Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-20
ANOTHER CAMPAIG
TIE CITY ELECTION CREATING TALK AMONG
POLITICIANS
Some Of Those Mentioned For the Offices and the
Salaries Attached to the More Important
Places in the City Government

hdTuty udu lnGcEOot III 0uO ASSN'S -
the State and National election abated
when the approaching municipal cam
paign came TO the front, and during the
past week there has been good deal Of
gossip and speculation regarding candi-
dates for the various offices. Both po-
liticaI parties are secretly getting things
in shape for the contest, aud one meet
ing of the Democratic City Executive
Committee has already been held, and
another is called for this evening, at
the Wheeling Democratic Club building,
on Main street, near Twentieth, wnere
the various candidates for the Offices
are expected to assemble TO meet the
Committee and talk things over. a
number Of prominent politicians are
expected to attend this meeting, ana
quite large gathering is anticipated.
Tomorrow evening the Council Com
mittee on Elections is called to meet al
the City Hall, for consultation with
City Clerk Thoner and City Solicitor
Riley, preparatory to laying out the
city into election precincts, locating
the polling places, etc. The suo-diVis-
ions made within the city for the STATE
and National election will not do Tor
the city election, for the reason that
while In that instances the districts
were sub-divided into precincts, for the
city election it is the wards which must
be divided, and the district and ward
lines do not coincidein all cases. For IN
stance, Madison district only runs
south as far as Eleventh street. while
the Second Ward runs to Twelfth,
and the line between Clay and Union
Districts is at Fifteenth, while the
Third and Fourth Ward lines are at
Sixteenth. About forty polling places
will be required within the limits OF the
city, as there were S,557 votes cast Tor
President within the corporate limits at
the late election. The same booths,
tables, ETC., will be used at the city
election as at the State election, for the
city owns half the stuff, having paid
oue-half the bill at the time OF the pur-
chase,
Candidates and possible candidates
for the various city offices are being
talked about all over town, sometimes
with the consent Of the gentlemen
named and sometimes without such con-
sent, and perhaps without even their
knowledge. For Mayor on the Demo
cratic side the name Of Judge George
E. Boyd, William Myles, Robert Simp-
son, Louis C. Stifel and Mayor Seabright
are spoken of, while on the Republican
side Augustus POllack, Hugo Loos and
Henry Seamon have been mentioned.
The office pays $1,000. For City
Sergeant the Democratic names
mentioned are Chief McNichol and
Smith Butler, while the Republicans
named are James G. Devne and Thos
E. Bennett. The place is worth about
81, 800. For City Clerk Thomas f.
Thoner, the present efficient clerk,
seems to have no opposition on the
Democratic side; on the Republican
side Charles SchultEe has been mem
toned. This Office Is worth 81, 500.
John Crockard will have no opposition
as wharf-master. The compensation is
in the shape OF fees and does not foot
up great deal. There is a good deal
of talk about the candidates for the
Offices to be selected by Couacil, but
there has been little In the way or
disqualification as yet. For Solicitor
Col. Robert White and General Alfred
Caldwell have been suggested by Dem
Gratis, while Republicans have nam ed
William Erskine and B. S. Allison.
The office pays 1000. DR.. Spragg has
been named as good man TO keep in
the health, office by Democratic coun-
Gil, while some Republicans have
thought DR.. Baguley would suit them
should they have the offices
to give away. The salary is
81, 900. John Howell, as janitor of the
city hall, seems to have no opposition,
and no one seems to have come promi-
nently to the front for City Receiver or
some of the other offices. They may be
expected to be heard from within the
next few days. however, as it will not
be long now until nominations will be
in order, as the election occurs in Jan
uary.