The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-12-10
M Corneil chaAber.

10
The City Fathers have provided for
themselves in pretty good style, as any one
can see by spending few minutes in the
Council Chamber. Well, that is exactly
right. Men who perform business Tor moth
ing should at least have good scconmoda-
tons. Say whs, you will, but better legis-
laticn 10 siways accomplished in . well fur
nished room, with the appliance sfor bodily
comfort about, than in cold and cherries
edi6ce, where selfrespect is ap, to get be
low par A dehberaiive body can be made
to ansns its purpose more efec'ually BY
having every thing Al command, than by
any half wsy mode Of supply. And the
great public ioo--the body polite for which
they ere operating--is always inclined to
pay more respect TO the occupants Of nice
Nv furnished hall, sc well as TO their man
dates, than TO bsrn.iike eonelsve and hs
roagheI ediets. The one place 10 iadics-
i've OF well matured thought. the other OF
nasty and probably III. advised legislation.
Besides. HE Honor, the Mayor. looks more
like man invested with authority, elevated
On the little dais ii the newly furnished
hsll-snd the Clerk Of the bldy, more than
ever clerical, At hi. commodious desk just
teiow him-ana the members Of Council,
ell. more like Cry Fathers double seated
as they are semi-eirculsrly around
The time is las, approaching when, ike
other cities, Davenport mus, have its City
Hall--s good substantial edifce for the
transaction OF city business. Owners OF
property may shake theh heads incfsdu-
lonsly 1t this suggestion, and see in it rsaes
a i.fn,tsnl. bu. they must remember that
the wants Of large and growing commu-
nifty ike this. mus, be supplied generously.
if We would compete fairly with our expand
ing nsighbors. Grass once grew in the
streets OF Davenport: ii must never be per
mittsd 10 do 50 again, else, as a city, We
will be gone beyond redemption, despite
our great local advantages. Tax property
fairiy-mete out justice to all--make every
one contribute to city expendhWe-and
your Hall can be built, your officers paid,
your streets graded, paved and lit up, and
vster.works constructed. That town clock
too. Of which SO much has been said, can
be erected and kept under proper control
provided the citizens will not move in the
MISTER upon their own responsibility, az
they should do.
But we started cut 10 speak more in de-
tail OF the Council Chamber II is really
quite handsomely and appropriately furnish
ed. Il Is warmed by two stoves, lighted
with gas, and csrpeted throughout. Arsii.
ins separates the members from such spec
tstors Is may be present, and, the yen,ils-
ton Of the room, we suppose, can be made
GOOD enough by means Of the windo1s.-
Ere twenty years shsli elaPse, perhaps this
cory little spot will be remembered az be
inp the fro, upon which money was spent
for the accommodation OF Council: and, q
smile may pass over the faces Of some us
when luxur;ating in sldermanic dignity,
amid scsrlet hangings and mahogany desks,
cushioned chairs and Turkey carpets. at the
simplicity Of our predecessors 10 furnishing
room IN enty feet square--forgetting thai
the twenty fourth ward then had no exis-
tence, that Burrows house and East Dsv-
export were quite out OF town. and that Chi
csgo had not begun to think Of US asa rival
VIVA. changes a few years will make! At
all events, pive Ia tartie-soup, and long life
20 our city dignitariss--aiaoays provided, the
SOUP il no, paid for from the municipal cof.
fsrs, and their legislation is Tor the good o.
the people a, large.
The Washington correspondent OF the
New York Herald, writing on the zsth Nov
says. "rhere 10 . statement gong The
POUNDS In the inner circles here, thst Allen