The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-05
CHOOSING A CHIEF
TOR THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT,
Tho Time for the liisnninlS Election Az.
proaehinE-1he TDfee Asp,!adsE: and
some Of the duiIipE Ahout,Town y
XXI Conccrning Their Chances.

At next Tuesday nights meeting Of
Council, one Of tho matters that should.
engross the attention OF that body Is tie
election OF n Chief Marshal and two rs.
%sistants for the Fire Department, for the
ensuing two years. The ordinance re.
quircs that that there shall be biennially
elected by tho Council at one Of It's resu.
lar meetings in December, or as soo,
thereafter MS practicable, an officer 10 be
called the Chief Marshal Of tho Fire Dc.
partment and two assistants,
The candidates for the Office this time
number three. On the Republican side,
hero are james a.. Dunning, the present
incumbent, and John C!utor Il member OF
tho lower branch OF Council from the
Fourth ward. On the Democratic side Is
Frank l!ealy, also almclnber oftl,c Second
Branch from The Fourth ward. Mr.. bun.
Mug is u thoroughly posted mechanic
AID Inns proven himself TO 10 Il capable
oiliccr In this position during the past two
yeats. Mr.. Claiur has boon % candidate
Tor tho Office two or three times, aud
would undoubtedly make IL good officer.
Mr., llc0ly was In tho department sew
eral years under the Eccles regime. And
in connection with tl,aL period, there is 10
be said Of Chief DGnnins's admlnistra.
ton that It has been an economical one
compared with the figures In Epcles' time.
Mr.. llealy was foreman ut the Atlantic
engine house md WIS Ecrlss' chief lieu
tenant and secretary, and he loft when
Eccies went out OF tlle Department, Mr..
lIealy Is willing, il IL understood, to take
his ehaVnrs fur election at Tnealay nights
meeting, but there arc other Democratic
members Of Council who are sajd 10 he
t%hleAyoring 10 let til" clectiHl go by de-
lault, until after the new Council comes in
in January, Democratic politician in
speaking Of thu, thus uIhufdeNel him.
self tonn lS%TEiILaEScEN reporter:
"Some ottllcss Democrats, in view of The
fact that we've elected our President, are
50 swylled up that they'll whip themselves
yet II they, don't li,uk nNi: Thpy tslii
about working things ut the coming city
election SO rs % get . majority in Council,
ind then iii every Office With y Democrat
They don't seem 10 taEc into c9nsIdera.
ton the fact that this town Is Republican,
Llnd if they don't look out they'll get
| thoroughly thrasl.ed, although wouldn't
be sa'lYss4d, Il thin eii'zens' movement
would result III upsettin1 plans An both
sides. But returning TO lisidea OF Demo
Gratis. Several members OF that faith in
Council want to IL! the election Of Fire
Marshal, which should take PLACE ~ one
of;tbe two regular meetings this month,
80 by default untila new Council comesin
'.ln regard 10 !.iG. lhcve is & funny state
Of affairs IN the Fourth ward: Fncl,
John Boring wants the ELECTION to go over
SO tint he can use 1Iealy TO assist him in
Ssis tie other S'fis assf Y9letai Ely @ TIL t bhts slss:
ton to come of this month, 50 that il he
Ii heat he cal run for Uncle Johns place
Himself. H;psittes. guess he thinks, rs a
great many &c. that IN case Il should 60
over, aud there should be a chance Tor a
Democrat, candidate before thee, new
Council, he would not he the man.
The salary OF the Marshal is $3.50 he
also gets $3.50 per annum us electrician
The assistants get $50 each per annum.