Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-11

HARBoR LINE MATTER, FAILED,
BECAUSE MR.. EBELING PULLED
RULE NO. 80 ON THE BODY-LIvE-
LY WORDS BEFORE, DURING AND
AFTER THE MEETING.
There was a very considerable
amount of verbal pyrotechnics before,
during and after last evenings special
sessions OF Council, and on one or two
occasions it looked as though what is
technically known as "a scrap" might
result between gentlemen usually dis
tinguished by urbanity and quietness
Of demeanor. A large audience was
present.
The row was over the report of the
special joint committee appointed to
Investigate the harbor line matter,
which cut such a figure at the regular
session of Tuesday evening, and the
immediate seat of hostilities was in the
First Branch, as it was Tuesday night.
The Second Branch stood solid in favor
OF adopting the report Of the commit
tee and protecting what is thought to
be the interests of the city, but a ma
Jority of the First Branch members
appear to be welded to the other side
/ CT the question, and nothing was ac
ccmplished aside from friction and
hard words.
All of which is due to the influence
of the railroad lobby, which was even
no mi 1D I'M htpr n
Tuesday. 1t isn't necessary to name
names, but several gentlemen We're
on hand 70 see that the Panhandle
Company didn't get left, and they did
so well that nobody else was in it,
strictly speaking.
The trouble had been brewing all
day, and was talked about on the
streets during the afternoon. Both
sides were confident. however, but
went to the City Hall with their fight
ing clothes on, prepared to make bat
tie which would discount Ell Caney.
Hostilities were opened before the
session was called to order, and took
the form Of verbal encounter between
Mr.. County Commissioner Joseph Spell
del and City Engineer A. l.. White,
distinct threats being made against
Mr. Whites future political existence.
This blew over, however, and a ma
jority of each Branch assembled at s
O'Clock, but hostilities were delayed be-
cause the Committed on Ordinances was
in session. When the committeeman
reported it was found there were four
teen members present in the First
Branch and seventeen in the Second.
City Clerk Watkins acted as clerk in
the First, Clerk O'BTien being absent
in the east on a vacation.
The Second Branch took up the ordi-
nance reported from the Committee on
Ordinances, relating to the location of
poles on street corners and killed time
with it, while the First got down to
the real business of the evening
The pending business, a resolution
offered by Mr.. Bachmann Tuesday
night, was that this Branch rescind
its action in delaying the report of the
Harder Line Committee until the next
regular meeting, and adopt said re-
port" The reading of this resolution
brought Mr. Ebeling to his feet with a
point Of order to the effect that a mo-
ton made at one meeting could not be
rcconsidered at any other meeting
than the one at which it was offered
He said
Mr.. Mayor, you can't take up that
matter. 1t has been finally disposed
CT for two weeks, and the motion is
out of order"
The Mayor-Everything appears to
Mr.. Baird-It YVES the action of
be out Of order to you
both branches, last night, to postpone. :"
The Mayor-Yes; and the Second
Branch rescinded its action.
Mr.. Ebeling-Yes and you can't take
the resolution up until after two weeks
at the next regular session.
The Mayor-Well, we're going to
try to do it, anyhow
The Mayor put the question, and the
vote appeared to stand 6 to 6, two
members not voting.
The Mayor-The ayes appear to
have it.
Mr.. Ebeling-I appeal from the de-
cisiOn of the Chair
Mr.. Baird sustain the appeal
MIR. Davisson-I would like to hear
the Mayors authority on parliament
tary law in putting the question.
The Mayor have no authority
here.
Mr. Ebeling-Yes, and you're just a
little too high-handed in your rulings
The Mayor-Sit down.
Mr. EbeIing-I'm not ready to sit
down.
The Mayor-Sit down or I'll set you
down.
Mr.. Ebeling-Tm ready; set me
down.
The Mayor-I'u set you down. The
question is on the resolution.
Mr. Ebeling-You don't know any
thing about the rules. The railroad
company has been down there twenty
six years, and fourteen days longer
won't hurt anything or anybody.
The Mayor started to put the ques-
ton again, but Mr.. Baird interrupted
| to ask for the reading Of the resolution
passed Tuesday night. postponing ac-
ton until the next regular session.
| TIE clerk climbed down stairs to find
the paper, and hostilities were sus-
pended until his return. When Mr..
Watkins had produced the paper. which
was offered by Mr.. Fair, in the Sec
ond Branch, and adopted by both bod
les, but afterwards reconsidered by
| the Second Branch and the
ro,or+ ,,ncpin,orSiV ad0Dred Mr.