Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-26

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pray to be retrieved from the influences
for harm that ne win WELD when II n
apparent from every facial distortion that
he Is seeking notoriety for personal adj
vancement in blowing the dying embers Of
a disintegrating fraternity.
The d-isingeneous declarations that en-
anated from the twin-possibly trinity
of boilers only reeds to be ventilated to
arouse the contempt of all good-meaning
people. He, they or it says that Is per
cent OF the taxpayers are opposed to the
legal proceedings that were originally in
stituted and precipitated by E. Ralston, re-
sult.lg in a general attack upon the street
grabbers. Had he said tax-dodgers, there
would be no denial from this source. As a
/ member of the town Council who, together
with its Mayor. fought TO the highest
l court in the State, and was rewarded by
a decision that will stand as the rocks of
Gibraltar a monument to the tribunal that
rendered it. we are proud to have helped
to redeem and restore to our people thou
sands of feet that were unjustly held for
private use, that which was a dedication
TO the whole people, and my denunciatlon
will ever be recorded against the canting
| hypocrites who go to church with a prayer
book under their arms and try TO DIS
honestly take the road from the people
that leads them to a place OF worship.
And our praise is unstinted for the good
citizens who turned a deaf ear to the
solicitor of law suits who, with persuasion
and deceit, tried to draw them into the
squabble with the street ~grabbers. The
town officials who have gone from court
to court and gained their streets and al
leys from the enemies OF public rights, are
I ~A-x IL aHl Coz tho "a
moval of what the Supreme Court in its
decision called a nuisance. weston" calls
it the unlawful destruction Of Mr..
Ralston's property
Judge Bennett decided the case Of Raj
ston against the town, refused to grant
an injunction against Ralston, who. not
withstanding the Supreme Court decision
against his nuisance, sought damages by
suits against the town. Judge Farr grant
ed the injunction refused by Bennett, and
the same is now on trial and will be argued
in the Supreme Court this week. Ac-
cording to e. A. Brannon's brief now be-
fore the Supreme Court it is alleged that
the strip CT 1214 by 1871 feet Irrigated IN the
Ra,ston case to a final conclusion, was at
one time conveyed by deed from Judge
| Bennett, and II cannot be contrad.cted
that the Judge, according to any survey
that can be made, has several lots en-
| croaching either on the streets or alleys
for his deeds call for lots 80 feet in length
with specific reference to streets and alleys
and all his lots on Centre street are of
greater length than specified in the deeds.
! The Judge decision was reversed by the
Supreme Court and for that reversal it
| has been bitterly assailed by one attorney
who would forever p~erpetuate a decision
that will do from year to year greater
harm than good. Judge Bennett refused
to award the costs decreed by the Su-
preme Court, against Ralston the case he
tried and decided originally, and the mat
ter is now in the hands of a special judge.
So, taking it all in all, If a truly legal
| settlement in the Circuit and Supreme
Courts amounts to confscat.ons, then
Weston stand in the front rank as a
new defner Of the word "confiscated";
but it strikes us that a man with such
| ridiculous views would cut a funny figure
if Clothed with the judicial ermine, which
is not at all probable. il we are to judge
the future by the past when weston
was showed under by the largest Demo-
cratic majority ever cast in a primary
| election in Lewis county, so in that in
stance the handle of the political stiletto
| seemed to have been in other hands.
Prior to our municipal election we sent
an open letter to both candidates, DR..
]. 1. Warder, the Democratic candidate,
and to his opponent, VIM. L. Huntington,
and DR.. Warder promptly replied as fol-
lows:
DIR NJ. S. Holt,
Dear Sir: In reply to your letter rela-
tive to my conduct regarding the suits
now pending, in which the officials of the
town are seeking to restore to the people
the dedicated public highways, I unhesi-
tatingly declare that in the event of my
election l will do all in my power to pro-
tect the people in their rights to the streets
and alleys in their entirety as originally
dedicated, and Will show no more quarter
to the encroachers than I have in the
| past. The suits will go on to a final adju-
d~icat!on. Very truly yours,
y. I. WARDER."
Mr.. Huntington failed to reply. Yet
Weston would have you believe that
Mr.. d. was an avowed candidate for the
opposite of DR.. Warder's course, notwith
standing Mr.. D.. since his election has, so
we are informed, declared that he is not
in favor Of dismissing the suits and he is
backed in hat position by three out of
the four of the newly elected Council. DR..
Warder was confronted by the third-term
argument, he faced a Republican majority
of not less than forty, was opposed by
both papers, bitterly fought by the en-
croachers, ard last. as we'll as least, was
bitterly opposed by boiling Democrats;
but, despite all these things, he was only
defeated by three votes. ooh, Death,
where is thy sting? oh, grave where is
thy victory?'.
We will here say, as you are probably
aware, that We had nothing, either d.
rectly or indirectly, by suggestion or 9TH
erwise, to 90 with the article in your col
umns which Weston attempted a re-
ply, and would not now care enough for
his cant to dignity it by notice were it not
to defend our courageous and honorable
Mayor, DR.. Warder, and the other mem
bers of the Council from the anarehistic
attack on him and on courts, ETC., tina
knows no bounds, and all prompted by
avarice and prejudice which would rob
not only DR.. Warder of his merits, but the
people of their highways.
In conclusion, we desire to say that we
are not a candidate for any office in the
gift of the people. but will be found as a
high private. possibly in the rear rank.
fighting every form of imperialism from
that which would u~njustly take the peo-
pies highways TO that which would de-
prive the Filipinos of life, liberty and