Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-10

Shut Off-No More Board for Off
GERS.
There was a real lively time at last
evenings session OF the Council Com
| mittee on Police.
His Honor, the Mayor, was there.
So was Councilman HOrkheimer. And
| superintendent McGannon was very
much in evidence and was evidently in
the frame of mind to tell some of the
| things he knows. He told one little
matter, but was discouraged from pro-
! ceeding further. This was wrong. Mr..
| McGannon should be encouraged to
/ talk. He evidently knows a few things
which would be of interest to taxpayers,
and which would throw RAJ Of light
on the late reform Council.
Police matters were taken us first,
and the annual estimate was fixed at
| $26,S30-the same as last year
Then came the city prison estimate,
and this led to developments. Mr..
| HCrkheimer early obtained the floor,
and he and the Mayor and Chairman
! Dawson had a spirited conversation,
N+NAA ms 4A4NAI llOl hllNlllANA tAA4iANNH
| to the project of making the workhOuse
an institution at which prisoners would
! really work, and predicted that the
, scheme would never work. His Honor
| got in a few words about his plan OF
economy, in the administration, in con-
neCtiOn with the new building, and
Chairman Dawson and the others kept
the pot boiling" as the boys say. Dur
| ing the cOufab some things were said
| which Jared upon the nerves of Super
| intendent McGannOn, and after time
! that gentleman lost patience, and said:
Mr.. Chairman, I'm not going to take
! all Of this blame. I'll tell you thing
I or two which you might like to know.
During the last campaign we fed every
| man who came along up there, who
could be influenced to vote right. And
l can tell you some other things. I'll
be d-n if I'm going to be-
! The Chair-There, there. there! That
will do about the election! I've had
enough of campaign. We are not dis
cussing that question now, Mr.. Mccain
non.
Other members also deprecated any
/ circumstantial illusions to matters past
| and gene, and Mr.. McGannon subsidized
with a bad grace. But his disclosure
! of the fact that the taxpayers of the
! city Of Wheeling had unwittingly furn-
! ished food as an induCement for voters
| 10 vote right" was a sad criticism on
a reform" administration. Little by
| little, the people are getting at the his
/ tory Of the late Council. It was "a
bird
After time the discussion got around
! to the question of how much money
should be allowed for the city prison
for the current year. Last years ap-
preparation was $4.10O, and $4,000 was
spent. which constituted more Ere
form"
Mr. Horkheimer referred to a claim
{ by His Honor, the Mayor that a
/ thousand dollars could be saved and
moved to make the appropriation So
! 1866, or 81 900 less than was spent
| last year. This was debated for long
time. and finally the motion was with
! drawn. Then there was more debate,
brought about by another allusion by
! Mr.. Horkheimer to the Mayors claim
! of possible economy, he saying that the
| Mavor had made the claim. and he
ought to do what he said. To this the
Mayor responded "But I want to run
the nrison. and I will run it, and theyl
eat what I give 'em. If take hold OF
! il. I want no interference.
The Chair rather thought that the
! Committee on Police was responsible
and had charge of the matter, and
gradually the controversy was dropped.
Then Mr.. Horkheimer moved to make
the anpropriation $500 Mr. BUGGY raised
| the point that the motion had no second
and IT was ruled out by the chair Mr..
! r,,ca,- then moved TO make It &.1o0.
Then Mr.. Horkheimer grew interested
/ and interesting. He said:
| Mr. Chairman. how can this Committee
ask for 81 100 when the Mayor says he can
save 500. and the Clerk has shown us in
/ The mast two months that he can save?
| How can this Committee 70 before the
! Finance Committee with q proposition
! like that? We have shown there mas been
extravagance and acknowledgement at the
| institution. and yet we ask for the same
amount of money! DO we mean 70 De
/ persistent in asking for the same amount
when we know that less amount VIII
= do? The Mayor says the prison can be
/ operated for less; the Superintendent says
! II can be operated for less, and yet we
stand out for the same old figures. l APP
peal TO the Mayor to know if my state
ments are not correct.
The Mayor-If you will give ration.
/ and keep a strict account of the number
/ of prisoners. day in and day out. the num-
Der of meals they get etc, you can save
money. as far as the food is concerned.
Serve rations just as they do in the army
In the army every man gets ration but
here YOU have been having the Superin-
tendent feeding them all-eXceedingly
well. Serve a ration. say for breakfast, Of
coffed and half a loaf Of bread-the same
rs i'm iail For dinner one kind Of soup,
bread and a piece of meat; and for supper.
coffee bread and molasses. Then you can
cut down expenses. Cut off tea. milk,
sugar. butter. and all that sort of thing.
and get down to plain ration. Now they