The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-21
NAruRAL aAs pREssuRE.

Reply OF c, w. BFoclIunieF aud N. E.VhitaksF
to AIessFs, Sweeney aud Caldwell.
To he Editor ne GtelligMoa
sIR:-We believe that Mr.. Sweeney IA
quite right in his manifest conclusion that
public sentiment has not approved OF his
action aud position in the matter concern.
ing which he published his card Of the
9Th, 1t being very evident TO the most OBJ.
tuHe mind that the public generally desire
and will insist upon fair play and q fair
hearing, and are unwilling to have one
side only heard, and the material interest
aud prosperity Of the city made secondary
to the crRmped ideas and notions OF q few,
WhoA to say the least, occupy doubtful
position.
As to his regrets that objection was
made to hearing manufacturers oil Wheel
ing, We are compelled by his action "a
have an opinion to the contrary, He
knows that he was informed by q mem
Der OF Council at an earlier hour OF the
evening than Mr.. JaegeI's proposition Ia
hear Messra. Finn, Whitaker aud Brock,
unleT, that these gentlemen were pres
emit and desired to be head; yet he gave
no intimatlon that he had such knowl'
edge, aud when they were announced tc
the meeting, hasIened to shut down and
suppress them as promptly Os possible
under the thin pretext OF parliamentary
rule. Had 1t been Captain BatChelor-a
gentleman whose personal efforts or In
Vestments have never advanced the inter
ests OF the City-who wished to address;
Council, we are sure that he would have
had Mr., Sweeney prompt and favorable
attention, with plenty Of hand'shakinga
and obsequious bows, and no thought
about parliamentary usage, But here
were gentlemen Of the other side, anxious
especially for tho prosperity Of the Wheel,
ing plants, the business Of the city and
the full and profitable employment Of
labor, and the parliamentary screws were
put upon them with quick and vigorous
exactneRs,
AS to his "using his best efforts TO have
US heard" he means at course, not before
Council, but piIer adjournment, without
understanding that, after the treatment
we had received, such q proposition could
only appear TO us in the light Of q gross
insult and unmanly growing over his par
tisan victory. His remarks on pressure
are a rehash Of his recent speech made as
volunteer member OF the committee
which visited Pittsburgh, when he used
his position with such maniteat unfAir'
meas that members piled him with Ques'
tions and finally adjourned without action
because they were unwilling 10 vote on
the subject without further information.
We arc also compelled to notice Mr.,
George 3, OaldWellS card OF the l0.h, IN
reference to his statement that Commit
tee OF Council reported In favor oil pres
sure Of 10 pounds, Such Is not the case
tho Committee reported blank pounds,
And We are informed by one OF ita NON,
beEs that several il not the majority ofthe
COMMITTEES mot counting the volunteer
member, Mr.. Sweeney favored 25pounds.
Thisgsntleman's excuse Of shot summers
night" ia evidently an after thought, for
he stated Just before Council was called to
order that he intended to prevent our ap.
pearanCe before Council by moving the
previous question, aud day later that
not one OF us should be heard
by Council II he could prevent IL.
II this ID not opposition to q fair
presentation OF the interests OF manuiaC'
tories as far as We represent them, We do
not understand what 1t is. Mr.. Sweeney
is director Of tho West Virginia Gas
Company aud Mr.. Caldwell Is senior
member OF the law firm Of Caldwell 4
Caldwell, the junior member OF which Is
solicitor OF the same gas company and
member Of the First Branch OF Council.
How these gentlemen eau Oppose the IN.
terests OF the Manufacturers Company as
CounCilmen and not in the capacity above
indicated We fall to perceiyei We also
think that their disinteresteduess in mat.
tiers directly concerning them must be a
thing OF ouch nice mental and moral I'D.
justment as to puzzle the largest exercise
Of their powers.
1t must be plainly evident to the citizens
Of Wheeling that the only object We had
in addressing Council was tho obtaining
Of such action as would enable the mills
and factories Of Wheeling to go on with.
out stoppage during the coming fall and
winter. The only pipe obtainablo Tor the
gaa lines is smaller than We wish could
have been laid, and We are naturally fear
full Of short supply, which will inevitably
bring disaster to factories and workm0rl
We have no wish for o dangerous pressure
and would oppose such as strenuously as
any citizen Of Wheeling could do. What
we want Is only that which has been
proven in other cities safe and necessary.
CHARLES W. BRoCKUNIER,
NELSON Whitaker.
Wheeling, august 20.
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