Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-24
TIE Eve OF THE ELECTION
WAS MARKED BY GREAT ACTIVITY
AMONG THE CANDIDATES AND
THEIR FRIENDS.
FIGURING ON THE RESULT
Is Generally Regarded as a Very Per-
picking ProbIem-OutIcok for Sue
cess OF Entire Democratic Ticket
is Very Brfght-BettinGo on the Re-
sult-Hours of Opening and Closing
Polls.

| is Very Bright-Betting on the Re-
| sult-Hours of Opening and Closing
| Polls.
| There was marked absence on the
eve of the municipal election, of that
degree of confidence with which Re-
publicans are wont to forecast results
Despite their party majority in the
November election, no Republican
leader, when pinned down to the point
where he would tell his actual convic-
tions, would go farther than to ex-
press hope that everything would be
right with the setting of to-day's SUM-
On the other hand, Democrats have
never been more hopeful in recent
years. They look upon the success of
the Democratic ticket. as in line with
! the logic of events. Council has been
VIGOROUSLY incompetent and corrupt,
and the clamor for change, has set
! tied into a determination to substitute
! good Democrats for the members of
j the present body who are candidates
! for reelection.
So many new and strange factors
/ have entered into the campaign, that
! the political wiseacres have been at
their wits ends in estimating the num-
erical strength of different movements
! Every indication last night, however,
! pointed to the success of the entire
| Democratic ticket by safe majorities.
! In so far as Council is concerned, it is
! more than probable that the result
will verify the prediction made in
yesterdays Register by Chairman J. ].
| Byrne of the city committee.
The betting on the result has not
| changed materially during the past
| few days. Most of the wagers have
been laid on the the city sergeantcy
have been offered on either side, nor
/ were any bets on majorities made
The offer of $1,000 to SIS 900 that Ritz
| will be elected by 200 majority, which
| was made by a South Side business
| man. had not been taken in whole or
in part, up to last night.
! Late last night the Democrats came
into possession of information to the
effect that the Republicans were col
| OniZing voters in the Fourth ward and
on the Peninsula Legal voters and
the Democratic challengers at the polls
are urged to keep close watch upon
all voters. The Democratic committee
| is determined that the election must
! be fairly conducted. and warns all il
| legal voters that they will be prosecut-
| ed if they attempt to cast ballots.
The last day of the campaign found
| all the candidates and their friends
extremely active. Clemans paid
workers appeared to be everywhere. 1t
was a good night for the saloons
! Many candidates for Council did not
retire until the small hours of the
morning. There is every indication
! that the election will be more hotly
contested than any municipal election
| held in recent years.
| The polls will open at seven o'clock,
| and close at SIX o'clock The indca-
tons point to the following as the
winning ticket:
| Mayor, Andrew T. Sweeney.
City Sergeant. John S. Ritz.
| City Clerk. Fred w Colmar
| WharfmasteT, Jeff. Frame.
| Following is the Democratic Coun-
! Gil ticket:
FIRST WARD.
| First Branch-Dr. S. j.. S. Spragg.
| Second nch-Patr.ck Moran Chas
Kronjaeger. w j. Ennis. Dennis OLeary.
SECOND WARD.
| First Branch-D. r. Lavey
Second Branch-Frank Lyons, VIM Ell
| bingham, Alex. Updegraff.
THIRD WARD.
First Branch-M. z. Tracy
| Second Branch-W. S. Mcdonald, Geo
/ Nau, joseph BREEDING.
| FOURTH WARD.
! First Branch-Chas. c. Schmidt
Second Branch-Jos Wesgerber, DR.. E.
| B. Plant, Patrick Fitzsmmons.
FIFTH WARD.
| First Branch--John Ochsenkuhn.
| Second Branch-George Alderman. ia
cob Ritz. Henry Kraft. Chas. Jahnlle.
! SIXTH WARD
First Branch-Thomas Burke
| Second Branch. A. Bailey. Thos w
| killeen, Jess. Shafer, George Weisner
! Joseph Weidrer.
! SEVENTH WARD
First Branch-S. G.. Naylor.
Second Branch-Eidw. Grosscurth, e. B.
| Bowie, VIM. l.. Laue.
EIGHTH WARD.
First Branch-Dr. T. NJ Haskns
| Second Branch-W. w. Tracy. w R.
! Cooey, Louis Hoelsche. Henry Lewedag.
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