The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-02

IIlB 0EbhtNh @NsNNtN
notonous Proceedings Of the Day,
Tue deadlock in the second branch OF
Council was broken last night, after a
series Of vain attempts TO accomplish
that end. The president is a Democrat,
but the Republicans named him. They
also secured q written agreement that
they should have fully al much as they
were entitled to under the circum'
stances. Everybody appreciated the
iact early Tuesday night that it was
either a case OF necessary compromise
or a test of endurance. Both sides,
however, were stubborn, and neither
would come to a point which might
possibly look like surrender.
So it stood all uight, and so It stood
all day. The settlement created general
satisfaction,
When the lNTELLIdENcER went to
press yesterday morning the members
were deadlocked at II TO IA on ]. r.
Maxwell, Republican, and Frank Cruise,
Democrat, for president Of the branch.
Hours dragged on without any change.
The first littlU episode OF interest was
when JaniLor John Howell went up In
the gallery aud walked O ledger to col.
lect for his bed. Then forty copies OF
tho INrELLIaEECER arrived and We're
distributed to the members and for
neurly an hour the members were all
absorbed in the paper with an occa-
sional facetious interruption like;
"Hello, Zoockler, ! didn't know you
could readl'
an bet ten dollars his paper . up
side down"
The forty.fourth ballot was taken at
4lO a. m. Same old story. and again
on tho forty.lfth. AT $3.50 q. m. MI.
"Gentlemon; l think you'd better
take another ballot. aud l hope that
each side will SEQ that Ills forces are
present, l do not want to order u ball
lot unless all are on hand"
Mr.. Wheat said: ITO be entirely fair,
suppose tho clerk calls the roll. That
will show il all are present"
Chairman Brock-"A very good sug-
gestion. The clerk will call the roll"
The roll was called-l4to IA, the same
as the uightb before.
Mr.. Brock suggested that some OF
tho members might be embarrassed by
q longer session, and said that 10 long
as he occupied the chair he would re-
fuse to give either side any advantage
by reason OF n members being com
PEELED to leave. Then the forty-sixth
ballot was taken; result, IA to IA.
Mr.. Wheat said: Gentlemen, for
your amusement / will read you
Alexander Frew, I'LL Main street,
undertaken.
"somo Of us III need him soon," some.
body said, and all laughed.
Here's girl
for upstairs work."
For some reason this caused moro
laughter than anything in tho course
OF the night.
Then tho advertisement OF "Hoss and
Hoss' was read.
"That's what we are playing right
here, FREQ OF charge" o member COM
mented. This kind OF thing went on
for some time. Then Mr.. Brock asked
that each side get its representatives
in their seats, as he wanted to call u
vote.
The ballot resulted IA for Maxwell
and II for Cruise. This was tho forty
seventh ballot, and was taken at 6:l0.
Even at that late-or early-hour, there
were ten spectators, most OF them
awake, in the chamber.
Mr.. Wheat said: "Mr. Zoeckler. l no.
tiCe a good piece OF news in the INTEL
LIdENosR: 'I'he rise in the price of pork
shows no signs OF an abatement
Then all laughed.
Mr.. Cruise soon after arose and said
he wanted to say o few words in the in.
terest Of harmony.
Tho burden OF his argument was that
the Democrats ought to have the Sec
ond branch Craftsmanship, because tho
Republicans had the mayor. He did
not care personally for it, so it wal a
Democrat.
MIR. Wheat comhated this. The Dem.
ocrats, he said, had q majority on joint
ballot, and would get all the plums that
had money in them, and the Republi-
cans ought to have some OF the honor.
airy places. Otherwise, they would stay
awhile
Nj. Cruise; enough said"
There was no episode till S:15 q. M,
when @. L. VanKeuren sent up break.
fast for the Republican members and
lNrELLI0ENcEG reporter. Hot buck
wheat cakes, beefsteak, coffee, fried
potatoes and trimmings served to re-
lieve n half hour or SO Of the general
monotony
Then the roll was called again with.
out change. Tic forty.ninth was just
the same, and it was 9a. m.
There weSp some funny scenes when
members went to sleep on tables and
were dumped of, and things like that.
Not very many ballots were taken
through tho day, and a lne dinner from
Van Keuren's, was about the only thing
to relieve the monotony. A game OF
cards was gotten up in an ante room.
Members friends came in to cheer them
up. At 1;15 n! m. the ffty.third ballot
was called, withoutresult.
The gallery and lobby were packed all
day.
The frat thing that looked like a pos.
Rible break was when acting Chairman
Brock announced, about or. M, that
tho two opposing sides would withdraw
and consult AZ a result Of this con.
sultRtlon the Republicans proposed and
tho Democrats rejected tho following
propositions
I'VE propose 10 the opposition that
tho Republican members OF the second
branch Of Council will glvo or take, as