The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-27

4, ~ ctL.-;lIS Organization Oh
IssItltFaey Tile meinbers.eleCt Of tile CITY
Council assembled In the Chamber Of IN
second Branch al 2 i. NJ. Saturday, for or
Z AZ 2is0P. n. Mayor Sweeney calledtht
wembers to order, and read the writ d
elecuoTt, certifying the result Of the char
Yer ele ctionona Thursday. sRgoH95f
Ihe City Clerk then called the roll Of
the Second Branch, and the following
members answered 10 their natnos. . Ralph
Afkle, Alfred Caldwell, b. y. Oall we'll C
u. Deites, j. D, Ewing, \. Gobdfellow
w. O. Handlan, W. II. Hallet, N, q. iIam,
ilton, s. HoTkheimer, ]. M, Houston. j A,
Jefferson, !. H. Kimberly, I'd. l.arkin
Ihomas y. Logan, II, o. Meyer, A, ]. Nc
Nash, J. Pollock, James Il, Reeves, John
VoeHlet, IT,, J.W. Wait, John Water
house, il, ,..STG " :
The members from the respective ward,
were then called in tho order In which
the wards are named; and were sworn In
BY His Honor the Mayor, Ir.H.i n
The Mayor then called DEr. GOodiellow
TO the chair and retired to administer The
9th OF office TO the new members OF The
First Branch. ,5g4 II
The usual resolutions declaring the re.
suit OF the election were adopted,
The chair announced that nominations
Tor President Of the Second Branch were
in order. d 5i ,,s.
Or, 7. II. Logan, Of the Second Ward
was nominated by Mr.. HoFkheimer. +,
Mr.. q. II. peiters, Of the Third Ward, was
nominated by Mr.. Arklc. h b
| Mr. w N nnni11an NJ ktn Et,kAi, W., II
was nominated by Mr.. Waterhouse.
A ballot was taken with the following
result: Logan 0, Delters 0, Handlan 1. 7
Those voting for DR.. Logan were B. F.
Caldwell, Doiters, Goodfellow, Hamilton,
HoEkhelmer, Jefferson, Meyer, McNash,
Pollock. i,,15. ~. 49,
Those voting for Mr.. Deiters were:
Ankle, ALI. Caldwell, Ewing, Handlan,
Haller, Houston, Kimberly, Larkin and
Logan. ,.s.. III Iii. Ia50, \
Those voting for Mr.. Handlan were,
Messrs. Vockler, Reeves, Wait and Water.
house. II ETH '.I'.. Is,a. M
Mr.. a, 0. Fisher, member.e elect from the
Sixth Ward, appeared and was sworn.
MIR. Handlan withdrew from the field
leaving the second ballot for the Presi'
denCy between Messrs. Logan and Deiters
The second ballot resulted in the cleo.
ton Of DR.. Logan, by the following vote:
Voting for. Logan: d. +. Caldwell
Deiters, Fisher, Goodiellow, Handlan,
Hamilton, Horkheimer, Jefferson, Meyer,
McNash, Pollock, Reeves, Waterhouse-
10.
Voting for Deiters: Arkle, All Caldwell,
Ewing, Haller, Houston, Kimberly, Lar.
kin, Logan, Nockler, Waffle.
DR.. logan thercupon took the chair,
and before proceeding with the business
demanding attention, expressed his
thanks for the honor conferred upon him.
The following resolution, by Mr.. Water.
house, was adopted:
Resolved, That u joint special committee
oil three members from each branch be ap-
pointed to report at tho next meeting sala.
ries Of officers to be elected by Council.
Mr.. Horkheimer offered tho following:
ReS0lrd, That a committee OF six DO up
pointed, consisting OF three from tho First
Branch and three from the Second Branch,
to assist the Mayor and President OF the
Second Branch in selecting the joint
standing committees.
Mr.. Wait offered an amendment to the
resolution, enlarging the committee to
eight, or one member from each ward.
The amendment was voted down, and
the original resolution adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Goodfellow, when
Council adiourns 1t adjourn TO meet on
Tuesday evening next.
The chair appointed Messrs Water.
house, Deiters and Hamilton on the Com
mittee on Salaries from this Branch.
Messrs. ALI. Caldwell, Handlan and
Horkheimer were appointed on the Com.
mittee on Standing Committees from this
Branch.
onimotion Of Dir. Reeves, the election Of
officers such as are elected by Council was
made the special order for a special meet.
ing on Friday evening next.
The following, by Mr.. Goodfellow, was
adopted: -.
Res0llr1, That the special order of bust.
! moss at the next session shall he to act up.
on theIepotts Of the committees appoint.
ed at this session and the qualification oil
the officers elect.
The Second Branch then adjourned.