Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-07

tsT(S, Wss 60 tKsmine the Pittsburgh lock.
m that the new one to be constructed here
might be pIapBsd 70 the best advantage. A
upor,er NIT Mr. Myles yesterday and asked
bin IA 10 What iraDspired on that visit. He
said: ii left The party at 6 on the evening
Of the day on which we arrived in Pitts
burgh, and did not again see them until
6 o'clock the next morning. When /
met them the next morning they did not
look like men who had been drinking. I
suppose they went out to see the dark side
of life. The sooner the whole matter is
closed up the better. A wrong course was
taken in the first place. If the Intelligen-
Ger desired to purge the force II should have
gone about it in the right manner The
publication of the charges was all wrong,
and did not tend to purify the ~conmuDity.
How the matter will end now, time will only
tell, but it is becoming very monotonous to
the public"
Mr.. Stanley, who was also one Of the
Pittsburg party, was asked as to what he
knew about the matter.
81 don't believe q word Of it" said he
II did not go to Pittsburg with the rest Of
the party, having missed the train, and it
was probably 8 o'clock when l saw them.
We went about town awhile under the
guidance Of the Chief Of Police, but nothing
of the nature alleged by Captain Smith hap
pened, to my knowledge. / was with them
most of the time. No such thing was talk
ed OF the next day, and was very much
surprised when l heard it read last night.
1t may be true, but | don't believe q word
of it."
GENERAL L
Expressions of opinion by individuals
were without number. Said q South Side
Republican politician: II am glad this
thing has come out. The course OF Grub
and the I~ntelligencer has been q persecu-
ton, and i would work for Porter Smith if
be was q candidate for reelection"
Said a high county official: II don't
like to see this public washing Of dirty linen.
It is q bad state of affairs, and to be sin.
cerely regretted. The course of the Intelli-
gencer can not be too severely condemned.
Mayor Grub can thank it for the tronNie
he is in"
Said another county official: Captain
Smith has not done right, but the Inteli
gencer had no business to pitch into him in
the way it did. I feel for Jake Grub, but
l think Smith did right in preferring
charges"
A Republican merchant said: Its q bad
piece of business all around, but now that it
is started we ought to see it through"
The principal of public school said: u
have always been q friend OF Porter Smith,
but l think be made those charges out OF
spite. don't think the Mayor is guilty
An attorney said Smiths charge was q
corker."
A druggist remarked: ut would be an
excellent thing to get rid Of both Grub
and Smith and start over again"
These expressions could be given by the
hundred, and serve to show the great diver
sity OF opinion and the deep interest OF the
people.
FALSE STATEMENT.
Yesterdays I~ntelligencer stated that at 8
night caucus held in the office Of the Clerk
OF the Board OF Public Works, the plan Of 8
campaign sgsinst the Mayor was mapped
out, and the a~dvissbility Of shipping the
charges against the Mayor to the Pohc,
Gazette" discussed. No night caucus
was held in the Office of the Board, on Sat.
urday or any other day. and the adVisability
Of sending anything to the Police Gazette
was never discussed there or anywhere else
so far as could be learned yesterday. The
charges were not prepared at the office Of
the Clerk of the Board, but at a lawyers
Office, on Monday, but two people being
present, one Of whom was Chief Smith. The
statement made by the Intelligencer shows
the nature of the game being played.
TO NIGHTS MEETING.
As Mayor Grub states in the interview
printed above, Council will meet again to
night, when the First Branch will &C
upon the charges Of Captain Smith. As
was the case Monday evening, a very large
crowd of spectators will be in attendance
in the hope that something sensational may
trauspire.