The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-22
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| MAKES A STATEMENT.

Editor Wheeling Intelligencer.
The chiefs Of departments' seem TO
bag 81 vile names 10 use against me ia
nay public discussion concerning the
city government Liar and - ward
are the first two eplthetS selected In
say ! have deserved these names more
than once. and the God wEo knows all
could say even worse OF me. / have
even said worse OF myself before that
God IN the privacy ~ the confessional
AZ the Cathedral The blessed savior
81 men sail let him who h. win out sin
cast the frst stone. Being myself sin
ful. have no stones TO cast. leave
partments." on this pQnt ! will simp.
" repeat that ~ Is the city government
81 Mheeling. and not my personal char
Should these chiefs Of depart nlcnts
reNt call me "sot' AMI THIEF and "lib.
ertine ! VII even accept those epithets
and friends not 20 40 further than that
For there are even worse sins. Dante
IN his Inferno reserved the lowest pit In
he'll FOR the meancst and vilest OF hum
I an Kind There. 81 she ninth circle
budding close 20 Satan himself. hU
placed the ''tra tors. Relieving as
do. that the proposed commission char
ter will give to ny loved and native
city the best government 10 can Eet In
a. ese DAYS. would be "A traitor To my
| community NH 90 my fellow citizens
DID ! not sucak my honest Thought COM
c'rning tity AHA ~ IN this present cria-
e. Honesty between man and man
nrd loyalty 90 INV duty" as patriotic
citizen demand that ! speak my honest
Thought loyalty ln the face Of all the
world
7 have said that wheeling r. badly
gov ID. that witt one exception. the
city departments are badly run. because
they are run f1r the teneft 81 politica.
firHrs ~ high and low degree. and not
@itirrlr and primarily for the unselflsl
Ing viii defend mv words Win spe--
iir Instance Ou The platform cor ln Che
Ir'ea in f1re ~ ans .cHi'f ~ depart
mert vtg VIII over his own signature
"I hereby take upon my
s'lf fhe whole AMI entire responsibility
c"rinss anil eoi~rnniy swear that 10 "
run solely DOB t.s public interest and
furfner ffff ne Hra never been uses f0f
I I,i1.. tafr.-es nv T." ad, 'n,e %"
chief ~ ........ ..... department"
fNe open lsftrfa Hffreesef Co. me. uui
ItHa DIS ur fret lIfa ~ attack. DO uu
!. o. he amfIr time for nc Zoo open ur
,,.ii'r..s nm h.ii.9g in rcs"r," ~
wr h1ffrrfer IRE NOT needed and
No. nHt DO uncovered.
anxious fp have ue discuss f.c resir.
orf .fwsrf further zee M reason %
.|fNH ~ T h.H'r I|f' fIr "N.ITfa 20 DO.
Inr'mfrt ari mtsrlf aEree that lt fs n
r"H| department. rr 90 they nrrr ffF
Troy lave rHf done ap Vef
rn.N'nr .e f0n good fHr wheeling TIM
Nrr TO- 0.unrIHaf0r form ~ government
nII o.. HffHrfrurrfH The Hcaffn depart.
f~rf included VIII Dol improved Thfa
j. unf mere 4. cory. Nuf la frHf rfr1r-
w shown ~ ne actual crrerlerro ~
frY hundred Hni nffv seven American
'i'.'F now being governed under The
rHfIfHIHH.nn form WITH practically
fe aHun tlft officials who held nTIra
rr'rr fho rIf clumsy anI uuwisdiy -run-
Dilf1Hr.. n. ef. ~ those rfffs under fha
Hrffn. method ~ commission govern.
r'.rf have produced arfouIarfrE rceuffa
Ir no wnr ~ economy. enirfenfF anil
general civic Hrfferurenf
WNeefnr o. entitled f1 fne best tr
H "fNfN'rr let ua 90 therefore M
nrNt Tuesday ~ co. fHc polls vote f1r
y ..rrrl .a.Yr form. an ftIus give 20
wheeling TIE hest method u riurlrfual
r'rnrnuenf. which The practical Arnert-
CON mind has en fer been able % evolve
Ari when fn = future time the wisdom
nnd ffrfNer eNrsrierre ~ Americans
eInIl develop RI vef more worthy system.
fruifful ~ even better results. ief us DO
f1at Hs willing o. rast the new charter
. irfo N rubbish henu. as We are TODAY
loferH lnef % rff ruraeires - the rrea
rrf detective couneflnrnrt- government
which has oufi'vrd go former useful
ness
Respectfully
CtfAa 4. WfNGFRTER