Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-09-16
LOAN oRDIsASCE.

A Crisp Communication on the Subject
Tsthe Editor Of The Register:
To-day those Of eur citizens who are so
disposed viii by their ballots express their
wishes for or against paying the city indeol-
edness to the Exchange Bank. Many
probably a majority of the voters will say
no. and II is to them one word is asked
space to be said.
Some of YOU say you desire to rebuke
the Council and wish BY an overwhelming
adverse vote to punish that body for its
reckless appropriation Of public money.
The term Of this Council is almost ended,
and the probable effect on the members
will be to deter the good members from
again offering themselves for election, and
TO the inefficient members will be like the
bull against the comet" Your next Coun-
Gil in all probability will grade fifty per cent.
worse than this one, as the position OF Coun-
Gilman is not desirable at any time, and 1t
will be still less so if vote Of censure Is to
be the reward for gratuitous service to the
public, :,
Your future Councils will be filed with
men who are ION the make" TO use street
expresSiOn), and after you have assisted to
ruin the city credit, you will assist in bring
ing in system Of local government which
viii cause every decent citizen to blush tor
his home rulers.
It is probable that large majority Of the
negative voters wish to say to the Board OF
Public Works that they think the Board re-
sponsible for the present condition Of
things and intend to reboke It
for its recklessness. Some Of you may be
sincere in this, but the large majority Of this
class of voters are persons to whom the
board has given offence In enforcing the
rules adopted for the government Of the
board. Point out one active bitter can
vasser against the loan, and you can be soon
furnished the evidence that it is not the city 8
welfare, but malice towards the board whichis
influencing him. To all such the information
is given that matter whether the loan is voted
up or down the Board is perfectly inditfer-
ent. The Board is not responsible for halt
of this overcheck.
When the Board was first organized there
was then thirty-fve thousand dollars OF an
OSercneSk. DurluS tue bHO past gSoho
Council has overchecked twenty thousand
dollars each year before appropriating
dollar for improving the streets
and alleys. There have been eight
men added to the police force at $65 per
month, each; two new houses with men
md horses and all attendant expenses have
cen added to the Fire Department; a
;ilsby Engine at a cost of $1,000 has been
Durc based, several salaries were increased
nd a number Of other expenditures outside
f tie regular expenses Of the city has been
nc, RED, all Of these should be deducted
rom the amount Of the loan, to show the
sottrs how much of their wrath should be
roured on the heads of the unlucky
}ct I'd and how much in Council. II any
y; onent of the Board sincerely believes
hat the Board has done wrong and is
,nxious to prove how much better he could
rave done, the place 10 open to him at any
lime he desires to FILL it. If the present
Board has committed errors it deGes Its
bitterest enemies to show any act, on its
Dart, that can be construed into an attemp;
Vt fraud, and so far as an adverse vote on
he Loan Ordinance grati6es the petty
malice of hurt citizens it freely wishes them
I'll the happiness to be obtained from it
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