The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-25
"wednesday. january Is, 1922
THE CHOICE FOR WHEELING VOTERS

The citizens of Wheeling will well to carefully the
individual ticket represents the endorsements of the Committee
Women Voters and the ticket on the o'heT
hand which stands the Cagoo Bien combination now IN con-
troll of portion government They will do we'll not only
to study the character the Themselves but the character
support tickets receiving throughout this city
Not in twenty years has this the opportunity to elect
councanc body such character and ability as the con-
manc ticket endorsed Committee of 100 and the League
Women Voters,
Let it be compared with the Crago Bren ticket
and its superiority practically every point There ere
better citizens in Wheeling than captain
William T. Otto c. P H E McConkey Albert Kre Ernest
Metzne Alfred Uri :y Cunningham Wilbur McGrego Otto
schen John and Thomas Thoner but the superiority
of this ticket individual membership not more marked than
superiority for which it stands and the Citizenship
which it represents
There not this ticket who is tainted with election
fraud
The Cao Brien ticket the other hand literally speckled
who have been either the benefclarlss OF election
have been active IN hamperng the VeSg"'o aH" p
of election frauds
The of 100 ticket stands for honesty in elections anu
decency 1t stands for continuance OF he
policy Of SURPRISING commercazed vice. closing and keeping
closed the socaed Red Light district and SURPRISING commercial
lied gambling.
The cragoo Bren ticket supported quarter of town
by men who Of their nteron II possible TO reopen
the Red Light license gambling a"d hand over the aVorS
of the police department to their chosen friends
They call being liberal They reign OF unlimited anu
unrestricted viciousness. :.
campaign has been gong on IN TINS cy 10 us
credit and break down splendid work of the chief OF police IN
clearing I'D vice on the streets closing houses CT protuon
and to dscrd equally splendid work Of the prosecuting aor
ney suppessng gambling and wholesale oooeggnS Ia ca
nag has now come head desperate effort to control the
entire CITY Wheeling and turn over to the mo
vicious elements .
The recall election with question deeper even than the
honesty of the last city election important even than eou
a gang of political highbnders
On one side there is new hghclass citizenship mingled with
xnenced public servants who the of fire. and have
come forth untanted.
On the other side there citizenship of limited expert
re MINGLED with other men Justly forfeited every atom
of public confidence.
That there such thing Crgoo Brien ticket before the
people today entirely to the fact that professional gano
was allowed by copsan defy the law refuse to TESTIFY
and thereby block the hands Of justice
Behind one ticket every element of good citizenship the men,
who through the of 100 have given generously OF their
time and strength to cut heo political and the good
women who stand for purity in public life
Behind ticket vicious element that hopes 70
nosper by axity city government the gamblers who want potec
ton and harpies who thrive on vice
Let the voters of Wheeling make their choice