The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-20
IS A LET,UP
In the Stream OF Announcements
on the Republican Side.
THE LINEUP FOR TIE BATTLE
OF Hni,o,s at the Republican Primaries on
December ~ Serms 10 Have i,een Cons
rltted-Mnyur Caldwell sun N the ro-
iitieai Fence, Ills Card Not Vet Appears
ing-sketchcs OF the Republican Aspir,
an,s for city 0mee.

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There has bcon n break In tho stream
OF announcements Of candidates for Re-
publican municipal nominations which
will be settled at the primary election OF
the party TO bc held uu Saturday, De-
cember l2. Not an announcement was
made yesterday and It appears that the
~'lirs-up' for the battle has been com
pletod, There Is only mi doubtful
point-not one OF wcakness-and that IL
the lndcclsion OF Mayor Caldwell In rG-
Training from announcing whether he
IL going 10 remain In the field o. n can
dldate for the mayorallty nomination or
pull of, as It was generally understood
he would do early In the week.
This morning the lntclliGenccr COM
ple,es the series OF sketches OF the va
rlous candidates, those given In this
issue being the men who aspire to the
nomination for chief OF police. city clerk
and whsrfmastcr.
Here they are; theyarc yours to choose
from:
Chief Of Police.
Capt. Thomas d. Bennett was born on
the present site OF tho Masonic Temple
on Market street. October 20. lSi7.lle
was educated Mt tho old Fifth ward
school where he studied until he was ton
years old, He left school TO help support
a large family OF sisters and brothers.
He went 10 work NJ llamilton's foundry
where he was employed until 1864,
when he entered the army. He served
us q soldier until the close OF tho war,
when he accepted Il position as puddler
ut the Riverside Iron works. lie work.
ed AZ this trade until his election as chief
of police In 1851. lie served In this
capacity for four years. When he re-
tired he went 10 work at thu Riverside
nnd remained there until he was elected
Chief Of Police agnIn two years s He
has given the city an administration
above reproach. and no police force has
ever given greater satisfaction han the
present one
Samuel X. Johnson Is a native OF the
Sixth ward, and first saw the light OF
doy thirty-SS years aSO. lie was ,edu-
Gated In the old Fifth and Sixth ward
schools, and vas 4 favorite with the
boys who grew up with him. He left
school early TO go to work In the River
side nail factory and learned his trade
? feeding nails, at which he continued un-
III the nai!crs strike. when he left the
mill TO accept a position In the tailoring
establishment OF eX-Mayur SeahriGht.
where ne has been employed since.
Since he has been able to walk and talk
Sam has been a Republican. He has
friends all over the city who ere work.
ing hard TO ecure his nomination.
City Clerk.
Charles II. Watkins was born on
Wheeling Island, Ohio county. Virginia,
on March 10, 1872. and Is one OF the brs.
known residents OF Wheeling. His
father was a river man and Is known all
aionS the Ohio valley as one OF the best
pilots OF his day. He ran ferries be-
tween the wharf and the Island before
the suspension bridge was built, and
afterwards became toll taker on the
bridge. Mr.. Watkins was educated In
the public schools and finished Il course
OF book keeping nj Dun's college in
Pittsburgh. When the war broke out he
answered his count:y's call. and went
10 the front as Il member Of Carlin's
battery. He was L faithful soldier and
was captured after about. two years SER
vice and held at Belle Isle for some time.
He was hOnorably discharged and at
the close OF the var accepted q position
as book keeper In the National bank Of
West Virginia. where he remnired for
owe six years. Since that time he has
been book keeper FOR several firms oh
Main street. Mr.. Watkins enjoys the
distinction OF being the oldest contln-
uous resident living on the Island. and
the house II which he was born on
South Front street, still stands.
William ?. Steinbicker. candidate for
city clerk. Is In Eighth ward boy,
having been born and reared In the low
er ward. where he has q host OF friends,
He is IS years OF aEe, and IS an expert
accountant. He was educated In tho
public schools md Is a graduate OF
Fraz!er's business college. He has been
book keeper for several firms. including
+ Joseph Spe!del & Co, Kirbach & Helm.
bright and Logan & Company, being a:
present employed at the last named.
Whhrfmnster.
Edward H. Crock2rd, Il OF the candl-
dates for the Republican wharrmaster
nomination. Is a young man, but he Is
fitted for the work by being employed
on the wharfboat as clerk. He Is n sor
OF Hugh Crockard. shipping clerk at the
Riverside iron works. and nephew OF
Captain John C%rOckard. one of the own
ers Of the city wharfboat. Mr.. Crock
ard Is twenty-five Yeas OF age. and has
been employed on the wharfboat nearly
q year. Previous 10 that time he was
employed ut the Riverside Iron worke
as a car builder. He Is an active Re.
publican, and during the late campaign
was n member OF the H. c. Richards
1 EIx-Footcrs.
Ad Everett. of the Island. Is another
nspirant for the wharfmaster nomIna-
tlon. lie Is a veteran st~eamboatmnn.
having presided in the pilot houses ol
many towboats between Pittsburgh and
Cincinnati. Until the lelanders' ferry
boat Charleston retired, he was one o.
the pilots on that craft.
John W. N~Orrington, the present
wharfmastcr, was born nj CresslptOwn
Md. March Q. 1851. and ono year later h,
was brought to Wheeling by mis- parents
who later moved on n farm u the Bal.
y timore and Ohio road, where they LIVED
until John was fourteen years Of age
IiR mother died when he mad rrachef
this Agc. and young NorrinGtOn decided
10 start out In the world to make 4
living. He first ven to RcIlaire. where
he learned the cigar making trade witt
r., Hccker. lie came to Wheeling In
1869 and went TO wor ut VI. Mareb's
factory, where hchns worked most Of tn,
time ever since. lie received the Re.
u publican nomination Tor wharrmas;1i
in 1894. and ran against Fred IIusc.
ruhn. now deceased, and WAS elected h,