Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-20
THE SCRAMBLE
Fer lie Office OF the Chief OF tho
s'' Police.
An Old Politician Tells Of the Men Entered
and Working for the Sergeantcy
Sweepstakes.

The Chief Of Polics Of Wheeling Is great
man smoDg-boys. This course, does not
refer to Capt Bennett, but to the office, no
matter upon whom the dignity fails. To
lord it over q force Of police officers, to hold
lives and liberty, as il were, in the hollow
OF ones hand, to have the entree Of smuse-
nents and balls, under the guise OF pro-
tectipg the right and conserving the peace
surely this Office is prize for which our
noblest and best may strive. Then there
are the financial emolIments, amounting
To- last year. All OF these things,
with others which may be imagined, but
not reduced to cold type, conspire to make
Ghat Office the Beulah Land Of many q
mans hopes and to the hungry, but always
unsuccessful candidate, it embraces all the
q, sh pots Egypt ever dreamed of. twill be
Just q year before the next PhaIoah will be
chosen, but the entries for the great
Ssrgeantcy sweepstakes are open already
and at least eight racers have been nom
mated Tor the preliminary heat. Capt.
Bennett, the black gelding who has twice
distanced the field in this free-for all, will
now be retired, his record making him in
eligible for this class, and many gallant
stations will now enter with renewed
hopes because OF the withdrawal OF the
favolite. Pools are now selling on large
field, but buyers are cautious until eAtrles
close, which will not be for some weeks yet.
Col ID. was fortifyiDg his interior with q
skiliully compounded Mcclure House run
punch, last night, when 8 SUNDAY REGISTER
courier logged his elbow and engsged MIN
in conversation, Politics came up, and
after preliminary chat, he said:
Pom my soul, my dear boy, it il aston
ish!ns how early these biIds - climb out
10 catch the Sergentry worm. Why, here
are seven o. eight Of EN- stripped to the
buff aud res6y for the scramble, though
the elections a year OIL You see, this
light IS like that for Sheriff, on snids
scale, and the man that fixes thing, up the
bes. gets the cake. Curtis Brown made the
tight and TIngle beat him, and Brown
Kept it up and next time got il. Bill
Hanlsn did exactly the same things and
> Low seen occasionally to grin a grizzly
srin over the way his prosps cts are smiling
% tie numerous politicians now glancing
'oward the city building are adopting thu
same course Ne gods, but it will be y
tat feast for the warders aud the shoulder
hitters. and they are already gathering
like buZZaTls above \ carbon
"How many candidates do you know Of,
Colonel"
Lord. boy, they are thick as leaves in the
Va lsmbrUsa now, and mora back counties
are to hear from. | know Of at lea,t nine
u, lest, noble souls who would be willing
e. Eacrific themselves and wear the CHIEF )
6ge. or course there's Dave Nesbitt, the
nsrCulean blacksmith at STeeneys. Dave
ust runs for the fun of the thing, and has
been logged in every race | remember
Still like him, and he's OF my poll les, 50
# he likes it why let him go. It's good
sAercise. Then there's John q. Habsrtie,d,
tie coal msn and Councilman from the
First ward. John is down right goo fellow
ard has made q record as the Sunset Cox of
Cluncil besides, he is said to have the First
ward in his vest pocket, though | did hear
a man say be had no more chance, to quote
Il member Of the Board of Puolic Work.
than q feather in hell But they don
know John and they don't know the grip
he has on the affections of the north.end-
ers. Barney Stanley comes from the same
wsrd and Councilman Hildreth, who gets
of funny things from the preside Iua
chair has announced him as a candi late.
Barney is mighty popular and IS said TO be
the leading Democratic candidate. l heard
a great Bourbon wire-puller say he would
carry the ring, il be could only keep Ger
tain relatives from working for him. Hold
on, till finish this punch
Now, then, go on with your list"
Lets see. mentioned Barney, didn't l.
Well, there's Steve johnson, az Sweeney's
foundry, u solid Democrat, pitted as the
champion Of the South Side, though l
don I know whether Porter Smith will try
the rifle again, or not. Porter has made
one or Two very gallant tShts Tor the stan
dard, end when beaten he never su ked
like Achilles in his tent, but took the
field for bis party. Still he seems 10 have
lost his grip and sm not sure whether he
will come out or not. Then there is Flank
Cline, in the same mill, to help divide up
the vote OF the labOring fraternity and
make pretty fight out OF it. Go in, | say.
burn these quiet, one sided affairs, ike
10 see q whole gang at work, whoopiug
things up, setting up the bows and the pins
and making things lively"
WHO will be the Republican strong
man.
"I.nrdy, nearly forgot him. Why, Capt.
Bill Travis, of course. He's made long
canvass and poses as the candidate OF the
La Belle mill and my particular friend,
the Lincoln Club Bill thinks he's got the
Of his hand, and perhaps he has, who
knows"
But where are Williams and FugateP'
"Bless me, nearly forgot 'em, which
would never do. OF course, you know they
resigned from the force to work up their
chances for promotion. Fugste has some
mysterious force behind him aud talks
very mys'eTiously about thugs he knows.
But I don't know what il is but maybe he
does. Williams is a good old Methodist
snd is banking on church support, in which
event he will lose the sslOon influence,
which is 'en times more valusble. STILL,
the Republican party is high, moral
shebang end perhaps Williams has studied
out the most promising plans"
Those are about all the worm seeking
birds know Of now, but Lordy, it's over
q year until the election, and ]. II. Burtt
and his Greenback legion has not yet been
heard from. It's going to be o red hot time
snd bully old-time fight, and the boys
will enjoy il. l never feel quite right IN
less an election is under way, or cam
paign hot and active, and may have some
thin G more interesting to tell you soon.
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