Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-15
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Take your sat, sir; that ssttles It.
We'Ie 10 ng to taks this vote neht auHy,
The decision Of the Chair WAS sattslneS,
ayes Is, rays 6, and then MT hAneii
made another attempt to raise point OF
order. The Chair cut this short on asi
TAKE your seat, sir. Prcctei, Mr.
Clerk. II lie interrupts again we'h nave
to-
Mr.. Harrell-Have to whatG
The President snubbed him, and MI.
Dunaway went on.
At nine O'Clock the reading OF the niin'
ut.s was concluded, and one or t"o diis-
tory motions were made BY members,
resulting in the piling mp OF two or 'nies
points Of order. question Of privilege, @ .sc,
until the President, grew dizzy end n'''od
his gavel in despaiiiog wsy;
Shortly after nine o'clock. ina momen.
Of comparative calm, Mr.. H.rrel renewed
A REQUEST, prsviou,ly made, for the namss
Of those sigoing the call for the meeting,
and after IL had been read, despite Rspuo-
licap efforts to keep il secret, the tigntfs
were discovered to be Messrs Gnvia, Hal
Ter, Wheat, Tracy. Bremtr and fGa9er'
As Mr. Wheat had previously told hka'
1rER reporte. he did not know any oi 'he
sieners TO the call, the fact that his name
,pp,ars among tie rest looks little
curious. Probably Mr.. Wheat put his
autograph there while asleep, or petpsps
he penntd it while awake, and then did
not IRE to atknowledgs the fact =,
When this matter had bssn settled. A.
lison gave the frat intlmstion Of the 100
publicsn determin alton to III ottlc debate
by moving to limit all speeches up,n the
ordinance t. ten minutes. The President,
who seemed to still have some sciuplre -
70 the propriety Of the coune mappei ou',
declined 10 entertain the prjposit'ou, ana
made a very creditsble appeal for tres
speech. He forgot this, however, later In
the night, aud WAS partial and unfair TO
the p,int of rankuess. He ce%rre' wen
Of his party. When sat down upon, nat
Allison appealed from the decision of Toe
Chair, and the Chair was sustained, ayes
! i. nots7
Finally the ordinance came up, when
Mr. Gruse asked for the orig nal returns oi
tho cenumerators. which had betn placed
in the hands OF tho commiitse There was
a lively debate on this, in the course oi
which Mr.. HMrell called attention to the
re,ult nnou need for his ward. Dozens OF
re,ple had informed him that they bad not
been called upon by the onumsrasor. and
he further pointed cut that the school emu
merstion Of his ward showed population
Of 4. 100, while the gerrymandering count
was more than 300 short. There were
number Of sharp passges between
members, cansed, IS general
thing, by Republicans endtavoring to choke
OF free debate. 0lee Mr. Caldwell tn
deayored TO choke cff Mr. Cruise. aud wa
Sustained by the Chair. Mr.. Cruise there
uro, appealed, but the President srb!trsfi-
" refused 70 listen TO him. Mr.. Gruse re-
fased to be sileooed, and although the
Piesidsnt bat q lively tattoo with hs
gayel, Mr.. GTu'e Persisted, and nnsliy
teeured his point, which was to call stten-
ton 10 the enumeration In his ward, which
WAS as bad, or worse, than the First.
The fight went on fjr an hour or moro
with the honors pretty evenly dividei,
the Democrats taking advantage Of ev.ry
| opportunity 10 EcO,e tho Republican polit-
| icsi peh enc, and dtn0unce them for their
co sardice N reaosing q public inspection
of The reports of the pmerAto's ser.
eral times President Gillcle0d Threatened
TO call the officers on duty 70 hfssidlp
| f,rciug The gsg.law down the throats Of
the Deno.rat,, but Democrats kept care
fully within the bounds Of Parliamentary
procedure, and there was no opportunity
| - Il a. .Nla mi q =
ecution.
About half-past e'even IL began 10 dawn
upon the Republican majority that they
! were bang outgtnsrAled. and there WA q
council OF war held In one corner. The
result was that Mr.. Mitchell msds q mo-
tion 10 adopt the ordinance ~ whole,
without further amendment, thus forcing
the Democrate TO Ell Idly by and see the
measure rushed through.
Mr.. Gruse aud others characterized this
proposition as outrageous, aud the hub.bub
| Tor time an tremendous. President Gille-
land read Sec. o Of the Rules, convey ipg
n threat to txpell the Dtmocratic msmb ds
II they did not keep quiet, which brought
forth the sentiment from Mr.. Iiarrell that
he would rather be expelled than cit In q
body where such shameful ooaduct was A.
tempted. The proposition Offered by Mr..
Mitchell WAS downtd, bat Mr.. Allison,
half an hour later, offered another motion,
declaring that the ordinance should he
read clear through, no amendments or dis.
cussion being permitted, except such
changes as might be suggested after the
reading had been concluded, and that IL be
then passed.
This cowardIy and outrageous course
was proiested egaiost most yehemently y
by the minority, il teing rightly chArac.
terized a. gsg.lsw Of the worst possible de-
scrip,ion. When appealed 70, however,
the Chair fatty refused 10 rseogDiz, Dsm-
ocra,s who stood upon the Dor with
amendments in their hands, and even
failed TO recognize members who went up
10 him ard pulled his coat 10 attract kttsn.
too. In return for this, Democrats re-
fused to vote, q cried "sag-iaw" when
their names were callei, aud The confusion
for time wss yeiy great.
After great racket. Mr.. Allisob's mo
tio'. unknown to parlismeb ny prcc siure,
and in direct cantrsyenticn 10 the ruiz oi
Council, was declared carried, and the
Clerk wa dincad 10 read The ordinances
through.
At midnight the reading Of the doca.
meat Was conclad.d, D,mocIas heinx ig.
nored by the President right along, ard II
wss Pot upon lie fnal passage, after Mr..
Gruss, at the suggestion Of Mr. Caldwell.
had been allowed 70 offer ono amendment
Other amendments, however, Tffered By
Mr.. Gruse, Mr.. HarrelI, Mr.. Hsaly, and
others were ignored By the Chair, and The
ordinsnce wss pas ed-ayss II, ro.s 10.
There not being two-third, 10 favor, the
ofdiusEoe NUT lis over until the D. H
meeting.
Mr.. Cruise gave notice that at the nsxl
meeting be would Cffsr q fofm,l protest ID
the action Of The minority.
At the time Of the final pss.ase Of ihs
ordinance, msmbtrs were standing In th.i,
places 10 various parts tf tie iosm, of.rips
amendments and appesline 70 the Pfed.
csat for recognition, which vas rsfuasd
uen In innumersb!e ipstapcss,. slthou st
offered In strict soeordstc, ui,h the 10 q
Of the bsdy.
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