Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-01-29
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| The course of the Times newspaper, in regard
| to the City Election, both before and since, IS
very extraordinary. If the people of Wheeling
pay no attention to it, it must be because the
paper, or the editors observations, are regarded
as unworthy of notice. 1t is certainly true,
however, that the paper is the organ of the
American party in this city. Such. being the
fact, am disposed to Invite attention to its pub
licatiOns-and the moro especially after its very
notable editorial and leader of yesterday. In it
four individuals are singled ont for special favors
Mr.. List, who, as one of the explanatory COM
mitteee, was, before the election, well abused by
! the Times-so much so, as to arouse the lively
! sympathy and support of every old member and
! right feeling person, is now well PLastered by
this same Times. AS he has now sugared Mr..
List so highly, suppose We may set it down he
has some present desigHs on him.
But Messrs. Woods, Paxton and Sweeney
come in for SO large share of pulling and glO-
ry at the hands of this editor, that doubtless all
are entitled to regard it as done by authority
and the more especially, as in this connection
the Times says the policy Of the Council of SO
is to be reinstated-and, by consequence, sup
| pose, the measures Of the Council of 1856,
pudiated. What were the measures or policy
of the Council of 1885, he has not told us, and
| do not know, unless it was to dcrange the
credit of the City, and to reduce its accounts
and business to chaos, and leave the tax collec-
tors to pay over when it suited them. But the
policy and conduct of the Council Of 1855, is
married., and has about it many decided clements
and characteristics. 1t made prompt, decided
and successful efforts to restore the credit Of the
City-to pay its current engagements and take
up its floating debt-to compel the officers of
the City TO prompt settlements-to equalizc the
taxes assessed; and so to do justice to ALL by re-
Iquiring all to pay at the same time, or to pay
into the City Treasury, interest; and last and
not least, it adopted the Mayors favorite meas
ure Of endeavoring to make, and successfully, to
la good extent, the Water Horks pay its own
expenses, including interest on the money ex-
pended in their establishment; aud it also caus-
ed the City accounts to be liquidated and reduc-
ed to order aud certainty. al these measures
the Times has been abusing and opposing for
months 1t now claims that the changes in the
Council, are its rork-in other words, that the
new members owe their election to HIN AND HIS
PARTY.
This is clear, and this demands the notice of
the people of all parties If the policy, meas
ures and men of the old Council are to be put
down, let us know it,-let it be before the peo-
pie. And as Messrs. Woods, Paxton, and Swec-
ney are especially singled out, us the fayoritcs
E,HpoI, Cne puonc ought to know
d if they are to be set down and considered
Al A.
indicated by the Times. AS they are gentlemen
of property and of good sense, do not believe
they are pledged to it l believe this paper is
merely working for the printing for the city, or
what is worse, to advance the interest of purity,
no matter how much the interests of the people
and the city may suffer.
But I'll may be mistaken. 1t may be that the
people, including the gentlemen named, desire
to upset the policy of the last Council. If So
there should be no time-serving,-no conceal
ments,-no mere professions, but plnin conduct,
open and avowed conduct and policy, that all
may understand who is for THIS and who is for
THAT. If the old Council were wrong, down
with them, and down with their measures, but
no sneaking. 1 care little who is Printer, but do
not give us a ne,O printer and at the same time
1eptAuthtO Ht" COttAuSt tttttt HtFMtHSAIeH
wrong; while the city is no better than
its people, yet it is not able to stand personal
rivaIrics and party vieos any Longer. Give the
Times-givo any thing, the printing; but give
good measures and firm and wise policy.
would add word more. 1t seems to me
that the Democratic party, as body, on this
occasion, behaved itself with wisdom and
moderation worthy of imitation by the City
Council, notwithstanding the course of few of
its members. At the November election, it
polled, for the first time in this city, large
majority, and yet, in the city election, the Dem.
ocrats as party-this must he admitted-re-
fused to make it a party question. And it is
not unworthy of notice that Messrs Paxton and
Woods were not elected on a party ticket, but
with three others of supposed different stamp,
on a mixed ticket of the five names-a mixed
ticket which avowedly professed to look to the
interests of the city and not of party.
WHEELING
snrrwREck AND Loss OF LrE-Brig Fawn,