Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-09
COMMON COUNCIL.
LAST NIGHTS INTERESTING SESSION,
The first Ward Difficulty Settled and }. 6.
Hsb1efeld Takes the Vacant
Seat Reports - Insurance
Matt,r, etc., etc.
SECOND @RAN CHI.

The Branch was called to order about
| s O'Clock all the members being present
except J. NJ. Houston. The first matter
taken up was the First ward election
| trouble and the following report from
| the majority oil the committee appointed
! 10 count the vote was read and received.
/ Ii Is as follows:
MAJORITY REPORT.
A majority OF your committee 10
whom was referred the question oi
counting the number OF votes cast at
the last municipal election i'll the First
ward OF his city for \. j. Sweeney and
John Habberti-ld, respectively rs mem-
hers OF this Branch of Council, beg
leave to report that we have inspected
the tally sheets OF said election and the
ballots cast at said election, and in said
ward for said Sweeney and Habber-
field. for the Second Branch
of Council, and after count
ing and recOunting the same,
find that there was cast for
Sweeney $50 votes and for Habbertied
1858 votes. We further report that we
counted all the ballots cast for Sweeney
and Habberiield with the exception Of
one ballot, on which appeared the name
otC. J. Rawlings, S. o. Burdatts and John
q. Habberfeld, respectively, one under
the under, as persons to be voted tol,
for members OF the Second Branch ;
that neither OF the said names were
erased, but opposite the name OF 1. j.
Raglinp on said ticket was written IN
mcneil the name of Robinson" AS
The counting of this ticket for Hsbber-
field could make no difference in the re-
suit except in adding more to his vote
and giving him 3G4 votes instead OF 36S
TO Sweeney $50 votes as above set forth.
YOUR committee have agreed not TO
count said ticket for Htbbertield. We
further report that there Is no division
of opinion in your committee as to the
counting of any ballot cast at said eiec-
ton Tor said Sweeney or Habertield. A
majority OF the committee report, by
way of recapitulatlOn, that at sid cleo
ton ior the Second Branch OF Council
at the city OF Wheeling, John q. Haber-
field received 1868 votes and A. j. SweC-
ney received 800 votes. All OF which is
hereby respectfully submitted,
&. A. WINGERrEE,
THos. PRINCE.
Immediately following the reading OF
this, minority report Was read, signed
Ey Mr.. J G. Baker, the third member OF
the committee.
MINORITY REPORT.
Mr.. Baker Submitted a minority re-
port, stating that the committee had
me. on the 9TH inst. and counted the
vote, the result standing Sweeney 364,
Hab perlield 26i, and one disputed ticket
not Iunted. As this differed from all
Of the reports heretofore submitted thu
committee after COnSu ta;iOu determined
10 recount, and accCr iingly met on the
9TH inst. in the First Branch chamber
and again counted the ballots cast. This
time the result s,oOd 10y the clerks tally
sheets, Sweeney 800 votes, Habberheld
SG3 votes, ald one disputed vote
not counted. Mr.. Baker called the at
tention Of the Council To the fact that no
two counts agreed with each other, and
further, that the last count made by your
committee differs materially from the
count had by the committee on Satur-
dav, the 9TH inst.
In view of these facts, and in order
that all action in this matter may be
satisfactory to this Branch OF Council
and all parties herein concerned, he Oh
iered the following resolutions Tor con-
sderation:
RcsolrsR, That in the opinion OF the
Second Branch OF the Council OF the city
Of Wheeling, a vacancy exists Tn the
office of Councilman from the First
ward OF said city.
The second resolution provided for an
extra election to be held at the Nigilant
engine house for the purpose OF testing
the sense OF the people OF said ward as to
whether \. j. Sweeney or John Il. Hab-
berfplG should ill the vacancy in therep-
resentation OF that ward in the Second
Branch OF Council.
WHAT WAS THEN DONE.
Mr.. Kimberly moved TO adopt the
minority report which was not done at
that time as Mr.. Hildreth offered the
following resolutions.
Res0irSi, That the majority report OF
the special committee appointed by this
rranch to count and report tine number
of votes received by A. j. Sweeney and
j. G. Habberfeld respectively, as mem
beers of this Branch OF Council, in the
First ward, be received and filed.
1t appearing from said report that J.
C. Habberiield received a greater num-
her Of votes than A. J. Sweeney, there
fore be it
Resolg,d, That John G.. Habberfeld be
ami ne Is hereby declared duly elected
q member OF this Branch OF Council from
the First ward, and that he be sworn in
as such.
Mr.. Smith then made quite n spirited
talk in favor OF Mr. Bakers resolution
providing Tor a special election;
as h, thought that would
do away entirely with hard
feeling, etc. He was followed by Mr..
Robinson, who said that was the matter
to be de .ided as it now stood there
would al ways be disS abstraction.
Mr.. Baker made an appeal for his re
port and asked the matter be reCommit-
ted. At the close of his remarks a diyi-
sion was called for on Mr. Hildrcth's
resolutions and the first one was adopted
unanimously, the entire number pres.
ent, twenty-lhr,e. voting Tor it.
On the second r, solution there WAS a
strict party vote Messrs Baker. Clark,
Commerf ,rd, Davis, Grogsn, Hoffman,
Kimberly. McGrinahan, Robinson, and
Smith 10 rotedIO.
Messrs. Burdslt1, Dunr'ng, Esch-
strutn, Halter, Iii'dreth, isughlin,
Prince, SchocSrv, Steele, Waierhouse,
Walter. Wingerter an Mr.. President 80
Is voted aye.
Mr.. Houston was not present.
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