Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-22
ne MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN
IS ALREADY VERY LIVELY ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE OF
THE FENCE.
CANDIDATES ARE ACTIv1
And They Are Constantly Increasing
in Number-COmmfttee of One Hun
dred to be a Factor-Another As
pirant for the acknowledgement
Political Notes.

pirant for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Political Notes.
The activity of candidates, particu-
larly those who are canvassing for
Republican support at the primary
election on December 22d, is mani
tested in a degree to indicate that the
municipal campaign will be one of the
liyeliest in the history of the city. The
new elements which have entered into
the canvass, give it a tinge of doubt
and uncertainty. The Committee of
One Hundred movement, and the par
ticipatiOn of the Federation of
Churches in the fight for Office, are
the direct outgrowth of the incompe-
tency and lax methods of the legisla-
tive and executive departments of the
present administration.
1t is freely predicted that the NOM
inees for Council will be men who
might properly be embraced in the
somewhat vague term, the better
class" The Republicans will make an
effort to satisfy both elements" in
the voting population. Some of the
party leaders are manifesting genuine
alarm over the situation, and few of
them possess the temerity to under
estimate it's gravity. One thing APP
pears to be certain-that there will be
a great deal OF scratching in the Jan
uary election, and that the voters will
icfo fhair oho ind irid duo lie
without the degree of regard for party
lines which has obtained heretofore.
There are still Republicans, the ma
jority of the candidates of that politi-
cal faith, who entertain the conviction
that nomination on December 22d is
equivalent to election in January
Hence the remarkable present activity
in the Republican camp. None of the
offices will go a-begging. The list of
candidates for Mayor was augmented
this week, when w. G. Caldwell, mem
Der of the First Branch from the First
ward, announced his candidacy. He
will make strong fight against j. P.
Maxwell, j. r. Butts and w. M Baird,
but will probably meet with consid-
l'erable opposition on account of his
age. On the Democratic side, there
has as yet been no opposition to the
denomination of Mayor A. T. Sweeney.
/ There is also very lively four cor
nered fight for the nomination for
Chief of Police, with w. M. Clemens
and L. D. Bennett leading, and Nc
Causland and Bero fighting as dark
horses. This fight has been on for
some time and is being waged with
especial energy and not without some
bitterness, by the Chief and ex-Chief.
Capt. Clemans' friends insist that
every precedent entities him to sec
ond term. Bennett made many friends
during his several terms, who are still
loyalty supporting him. A peculiar
| phase of the situation is the fact that
many of the present officers, who were
on the force under Bennett, are act
/ lively campaigning against their pres
ent chief. Mr.. Clemans' friends were
very indignant over the discovery that
a South Side officer was engaged in
lacking up Bennett cards. They as
sert that this is the rankest ingrati-
tude, and that sense of decency and
fairness should prompt officers who
cannot support Clemans, to resign
flom the force.
| Mr.. Frank Wolff, of the Sixth ward,
is a candidate for Council. Mr.. Wolff
is a well-known Democrat, and his
friends expect him to make good run.
If Walter Worls is a candidate to
| succeed himself as clerk of the First
! Branch of Council, he will have an
other opponent IN the person of Fred
Danvers, of Sixteenth street, who yes
| terday announced his candidacy for
the place. Squire Srolowitz is under
stood to have made his announcement,
and there are others to be heard from.