The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-26
To.daY,s Election.

4osuay'h EitCtlOus
THE voters Of this city arecalled upon
to-day TO choose their rulers for the next
two years. Those who 60 out ofoillcG
have drawn from the tax payers Of the
city and disbursed in the past year almost
three hundred thousand dollars. They
have also left an over due floating debt
in city orders on an empty treasury, and
in negotiable notes, which We can figure
up to thirty thousand dollars, and which
for aught we know, may be much more
At least three hundred and twenty thou'
sand dollars have been spent by the out
going Council, with but little to show
for Il. The credit Of the city has
been 50 mismanagcd aud abused
that It's orders are hawked about the city,
like my third.claSs commercial paper, md
sold at II heavy shave; and TO induce
creditors to take them ut all, the city
makes good the shave and Is really pay
ing nine per cent interest on large amounts
of this dlshonOred paper. 1t is paying
eight and nine per cent. on money Dor.
rowed ont Of the banks on negotiable
notes, to settle oyer checks and pay for
work done last month on the streets. And
vet there are SIS, 600 In the banks, Of city
funds on which the city gets but six per
cent.
Wcmentionthesc points just to indicate
to those who may have paid no attention
to such matters, how low the city has been
brought by the management of the
dominant faction OF the party which has
controlled the Council for several years
past.
|. We are about To choose our rulers
Tor twice as long u period rs heretofore,
and unless change for the better is made
this city, with all her interests, public and
private, will suffer serious disaster. The
JEFFERs ticket, ior executive officers and
Council, is tho legitimate representative OF
that ring or clique by whom this mischief
has been done. II that ticket Is elected,
we do not see but that the same ruinous
process must 60 on.
All this is well known 10 the people OF
this city, and the DRIFT Of it cannot but be
understood. Yet there has seldom been
greater indifference than has thus lar been
manifested in the result Of to.day's cleo.
tion. This Indifference, in connection with
the multiplicity of candidates for tho cx.
ecutive Offices, the unwillingness of these
candidates and their friends to abatc any.
thing OF their personal anxieties for Office
for the sake Of unity and general success,
have defeated such feeble efforts as have
been made from time to time looking to
On unity OF all the opposition on one
ticket. The result is that we go into the
election to-day with so many candidates
and such variety ol tickets that we fear
the strength oil the opposition will be di'
vided around among so many rs TO insure
the JEFFERs men an easy victory. This
must be the result, unless by common con-
sent our friends can unite on some one
general ticket. We make this suggestion
more particularly in reference TO Council
men. All the opposition tickets I've dc
not OF course include the JEFFERs mixed
ticket are headed with the name Of Mr.
JOHN II. HALL for Mayor, and Of his cleo.
tion there seems to be no doubt. In refer.
cnce to the other city officers there will
inevitably be much cross.tiring, which
nothing can be done to pre-.
vent, But nobody feels any great
deal Of pertinacity about councilmen
chiefly because 1t is not paying office,
We ought to be able to harmonizc pretty
well on the council tickets for the several
wards, and must II We would defeat the
JEFFERs council ticket.
The complete ticket for council stand
ing Mt the head of our paper on the sec.
ond page, Is generally acceptable, VIC be-
lieve, to large body Of citizens in every
ward. II was meant to embrace as good
material as could be found in each. Il
may not do so in every case. II better
men can be found, vote for them,
but with this reservations do not throw
away your votes. Do not vote for
others unless there is reasonable
prospect that enoughvotes will be thrown
for them to elect them, Although most
Of the effort WILDE made to get votes fol
the other offices, It Is the CounCilmen thai
need to be looked after by those who act
with reference to the welfare of the city
Above all things, VIC would urge our
friends to unite in every ward on a good
Council ticket, without rcfcrenceto per.
sonal considerations
We have not had anything to say as tC
the personal merits of candidates, and
should not now but for the highAowr
culogy of Mr.. JEFFERs, and the deprecia,
tiOn Of his opponent, indulged in by the
Register a couple Of days ago, readers
of the Register, knowing nothing Oft
facts, would suppose Mr.. JEFFERs was Z
sclI.sacrlAcing gentleman who had giver
many years Of his life in labors for the
city, all out Of disintercsted devotion Il