Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-25
/ Spent Ssvslsi Hours Over the Problem Assigned
Them, Last Night-Ths Work Far From
Finished at HalfPast Eleven.

The special Council Committee on
Standing Committees met at half-past
seven o'clock last night and spent four
hours in endeavoring to make up the
standing Committees in satisfactory
way. Matters went on fairly well until
the Committee on Railroads was reach
ed. about a quarter of eleven o'clock,
but in attempting to arrange that body
in a satisfactory manner, a snag was
struck that could not be gotten cut OF
the way in half an hours work, and an
adjournment was taken until this even
ing.
By the terms Of the famous compro-
mise by which the deadlock was brok-
en- the Committees were to be divided
up as to the chairmanships, and each
was also to be equally divided between
the two parties. The law requires that all
Committees Of eight shall be taken equal
IL from the First and Second Branches
and one member from each OF the
eight wards. and although at first glance
this may seem an easy thing 70 do, 1t Is
in reality very difficult, and when, in
addition, gentlemen assigned the task
are handicapped by half-a-dozen re-
quests from Councimen to go on GER
tain Committees, and an equal number
from others who do not want TO .go on
certain other Committees, the job
is not only difficult, but some
times approaches the impossible,
and IL would take rather an expert
chess player to make the necessary
moves. In fact, before the session OF
last night had progressed very far the
gentlemen of the Special Committee
were willing to lay politics aside as TO
members of Committees and TO give and
take also in the matter of
requests. But still, even with
these mutual concessions, there will
be several Councilmen this morning
who will likely find fault with the Com
mittees assigned to them. At times
last night the discussion was spicy and
several refreshingly frank statements
we're made as TO certain persons and
things, while others were alluded TO In
more guarded way.
The most trouble was, Of course, over
the more important Committees like
Fire, Ordinances. Finance, Police and
Railroads, the latter, as has been said,
being particularly hard to arrange and
being given up until tonight, after sew
eral combinations had been tried. An
examination of the list here appended
will show that the list so far as made
up shows very good work
Accounts - Maxwell. Brock and
Grimm.
Cemeteries-Irwin, Filan, Britt, Cad
die, Halter and Deiters.
Claims-Paull, Hadlich, Dobbns,
Zwicker, Fian, Killeen, Caddle and
Knoke.
Contracts-Zulauf, Burke, Hamilton,
Richards. Weidebusch and Farrell.
Elections-Kennedy, Milligan, Dob
bins, Knoke, OMalley, Farrell, Robin
son and Menkemeller.
Equalization and Appeals-Robertson,
Kreiter, Kalbitzer, Robinson, Zoeckler,
Halter and BGchmann.
Finance-Otto, Wheat, Maxwell, Wei
debusch, Richards, Grimm, Brock and
Cruise.
Fire-Hupp, Otto, Horstmann, Mill
gan, Filan. Irwin, Dinger and Grimm.
Health-Deiters, Israel, Warneke,
Mornlngstar, Hadlich, Farrell, Caddie
and Caldwell.
Lights-Horstman Robinson, Menk-
emiler, Burke. wicker, Hupp, Britt
and PAUL.
Markets. Kalbitzer, Bach
mann, Zoeckler, Menkemiller and Hal
Ter.
Ordinances-Kenney, Richards, Dob
bins, Robertson, Weidebusch, Cruise,
Robinson and Zulauf.
Petitions and observation-disclosures,
Killeen, Brill, Warneke, Caddle, Had
Itch, Halter and Otto.
Police-Frew, Richards, Brock, Far
reu, Warneke, Irwin, Robinson and
MOrningstar.
Among the Committees yet to be made
up are Railroads, Lights, Streets, Alleys
and Grades and Water Works-all be-
ing what are known as good Commit
teas -