The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-13
a LIVELY MUNICIPAL ELECTION
Promised in Martins ferry-who the
Candidates Arc. F

Considerable interest is being mani
Tested by the people Of Martins Ferr,
In the coming municipal election which
takes place on Tuesday, April 2. There
will be three tickets In tho field, Rcpub
lican, Labor and Citizens. Candidates
arc numerous and all are hustling, as are
also their friends. The greatest contcst
will probably be for the Mayoralty,
The officers to be elected are Mayor,
Treasurer, Marshal, Street Commission.
or, Solicitor, two members OF the Board
Of Education, one Water Works Trustee,
three Assessors and one Cemetery
Trustee. 97u'5 80 -
No conventions or primaries have
been held as yet, but will be soon. The
Labor convention will be the first. 1t
Will be held in the City Hall next Sat
urday evening, March Is. The Repub.
lican primaries will be held on Satur.
day. March %. The time for the Citi.
gems convention or primaries has not
been fixed.
For Mayor the candidates are NJ, R,
Smylie, a Republican, now in J. T,
Haner' office; VIM. Burns, Democratic
prohibitionists, now City Marshal aud
Capt. VIM: II. Orr. Republican. Mr..
Smylle will not have any opposition, at
the Republican convention, at least none
now known Of. Mr.. Burns will have
everything his own way ut tho citizens
convention. The Democrats have been
crying Burns for Mayor" ever since he
was elected Marshal and they will work
hard for bis election. Captain Orr will
DO o candidate at the Labor convention,
At this convention members OF labor or
carnations are allowed to vote for whom
they please and smylie or Burns may
capture the nomination and thereby be !
on both tickets. The Democrats will not |
hold convention. They never do in |
Martins Ferry, but select their men and
issue a call for Citizens" convention,
where they turn out in force and nomi-
nate their choice, who is put on n ticket
which Is called "Citizens ticket" in or.
der to catch Republicans, prohibition
and independent votes. Every man
nominated for an office at this conyen.
ton will be a Democrat-oae can almost
bet on this-unless the Republicans
pack the convention. ~J7''
At the election the fight for the Nav.
orally, will be between Smylie and !
Burns. Republicans claim that Smylie |
Will be elected by 200 majority, while |
the friends OF Burns claim TINT the race
Will be close one and that Burns may
win. L Burns does not appear to- be as
strong now as he was month ago. A
reaction has, it is claimed, taken place
in Smylies favor. Burns has been OK.
pecting the solid saloon vote and also
the tho prohibition vote, and saloon.
keepers and prohibitionists may work
Tor him arm in arm, as in former years,
but knowing ones say they will not this
year. II Republicans can't elect Smylie
they had better sell out. II third can.
didate is nominated for Mayor at the
Labor convention it will be all the better
for Burns. 5s, 75r 100 :
For Marshall the Republican candi.
dates are Samuel Westwood. John R.
Fisher, Isaac II. Wagner, and David
Gosney. ?Westwooa and Wagner are
policemen and Fisher and Gosney are
iron workers. Charles Duff will be
candidate at the Citizens and the Labor
Convention. For Treasurer, Henry
stengle, the present incumbent, and
Thomas Mullaney will be candidates
before tho Republican convention and
Richard OBernie at the Labor and Cit
izens. For City Solicitor the only names
mentioned are Frank R. Scdgwick, the
present incumbent, and W. 3. Frances.
For Street Commissioner, James T. Ri.
ley, T. II. Stanton, William Coates, w.
D. Lewis and 7. 7. Irwin all want the
nomination on the Republican ticket
and William Linn is talked Of as labor
and John Clifford as a Citi-
zen's candidate. ,.. Isq|
For Council-James r. Shrodes, Dem
ocrat, wants to succeed himself from the
First ward aud other names mentioned
are NJ. s. McGrew, William Wetherald.
Richard Brown and Ed. Bender, Repub.
llcane, and hillard Bailey, Democrat.
In the Second ward the names men,
toned are J. NJ. Waters, William G..
Lewis and William AlcMasters, all Re.
pubIicans, and William Joy and William
=. Thomas, both Republicans, in the
Third ward. q 60 M,
For the Board Of Educate
q. Connolly, Republican, and George
McGlumphy, Democrat, are anxious to
succeed DR.. B. o. Williams, who is
and will be candidate for
reelection, il it is the wish Of the peo.
pie: J.. B. Montgomery, Republican,
will probably be his own successor from
the Third. ~ .s,Sf.0.,. A.. -.G0--
For Assessor-P. Coleman, Republi-
can, David Vennum and Ed. shrodes,
both Democrats, will be candidates in
the First; George W. Chessell. Republi-
can, in the Second, and Elliott Sloan,
Republican. and L. w. Jones, Democrat,
in the Third. .a n. u lt"~
For Water Works Board-stephen
Hipkins, Of the First, and !. X. McCue,
OF the Second, both Republicans, are
candidates. IE.0T
For Cemetery Trustee George Web
Der, Republican, is the only candidate.
.s,7s LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT,