Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-27

stay away and dscsiVs the blic as TO
their partisan scheme. Furtbermore,
it was Councils regular meeting night.
Finally, when the Republicans did
reach the City Hall there was n0reason
on earth except a base partisan Repub-
lican reason why there should not have
been a Joint session and an election, for
there was a majority of both branches
present. This is 3 fagrant case of d.
rect defiance Of law by the Republican
partisans in Council Excuse number
two. that the Republicans were angered
! by the alleged attempt of a police
man TO arrest one of their number and
bring him forcibly to Council, is simply
pure invention and utterly without
foundation. No arrest or anything saw
orlng Of an arrest was made Of any mem
Der Of Council by any member OF the
police force, and the Intslligsncer and
the Republican leaders know they
are guilty Of gross aud deliberate false
hood in stating aught to the contrary.
In fact the Republican member alleged
TO have been arrested rode 10 the City
Hall in a hack voluntarily, accompanied
by no one but another member Now,
observe the trick invented by the in
genious and deep Republican mind TO
escape going into joint session: Alight-
ing from his hack on the corner the
Republican member sent for police
man. The officer innocently responded.
and by so doing gave the Republicans
the excuse they wanted; then the deep
laid plot was sprung, the sig
nal was given, a Republican member
had been seen walking toward
the City Hall with q policeman
and the righteous indignation" Of the
deeply scheming Republican members
was so great that, having majority OF
one In the Second Branch. they imme-
diately adjourned. What Machievel-
Ian plot What brain that conceived it!
A ten-year.old boy who would hatch no
better schemes would be termed weak
minded. This would be cunning plot,
which was in fact exposed on the spot,
was the basis for the adjournment. IL
was prearrauged aud had to be carried
out to complete the Republican plan TO
throw over the election, and a: the same
me close the public eye TO the rankest
exhibition Of partisauship ever seen in
Council. What do the people Of Wheel
ing think Of the Republican leaders and
their able and faithful following?
The facts are as stated 10 the begin
ming. The Republicans are determine ed
to disobsy the law and throw the election
OF FIRE chief over TO the next council, 10
which they hope to have good work
ing majority. They don't want to miss
a bit OF the spoil, and they want TO
begin in advance,
Aud now the duty of the Democratic
members is plain,
They should call special meeting at
once. They should compel the attend
snce Of sufficient number of Rspubi'
cans, under the ordinance for that pur-
pose, to make a quorum and proceed to
business as required by the law.
Democratic members should have
made vigorous protests at Tuesday
evenings session against the Outlandish
trlckery Of the Republicans that the
public might have fully understood the
situation, at once, instead Of allowing
this mere child's trick so elumsily played
to pass almost unnoticed.
The Democrats cannot now afford to
neglect the duty that is plainly before
them. They should carry out the law.
Ths public will deal with the Republl-
can bushwhackers later.