The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-11
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A NoNsENsICAL ATTEMPT
On the Part Of a few Euemlos to Place Mr..
shAnlsy IN False Position
10 k Editor he IRtellt0asoz.
slR: oneoi the "COuncilmen" who were
defeated in venting their petty malice to-
ward their ielloW.Councilmau, Mr.. Shan
ley, on Tuesday night, by the votes Of
both Democrats and Republicans, tries to
show in to-day's Register that the ordl-
nance prescribing Rules and Regulations
for the government Of the Police and Fire
Department requires Mr.. Stanley to re-
sign from Council.
Sections and Of the ordinance Great
ing the Board Of Police and Fire Commits
"sEc. 4. The said Commissioners with
the City Sergeant and his deputies shall
constitute the Police Department Of the
city OF Wheeling,
.SEc. 8. The said Commissioners, the
Chief Marshal and two Assistant Fire
Marshals and the employees mentioned IN
section %, shall constitute the Fire De-
partment Of the city Of Wheeling"
The employees mentioned In section 70
are only foreman, engineer, hOstleE,
stoker, tilleTman aud extramen for lire
engines; not the clerk.
Section S provides that the Board may
employ O clerk to take charge OF its books
and keep its records, and perform such
other duties as the Board may require
from time To time, and that said clerk
''shall be an employe but not an officer OF
From this ordinance it Is plain that the
clerk was not understood nor intended by
Council to be q part Of the Police or Fire
Department, but an employe Of the city.
The above sections 1 and expressly ex.
clude the clerk from being considered
mart OF either Fire or Police Department.
The ordinance in Section 7 provides
that the Board should adopt rules and
regulations for the government OF those
departments, to be reported to Council,
and II approved by Council to be en-
bodied and passed by it in an ordinance
all OF which was done. Rule 0 Of this
| last ordinance Is, mo member OF Council
snail Db blSlUlo luI uHASV Va PVeAtASh ~
the Fire Department"
But 1t muGt be clear that the Clerkship
is no position In the Fire Department or
Police Department either, under the ex-
press provisions above quoted, Ian
gusge must be- understood according to
the manifest intention Of the person
or body using 1t, No trick is more COM
mon than 10 select sentence from q
writing aud put a meaning on 1t for pur-
pose, which, II the whole writing Is read,
1t 10 plain was not the true meaning Of
the sentence,
The ordinances are opposed, not because
they are partisan, but because they are
non.paItisan; beCauBe they prevent the
use OF policemen and dremen in politics
as ward strikers and poll workers instead
Of in the discharge Of duties the city pays
them for. That is the whole secret. The
professions that regard for right and the
public good prompted yesterdays plain.
i've appeal Tor the CLERK resignation from
Council are mere Hypocrisy.
The thick and thin partisans would like
to get rid OF one vUte In favor OF the re.
forms effected already bythese ordinances.
The gentleman attacked is, according to
the editorial In yesterdays Register, "a
conscientious and worthy citizen" And
in no way have he aud his fellow Demo-
Gratis who have supported these measures
showed their ConsCientiousnesa more than
by insisting by their votes that the Police
and Fire Departments shall be conducted |
on business principles and not on political |
principles; for the good Of the city and
not OF political bosses or OF office holders,
The general principle may even be- con.
coded that employee OF the city should
not be members Of Council. Why has
the Register walked up to appreciate and
urge this Just now2 The opponents OF re-
form, whose mouthpieCe 1t allows itself to |
be made, think they can replace the |
Councilman In the gas office by some one |
else who will Herve them. They are ready |
for him to resign now, although thoy pre-.
vented his doing 80 when they needed
him, when these ordinances were pending. |
But they want Mr.. Stanley to resign also |
that they may have chance to elect
another opponent Of reform in his atead.
Hence this awakening Of the torpid and
slumbering devotion TO principle OF the
gentlemen urging the resignation Of the
CLERK.
1t seems the wrong juncture for the
public welfare for the immediate applica.
ton Of a principle which Is only urged
now in the interest Of those who want 10
deprive these ordinances Of a supporter.
Just at this time we need every icon.
scientious and worthy citizen" at the
front OF battle, and 1t is hoped that the
courage and devotion Of the clerk will be
equal to the occasion, and cause him to
hold the fort for the people, however
malignant and personal the attacks upon
him. VRRiTAs.
Wheeling, June 10.