The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-05
ELECTION ORDINANCE
Passes the Second Branch Of
Council Last Evening
WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENT.
The First branch wrCs.lCs With the
Wheeling s Harrisburg oFdIn'
ance-A Rider on the La,
bor Amendment,

WIS SNAHNNMsNN
1t was 500 o'clock last evening before
President Gillelaud Of the Second
Branch called that body to order, and Il
was 0 o'clock before a quorum was OBJ
tanned, There were present Messrs-
Hartong, Mcoown, Marsh, Kettler,
GundlIng, Jones, Allison, Prayer, Wheat,
Caldwell, Maxwell, Bremen, Ebelipg,
Garviu, Cruise aud Harrell,
The reading Of the minutes was dis
pensed with and the call for the special
meeting read, which was signed by
Messrs. G, b. Caldwell, Charles Kettler
and @. r. Tracy. Theordinance chang.
Ing the election ordinance SO as to con-
form tothe State law, which was read
the FIRST time at the last meeting and
went over on objection, was taken up
and read q second tune for amendment,
The mellitluous voice OF orator Duna-
way was uninterrupted till the third sec
ton was read. This section provides
that the City Council shall appoint the
commissioner and election officers in
stead OF the Mayor. When the reading
OF the section was concluded Mr.. Cruise
Immediately proposed to the effect that
the ordinance should not so into effect
until the election succeeding the one TO
be held on the cath OF this month, Mr.,
Gruse made a speech ON hisamendmcnt
which was exceedingly mild, ending by
addressing an inquiry to the City Solicit
tor as TO the authority In law for the
measure,
Mr.. Caldwell replied that the author.
ity lay in Nh act bya Democratic legisla:
ture In 1889, and that the Council had
no choice In the matter but the State
law made 1t obligatory upon the body to
conform It's ordinances To the statutes.
The point the opposition made was that
the Council could not pass law affecting
the power OF an officer OF its body, but
could for any officer OF any succeeding
Council.
Mr.. Caldwell maintained that the
Council was only doing what the sta
tutes commanded II should do.
Mr.. Harrell arose with some fine
North Wheeling war paint on, aud
made the walls tremble for q season with
his eloQuence. His main complaint was
that the law was discovered at very
late day, aud he wanted to know why the
provisions OF the law quoted had not
been enforced in a previous Council
when a member who was Market Mas
ter still held his scat In Council, and the
City Solicitor likewise. He thought
what was sauce for the goose was sauce
for the gander.
Mr.. Caldwell this is a goose and
gander question, then 1t Is the goose
who cannot understand the provisions
OF the section"
Mr.. Harrell thcn waded into the polit-
iCal features Of the measure, and actually
quoted some very fine poetry about
truth crushed to earth again"
Mr.. Gruse's amendment, however, was
lost, and tho reading of'the ordinance
was continued without further inter
ruption, and 1t was put upon its passage,
and was adopted BY the following vote:
Ayes-Alllson, BIemer; Caldwell, Ebel-
Ing, Garyin, Gundling, Hartong, Jones,
KGttler, Kraft, Marsh, Maxwell, Nc.
Kown, Prayer, Wheat and Gllleland
(President). Noes-Dayis, Cruise and
Harrell.
President Butts, Of the Board Of Pub.
lie Works, reported the resignation OF
James II. Lancaster as clerk Of tho Board
and the appointment OF Edward L..
Ycith to said position at a salary OF $500
per annum, and asked that he be con.
trmed as such, which was adopted by
both branches.
The Board asked that appropriations
be made out OF the 10.Cent levy fund TO
pay the following: Pay roll, Eighth
ward sewers, $50 70; pay roll, La Belle
pottery sewer, SOL 40; George Hibberd
& Son, sewer pipe, S29l 80; Eighth ward
sewers, S74 50; I. L. Hoge, surveying
La Belle pottery sewer, % total, S6OS 62.
Out Of general fund, Kleyis, Kraft & Co.,
work and lumber for Eoif street bridge,
$3.50 10. Out Of contingent fund, KleYis,
Kraft & Co., lumber for Caldwells run
repairs, $l4O OIL. Clerk Bowers was in.
struCted to draw his orders on the Re.
ceiyer to meet these amounts by the
Second Branch, the action being con.
Cured in by the Second.
The First Branch spent almost the en-
tire session over the Wheeling q Har-
rishurg ordinance In relation 10 the
amendment made by the Second Branch
providing for the employment Of home
labor wherever practicable, An amend.
ment was offered to this amendment
making the ordinance null and void in
case OF violation Of this provision.
Tho amendment passed by q vote Of 10
to 4 at late hour, and the ordinance
did not reach the Second Branch before
II adjourned. Those who voted In the
negative we're Buchanan, McGregor, Dob
bins and Faris.
The resolution passed by the Second
Branch, empowering the Board Of Public
Works TO employ counsel for the pur-
pose OF taking proceedings TO dissolve
the injunction oil the Baltimore Il Ohio
railroad restraining the CITY from inter-
ierrlng with ita tracks on Sixteenth
street, was CONQUERED In by tue First
Branch.
After the passage Of the election ordl:
nance In the Second Branch Mr.. Harrell
gave notice that he and Others would
tile their protest against 1t at q future
meeting,
The First Branch took up the election
ordinance, ana In spite Of many dllatory
motions by the minority, read 1t three
times and passed " by d majority vote.
II will have 10 be passed again by q ma
orlty, II was midnight when the First
Branch adjourned.