Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-15
A DEMOCRATIC BOARD
Of Gas Trustees Elected by Council,
Last Night
VICTORY AFTER A HARD FIGHT.
Republicans, S1spsehng They Were Doomed to
Lose Irisd Hard TO Prevent he Joint
Session, Bu Were fOresd 10
Yield at Las.
The New Gas Board.
Il. Il. DUNLEVY,
EDWARD NJ. HOLIDAY,
E. BUCHANAN.
Marksf Master, second Ward.
FRANK MORAN.

agreed upon at the joint session oil
Council on October 10th for reSump-
ton of political hostilitIes over the City
Gas Board.
As a result big lobby early gathered
at the City Hall, attracted by a pos
sible repetition Of the sparkling all
night session Of month ago. Long
before there was a Councilman on the
floor, there was over one hundred spec
tators in the lobby, while the corridors
were dotted with little groups Of poll.
ticlans of both parties. At nine o'clock
the attendance was over three hundred.
The Councllmen OF both parties met
together before the Council session, the
Democrats In the Office Of the Prose
cutting Attorney and the Republicans
at room outside the City Hall. Not
all the Republicans were present at
this preliminary gathering, Messrs.
Dobbins, Robinson and one or two
other FIRST Branch members preferring
to await the coming Of their brethren
in the Council chamber.
At ten minutes of eight the Republi-
can members began to drop in, aud at
eight the Democrats appeared, the
Branches were called TO order, and the
routine business was commenced, as
will be found duly set forth elsewhere.
1t was a lively and interesting night,
from a political point of view. At ten
minutes OF niue Mr.. Cruise moved that
the First Branch be invited to go into
Joint session TO elect a Board OF Gas
Trustees, and the motion was declared
to have prevailed before Mr.. Maxwell
could ask for contemplated division.
After a few minutes Mr.. Maxwell
moved TO adjourn. Lost, ayes 20, noes
IL, Messrs. Frew and Miiligan voting
with the Democrats and Filan with the
Republicans. The Republicans were
noticesbly uneasy, and seemed to-
have a well.defned idea that the joint
session BODIED no good for them.
At 9:O7 Mr.. Kenney moved TO adjourn;
lost, ayes 20, noes 21, Messrs. Frew and
Mnligan voting in the negative with
the Democrats.
At 1922 Messrs. Maxwell and Wheat
announced their intention OF going ont.
The Chair said they couldn't so In that
way, and directed the officer on duty TO
refuse members eRress from the floor.
Mr.. Maxwell-Well, l just guess
we'll go.
The two members made start, but
they didn't get farther than the railing
dividing the lobby from the remainder
OF the room, where they ran against
Officer WiIkie.
After a parley between the two
members and the officers:
Officer Wilkie-How about this, Mr..
Chairman?
The Cha ir-They can go il they ask
permission.
Mr.. Wheat Texcitedly l-Idid ask per-
mission. went right up to that table
aud asked permission.
The Chair-I didn't hear you. II you
ask permission you can go.
The members then retired, and sew
ersl others on the Republican side
asked permission and followed. Final
". when nearly all the Republicans had
thus slipped off, Mr.. Britt was refused
permission to 60, and the roll being
called, but sixteen responded. Mr..
Britt made a big kick to 90 out. but
the Chair wouldn't have it, and he re.
luctantly took his seat.
During all this time President Jacob,
Of the Wheeling Railway Company,
was speaking in the First Branch on
the Zane street ordinance there pend
ing, thereby keeping the joint session
from converting. The Republican
leaders on the floor of the First Branch
were soon fully acquainted with the
situation on the Second, and resolved
to play the street railway matter for
all IL was worth, as a means OF firing
out the Second Branch and thus max
ing a Joint session impossible last night.
To this end the Republican members
resorted TO every artihce TO proloug
the consideration Of the ordinance,
asking Judge Jacob and Mr..
Erskine all manner OF unim-
portant questions and leading them
on to make long and needless explana-
tiOns upon unimportant matters. The
Democrats, on the contrary, made every
effort to bring the debate to head and
lay the ordinance aside, but the minor
ity were once aided by the votes OF
Messrs. Farrell and PAUL, Democrats,
and several times by the rulings OF the
Mayor, and were enabled to keep up
the policy OF delay. Mr.. Richards was
especially loQuacious, talking up
one side OF the measure and
down the other, and making FREE
oueRt little excursions off TO one side
or the other. Whenever there was an
attempt to shut him of be would make
a long-winded appeal for fair play or
an elaborate explanation OF the perth
nency OF the especial unimportant mat
Ter he was discussing TO the general
subject, and would then go back over
tho main subject of his original
speech preliminary TO taking up the
thread of his remarks. At one
time Mr.. Erskine said he would
net push further consideration OF the
matter, and for a few minutes there
seemed TO be some prospect OF getting
Mr.. Richards of the floor, but he man
aged to stick to his feet, and al ten
O'Clock was engaged in pointless dis
sertation on street improvements, care
Of streets, practical control OF
thoroughfareS versus theoretical ideas,
etc e, to the immense amusement OF the
Republican members and the lobby and
the corresponding disgust OF
Democratic members. In the
Second Branch the remaining members
"a BARGE quorum pacing IN
easily around. ehs6Dg under the delay
thus imposed upon them, and heartily