Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-01-04

The Republicans have completed thell
ticket for the coming city election.
The City Convention assembled in Ger
mania Hall, yesterday afternoon, and made
nominations for Mayor, City Clerk ano
Wharfmaster.
The fight will be on Mayor and Chief Of
Police. as it was generally understood last
evening that Mr.. Metzner would not stand
as the City Clerk candidate, and Mr.
Crockard. nominated for Wharfmaster
will be the Democratic candidate. Indeed
at one time during the Convention yester
day, while they were casting around for a
candidate, it was very seriously proposed
by several delegates to nominate Thomas
f. Thoner, the present Democratic City
Clerk. who will be renominated by the
coming Democratic Convention, ana rom
N.Y. came as near grazing Republican
programme as he will ever come during
his life.
The Convention was called to order
about half-past two yesterday afternoon,
i'm Germania hall, there being present, in
addition TO the delegates, about one hun
dred spectators. Among these latter were
Messrs. Hugo Loos and Mr.. j. A. Dunnlng,
candidates for Mayor, who were each the
recipients of marked attention from their
respective friends.
About a quarter past two Mr. Hugo
Loos. Chairman of the City Executive
Committee, assembled the platform and
called the assemblage 10 order, nominating
Mr.. B. :. Allison for temporary chairman,
and appointing Messrs. I. &. Motfat and
Henry &. Meyers a committee TO escort the
chairman TO his seat. On taking the chair
Mr.. Allison said:
Il am greatly obliged to this body Tor the
complement ii has bestowed upon me.
This is not very large Convention-and
il was not intended that il should be. IL
is. in reality. little more than committee,
being composed of but three gentlemen
from each of the eight wards. But II is
a body representing one-half OF the people
Of this city, and it is TO be hoped, when the
returns are opened, il will be found 10 have
represented little more than one-half the
people of Wheeling. The people of
Wheeling are very much interested
in this Convention The recent management
of this community has been such that
there is a CRYING demand for better city
government, and this Convention is eX-
pected TO aid in this work. ! am glad to
think that we are all free TO act here for
the best interests of this community. We
have a bad situation, in the rightlng OF
which no especial party interests are IN
volved, and it will be, therefore, good
thing 10 put up only good men. We ought
to do better than the probable nominees of
our opponents. For one, | have not been
approached in the interests of any candi-
date. and believe that the same thing is
true OF most of the delegates here present.
| believe we can nominate a ticket which
will commend itself to the people"
Richard Robertson was then selected for
Secretary, and on motion of II. c. Meyers
the roll OF delegates was called, the alb
sentees being Messrs. j. A. Metcalf, of the
Third ward, who came in later, and Abram
Stamm and Louis Cook, Of the Fourth
ward.
ON motion of Mt. Meyers, a committee OF
one from each ward was appointed on
Order of Business, Basis of Representation
and Permanent Organization, and the COM
mittee was constituted as follows;
First ward-Dr. G. F. Ulrich.
Second ward-Victor Rosenberg.
Third ward-Joseph Speidel.
Fourth ward-Richard Robertson.
Fifth ward-T c. Moffat.
Sixth ward-H. e. Meyers.
Seventh ward-Myron Hubbard
Eighth ward-Charles Morningstar.
The committee retired, and the Conven-
ton took a recess of fifteen minutes.
When the Convention reasembled, the
committee reported as follows:
|. That the temporary organization be
made permanent
,. That the basis of representation be
the vote cast for DR.. Ulrich, for Mayor, in
1889. as follows: First ward, 800; Second,
ajO, Third, 405, Fourth, 3l2; Fifth, 3io;
Sixth, 37S; Seventh, 1893; Eighth, 52s.
8. That the order of business be the Sc
lection of candidates, in the following order
Mayor, City Clerk, Whafmaster.
The report was adopted after Chairman
Meyers, in making the report, had said
that the Republican party had struck a
streak of good luck when it made its selec-
ton for Chief of Police. The nomination
was one which no Republican could be
ashamed of, and which all the people could
support.
Nominations for Mayor were then called
for, and Mr. r c. Moffat presented the
name of Mr.. Hugo l.. Loos. DR.. Ulrich
suggested the nsme of James \. Dunning,
and the selection was seconded by Richard
Robertson. Mr.. NJ. Hubbard presented
the name of II. p. McGregor. and Captain
William Otto named Captain 5. j. Raw
ling. Mr. Meyers seconded the nominal
ton of Mr.. Loos.
The Convention then proceeded to bal
lot, with the following result:
Wards. Loos. Dunning. McGrcgor. Rawline