The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-22

rs. rroposed city chartcd may he
.c,n,lled 60 the people for their sane
Nam or rejection Al the genera! election
mitch Is to be held on the third Thurs
S,v IN January. The election ordinance
,,ri "a Nrtorc the first branch Of couh-
eli tonight and will be voted upon by
majority OF the mCmbera who Will
,r,hsnIy decide that the people should
h. Given ,be opportunity to say wheth-
ar or not the new charter shall tc rec
onmcndcd to the state Legislature.
lplrll.gcGctr reporters yesterday IN
,,ryirwed members OF the first branch
AZ council. and OF the fourteen seen
hy found ten ncmbcrs who were In
,.y1r Of having Il 80 10 the people.
Tho question as to whether SNC-
.ltl election should hO called to con-
SIIcr the matter Is the only point In
,Innrt but trpu The opinions eX-
rre,sed by the cuuncilmen. Il can be
rredirted with safety that the charter
wlll be voted upon at the regular city
Election, which occurs January q.
several reasons are advanced IN Ia
var Of this, the greatest OF which u
,kAt there should I've no extra cN-
rense In an election OF this Kind. when
, regular municipal election Is 50 close
a. hand.
N tina Democratic members will vote
against che submission OF the charter
10 The people. The single exception Is
Nj Alfred PAUL., OF the First ward.
ard besides expressing himsclt In IA
yor Of the charter he said he preferred
having Il submitted at the regular mu-
nictpll election.
CAPTAIN William Otto. NJ the same
ward, Is alsN in favor OF submitting Il
in the people, but Is as yet undecided
whether /. would be better to have 1t
voted on Mt the city election or at y
separate election.
Mr. Zwic&ef. OF the Fourth ward, said
he was not In favor OF the charter 20
INK to the people IN Its present form.
art would, therefore, vote against K.
He said. however. II II passed the body
he EaS 10 favor " II coming before the
people ~ 4 special election and not ut
.hc general election.
Mr.. Charles Menkemcllcr.o OF the Fifth
ward, said he was against Il AMI
would vote that way. II Il comes 10 a
vote. however, he would favor the gen.
eral election.
N-. Charles Ebeling. OF the Sixth
ward, Is IN favor y; S!vInG II to the
N+rpl. for their sanction. OF rejection,
aal says that he tIYorS giviau them
the opportunity to vote on the question
a; the general election.
Nj. Cecil Robinson. Of the Seventh
ward, said his vote nv the last meet
Ing o. the council expressed his opin-
!Na He Is IN favor OF H., aad thinks II
should be voted on ~ special ciS'-
ton Ue is IN favor OF this Tor the rca-
>ol that the people should not con-
fau3d the char;c. with any political
question or with any Office in the slit
o. the people. s.a
NJ. Richards said he did not know
whether ne would be prcScn: or not.
ard In dealing with the question Of
when the charter should be submitted.
Re said that two questions should be
considered; one. whether the charter
would be considered seriously II II
came up nj the regular city election.
\ special election would cost several
hundred Io!la-S. Il is the duly OF
council 20 choose ,hc lesser OK these
two evils.
Mr.. Halier sotd he Glin'; know
whether Re would he present ut the
meeting as oil business called him
away a: almost any time lie said,
however. ;hnt he would vo:e Tor the
submission OF the charter ,to the poo
Il" AZ the regular city election.
Mr.. P F. Farrell. Ike the others, said
h. 'lidr't know whether he would be-
i0.gseHi 81 to-nlch:'s meeting or not.
lie had Eot made up his mind how 10
vote. He said he was not in politics and
MadnS given the matter much thought.
Mr. Dawson. Of the Eighth ward,
AMI NJ. McKclvey, OF the seventh,
voted for the submission otsthc char
tar before and win vote for II tonight.
T7cy viii moi favo. u special election.
.nrcTrr.
There was some talk about town
It's, night u the effect thai the ordi-
Esrrr would 10 back to the ordinance
Committee when the date OF holding
tie r,gcti"u Is changed. This Is n :IIs-
take all that will be necessary sill be
melton 70 change the date Of holding
to- election. ana by q majority vote
'lr second branch can concur. The
people generally seem to favor SUBJ
Mission az the general election.
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