Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-28
THEY DIE VERY VERY HARD
AN EFFORT TO GALvANlZE THE
CORPSE OF THE REFUND
ING SCHEME.
COUNCIL ORDERS A RECOUNT
OF the Votes In the Hope That some
thing may Be Discovered Wnich
May Yet Save the Ordinance FRO"
ObHyion-That Meeting OIL the De-
funct Committee.

The friends of the reminding oTdi-
nance-that is to say, the particular
friends. the City Hall contingent-die
very, very hard.
The will of the people, with refer
ence to that measure, was expressed at
the polls Saturday, yet an effort Is TO De
made to galvanize the corpse OF tne
echeme-and possibly to take advan-
tage OF some technicality to declare the
ordinance ratified. The suggestion
Ahrf the Sixth ward commissioners
may have stopped to warm their toes
while en- route to the clerks ONCE
furnishes the very fimsy pretext upon
which the friends of the measure IN
Council have ordered recount OF the
vote of the city.
The refunding matter first came up
DIN the Second Branch upon the olscus-
sion of bills of election expense. MI.
Healy wanted some light on the Item
of 10000 'refunding orders" The CITY
Clerk said it should have appeared re-
funding ordinances"
Mr.. Healy-'I saw lots OF circulars,
but they didn't look like ordinances.
- President Maxwell-"You saw lot
OF brick houses, too, did you not?"
When the Clerk read the returns, Mr..
Fox arose and said: Il object to the
Sixth ward. l think there's been some
illegal transactions
The chair notified Mr.. Fox that his
objections would be properly consid-
cred in joint session. A little later the
two bodies met in joint session. Mr..
Fox then demanded recount in the
Sixth ward. 81 understand" he said,
chat the ballot box was taken around
in various places illegally, and l want
the City Solicitors opinion whether
the commissioners are allowed to stop
any place before arriving at their des-
tination. In other wards the count
was completed in due time"
Mr.. Chew seconded Mr.. Fox's motion
for recount, and Mr.. Waterhouse
moved as a substitute to recount the
vote of the entire city.
Mr.. Caldwell-"After such a grave
charge has been made, think there
ought to be a recount"
A motion to lay on the table was de-
clared carried. Mr.. Kindelberger man.
aged to get a reconsideration of the
vote, and upon division of the joint
assembly, the motion to lay on the
table was defeated by a vote of Il to
IA.
Nj. Miller-"Td like to know on
what ground Mr.. Waterhouse asks for
a recount of the whole city. The
Eighth ward gave it's three-fifths for
the ordinance, and 1 don't see why any
slur should be thrown on any ward
but the Sixth"
Mr.. Caldwell-"I fail to see why the
Sixth should be singled out If the
vote is counted there, why not in other
WardS?"
Mr.. Fox-"It's not a question OF
legal votes, but of the right of judges
to stop anywhere. The judges should
take care to guard the ballot sacred
2 They should not be dilatory. We are
not fighting the cause of Republican
ism, but fighting the cause of taking
care of the ballots
Mr.. Fox started to digress in his
flight Of eloquence, and the Chair held
him to the question, so he cut his
speech short, and presented only his
peroration-"I have nothing further tc
say, only the sacredness of the bal.
lot"
Mr.. Waterhouse-"I only hoped that
in recounting the vote, we might dis.
cover mistake that would carry the
ordinance"
Mr.. Killeen pointed to the fact that
the statutes provide punishment fol
election frauds, and suggested that
charges be made. Mr. Healy remarked
that the Eighth was as liable to mis-.
takes as any other ward, and Mr.
Miller retorted that in that district
the people have confidence in Their
: own men.
On an aye and no vote, which was
noisy on both sides, the Waterhoust
motion was declared carried. The
committee appointed to conduct the
recount consists of
First Waterhouse, List
Strobel and Baird
Second STRAIGHTFORWARD Fair
Healy and Miller.
Mr.. Miller was appointed after Mr.
Marshner and Mr.. Kalbitzer had de.
clined to serve. He wanted to know
what powers the committee would
have, and the Mayor referred him tc
the City Solicitor.
The joint session was dissolved.