The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-09
Home TABOR MATTER
The New Election Ordinance
and Other Subjects
UNUSUALLY INTERESTING,
Before the City Council Last Even
ing-Iudse Cochran and N, j,
Finley Address the BOdy-The
Democrats Injunction,

INJUNCTION,
Council met in regular semi.monthiy
session last night and disposed of nearly
all the business on tho tables Of both
branches, including the new loan ordi-
nsScs, which has been lying around
waltingior final vote topass It, for over
a month,
Both branches were slow in assem-
bling, The Second did not get a quorum
until after s o'clock, and 1t was nearly 0
O'Clock before the First had enough
members present 10 do business, Before
the session was over, however, all but
Messrs, Happy and Kenneyof the First,
and Auber, Davis, Harrell, Kraft, Miller,
Ppcht, Vockler, Warner and Young, OF
the Second, had appeared,
In the Second, after considerable trou-
bio in securing q quorum, the proceed
iugs were opened with the reading II the
minutes OF the two previous meetings,
which were duly adopted,
CLERKS FINANCIAL REPORT.
The semi.monthly financial report OF
Clerk Bowers was presented, 1t showed
that out OF S~O0,540.O5, the total Of the
provisional appropriations made the sew
Gral city departments for the first three
monthsot this year, being one,iourth OF
the total appropriations made these de-
pRrtments last year, there has been ex.
pended since January ], u total Of S.
073,3l, leaving q total balance Of $780,
1864, DIVIDED as follows;
Board Of Public Works, 10,cent levy
fund, $G,4SG 2Gi same, contingent fund,
S6,gOS 4Oi same, appropriation fund,
$Q,S02 Oh Fire Department, S0,125 O3;
Health Department, $1,000; Markets,
$3.50; Police Department, S5,325; City
Prison, $l,l50i Scales and Weighing,
SOC 50i Real Estate, 1887 55; Cemeteries,
S225i Salaries, 5000; Contingencies,
S2,475 55; Loan OF 1877, s., 1880; Water
Board, $l0,938 10; City Gus Works,
SEQ, l72 20. The appropriation Of $4,000
made to the Compromise Loan is ex.
hausted.
This report was, as usual, accompanied
by a further report from Clerk Bowers
showing that City Collector BriCe has
turned over to Receiver DunRway on
account OF the taxes OF 1883 SG0,00l 50
of the 80 cent levy, and $l3,5US 45 OF the
10 cent levy. Both reports were ordered
Blnd hv hnth hroprbno
MONTHLY Hills.
The Board OF Police and Fire Commits.
sioners presented December bills on &C.
count Of the Fire Department aggregat.
ing S2l2 81, and on account OF tho Pc.
lice Department, ~aggregating SIPS 90;
of this last amount Porter Smith gets
$50 for summoning Council and com.
mittees and so for killing dogs, and
Sheriff Handlan gets $G4 70 for maintain.
Ing city prisoners in the jail. All these
bills were ordered paidb by both brancles.
The Committee on City Prison pre-
sented bills amounting to SlO3 90, in.
Guiding $40 so the contract price Of Ed.
Booking for furnishing drugs for the
year, which were ordered paid. Bills
presented by tho Committee on Health
aggregating $50 45, were also ordered
paid by both branches.
THE NEW ELECTION ORDINANCE.
Mr.. Tracy, ofthe First Branch, appear.
ed and reported that that Brach had
taken another vote on the ordinance
amending the city election law so as to
make II conform TO the States new cleo.
ton law, and that 1t had now been form
ally passed by the First. This ordinance
was passed last Friday night by the
Second Branch by vote OF 10 to 5, more
than the requisite two.thirds majority
the First Branch passed 1t the same night
by q mere majority vote, making 1t me-
Cessary for tho ordinance to receive an
other majority vote at the next meeting
to put 1t In force. This second vote was
had last night.
Colonel Caldwell called this ordinance
up shortly after 1t was reported back by
Mr.. Tracy. He said the language OF the
ordinance relating TO votes on the pass
age OF ordinances was alittle ambiguous
IL provided that Council" must pass or.
dlnances by two.thirds majority votes,
or by majority votes a 1.-TWO meetings in
succession; nothing was said about the
votes in separate branches; he thought
II best for the Second to pass the ordi-
nance by another majority vote, so that
no question could DO raised as to thefaCt
Of lis legal passage. Accordingly an
other vote was had. NIr. Healy and Mr..
Cruise were the only ones who voted
against 1t.
AJINGo PROTEST
At last Fridays meeting Mr.. Harrell
gave notice that he weuld file a protest
against this ordinance. AS Mr.. Harrell
was not present lust night Healy and
Cruise felt called upon To do the protest
act, and this Is what they Aled.
We, the undersigned members OF the
Second Branch Of Council OF the city OF
Wheeling, do Hereby enter our protest
against an ordinance amending the cleo.
ton ordinance Of the city OF Wheeling,
which passed this branch Of Council at its
last meeting for the following reasons,
Wis
First-That II Is contrary TO all pre-.
Cedents and previous ordinances since
theincorporation ofthe city Of Wheeling.
SeCond-That tho State law does not
make II obligatory upon the city OF
Wheeling to adopt the State election
law at its charter election, although 1t
was stated by the City Solicitor that
such was the case.
Third-That said ordinance wa sim.
ply passed for the selfish political pur.
poses OF o party OF office holders who
lear the result Of an election held under
the old law.
MOVE TO DISSOLVE AN INJUNCTION.
In connection with this matter Mr..
GarYin at a later point In tho proceed
inEs offered q resolution, which waa
adopted, authorizing tho Committee on
Ordinances 10 employ counsel TO assis,