Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-11
CITY POLITICS.
THE FIGHT BECOMING LIVELY ALL ALONG
THBLINB.
A Red Hot Contest For the City Ssrgsancy-
The Candidates for Mayor and
Council.

As the time fixed for the primary cleo
tons by the City Executive Committees oil
the two parties approaches, the average
citizen, even though he takes but a pass
ing interest in politics, cannot fail to note
the great activity prevailing on all sides
among the various candidates and their
hosts of friends. Each succeeding day sees
more and more energy displayed, as the
who are striving after the
various little positions square themselves
fairly for the struggle, and call their
hackers and li~eutenants into line, and the
coming week will see o regular tussle to a
finish between the eombatants who have
SHE'D their hats into the ring. Every
day the workers of the two parties become
more active and importunate, the after
noon and evening crowds In the saloons
become denser, ordinary topics of CONVEX
sation are shelved to give OPP
portunities for the discussion Of So-and-so's
chances for this, that, or the other Office,
and invitations to take something" are
heard with unwOnted frequency. 1t Is
the harvest time of the dispenser of liquid
refreshments, and the golden age for hlm
who being afflicted with an ~unquenchable
thirst, must depend upon the cratic char-
ity of an un~sympathetie world Tor MS
liquor. ..
The coming Event cast its shadow over
the City Hall in a very noticeable manner
Yesterday, and during the day there was
much more than the usual amount oil point
ical chatter INDUCED in. y,
The City Sergeancy, as a matter OF
course, attracts by far the most attention,
and the fight between Chief Smith and MT.
Delbrugge on the one hand, and Captain
Bennett and Mccormick on the other, Whlle
red hot in its nature, so far seems to De a
very even thing all around. Each OF the
gentlemen named is working early and late
to come out ahead, and each is backed by
an energetic and numerous body of iniu-
entail friends.
Outside of the fight for the Sergeancy,
and the contest between Messrs Toner
and Bowers for the City Clerk-ship,
the Republican machinery seems to be
running in a very one-sided way, there be-
ing little talk, and that widely dltfused,
concerning the other offices. There Is,
among the big dogs on that side OF the
fence. a very noticeable reluctance to have
ANYTHING to do with Mayoralty, no one
having as vet been settled upon as q can
didate. To be sure, half-a-dOzen gentle
men have been named in that connection,
but each in turn has declared he will not
he n candidate, while the N solitary
self-sacriicing soul who wants to stand
for the position has been sawed off, in
a most inhuman and barbarous fashion
by the powers that be. On the Democratic
side, however, there are halt'a
dozen strong citizens mentioned, and 1t IS
confidently asserted that any one OF them
would win over any Republican who could
be put up. Among these DR.. George
Baird's name Is most often heard, notwlth-
standing he has declined to accept the NOM
nation, while Charles w. !Seabright meets
with much favor.
For Wharfmaster, Mr.. Crockard will
scarcely have any opposition, certainly
none which he need fear at the polls.
CanQluateS LOT SOuuCll arc DCSihhiuS ~
come to the front here and there, but the
season for them seems to be a backward
one. The coming week, however, will do
much toward filling up the list of names.
In the first ward Mr.. Harrell will stand 70
the Second Branch, on the Democratic side
while the probabilities are that Mr.. Shan
lev will not run. In the Second ward
nothing has transpired calculated
to throw light on the subject. In the
Third ward Mr.. Peterson will probable
run again for the Second Branch, on the
Republican ticket, while out in the Fourth
Ward, Mr.. John Boring will be a candi-
date for the First Branch, should MI .Hap-
DIV not again stand. Robert Ellingham Is
mentioned as one of the Second Branch
candidates from this Ward. On the South
Side things seem to be pretty quiet until
the Eighth Ward is reached, where Squire
Schultze will be a candidate for the First
Branch. Mr.. Cruise will be sent back to
the Second Branch by the Democrats OF
the Sixth Ward, while Island Republicans
say Mr.. Hildreth will be put up as usual.
Most of the Councilman, however are lu-
clined to benon-committal on the, subject
of their candidacy, and time must there
fore be given them to make up their
minds.