Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-06-07
TIE HOUR has CONF
AND IAnfs 8. QUAaRIsa IS THE M,
To Shaigh.sn Out tbs Labyrinth Of co,,,.
sion At the Commissioner Office and
Clean the Augean Stables Of
Clerical Filth.
A PAIR OF ELECTION srkuss,rs

e, secttfuay nj.
ternoon. 1t was important in its.lt :.
fixing the county levy for the next Yea,
and important Is winding Up n.
Deiters matter and starting oil N.
affairs OF the office under the ma,
regime. Mr.. James B. Quarter Wa.
elected to the clerkship aud NJ. Tavlo,
Foreman. Of Elm Grows, As assis,aD,
A detailed report Of the meeting il a,
follows:
The Board met at two o'c'o,k, every
Commissioner in bis seat and Pre- iden,
Speidel In the char. A bate O. very
interesting business being exp, cted. N,
lobby was crowded with spectators. who
craned their necks over the railing,
with eyes shooting like stars from Their
spheres and ears wide open. 10 SEE AMI
hear all that transPired. They wereno,
disappointed.
The first matter taken up was the re.
port OF the Finance Committee TO the
Board, in relation 10
THs pKrrKRs MATTER.
This was read by Mr.. Mathews, and
was eagerly drunk in by the crowd. /,
appears elsewhere. The Commissioners
were already familiar with Its contents,
and il VS. ,eived and adopted with.
ont comnlra; The Chair then declared
the office OF Clerk vacant and asked Tor
nominations for Clerk.
Mr.. Stein thought the Board was no,
ready for an election and moved 10 post.
pone il until next meeting. The char
thought the hour had arrived and await.
cd the man, and promptly ruled the
motion out OF order. However, as sey.
eral members had lef, their seats, the
election was withheld for time.
The finance committee reported the
estimate of expenses for the fiscal year
of 1882, which has already appeared
in the REGISTER. The report and the
resolution liking the levy al 10 cents
were both adopted.
Various petitions aud circumstances,
relating to taxation and road business,
were read and referred 10 the appropri.
ate committees.
COURT HOUSE INPRoyENENrs.
The committee on court house AMI
Jail reported the following proposals Tor
altering the court house:
J. D. McFaiicn. oil work. ....... . $40
Kiisyes, KRAFT 4 10, all wOik.....-... ... . ttS
wm stost1sr l'stcrias. ............... -,
Hamilton, Mc,irSnshau 4 Co., brick sorA 30
The committee recommended that the
contract he awarded klieyrs. E'ait 4
O.. they 20 give bond IN ihr sum Ul
5000 to have the WORK completed on
or before Aug. 10. 1881. Also tina, J. H.
Mcradden be employed 10 superin,end
the work nj q cost not Ia exceed SlO
Toe report sas adopted ~ prcs,n'rl.
Vim. Memmingcr made application
for liquor license for his place ~ Pleas.
ant Valley. Ia quoting law bearing On
licences, Mr. jordan and Commissioner
Stein had little tilt, after which the
license was granted.
A few uniInportsnt bills and resplu.
tons were cleared oil and the business
was declared complete. The Chair then
called for nominations. Squire Schultz
said he thought il would be- better 10
postpone this matter until July. we
want the best talent the county can pro
duce and plenty Of time 10 look about
u.s." said he.
Mr.. Armstrong wanted to 20 at once
into an election, and Mr. SpeidcI Wa Of
the same mind. "rhe books are Tar
behind" said he, land il will take much
time 10 get them up"
Mr.. Stsin added his voice 10 the post.
ponprs and then ballot was taken 10y a
vote OF TO 1t was decided 10 proceed.
Applications were received from : !.
Faris, Joseph l.. Wilde, j. ]. Stroehlein.
J. &. Coen, \. l.. McColloch. w. u. Wal.
die, James u. Quarter. j. W. Wait,
X Ibert Woods, A. q. Eon and Ralph
Ankle.
The battle 81 the ballots then began.
For Tine u looked very M uch ~ though
the struggle f;r poor agent "a, o. bc
renewed ~ ballot after halo, rullel
around aud no choice was apparent.
Caldwell stuck for Coen every time aud
Atkinson fer waddlc Armstrong
vibra,.d from Woods Wa'ldlr and
then TO sIroehlein. Squire Scnullis
nominated Z. A. llrlmbight, after The
fifth ballot, and Stein varied the mono
tony by occasionally voting for hm.
The other Commissioners dodgcd about,
some voting for the various candidates
II turn.
Waddle and Quarter had the tough.
est fight. One would rise 10 3 anil his
hopes would soar accordingly; but the
next ballot he would be dropped and his
hopes fell 10 zero. But no one gave u
up. On the eighth ballot Quarter hsi
the votes OF CsrDaban, Nichols. Sveen.
ey. Ste In aud Terriil; Coen, the votes Of
Caldwell, Armstrong and spriiel, Eoh.
the vote Of CANADIAN anil H,lmbfigbt
tat OF Schui ~. The latter moved 10
idjourn, bat Armstrong was for staying I
out anil the motion was Lost.
The fight continued Tor four more bsi.
lots. On the eleventh, Quarter Was
dropped altogether, and the vote va.
very mixe'i, but on the next be climbed
up to seven and vas elected. The vote
was as follows:
For Quarter Carnahan. Nichols,
Schulize, sseenay, Stein. Tsrrlll sni
Speid,l-7.
For Coen-Caldwell.
For WadJle-Atkinson.
For NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Quarter was declared elected anil
some one moved TO adjourn, bu, the
chair had few remarks 90 make. Tie
book, he said. were very far Lehi
and an assistant VAS absolutely n-c"'
sary. He therefore recon- menJed the
election Ct one. Mr. CsldwelI's mo:ion
TO pay go per month was adopted and
an election was catered into. Caldwell
nominated San Mathews; Atsinson
nominated Tsy.or Foreman; CarnRhsn
named J. w. Wait and Stein Offered J.
X. Miller. On the fifth ballot, Foreman
received the necessary SIX yJ:s aud
was dec AIRED elected.
Some unimportant business vas then
transacted and the board adiouped
until July II.
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