100 Years Ago Today:. Jan 26, 1905by Brandon Woolum
Huntington News Network Writer
Huntington (HNN) — The legislative sessions continue devoid of special interest, the business being confined for the most part to routine matters that go through with little or no discussion. In the Senate a small breeze was created by the same penalty for trespassing on unenclosed land that is imposed upon land that is enclosed.
Senator Cornwell and others jumped on the proposition as vicious in the extreme, and certain to be productive of a great deal of legal and other trouble in counties having large boundaries of wild lands. They were finally able to defeat the measure by indefinite postponement.
The only decision in the house arose over Dr. Lanhan's bill to compel municipal corporations o publish semiannual financial statements. At the bill was originally introduced it was left optional with the officials whether the publication would be made in one or more newspapers, or in pamphlet form.
On motion of Dr. Lanham it was amended so as to make the publication in two papers of opposite politics. When such are published in the municipality, and then on notion of Mr. Chapman to make it obligatory to publish in a newspaper when there is such in the town.
Dr. Lanham fought hard for the pamphlet idea, but was defeated, and then tried to have the enacting clause stricken out and the measure destroyed. His motion failed. Somebody remarked afterwards that it was strange he would try to kill the bill as soon as he got it amended so it would be of some account.
The Ladies Aid Society of the First Congregational Church have added to their list of Huntington souvenir postal cards a now view of Marshall College. This new view gives more of the building and is in many ways more satisfactory.
Several attempts have been made to get a perfectly satisfactory view of the new High School building. A new engraving is now under way ad the cards with his view will be added to the collection in a few days. The ladies are sparing o expense to place at the disposal of the public a fine quality of work and a large variety of views from among the beauties of our city.
Wheeling — Wheeling Democrats are jubilant over the election of a Democratic mayor to succeed Hon. Andrew T. Sweeney. The election was a closely contested one from the beginning of the campaign.
The figures on the head of the ticket are: For mayor, Schmidt, Democratic, 3,193; Haskins, Republican, 3,029; Democratic majority 64; chief of police, Clemans, Republican, 3,242; Mehen, Democrat, 3,015; Clemens majority, 227.
The council is Republican by a reduced majority. The mayor-elect is one of the most popular men in the city and many of the old time Republicans worked and voted openly for him. Dr. Haskins, the defeated Republican candidate was elected to the council as a Democrat, two years ago, and afterward changed his politics.
He ran as a Dawson delegate, to the Republican state convention, and was elected. Billy Clemans, the new chief of police, is a very popular man and has been chief of police two terms heretofore.
Woman suffrage was defeated by a large majority, while the new city charter carried by an overwhelming majority.
This is a feather in the cap of the Register Wheeling's old, reliable Democratic newspaper, which has fought the battle single-handed and alone, against the newspaper syndication of this city, which really made the nomination for mayor and forced it upon the Republicans.