The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-10
"a ClIIEF CHOSEN
ron THE ATY FIRE DErAnrMENr,
Nine Ballots Required to Eject In Joint-Scs
sion of Council-Sorne Interesting, frl.
4 s0dss Of this voting-sln<shhl bun.
aiag wiz Succeed l!mse!E.

The regular sethl'tnonthly meeting Of
Council held last evening, was the live.
Hest and most interesting one ever held
BY the present Council. The cause was
the election OF Chief OF tho Fire Depart.
mont flor the next two years. There was
n most stubborn partizan fight, but finally
oh tho ninth ballot, with the aid OF Messrs.
iiofiinan and Wilson, two Democratic
members OF the First Branch, Mr.. james
A. Dunning received tho necessary O.!
votes and was reelected. The election
was M endorsement OF tho capable nd.
ministmtion Of the Chief and the com.
mittee during the past two years, and u
deserved one.
AS predicted some days since, there was
a very strong effort made TO postpone tho
election, ind this part OF the fight was
kept up TIN ougllont the ballotiny. 1t was
about half.mlst eight o'clock when tho
Second Branch sent Col. Wilkinson, Mr.,
Gavin and Mr.. "lIarroll up stairs rs n com.
mittee to inform the First that the lower
house was ready to 30 into an election for
Il Chief OF tho Fire Department and
Wharf.master. Before this, two or three
attempts had been made by the First to
adjourn, but without SUCCESS. On rcceiy.
ing the report Of the committee from the
Second, there was n spirited time in the
upper house rs to whether it should nc.
cept or not. Messrs. Wilson and Borinl
were opposed 10 going into election, bul
Mr.. Hoffman finally fought them down.
TIE JOINT SESSION.
In joint session Mayor Miller presided
The absentees were Mr.. Hall, OF the First
md Mr.. Whitaker, Of the Second Branch
The lobby was IN enormous one, packing
the space outside the rail so that d persoi
could hardly slgc his way through.
When nominations were called for. Mr.
Pickett said it was his privilege and pleas
urc to nominate Mr.. Frank IIealy, mem
Der from tho Fourth ward, who had hat
experience in the Fire Department. Col
!, Wilkinson presented Mr.. Cummings name
!, Mr.. Peterson spoke Of the importance o
the office and the capabilities one SHOULD
possess; to fill it. lie named Mr.. join
Cllator, amember from the Tllird ward. Dr.
. Jepson said he concurred in all Mr.. Peter
son had said regarding the office, and sec
: onded Mr.. Cummings nomination. A bal
!: !: lot was then taken, with the following re
suit.
., For Dunning-Donaldson, Hoffman
: Hull, Butts, llabesiicld, jaeger, Jepson
:, Jones, l~.oeiller, Moiiat, Rosenberg
> Schultzc, G. o. Smith, Wilkinson, Win
gerter, Work, President Hildreth.-l7.
= For Hcaly-Bingle, Boring, Brock
:. Caldwell, Com.eriord, Fritz, Happy, Nil
Ter, My!es, Wilson, Clator, hickman
Gavin, Gleason, Grogan, liarrell, kcnney
Mckinley, Pickett, Stanley, Porter Smith
III.
For Clator-lIallcr, List, IIcaly, Peter
: man,-4.
On the second ballet Mr.. IIallerchancei
to Dunnine; Mr.. Wilson did the same
Mr.. llaberiield changed 10 Clator; Mr.. Pc
terson changed to Dunning.
On the third Mr.. llaberlield changed tt
Dunnins. On the fourth Mr.. lIabericl,
changed to Clator. On the fifth Mcssr.
Caldwell. Miller and Wilson changed IL
. Clator; also Messrs. Gleason, Harrell, JAG
ger and Peterson. Mr.. Stanley voted fol
: Andy White. On the sixth every ont
changed back again with the exception o
Mr.. Stanley, who stuck TO White. On tn,
seventh and eighth there was very littl,
change. On the ninth there was nm cleo
ton, Mr.. List having left Clator on the
seventh and Mr. Wilson changing to Dun,
ming. Mr.. llealy stuck to Clntor.
CHEERING 0 nUSNlSG,
When the vote vas announced there
was-a.ringing cheer IRON the lobby, thai
, startled everybody, it WIS so unlocked for
. Lieut.. Sylvis yelled for order and Iii.
Honor used the gavel vigorously, but the
crowd evidently did not care forall this,
rs it stumbled out happy over Dunning's
sucbcss. Somcofthemtook possession of tlr
telephone and wired the news to tito en-.
CINE houses, where twas yeceiyed,with the
l~iveliest satisfaction. .r
During the balloting there were several
mild riots among the members. Uncle
John Boring got ''hot," and when Mi.
llaller suggested that he was out Of order
in moving to adjourn, informed him that
he coul,l attend to his own business,
Numerous motions were made to nd
tourn or dissolve the joint session, which
the Mayor ruled we're out OF order, and
that the body would have 10 stay there
a year, if necessary, until 4 Chtpi was
elected. Ills decision was appealed from,
but he WIS sustained by ten majority.
There were sereral disturbances over
other rulings, but the Mayor usually car
RED, his point.
On the eighth ballot Mr.. Miller propos-
ed Caleb Sy!vis as a compromise candi-
date, and tho Lieutenant, It Ia believed,
could have been elected had he kent his
mouth shut, aS the members were tired
and wanted 10 70 home, but the Lieuten-
ant jumped into the arena and declined.
The election OF n Wllarimastcr was
speedily disposed OF. Colonel wilkinson
nominated John Crockar!, and there we're
applications for the position on the table
from Henry Seamon andB. +. McNlecten.
Captain Crockard was elected with a rush
and the joint session dissolved.
STILLAFTER THE HOAUD.