The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-13
r,,p CRY GOVERNMENT.
C,.ken and taxpayer Mates Como
p,,,Iu.nt nnd C,ndid RenIRriss, Worthy

Citizen and taxpayer Mates Como
r.,,Iu.nt and C,ndid RenIhriss, Worthy
NJ Attention. \.
,ant Edp@ n he intdIigenc,r--u5
cm:-l have been II citizen OF this
ci,y and county since 1860, and have
never sc. seen tho time, when We were
.oeompIctcIy ring" ridden AS We are
today
MS to the interest Of tho taxpayer
,,,ook into tho future, and govern him.
'OI by the past. Wc--have spent
,iousailds OF dollars upon tour high.
woys, and look ut them. Is there any
"cci Of comment? They speak for
,ICm selves. The stone bridge Is al.
o,hcr monumcn. to folly AMI misman-
o"cment in the interest OF tho ma,
Cline" which rules our municipal
Tho electric light plant Is another
"rnr" made in tho interest OF tho
machine" and rs for the light We gct.
rom tho plant it Is all right SO far, but
Hin would only show to the public tho
management, its UeHutliuI HSHk Moulh
bc dimmcd by the "machinc." Wo
know capable mechanics and cleo.
,ricans, citizens, who applied for places,
and were Informed that they had no in.
ducncc and were turned down to make
room Tor tho heelcr and striker.
We have the spectacle OF men sitting
in tho city council, Boosting that they
carry tho streets and alleys in their
pockets. yet voting the peoples money
inliscrlninately.
Take every institution that is operated
IN the city md by the city aud you will
ind ring" Al these rings constitute
tho machine" which manipulatcs tho
politics and policy OF city government.
We have the abuse oil indiscriminGto
licensing Of houses, that respectable
people have asked 10 have turned down.
Why? Because they have = pull"
on the machine. As though there
were not enough bawdy houses,
tho City Council gives these dcns
Of pollution another grip, to NJ
lure young men and women to
their destruction. They are simply
nothing more nor less than houses
Of assignation. We can point to
no less than = half dozen Of the kind
within short distance OF police head
quarters, and tho powers that bc-tl:at
i the machine" wink hcluiescnce.
Verify, "as you SOW. so shall yoalso
reap" This was said by ono hottest
councilman, and We hope that, the next
harves. will be reapcd BY municipal re-
form, 90
Any citizen that will take the trouble
70 look into the standing of all tho
members Of Council, will find that the
majority OF them are nonfeal estate
owners. Why are they so eager to be
elected to Council? There is no cmol-
ument attached. 1t is simply IN nom
orary Office. Because they can re. n
pull on the machine" and get what
there is in it, which is quite an item to
the taxpayer 2gE
It is not necessary to recall these
things to tho mind Of the thinking pub
lie. We know these abuses exist, and
the same influence that is now running
the city into bankruptcy, is seeking to
get its fingers on the county's pulse.
We have the name abroad OF being
the vilcst city between Pittsburgh and
Cincinnati. There arc those who have
the figures to prove that according to
population we have more dens OF polu-
ton than either OF the above named
cities.
We ask the Independent voter, as
we'll as all right minded people, to
pause and look over the affairs OF our
municipal government. before they
cast their ballots for the machine"
that vii! feed and fatten upon the
prOperty-holders ior two more years.
We have no axes to grind, no enemies
TO punish, but ask in the name6f good
. government that there ought 10 be q
purifying oil the moral, as well MS the
municipal, atmosphere.
These things would not exist so open
lyii they had not "a pull" on the ma
chine and city government. 80.
Wcask you to study and reflect before
you give this octopus another lease OF
life, and in another direction.
We have many good and honorable
men who DO not care to hold Office, be-
cause it is too much trouble, but they
Will find that their trouble will begin
when they see anincreasc in their taxes,
asked ior 10 make up some ones mis-
management. NIoRE ASoy.
Wheeling, Nay 10. ,.@,