Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-11
WESTON EXCITED.
Wrought Up ON the License ouestion-A
Very Complicated Situation.

I Special Correspondence o. ne Register
WESTON, w. VA, April S.-Thi
place is sorely wrought up from centr,
TO circumference over the question o.
| license. An expression of the peopl,
was given ON the subject at the towl
election, held last February. and it wa.
strongly in favor of plain drinks. Will
no sticks IN them-in other words il
vetoed the license question, and those
who have saloon interests look forward
TO the first OF May when the license SyS
TEN expires with feelings that are som
bre and sour. There are certain attend.
ing circumstances with the town
election which it may be well to men.
tion. w. w. Brannon, a Democrat and
a strong anti-liccnSe man, was elected
mayor, and an anti-license ticket gen.
orally. About the time of the election
the town contracted with the
Electric Light Company foI
street lights to the extent of $500 Now
it seems hitherto, or for the past two
or three years, the revenue derived
from high license has materially built
up the place, macadamiZcd the streets.
put in street lights and made many
other improvements. But with this
source of supply suddenly cut off some
Of the members OF the council felt a
certain delicacy about assuming the re-
sponSibiitieS of Office when the where
wlthal TO make improvements did not
look forthcoming There was also some
nervousness about paying for the cleo
trio lights already contracted for. The
result is that all the four cOuncilmeu
who were elected but one have resigned,
and it IS rumored that the Mayor, in
view OF the existing dissatisfaction, will
also tender his resignation shortly.
The only member OF the council now
on deck is Il. l.. Bland, foreman of the
World Office y. Il. Newton. who
was one of the pronounced license
men elected, resigned for reasons al
ready stated, while Joe Davis, who was
ION the fence" before the election. af-
terward experienced the idea of license
and withdrew accordingly. Charles
O'Hara, the third member of the Coun-
ell who resigned. quietly walked out of
Office to escape the responsibilities which
he felt We're imminent. There is some
talk of putting i'm two strong prohibi-
ti0n men, Jacob Kobcgard and DR..
Hood. TO I'M two Of the vacancies II
this is done, then goodbye saloon. \
feature OF the municipal contest, which
il is claimed by some to have had much
10 do with the result. was the nominal
tiOn OF big Bud" Dawson by the license
men. O'llara, who was put up 10y the
anti-licenSc men in the same ward. did
not care much about running. but when
Bud" Dawson. who So thoroughly
represents the saloon interests and
runs the biggest saloon in
town himself, O'lIara looked
upon it as a sort of challenge and de-
cidcd To run. The posing of Bud
Dawson as candidate for Councilman
too highly colored the license ticket
and many who would otherwise hay,
thrown a straight license ticket were i'm
stinctiyely led to oppose what looked tC
them as a defiant move against law and
order But with the saloons closed uI
there will be no license revenue. and
such are apprchcnsiye OF considerable
huStliug 10 get enough this year To pay
current expenses, not 10 mention som,
improvements which are contemplated
There are not few who believe that
the effect OF the non-liccnSc condition oil
things will have the effect of increasing
the levy. AT the present time the towr
is going begging for Councilman.