The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-31
REPUBLICANS
WILL not BE
MISGUIDED
By the Hypocritical and Unscrupu-
lous Democratic Attacks
Upon the Present
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
Whose Business-Like Administra-
ton Of the County's Affairs
is Well Known.

Willtthe Republicans OF Ohio county
assist in voting into office Democratic
board Of commissioners?
2 Have Republicans forgotten The DEM
ocratlc board OF commissioners that re-
fused to allow It's Republican members,
Messrs. Maxwell and McGregor, the
privilege of naming their own Republi.
can election officers in Liberty and
Madison districts respectively: The
present Republican board allowed tho
Democratic members to name election
officers of their own choice.
Have the Republicans OF Ohio county
forgotten the rotten recounts by two or
three Democratic boards. They counted
out Atkinson and gavn certificate to
Pendleton. They robbed S. G. Smith of
the seat in the house to which he was
honestly elected In 1892. and gave the
seat to NJ. J. OKane. Have Republic
cans forgotten the United States
marshals they had at the polls, and the
arrcsting OF legal voters?
Do the voters think their Interests
will be best sub-served defeating such
men as H. P. McGregor. Andrew S.
Hare, B. +. Higgins, Charles Moore and
the other Republican candidates. and
electing inthelr places George Robinson,
Bearly. Stevens, ct al?
The Register criticises the present
boards financial statement. In this
statement. the board only followed the
procedure established by Democratic
boards. The Register criticiscs the
item of 100000 Wheeling Bridge 6 Ter
minal Railway Company stock in the
statement OF assets, saying 1t ought to
be put in at market value. which is
claimed to be nothing. IF SO, WHY
DOESN'T THE REGISTER ALSO EN-
TER THE CLAIM THAT THE BOARD
SHOULD SWELL THE s1Oo, COO HOLD
ING OF PEWIKEY STOCK TO THE
100000 THAT REPRESENTS IT'S MAR
KET VALUE? THAT WOULD
SWELL THE CoUNTY's ASSETS
100000. BUT THE BOARD DID
NOTHING OF THE SORT, MERELY
ENTERING THE STOCK AT ITS
FACE VALUE. JUST AS THE TER
MINAL STOCK WAS ENTERED.
Who but q Democratic board of COM
missloners left that 100000 Terminal
Indebtedness? And who but q Republic
can board, run on business principles.
is paying off that Indebtedness at the
rate of $4,000 a year?
With the glee Of printers Ink be-
daubcd Mephisto. the Register in
qu!res as to the Item OF $4,000
bills payable In the boards
statement. endeavoring to make
Its readers believe that It doesn't know
what constitutes the item. TIE REG
lister KNOWS IF IT KNOWS ANY
THING THAT a DEMOCRATIC
BOARD BORROWED 100000 FROM
THE WHEELING BANKS TO BUILD
THE NEW COUNTY JAIL, AND IT
ALSO KNOWS THAT REPUBLICAN
BOARDS HAVE BEEN SHOULDER
ING THAT INDEBTEDNESS AND
THAT THE ITEM OF $4,000 REPRE-
SCENTED THE BALANCE OF THAT
INDEBTEDNESS. THE REGISTER
ALSO KNOWS THAT &c. coo OF THAT
$4,000 HAS BEEN PAID THIS YEAR
BY THE PRESENT REPUBLICAN
BOARD. And still the Inscriptions
Register would attempt to make cam
palSn capital out OF something that Is
really an example Of the buslness-likc
methods OF the present Republican
board In conducting the county's af-
fairs. tE
Look at the magnificent highways and
bridges that have been provided for
Ohio county. giving easy access to the
city from the surrounding country, and
then ask where the county's money has
been expended. AND ALL THIS HAS
BEEN DONE WITHOUT AN IN
( CREASE IN THE CoUNTYs TAX
LEVY.
The Register hypocritically demands
an itemized statement OF the county's
expenditures. while knowing that such
n statement would require several is
sues Of an entire newspaper several
times larger than the Register. Prob
ably the Register desires fat advertls-
Ing contract at the expense OF the cuun-
(which 1t will not get.
1t Is to the true interest of the busl-
ness men and citizens generally to re-
tain business men of tried ability on the
county board. a vote for the Republic
can candidates for commissioner will
aid In retaining such board.
Irr. -c-e-o