Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-12-23
Friday Morning, December %.


TuE democrats" have nominated their
CITY ticket and it stands as reported in our
locsl columns yesterday morning, with the
exception of Mr. A. ). Sweeny, candidate
for Mayor, who at the meeting positively
declined to be candidate, but afterwards
relented and consented, as we are informed.
In that one respect the two candidates
for the Msyoralty may therefore be said to
start even.
There is one other respect however, in
which they will not start even, and it is
this: While Mayor Crangle has been active
and jealous in all that concerned the cause
Of the soldiers in the field and at home,
his competitor is one of those who on the
night OF the oath day of last January voted
to prohibit soldiers from exercising that
privilege of the elective franchise to which
they were entitled under the laws OF the
State. We have heard of many soldiers
since that election expressing the wish that
Mr.. sweeny might some day be candidate
at a time when they would have-a right to
vote, and in order that they might have an
opportunity of showing him their appreci-
alton of his estimate of them. Our readers
wilIremember the many indignant letters
published by US from the Wheeling battery
aud other Organisations containing voters
from this city. At this coming election,
thanks tothe law since especially passed by
theIegislaturs to meetsuch instances as that
of last January, the soldiers from Wheel
ing will have the privilege of voting, and
and we doubt not that they will take good
care to remember the vote of Mr.. SWeeus
in the Council when they are depositing
their ballots.
There was something PecuIiarIy aggrava-
soldiers. The whole question wassprung sud
denlyon Saturday evening, the Gath of jan
airy, and the election occurred the: following
Monday. There was no time to institute
proceedings contesting the order of Oouu-
Gil, and in Consequence the order was-en-
forced at each precinct of the city on cleo
ton day. The extraordinary unanimity
with which it was passed by all those
calling themselves 'tDem ocrats," shows
that it had been fully concocted before
hand, and kept as a secret until the wire
was ready. for the signal. 1t was this
feature of the vote that created sucha gem
eral feeling of indignation among the
Union people of the city on hearing what
had been done. 1t was the talk of the
town the next day-Sunday as it was
Had there been any way of taking direct
of opinion at the polls on the
Monday following. there would have been
an overwhelming reputation of the un-
worthy action of the Council. AS it was
the majority for the Union ticket was in-
by the device that was intended to
take from it one of its we'll recognized
foundation pillars, viz: the votes of the
soldiers. The democratic" members of
Council seemed to feel intuitively that
the soldiers distrusted and would not
vote their ticket, and therefore the only |
thing to be done was to spring a programme
at the last moment to cut off all such votes
We are glad therefore to see Mr.. SWee-
ney coming out to test his popularity |
on the issue made by him last January with
the soldiers, their friends and their cause.
We doubt not that they and their friends
will accept the issue. We shall be much
disappointed if he does not come out otthe
contest badly beaten candidate.