Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-19
fIEF M'NICH0LLS.
@ pvrENAY IS CHOSEN TO FILL THE
VACANCY,
Pretty a Fight as Was Eysr Sesn-Hs
IN ,,,.ify and Give Bond This After
rr,-Ths Details Of the
Council Meeting.

.,,. NcNicholls, of the Seventh
il, the new Chief of Police.
r,s chosen by Council, last night
Twelfth ballot, receiving twenty
-,.ss. to sixteen for Smith Butler,
no scattering.
rg give bond and take the oath
sst9 o'clock this afternoon, at
,aI meeting Of Council, to be
'or that purpose.
rb'efDeilbrugge was in possession
chiefs private Office last night,
"a, understood 10 have made no
NJ 90 "hOld on acting upon
iyIce Of counsel. Whether his
r,1a,ion will continue to-day, re-
,;9r to-day TO bring forth.
r1ice department situation was
.0rbing topic Of conversation all
.rs city. yesterday, and between
e.pral interest in the case, and the
-sre hustIing Of the various candi-
0rthe place, the atmosphere was
ina constant state OF agitation
one end Of the city to the other.
4 nr'0us members OF Council were
on an average OF four or five
4 aach, during the day, by candi-
and their respective friends, and
-nOil went on with a general ere
DO effect until evening, when
T-0dy. by common consent,
nd 10 the City Hall, TO see
Council would do, and just how
would do il. 10 became we'll
p. during the day that Chief Del
..s bad decided TO make a fight,
be- had consulted one attorney, who
si 20 have anything to do with the
aud that be had finally obtained
ST.. who had advised him TO
lI7 recall his resignation as a pre-
2-y 10 doing something else.
even o'clock the corridors OF the
HlH and the outer Office at police
garters was filled with a crowd OF
b OF less excited men, who canvasSed
uation pro and con with a vehe-
which made a perfect buzz OF
IS The crowd gradually drifted up
until the Council galleries were
% the pOintOf sUffOcation, and the
I'd floor corridor was still full Of
e, who impatiently awaited the
" Of the doors leading TO the
These were kept closed until
-,ast seven, when the apartments
thrown open, and in twenty
es there were four or five
red men in the Second
hen chamber, and q large NUMBER
outside, unable TO even get 10. The
-1ers were generally prompt in COM
O., but as the Committees on Rail-
>, and Markets were holding SeS-
-s there were many vacant desks
.l President JepsOn raped for or
sU 1850 o'clock. AT roll call sixteen
-5srS of the lower house answered
-e.r names, and in ten minutes more
e,a other members appeared, making
tl.. representation. In the First
n,ch, Mr. Otto was the only absentee.
5-sless was opened in the Second
bach by Mr.. Bailey moving 70 dis
,e with the reading Of the minutes.
was carried unanimously.
-- Bailey-I now move TO suspend
rules and take up the report Of the
-li.tee on Police.
M Chairman.-This meeting was
d Tor one purpose only, and l rule
illy other business would be- out OF
Zen have in my hand the report OF
Committee on Police. You all know
circumstances attending the action
be Committee at ITS meeting last
a,-you have seen the papers, and
'StaIt the situation.
W. MAXWELL call for the reading
'Le call for this meeting.
-a Chair The call will be read.
-e Clerk did TO, have the call, and
ITO the office of the Chief OF Police
t. IL was found In the waste
,e', and was brought up and read.
u MAXWELL move that the rules
appended and the report taken up.
ae Clair-Which rules?
tN4Iweil-All which take prece-
.ae Chair-I don't see any. The call
% this report alone, and l ruled that
once before. The Clerk will read
report Of the Committee.
'-S vas done, the committee reCit-
'lat 10 It's opinion THE Chief had
AID the pledge he made al the time
handed in his resignation" and
'i with a resolution formally ac-
..lg the resignation, and 3 recon-
aation 70 Council 10 proceed at once
u ihe election of his successor.
-'' NaXwell-Mr. President, it seems
-e that the first business before this
s.ag IS the reading Of the journal.
aus correct. That has not been dis
sea with, and until ii Is, We are pro-
, .lg irregularly.
,,-e Chair-That question was put
.carried.
- MAXWELL beg your pardon
,-e Onar-I beg your pardon, il was.
/, 'efal AembeTS-That was settled.
~ NaXwell-Then am mistaken.
.-s Chairman-I have been served
The following paper, which the
"a Will read:-
'-e Clerk read as follows
~ e Hon. MGyor and Council Of ths CitU o.
~, .Hg and the Committee on Police o.
- City,
b. .,lNTLENEN II hereby respectfully
\ i--iaw from you and your custody
= 1onSiceration, and hereby cancel
J, SSeciare void, a certain writing,
.,.. ~ oy me, pUrDOrting to be my resig-
w !, I, OF the Office Of Sergeant of the
49, " Wheeling, and request and de-
~ ,oat said writing be at once de-
9ed to me.
am, gentlemen,
very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Louis DELBRUGGE,