The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-31

Wru one dissenting voice Oouncll
.loD,s the unanimous report Of the COM
"5 'n;,,ro declaring false Chief Of Police
Sm,b's charges against the Mayor.
rbe Democratic majority in Council
80. Wiling to save the Chief OF Police
t,on further exposure by 80 bold an act as
,bs stopping Of the investigation already
%s,np the same partisan majority was
wiiliup to turn from the diSgrGced Chief
of Police to investigate his charges against
tbe honorable Mayor; but in the face Of
,bs overwhelming testimony in behalf OF
.hn Msyor the same majority could not
a,,ip be brought to defy public opinion.
The Mayor did not need this complete
ri,d;cation by Council. The witnesses
IA, ,be prosecutor had already vindicated
him. and every honest man in tho COM
mupity had given an honest verdict in the
M,yor,s behalf. 1t was not alone that
Mr, Grubbs life had been passed in this
ci,v where he had established a solid
rsnutstion founded on solid character;
4 wss not alone that he was known as
o,,i citizen and prudent business man.
An these considerations weighed on
the right side. 1t was the evidence
which left his good name without
blcmsh and gave the lie direct to the &C.
ep,stions which the Chiel OF Police had
supported with his oath.
The charges which have been so COM
Ulete!y swept away were born OF aspirit as
malicious as it was desperate. The in :
h.cila creature who was induced TO NAL Q
oath to those falsehoods has made himself
the aversion OF everybody who knows
right from wrong and hates the bearer Ct
false witness. Low,as he has shown him.
spli to be, he is not more debased then
those shrewier men who urged him to CO
the thing he did and secured two cities for
sorndrel witnesses who would pile their
perjury on his.
There was mad determination to ruin
tho honest and courageous Mayor at all
hazuds. He owes nothingto the forbear-
Saes or decency Of the shameless men
who were bounding him because he did
his duty. Some Of the conspirators had
the eiIrontery to show themselves at the
irOnt, leading Porter Smiths forlon hope.
Others more discreet operated under
eoVer, but wherever they crawled they
marked the way with their serpent's slime.
Not one CT them has escaped detection.
The common brand Of this infamy is on
them all.
Out Of this ordeal, painful to man Of
honor, the Mayor steps full-armoted in
the respect and confidence Of the people
whom he serves-more honored, more be-
loved than ever. He has met with man
ly dignity, in openpublic view, the whole
crew OF pirates who pursued him, and he
has sent them to the bottom.
Never was a triumph more complete or
anhonest mans victory better deserved.
Never has the popular heart turned
more warmly to any man, in tender
sympathy iu the hour Of trial, and now
in this time Of triumph with throb Of
exutation that arouses the whole COM
manity. i,.,
It was even worth while to pass through
ali that the Mayor has encountered to see
IS he has seen the better human side.
Men have come out OF the office, the store,
the shop and the mine-men Of all shades
OipolitiCal opinion-to shake him by his
honest hand. And Jacob W. Grubb is as
modest after his yindication as he was
brave in the defense of his good name. He
has gained more by the trial than all that
were against him had TO lose.