Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-28
A LIVELY yBBATB
IN COUNCIL, LAST NIGHf, OVER TIE ANNUAL
LICENSE ORDINANCE.
All Sorts Of Slot Machines Will Hereafter b
Taxsd-Ths Question Of City Wages
Miscellaneous Business.

OOuDClImeQ W6ES SlOW dOOue Rot1iAb
around to the City Hall, last evening,
and 1t was fully eight o'clock before
quorum was drummed up. The session
was long one, made so by the ordinances
reported from the Committee on Ordi-
nances. The annual license ordinance
provoked very lively debate. but went
through substantially as IL came from
the Committee.
The Committee on Ordinances report
ed action upon seven measures, as fol-
lows: The ordinance prohibiting the
use of salt on the streets TO melt snow
and ice, inexpedient; License ordinance,
ordinance amending the ordinance in
relation to streets and alleys; TWO ordl-
nances amending secs l and "a and IS
of the ordinance in relation to offences:
an ordinance relating to the use OF
paved streets, all favorable, and an
ordinance changing the name OF Mu-
nicipal Court to Police Court, in certain
cases, inexpedient.
The annual license ordinance was the
first one taken up. Upon the second
reading, M Cruise offered an amend
ment placing a license tax upon the
milk men, of SO for one-horse wagon
and So for two-horse wagon. The
amendment was concurred in. When
the clause levyinR tax of S. per day on
pool sellers at the State Fair grounds,
came up, Mr.. Wheat moved to amend
by making it S25 day, and said he
would make it $50 day il he could get
support. at ought to be prohibitory,"
said Mr.. Wheat. THE men who come
here are strangers, and if Council is TO
recognize this peculiar species OF gam
bling, the men engaged IN 1t ought TO
be made pay for IL. The selling OF
pools may not be unlawful, but it ought
10 be-" Mr.. Cruise suggested that the
rate was made low in order to aid the
State Fair, which was a good thing for
the town, and had hard struggle from
the start In reply to this, Mr.. Wheat
said that the State Fair was not char
liable institution, and even IL it was,
the Council was to look out for the
interests of the city, and not for private
enterprises.
There was quite leng debate, car
ried on by Messrs. Cruise, Wheat,
Dinger, Hamilton and others. Mr.. Ham
ilton said he was in favor Of making
pool selling prohibitory, if he could.
Ii was time the city of Wheeling threw
some safeguards about our young meR.
"I'd hate to be a young man in these
days"
MIR. Filan-Maks that sort OF a mo-
ton, and I'll second 1t.
Mr.. Hamilton-I move to make pool
selling prohibitory.
Mr.. Fian-Second the motion.
The Chair ruled it out. and put the
question on Mr.. Wheat's motion TO
make it S25 per day. Lost, ayes 5, noes
IA, the former Messrs. Dinger, Frew,
Wheat Zoeckler and Mr.. Preside Mt.
Mr.. Wheat then moved to strike out
all relating to pool selling, at any place
within the city, making all sorts Of pool
selling unlawful.
Mr.. Cruise said ii that was adopted,
they might as we'll kill the State Fair,
for a Fair could not be held without
horse racing, and there would be no
horse racing without pool selling. of
you do that you will put pool selling on
Just the same basis as policy playing.
Policy is unlawful, but it is peddled all
over town, and no doubt the mover OF
the resolution knows it. May be he
plays it,"
Mr.. Wheat-Where is the Police Com
mittee?
Voice-Do you play policy?
Mr.. Wheat never do. Laughter.
Mr.. Gruse-Maybe you play some
thing not quite so innocent!
Mr.. Wheat That's part Of my own
business. Laughter
Mr.. Wheat took the floor in reply to
Mr. Cruise, and said the cutting of OF
pools would not hurt the Fair much.
Mr. Gruse-Horsemen will not bring
their horses here if there is no pool
selling.
Mr. Wheat-Then let them keep their
horses at home. Laughter
Mr.. Wheat went on TO say that pool
selling was demoralizing, and led min
ors 10 gamble, and Mr.. Hamilton
thought the cutting off Of pool-Selling
won d not hurt the State Fair much.
The question was put on the motion
TO strike out, and it was lost, ayes 3,
noes Il; the former Messrs. Wheat,
Hamilton and Morningstar.
Mr.. Wheat then moved to make the
daily tax on booksellers at the State
Fair $50. Lost, ayes 6, noes IA; the
former Messrs. Hamilton, Morningstar,
Wheat, Isreal, Dinger and Mr.. Presl-
dent.
Mr.. Wheat then moved that the IL
cense be $50 a day, Whereupon Mr..
Cruise said she thing was becoming mo-
notonous To adopt such a resolution
would be to cripple and finally kill the
State Fair. Council ought to TO try to
encourage the State Fair instead OF
hurting il by seeking to keep away horse
men and breaking up the racing. With
ing racing the Fair would not be at
tractiVe.
Mr.. Wheat denied these PROPOSE
tions, and said Mr.. Gruse's ideas
were laughabe. He held that
no possible harm would come
10 the Fair Association, while the city
would be much benefited. The motion
was lost, ayes 6, noes IA, the same as
before.
This defeat seemed to exhaust Mr..
Wheat, leaving the pool rate at the Fair
Grounds s. per day, and the reading Of
the ordinance proceeded.
The next amendment was offered BY
Mr.. Cruise, who had "bills of exchange"
inserted in the clause applying to
brokers.
Mr.. Wheat offered an amendment
taxing slot machines as follows: One
cent machines, Sc per year; five cent
machines, So per year; ten cent ma
chimes, S24 per year. The amendment
was cOncurred in.
The ordinance was then passed and
went to the First Branch, Mr.. Hamilton
voting no. The First Branch concurred
in the measure.