Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-18
Two Years OF our city Government
Compared.


Compared.
There is plain old saw that teaches us
L useful Lesson. It is to the effect that
people who live in glass houses should
never throw stones. We endeavored yes.
terday morning to show that it WAS very
foolish on the part of the organ of Mr..
Sweeney to refer back to his record as
Mayor Of this city, and to attempt to i'm
pose upon public credulity by instituting
u comparison between him and all his pre-.
decessors and successors in the Office. A
we'll disciplined pen never INDUCES in such
sweeping comparisons, especially where
the wieldeTs of it are strangers to the real
condition of things whereof they affirm.
Our space yesterday did not permit Us to
90 deeply into the article from which we
quoted. We had room for but single
quotation. The editorial contained other
paragraphs just az vulnerable as the reck-
less commendation Of Mr.. Sweeney which
We extracted. In fact, the whole article
was Indicative of a great deal of ignorant
presumption as regards our city affairs.
In charity towards the editors we use the
word ignorant" for We do not like to
suppose that while they knew their asser-
tions to be false still they put them forth,
presuming that people would take their
reliability for granted. The public do not
thus gulp down everything they find in
newspaper unless they have learned to at
tach much more weight to it's editorsbip
than has been attained thus far by the brief
and eveutful career of the present conduc-
tors OF the Register.
We desire this morning as briefly ss
possible to call attention to 90 other par
sgraPh in the article from which we quoted
yesterday. 1t is as follows:
1--WE know of no good reason why the
present officers should be reelected; we
have heard OF no argument being put forth
in their favor; they are utterly unable to
show cause why they should not be dis
placed"
We are willing to admit when the
editors OF the Register affirm their ig-
norance of any "good reason" why the
present Union officers of the city should be
reelected that they are really ignorant.
We have become acquainted with the fact
that it would require very large book to
contain all the information of which they
are ignorant. We propose to go back a
little, as We did yesterday, and add mite
or two to their limited knowledge of mat.
tiers and things lin this city. The editors
are perhaps aware that one of the reasons
whey the public prefer one set of city OIL
GERS to another is the relative value of
their services. There is such a thing as
economy in carrying on q municipal gov
ernment, albeit it is none too much practi-
ced under any administration. Wepropose
10 submit few figures from our city rec
ords to show that the issue which the Reg
iSter seeks to introduce into the canvass is
quite as dangerous as that bluRderbuss
that kicked back further than it shot for
ward. We will go back just one year and
use only the latest dates. In 1868 We had
what the Register calls a Democratic" city
government. The following items consti-
tutc part of the record made under this
rule. Mr.. Mcdonald, present democratic
candidate, was the city Sergeant. His
account with the city for the year stands
thus:
Returns for Police sos IL
q" fines collected and paid n..... 2,O55 20
Cost Ofhis administration to the city..&s,762 &c
The account Of his successor in Office
Capt. Andrew Britt-for this year, stands
in comparison as follows:
Returns OF POLICE eIpeus IS ,SSi ID
fines paid in............, $3.50 rs
Nett cost Of Capt. Britt's administration le4 81
shovinS difference in favor OF Capt. Britt
over Mr.. Mcdonald of...................... 6SS %
We should explain that Capt. Britt has
added Que deputy to the force employed by
his predecessor, and also that his other ex-
Peuses have been necessarily larger, and
yet his administrations shows nett gain
to the city of the sum given above.
Mr.. Woods was the Democratic Col
lectOr of Assessments in 1868. His accoun,
stands thus:
onN total assessment Of tas,952 20. he
paid IN TO the city lS
White Won Hamilton: hi, successor, on a
lusINA 4
Showing difference in favor OF AIR. Ham.
Nons administration IS a9S 81
Mr.. Jacob Warden was the Democratic
Collector of Water Tax for the year 1858.
On a total assessment Of $40 SIS q, he
paid ia only QSO S5
While Matthew b. Reed, his successor on
total aIscssment OF fS24S5 90 paid in S2S 900 90
Showing difference in favor Of Mr. Resd's
administration s6Olq is
These figures carry their own comment
with them. Ifthey do not show any ,'good
reason why the present officers should be
reelected" they certainly show very sufi.
Gent ones why their predecessors should
not 10 the absence Of both loyalty and
economy we are really at loss to know
the strong points of the Registers ticket.
BosToS, Jan. IA public meeting will
be held IN Fanueil Hall, at noon to morrow
TO show respect TO the memory of Edward
Everett and express the sentiment of our
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