Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-19

since that evu day in the first
-,.5 when the Republican party
power in This city the leaders
-,- in and out OF Council have
shifting and shutting before
md taxpayers Of this city three
"a Reform, % Economy; 9.
r..-. several allegations have
... here aud there with an the
.-. she'll artist. and much TO
purpose Under deft shifting
and soft aud unceasing purr
. the people have been first
then made TO pay roundly
....r.aee. and then bamboozled
This latter 10 the end that the
a office may be kept there. or
.,. for something better that
..-. who is right" may take
that the machine may CON
f working order. and that Re
mulIgu clubs may continue TO
. aa1.tauon az the expense Of
.. body OF the people. In "a little
es the voters Of the city Will
.. called upon TO make selections
.ars and members o. Council
.. end that they may act in the
as1n the Register proposes TO
...t-.. . few pages of municipal his
...... eHther together a few facts I'D
public Judgment
.. last Democratic administra-
....I rs books. on the 2lst day OK
- 1904 the city was in very fair
shane. All the departments had
..- lid to the standard and all in
.-. trs,auments OF principal on
..-r. maid. save and except two in
.-.. -r 5000 of electric light bonds.
.. Dbl. arsr-taxed gas plant had been
...rtfqtc. but about which there
r1 rush, They bore per cent l.'-
..- and DC the gentlemen then hoialoE
...- rrrreued to- need the money 'heS
v. found q ready market az par
.-.r time as the city could take
...- -, There WIS cash and credits 20
... ..-or1t of SIC esf15 ON hand. as snow"
OBJ. books of ,ne city clerk. and some
.......r.fs of dollars Of uraudited and Hh-
....rrs were carried over. as had always
.... tra case .n ,he practical business OF
.-,. This was the situation when
.... r.--hlf.rrs started their municipal
..,.,frr with "a how. about the dep'or-
.... condition of the city finances. and
- ueop,. gave them chance. Inc
...I, WAS most peculiar species OF ZEE
r,--- ass win be seen from what ioiIo"S-
A-arc other areEa ions made 'E '"'
p..r1t.ars was one that there had oeen
total lack of business methods UNDER
-r. Democratic regime. and that this
,.e.,,r fr-f ba corrected. a specification
MAS -r4t -.tr estimates were made TOO
14+. .- tine year. after about half the
work r.I boon done unou the basis of the
,.rr before. and that good results could
hot therefore follow. They corrected
. erI hv delaying The annual appro-
-.-iar- FOR 1905 almost seven months.
m.u the fag end Of July. meanwhile
mining tla cIty government upon the all
'...f very bad scale adopted by their
U.r.. -.tf, predecessors. This did not
..- great deal either Of reform or Of
f- business methods How &c looked
Pom rr economic standpoint we will pro-
...H .0 show.
1873 OH. total receipts Of the city gov
srr..- from 5I sources. with only the
r- Decent tax levy. was HSIjI512. and
This g,r-i was from taxes. OF this
amount credits were left for the Repubh-
c. a sNfr which was carried over
'. -. rr Republican administration in
-ss.- course Of business. The de-
-r... .suerjitures OF that year 1894
T-a E"H52 Vow mark what followed.
.r-. thing the Republican Council
F.s -1 break the record OF sixty years
a.r.rs. the tax levy from Soc. on the
. and then they proceeded 10
.ha department. expenditures all
| '1 the tune OF about 10 per cent.
r .. seem by the following compare