Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-01

Benwood politics has warmed up in
earnest since the Republican primaries
Saturday. The Democrats will select
their candidates Saturday and expect
to name a ticket that will be a win
ner in the election which will be held
on April 9Th. The fact that another
candidate for the Mayoralty nomina-
ton has appeared in the field is evil
dence that there is general feeling
among the Democrats that thew have
splendid opportunity to elect their
ticket Yesterday Robert Truax
announced himself as candidate for
the nomination. There are several
candidates for every Office on the
ticket, and a lively contest is prom
ised for Saturday.
Tonight the Council selects the
commissioners for the election. and
there will likely be some contest over
the matter At the last election the
Democrats were given only one COM
missioner for each ward, and they
will make an effort at to-nights
meeting of Council to have the num-
Der of judges evenly divided between
each party. The plan is to have two
Democrats and one Republican com
missioner in the First and Fourth
wards, which are Republican, and two
Republicans and one Democrat in
each of the Second and Third wards
The Council is evenly divided at the
present time, politically, but the Dem
ocrats consider this plan fair and do
not look for any reasonable objection
from the Republican members
Yesterday George w. Furbee, one Of
the Democratic candidates for City
Marshal, utterly disproyed a malicious
canard that had been reported against
him to the effect that he had worked
in non-union coal bank at F. rmont.
This report was circulated evidently
for the purpose of injuring his candi-
dacy among miners and workingmen
generally Mr. Furbee went before
Squire Riddle yesterday and made aft
davit that ''the report that is going
around Benwood that he black-sheep-
ed the coal miners at Fairmont at the
time of the coal miners strike is
false; furthermore, that he never
worked in coal mine in his life at
any place" The affidavit was duly
sworn to and signed by the notary
public. He also makes a statement
that he has deposited one hundred
dollars in the hand of w. P. Curran
to be given to any person that will
produce substantial evidence that he
ever worked in a coal bank, and also
offers this amount of money to any
person that will show that he has ever
injured any fellow workman in Ben
wood or elsewhere.
The Republican primaries are over,
but the fact is apparent that the con
test Saturday only increased the I'M
harmonious feeling that prevailed in
the ranks of the party before. The
contest for the Marshalship brought
out considerable unpleasantness and
nearly resulted in a personal encoun-
ter between one candidate and the
brother of an opponent on Saturday.
The charge was made that one of the
defeated candidates had voted per-
sons from Bellaire, lower part of
Wheeling and others whe were under
age
specimen Oh Ddu pOilttCS also &C
Cured in the Second ward between the
candidates for Council. Two candi-
dates for Council were selected from
each ward. and although there We're
only two persons on the ticket. some
of the temperance friends Of W B.
Leach showed an unparty-like spirit
by scratching the name of Paul Riede.
because the latter is saloon keeper.
The result was that although ii was
certainty that both men were nom
mated, yet Riedel received about a
dozen votes less than Leach AL
though there was no occasion for
either candidate TO sacrifice the other.
as both We're, sure to be nominated
yet those who We're supposed to be
opposed TO saloon keepers for Coun-
cilmen We're urged to show their
colors" Both Riedel and Leach are
on the ticket, but it is reported that
in the election the Leach men pro-
pose 10 again sacrifice Riedel for the
purpose Of making the election Of their