Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-26

In spite OF the REGISTERS appeal there
are Democrats who will not vote the
straight Democratic ticket tomorrow.
They know something better than that
Igtslligsnesr.
Our neighbor seems to be quite I'M
able to take OF its partisan specs, even
when looking at the plain business
proposition which will be settled by
the people to-day, when they choose
the men who will manage the city's
plain business affairs for the next two
years. The IntelligGlcer is partisan
from core to rind. It's desire to return
to the selfish, partisan methods en-
ployed when gentlemen Of the Intel
Ii9enesr's ilk iran" Council simply for
the sake Of parcelling out the Offices
among themselves, is proof Of it. Else
Why should it dodge the truth and mis-
represent the present administration,
the best the city has ever had. 1t does
so, not because it believes what it says,
for it does not, but simply because the
present administration is Democratic
and il wants it to be Republican.
Compare the records. Six years ago
the Council which came into control was
the sort sof Council the Iptelligeacer
wants elected again. One Of its first
acts was to vote one Of its Republican
members into the Marketmastership;
another was 20 vote another Of its Re-
publican members into the City Solicit
torship; another was TO vote still anoth-
or Of its Republican members the
outrageous sum OF $500 for a picture ne
had painted And what did this Coun-
ell do for the city? Nothing. After it
had stuffed itself with all the spells it
cold lay hands on, it sat down and let
the city run itself. The only act of idl-
portance It did was to pass a mO2 par
tisan and unfair gerrymsnder o. the city
in the hope that it might eng TO the
Offices By a minority vote. 1t took a
landslide 70 turn it cut but it was
ousted root and branch, and the present
administration, or -ather its immediate
predecessor, which is practically the
same thing, came in.
Now compare it's record with the fore
going.
One Of its first acts was to pass resO-
luton stopping the parcelling out OF
.he Offices among Councumen, which
had been the scandal Of its predecessor.
1t took hold OF the public business with
a firm grip and by wise and economical
management it has given US better
city government, better department
officials, more numerous, greater and
more valuable improvements than we
had had for a generation, or longer,
before 10 came into power.
As to the reassessment Of city prop
erty about which the Mtelligencer and
its ofice-seeking friends raise such a
loud and hypocritical howl, it was neces-
sary and justified by the increased
value Of property. If the Assessors
were at fault in their valuations in in
stances, the aggrieved parties had the
Board Of Equalization and Appeals to
settle the disputes, and it was certainly
not the fault OF Council. The members
OF the latter body did not pass the
reassessment ordinance for fun, nor
for personal gaiu--it was their property
as we'll as that Of others that came in
for a revaluation.
Again the IRteUigCncer speaks OF "the
peculiar transacting Of the gas board
business which the Council has never
dared TO investigate" II was the TpteIli-
gcucers false, hypocritlcal and contemp-
tible clamor about this that helped elect
Sheriff FRANzHEDI, who was clerk Of
the Gas Board. The HltelligeRcer is per-
fectly aware Of the fact that there never
was a shadow of wrong doing or wrong
intent in connection with that simple
affair which by covert hints and innu-
endo it attempted to turn to partisan
advantage, in the late election. The
people knew it, endorsed Mr.. FRANZ
HEM and turned the InteIli0encer down.
There are the records Of the two adj
miniStrations, the one. the loose, parti-
san methods, Of which the IRtelligencer
wants to have returned to use, and the
present administration.
The people will choose between them
to-day.
VOTE to keep the present excellent
city Boards in control. We need good
men in those places.