The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-25

sAfuRDAYsJAHUA1Y a. la7&
rn eHAhrkR ELECTION.
wsn0w hxse tufl resss.eefsths'
elec.ionf Ae,d b ,hiscsxiaA ThuFc4e
the difficulty Of counting the tickets
having protracted the lsbors OF the in
spectors and prevents& Psbiestien Of
the result earlier thsss thS norhints
notwithstanding teE wsaiserg .se
stormy and exceedingly unpleasant 70
persons upon the streets. the active ef-
forts of the numerous candidates and
,b.if Yespecliye friends brought to the
pollSsslsise ssk, hsrs thau -FOUR thou.
sand UAaiols shavhs 4bseE- cast We
have seldom seen . Charter Election
that eRcitsd such general interest or
vas noss hotly contested, OF. that vas
involysasil.so much con usicas II was
- frss 6sksr asd the utmost latitude
Of chDiSes between candidates vas
allowed 10 the voters. There vas no
POLITICAL issue made in the CON
test and bencs party lines we're
generally disrsesrded. 1t is apparent,
however, from an inspection Of the re-
turns thc Rspubliosus stood BY the
men of their own political faith with
,,ther,mpss .unsninity and psrdstsnse
,hau be Dsmocslta did, th&sA tbs
TACT that there were more Democratic
thsu Republican candidates offered
served to scatter the Democratic
strength. Some attention was paid to
Ii. position Of candidates in relation
% the railroad question, but there "as
9 lack Of organization and concert OF
setion on the Fart of either the friends
or the opponents of public improve
ment, and the sentiment Of all OF the
several candidates for Council in the
various wards was not distinctly nor
universally known.
The result Of the voting tor city OFF,
GERS Is just as. vas intipstedin our
local columns yesterday morning.
Mayor JEFPERs is reelected by ma
iority of more than twelve hundred votes
notwithstanding the Intelhigenesr's sp-
Deal to the citizens ITO rebuke that
gross impropriety" that exists only iu
its own imagination. Of permitting the
Msyor to act as Attorney for the city.
The "rebuke" comes in the shape OF .
larger majority than Was ever before
given to a candidate for the Msyorslt!
of Wheeling, Mayor JEFssRs has
shown himself q very energetic and
careful officer. thoroughly familiar
With ci.y affairs and watehful Of the
public istersstA > His reelection il =
deserved compliment. ~. 3,
Only two Of the other officers elect
Messrs. CUMMINGS for Superintendent Of
the Water Works, and FORSYTH tor
wisrfmsster. received Q cmsjority o.
the whole vote cast. though Mr.. DAVIS
for CITY Sergeant and, Mr. LRosHARr
tor Street Com missioner approximate it
closely. The chief struggle Of the day
.eemed to be 10 regard 10 the Sergesn.
cyeand next TO- THEM popular interest
xas the Clerkship. Mr.. DAVIS, Who
has been elected City Sergeant, has
never held office in the city before. He
u . blacksmith. by trade. and has been
Tor some years in the employ OF the La
Belle company. He is very popular
smone the workingmen OF, the,
city and will!% We have 20,
doubt. prove 40 efficient OFF,
Ger Mr. Britt, the City c ERIK elect,
member OF an old and respected,
'smily in tie city and has, never before
heena candidate for any flee. He 10
said to be we'll qualified to discharge
the duties OF The Office TO which he has
been chosen.
The new Council ~ill not differ rery
widely from the old. Several o. the
ues inenl,.,s have not heretofore beer
in he City Council, While others elected
ut THE time have served here
,oiore. Upon the railroad ones
Snestion it ia estimated that the First
Branch gill stand ten in favor and ak
opposed; the Second Branch having
,his,een lin favor aud twelve (oppnsed
Had the contest been equsny made and
An, ercariz,d effort been made on the
psr. OF the friends o. the railroad and
bridge. it ia probable that the rpajoritS
in each branch in favor OF these i'm
crovemen,s would have been larger, but
.e believe We css etill coagtatn late the
friends OF p1.ss~a apops thehiae.. ahst
n. new C2assa 'vill o,ls~.ie waia, tbe
,,r~er one hiss imseivedone.
[-y-------.-. $3.50 s.---------
.Yhys Psat~die News % yesterday
h.. tbissasut.g
a eeh,lsinAn tscni Mol psuars that
a. VA istufIHe ! IN isrterGf utthe prom
;r.n, tc3sisi M OF tkak ipIsc That the
penui2 csnizai shse 4 ptrch ssed