The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-19
VOTERS 30 LoNGER IN DOUBT AS
TO HOW THE CANDIDATES
ABE LINED UP.
Candidates Are Working Hard But
Voters Simply Wont Entnuse or
Restir Themselves.

Although the public has always Ind
| Il fair idea OF who the city hall candl-
! 1alcs in the coming election an next
| Thursday would he. il is now known
definitely just who they ire. for the
! ring hns announced its slate and orders
! have been issued in MI municipal de-
! rartmcnts TO got oLt and hustle for the
l.alshlin crowd whose names will be on
! M ballots.
The stamp Of approval has been placed
on G.. NJ Vcstcr in the First ward. Il.
y. McConkcy in tn. Third. Albert kre@ss
in tho Fourth Theodore Wagner in the
Sixth: W. r. Elliott In thc Seventh and
| Trr l.. l.. Arnihrccht in the Eighth
! This leaves the Second and tho Fifth
wards open for the independents nnd
their sailing will he clear.
; !. Adam Rlum tho ring candidate mt
: ~" recent primary. WAS showed under
leaving John A. Lashlcy and camden
I C'Bud'0 T;ncy. both independents. l"
! fight III" haiti" out IN election day.
In the Second ward the ring WAS too
! imid TO place II candidat" in the fight
and two independents won out in lha;
: ward al tho primary. Chester u. Thomp-
{ son. present incumbent and member "f
! Tho Little Four who wero steam roll
! cred by the cars known ms Tho BIZ
| Five" when they want in office. Is M
! for recollection and his opponent is
! CharI," Miller. former policeman and
! r"ren; justice Of tho peace i'll Clay dis
! trlct.
The political barometer hos hon worry
| changcahlc. now seems 10 hr becoming
moro settled and will probably remain
stationary. rs il is Mt thu present time
! ci, the nrnSnnt
| City hall crowd and their selections for
| tho election.
Politicians say that Captain w. T,
| Otto will pile ur ono Of tho biggest ma
| jorltics ever given a cnndidat" in the
| FIRST ward and will run with steady
| average throughout the city.
| The wiScacrcs claim that Mayor Yes
ter is up against n hard proposition and
| viii 70 down 10 defeat fighting Gamoly
In the Third ward Or. f. S. Bippus is
making n hard campaign against II. A.
McCnnkcy. with hunors about even. hut
tho genial doctor will gain strength in
| the other city wards as tho campaign
| progresses.
| In the Fourth ward il is about neck
! and neck between Albert krcSs and John
| II. Kunz. but Mr.. knnz seems to have =
! better chance in the other wards. with
| the exception of the seventh. where Mt
| krnSs Is expected tn show considerable
! strength. but hardly enough 10 overcome
! Mr.. Eunz's majority in the wards south
! Of the creek
From nrcsont Indications 1t s"cms 10
he a loss of tho coin as to who will rep
resent the Fifth ward in council Rotr
Mr.. Lashlcy and Mr Tancy arc RUNNING
on their popularity and both have
strong follnwinEs.
In tho Sixth ward Ambrose HahlE is
contcsting with Theodore Wagner. tho
ring candidate. and snnms 10 have The
hest Of II by far. il any faith can be at'
! tached to the primary returns. Th'
knowing ones say that Mr.. HahiE viii
run strong over the city because OF the
CONTAGIOUS fight he waged.
DR.. F. l.. Armbrccht. former indcpcnd
ont but now under tho tut"lage OF III"
CITY hill czars and those who keep their
car to tho ground claim this Will cut
! d1,wn tho doctors vote in tho general
election and gives Louis +. Nnltc his OPP
ponent n good chance Of success.
Prof. W. r. Elliott, tho ring candidate
on the Island. will fare better in his own
ward than any others of the city hall
crowd. but when the wards from other
parts nf the city are heard from
especially the Fourth. Fifth SIKH
Eighth und possibly the First, Ar. ELI