The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-18
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MOnday,-....... January 49,
City Politics.


of Ritchietown must use the wate
works of the city, and they could not b'
supplied without the twenty-inch pipe
Again: it should not be forgotten tha'
the water works are one Of the hrs,
sources Ofcity revenue; not dollar has
been invested in them but has brought
and will continue to bring, splendid re-
turns. As paying investment, the en-
terprise was irst-elass.
There remains to be considered, the
proposition, that the bonds of the city
bearing six per cent. interest should have
been issued, and the railroad bonds
bearing eight per cent. retained. This Is
met by tho simple statement that while
the city bonds could sOt have brought
more than their face, ,he bonds sold
brought large premium, fully sufh-
ci,pr 10 COMPENSATE for the difference
IN ;he interest on the respective sccuri-
ties. If there are weak points in the
recent management of our city affairs,
let them be presented; but while we are
critical, lot us also be jnst.
Making this point, We do not propose
to attempt any labored defence OF our po-
lice arrangements, rs attacked by the
LufelligeaCrr. The head of the police Ia
now before the people for reelection
and doubtless feels perfectly comforta
bic over his public record. Certainly
he desires no yindication at our hands
or his friends would not now be en-
gagged in all organized effort to break
down the business of this paper, and, to
quote their taYOritc phrase, bury the
REGISTER out Of sight" While we Will
do our endeavOrs to subSlst, II not 10
thrive. in spite of their amiabie ln-
tentiops. we do not feel impelled to
thrust ourselves before the public
in Ike character Of volunteer po-
lice pettifogger, Shystoring for SHAN
LEY.
Furthermore the City Sergeant needs
nobody TO advocate his claims. They
speak for themselves. Our city is gov
erned rs never before. The ordinances
are enforced in a manner without par
allel in the memory of the oldest citi-
zen. Such security of life and property
rs is now extended is unprecedented.
No other police ever reduced the lawless
10 such extrcmities as those III which
:hey are now placed. Formerly the
BURGLAR was able to thrive If he but
robbed house q month. Now he Is
compelled 10 enter half-a-dOzen Of a
night merely to exist. Formerly the
Sunday laws were SO often violated that
every week some offender paid the pen
atty of his misdeeds before the local
Courts. Now we cannot doubt that
those laws are universally observed,
since no charges of violation are
brought by the guardians of the public
peace. Formerly the black-eyed bum
mtr, buoyant with bug;juice, vociferous
with strange oaths, battered, bestlal
and bclligcrert, was novelty upon
our streets,
Which yelpinr urchins waited for
And sought but seldom found.
Now there is liberal ministering un-
to the tastes of the sight seeing gdmi",
and by the beneticent arrangement OF
the police authorities the spectacles OF
rowdyism freely furnish to the delight
ed populace daily entertainment that
is comparable in kind, if not in degree,
TO the bull-fghts of Spain, or the en-
gaging little emeUteS that have OCCASION
ally enlivened the streets of Paris.
With such glorious results as these
marking his administration, our cham
pion Chief of Police can safely dispense
with all extraneous aids, and continue
to breathe his threatening and destruc-
tion against such obstreperous organs
of public opinion, as the REGISTER has
become.
4 somewhat novel test of Democracy
has been introduced into this campaign,
aud by it the new leaders in our local
politics propose to exclude from the
fold the REGISTER and its proprietors,
TO say nothing of sundry other we'll
meaning folks who like occasionally to
have an opinion of their own. Because
the REGISTER failed to swear promptly
that the late Democratic nominations
we're the most exquisite selections ever
made, the present and prospective ben
eficiaries of one nomination have made
haste to read us out of the party, and
horrible dictU, to insist upon placing oul
whole concern on starvation rations
by the summary withdrawal of theil
patronage.
Our experience in journalism has
taught us tina; very many very proper
people find it difficult to understand
that there IS a slight difference between
patronizing newspaper and owning a
newspaper. In order that in the pres,
ent instance there may be no further
misunderstanding of this sort, we crave
the indulgence of our readers while we
offer few seasonable. remarks:
We desire the welfare of the Demo
cratic party. We also desire the well
fare of the city. If to be good Demo
crat We must use veice, pen, influence
and vote to perpetuate incapable mu-
ncipal government here, our Democra.
cy Is not good. If our fresh leaders
make true Democracy and good citizen
ship incompatible, we shall admonish
all men to be good citizens, taking, as
modestly as may be, the incidental