Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-01-06
Dr.. CT Ulr.ch Nominated for The 0ttca Of
Mayor
BY The REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
A Brief and Final Session Held Yesterday
Afternoon.
THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE HONOR.
They We found a candidate.
His name ia DR.. c. +. Ulrich.


great joy.
The successful ending Of the quest Of th'
committee was received with every demon
strat.oo Of satisfaction by the anxious
gentlemen who rad assembled in a eac
aud solemn way to hear what bad besI
dore, If anything, ard to advise one will
another as to the situation.
Gentlemen upon whose cOuntenances The
gravity Of tie situation had lelt its visibl,
imp,ess in a distinct lugubIiousues5 Of ex
preston beamed forth their great oatisfac
zion in the sunnies, Of smiles, and there
was a clappiug Of hands, a stamping Of feet
ani murmus OF opplsuse which showed
tie fullness Of the Republican heart.
The gentlemen Of the committee, who,
headed ~ D.. Jepson, its chairman, had
passed anxious days and sleepless nights
10 toe search io- candidate, were feiic:-
tatsd upon the success which had crowned
their very able efforts, and there we've soto
voce suggss. ious Of propriety Of a laurel
wreath, or some other badge Of distinction
Tor he iudeiatigGble eight.
To De sure, they had been compelled %
take a candidate from amOng their own
member. hip. hut this was esteemed the
best of proof that they bal secured through
tie highways md byways Of the city, ami
To be an added rsasou for congratuiation.
The members of the Convention, TO the
member of about thirty, assembled IN the
Police Court ro0n very promptly at the
hour announced, and were called 70 order
by Chairman Allison, who enquired in a
softly m0dulated voice II the Committee on
Mayor had anything 10 report
There was q silence Cf about five min
uiee, ard ,hon the painful stiffness was
broken bg Frank Johnson, who asked Tor
unanimous consent 20 close a couple OF
windows, the damp air from which was
tanning bis ieyered brow IN a manner
suggestive ola bad cold.
TIE windows we're closed, and it was
then suggested that il would be proper to
call the roll of the members. This WAS
doue. a-d two gentlemen from the First
ward. i've from the Second, four from the
Third. two from the Fourth, three from the
Fifth. ioar from the Sixth five from the
Seventh and three from the Eighth an
swered 90 their name.
Tire stiffness was then u1broken for the
space of ten miautes, the members &C
copying the time IN looking intently at
each other.
Finally Mr.. Allison found courage to
say.
t,In the absence Of the chairman OF the
committee, eau We turn 10 any other bust.
nesse'
Th.. brought DR.. JspsoD, who had been
.8zug anstrdctedly at lhe ceiling, back to
earth. and he said
"Mr President I'm the chairman Of
the committee. j beg your pardon, but i
didrj know you had called for the re-
port n
Mr. Allison assured him the Report had
been called for, and accordingly DR.. Jep-
sln look toe floor and addressing the Con
ysnuoa. said he hoped he woald be par
doae8. jt. in presenting the report Of toe
committee. he made a iittle d'gressiOn 20
say that craftsmanship in city affairs IVES
not the result of anything the Republican
party might have Done. This he thought
could be ,ubstan,iated by going back a few
vfars. There was time, as was indicated
hv "a Communication 10 the Intelligence,
when the administration Of the gas works
of The CITY, was in the hands Of
tue Democrats There was a Democratic
Beard and d Democratic superintendent,
and the result Of their management was
not an ideal administration. Then fol-
lowed a persecution Of a Republican
Mayor. who had tried to do his full duty,
and by and by there came Ievulsion OF
feeling. and the partisan Board was re-
placed By a non partisan B ard, and when
that honest, aud conscientious and oompe'
teut man, Captain Dillon, was placed 10
the Cfics Of Superintendent OF the eas
work. the fitness Of the appointment was
everyw here RECON- ed, while psrssaDship
was not thought Of AS coon as Demo
Gratis got a chance, they removed Captain
Dllou and appointed partisan, and thus
10 came ahout that politics found an en-
trance into city affairs
Ira. condition. now ex sted, ard the
rhos. of psrtisa1shp would not down At
Republican bidding we are here to do
our share. It has been said that the COM
mittse over which preside was starch
ING for p Moses. The gentleman who
wrote tta. article was not up IN Biblical
lore. Moses never entered into the prom
ised land, while the Republican party had
been there 10 these many ye1rs. 1t Is the
opposition wtO want s. Moses to lead them
out of the wilderness in which they are
wandering. but what the Repub leans
wanted wss q Joshua, and in our search
for candidate for Mayor, We have found
a gentleman possessing the 7, quisite quail
fcaions lie was born scross the waters,
in far on Germany. He came to America
nearly forty yeaIs ago, and by his own ex-
ert,ops be acquired the means Of educating
himself. aud finally graduated at Bethany.
Later he had been one of the leading edu-
cato,s of Lexington, Ky, and was now a
pracdcing physician Of this city, and had
BEEN honorei by his fellow citizens with
officer He was sober, intelligent, indus
trious. aud honest His candidate was DR..
&. r. Uluch
Mr.. Buchanan moved that the report OF
the committee be received, and seconded
the nomination Ofthe committee.
A voice in stage whisper. Move to
make the domination by reclamation.
Mr. Buckman-I secoud-I move the
nomination be made by reclamation.
This was put and carried, and DR..
C'rich called for lie took the floor, and
made quite a good speech to the Conven'
/ tior he accepted the nomination, with
. ~ - no
+ 20 expect too much OF him, rs he had not
had mach experience in active politics
f lie was also overwhelmed with professional
duties, and besought the eXertiOn'
of his party on his behalf, a. be koe"
his Democratic opponent had large
amount of leisure time 20 devote TO can
yass. IL was his special request that th'
campaign, 81 far as be was concerned, be 8
clean and honorable one. He evidently
had fears for his followers, in this regard