The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-18
A VERY QUIET MEETING
OF the City Council held again
last Evening.
THE MINORITY BEHAVES
Doubtless having Realized the Popu.
lar scorn Aroused by its Childish
Behavior last Friday night.
Yet Another Meeting.

Another special meeting of Council
was held last evening. The call for this
meeting was signed by Messrs. Buck
man, Tracy, Wheat and G. B. Caldwell,
and the disposition Of unfinished busi-
ness again given as the object Of the
meeting. OF course everyone under.
stood that the principal unfinished BUSH
ness were the two ordinances, changing
the number and the Npporlionhent OF
the members OF Council and the ward
line between the Fifth and Sixth wards,
the smallest and the largest wards in the
city, so as to eQualize them. At that
meeting the ordinances were passed by
the Second by majority vote, but fail.
ing to get two-thirds vote it became
necessary for them to have another
majority vote at subsequent meeting.
There was another large turnout Of
members, the only absentees being
Messrs. Schrebe (of the First and Gar.
vim, Hartong, Healy and Kraft (of the
Secondly In the Hobbies were quite q
number Of representative citizens, who
having heard OF the bear garden per.
Torrance Of Friday night and supposinr
that it would be repeated, were anxious
to see it. They were, however, doomed
to disappointment, for the sessions in
both branches were quiet and orderly To
painful degree as compared with last
Friday nights hurrah.
The Republican members were on
hand early, but there was not quorum
OF the Second Branch members present
till nearly s o'clock. Mr.. Cruise appear.
ed. He sauntered along TO his desk in d
seli.cOnsCiOus manner, threw of his over.
coat and in a tired tone OF voice said 4:
"NIr. President, let's come to order"
He might also have said, for his tone OF
voice and air implied it, ~ am now here
and we can proceed" AS it was, his
suggestion to the chair was 80 out OF the
usual, that the members pricked up
their ears and prepared for the fun that
failed to materialZe.
The roll being called and the call for
the meeting read, Mr.. Allison moved to
dispense with the reading OF the min.
utes. Mr.. Cruise called for the ayes and
noes on this motion, and that was n sig.
nal for some of the Democratic members
who had been waiting on the outside to
slip into their seats and thus prevent u
two.thirds vote in favor OF dispensing
with the reading. The next half hour
was consumed by the reading, which
was more dreary than ever, for the six.
teen closely written pages were princi.
paly the names of members answering
10 the half hundred roll calls OF last
Friday night.
Mr.. Allison had one or two correc-
tions to suggest ut the conclusion OF the
reading, and Mr.. Cruise showed signs OF
starting the flllibustering racket again,
but he subsidized and contented himself
with calling for an aye and no vote on
the adoption OF the minutes. The Dem
ocrats, parrot-like, all voted "no." Mr..
Cruise said he did SO because the min
utes were not right.
The ordinances were then taken up
for their final vote and every one looked
towards Mr.. Cruise, who was expected to
make some fearful remarks. He did not
disappoint expectations. Assuming his
Ohio county returning board air and
voice he arose aud with unparalleled
nerve attempted to draw u smile be-
tween the majority and some scriptural
individual about whom Mr.. Cruise
seemed to be not very well posted. He
said the majority reminded him OF n
steward in Scripture who was afraid the
master would find things crooked when
settling up time should come, and so
the steward hustled around andsquared
things with his masters creditors.
About this time Mr.. Gruse's listeners
began to feel the need OF diagram.
It's SO with this majority, he cOntin-
ned; they are afraid the master-the
people-will look into things and drive
them out, and SO they are trying to
make things solid for the future, and
that in II manner that is anything but
credimble. II they were anything like
good and faithful servants, il they were
sure of the taxpayers approval, there
would have been no need OF their max
ing such record as they have in the
passage Of these ordinances. In closing
his somewhat labored remarks MIR. Cruise
attempted to whip the Republican mem
beers from the First and Sixth wards
over to his side, but failed.
Mr.. Allison made reply for the Repub-
lican side. He said:
When the devil was sick,
The devil saint would be,