The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-10

Attic Meeting OF the Council Commiite,
on Ordinance. = Many Dl,tingnlshed
Visitor. Present = Captain Doysntr'.
Able .champlonlng % Those who Deslr,
Uninterrupted slumbtr-Nsst Hound
on Monday Evening Other Meetings.
Simply BECAUSE the poor Innocent calf
insists, on! bawllng within the city limits
Of Wheeling. contrary to an Ordinance,
there is quito a stir In city legislative
circles, eliminating In. a largely attend
ed meeting OF the city council commit
tee on ordinances last evening.
No council committee within a year
has had so many Interested spectators.
First on the list comes Congressman
Doyener; he did most OF the talking.
Then there was blum old Captain John
X. Booth OF the packet Liberty. he
managed to slide In q word edgewise
when Captain Dovener wasn't looking.
City Solicitor Boyce WINS there. too: he
had his innings also. Captain Cline, OF
OF the packet Lexington, stood outside
the d%oorsand dlgested all the wisdom
that was expounded inside. Mrs. John
X. List and Miss Wilson. OF the West
Virginia Humane Society, were there,
and ably defended the interests Of the
calf. Butcher Rnhrig wdsn'tlost In the
shuttle, either; he gaye expert tsstl-
mony as to the fallacy Of the theory that
q muzzle that stops the breath OF q calf
Injuries the animal Mr.. Guy r. c.. Az
len WIS there as legal advisor OF the HUI
name folks, and Captain bob" Me-
Nichol, the agent of the society, vas
there also. Mr.. Carney, OF theaHotel
Windsor, was another of the Interested
spectators. OF the committee those pres
ent were:i Chairman Stathers. Messrs.
7. G. Britt. ]. a.. Britt, and A. II. Weld
ebusch.
II the calves could only have been
present, endowed with human intelll-
gence and understanding, they would as
suredly have had a case of "swelled
head" Probably calves never before
received so much attention and never
before were the subject OF so much .clo-
quence. Half Of the wind wasted In the
committee meeting last night would
have given the breath of life to several
score OF muzzled calves.
The ball opened with the reading Of a
petition signed by many residents along
Water street ON the city side OF the riv-
er and Of Front street,On the Island side,
protesting against the repeal OF the pres
ent city ordinance which enforces the
use OF muZ2les on calves on steamboats,
while at the Wheeling landing between
9Sp. M and 6 a. me- The petition was
read by Captain Dovener, who ably
%championed the interests ofFthe people
who object to being kept awake by the
dismal bawling OF the youthful bovines.
Very adroitly' he said that there Is such
a thing as inhumanitv to human beings,
meaning that 1t Is inhumane to disturb
the slumbers OF Water and Front street
residents. He alleged that when calves
are properly muzzled there Is no cruel
ty. II there is cruelty it is because the
ordinance Is not obeyed to the letter. An
other thing, 1t is not as much the muZ-
zling of the calves, but the starving of
them that works the harm which the hui
name society people object to. He
claimed that all who signed the petit
ton against the repeal are sympathizers
in the humane business, but they are
also in business and have residences
near the scene Of action" on the part OF
the calves.
City Solicitor Boyce Interrupted the
captain in a flight OF silver tongued or
dkOlS Will TIT btdlelltlllA ttllIa llc CVIl-
mittee could do nothing but frame an
ordinance repeating the present ordi-
nance, as that is what they have been
instructed to do by council. Those who
object to, the repeal must raise their OBJ
jections before council or in committee
after the new ordinance has been re-
ferred. as 1t possibly will be.
Captain Dovener insisted that the
committee could frame the new ordi-
nance In such 4 manner that evere PEN
alties for Noncompliance with its pro-
visions can be fixed, such as requiring
consignees to take away calves imme-
diately upon delivery by steamboats, at
the public landing. This view. was
agreed to by City Solicitor Boyce.
Air. Allen next spoke and referred to
the d~esirability of repeating the present.
ordinance.
Captain McNichol, agent OF the hu-
name society. had examined the muz-
Zles now In use and found thatlthe calves
are often nearly killed by their use, and
in some instances have been killed. He
interviewed butchers who had had the
same experience.
Mr. Carney, OF the Windsor, said that
in his opinion, the muzzllng OF the
calves does not lnjure them. He asked
Mr.. Rohrig, a butcher, IL this was not
true, and that gentleman had said 1t
WINS. He claimed that but one calf had
died here by being muzzled, and that
n was improperly fastened.
There was an attempt to govern in
some way the calves that pass through
on boats for ports beyond Wheeling,
but 1t was seen that the city cannot at
tempt to control or in any way restrict
interstate commerce.
Captain Booth suggested that the
butchers build a stock-yard in the lower
part of town for the reception OF calves
from steamboats,, but Chairman Stath-
ers entered u vigorous objection; he Is
from the Eighth ward.
Finally the committee adjourned until
next Monday evening, when Solicitor
Boyce will report ar ordinance on the
lines suggested at last nights meeting.
Other City business.
The committee on petitions and re-
monstrances met in City Clerk Dannen-
berS's Office and afterrsome discussion
and hearing one objection, agreed "a; re-
port favorably the application Of Heron
& Carey, for a saloon license on the Sec
ond ward market square.
The committee n markets met last
evening and recommended bills for pay
mcnt aggreGuting $62G 10, Including
George Lemons bill of $50 As for the
paving OF the Fifth ward market house.
AND STILL THEY COME.
A Grandson OF Henry Clay Comes Over TO