinction and mentions Senator Voorhees’s retirement plans and Indiana’s large plurality, ending with a rumor about William Hines pursuing compensation over the election result.
Democratic collapse looms after national victories and the Pittston borough vote to become a progressive third class city signals ongoing reform. The piece argues free trade demise and tariff reform shifts, praising Pittston for civic renewal and naming Benjamin Harding as a potential first mayor if he agrees.
The New York Sun lauds David B. Hill as the undaunted, virtuous leader of the Democratic party, calling his fight heroic and disinterested. It praises Jefferson Jackson and Tilden as guiding principles while acknowledging the party’s uneasy future but hopeful recovery.
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