Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-03-07

CITY. .CouNc1L.-LAsr N1GHT.-lhe City
Council net last night, pursuant to adjourn
ment w d. MASSEY, President, in the chair.
Present. essrs Mckenzie, Nea!e, Dyson,
Moran Garwood, Arnold, Daw, and Moore ~
The Finance Committee subm tilted their an
nua) report showing :.
Gas Works Expenditures, $5lo64 81.
Other Expenditures AS, 500 46.
Total Expenditures sl99, 39377
Receipts from Gas $45, 23O46.
: 8 other sources l52, ll3 Il.
Defcitdue Treasurer 4.l49.06.
A memorial Of J. A. Stoutenburg asking re
mission of taxes to the amount OF thirty tYe
dollars was read
The Mayor made a statement supportlrg Mr..
Stoutenburs, 5 claim, and the taxes were &C
cordingly RENTED upon condition that Mr.. 5.
submit "a affidavit of the justice Of his claim.
Mr. Dyson introduced resolution request
ing the Attorney Of the Corporation 70 make
claim on Geo r. Wilmington Tor 1923 81 be
inc the amount drawn by him from the city
Treasurer in 1861 to pay for certain hose which
on motion was referred to the incoming Coun-
GIL n-g1s
On motion of Mr.. Mckenzie, a resolution
was adopted returning The thanks Of the Coun-
Gil to the presiding officer, Mr. ". D. Massey.
By permission, COL w a. Stewart appear
ed before the Council and made statement in
regard to his contract to remove sunken hulk
from the fish wharf Mr.. Stewart stated that
be was ready to set the hulk adrltt now. He
adverted severely upon Mr. Bogen's course as
lessee ct the wharf.
On motion of Mr.. Daw the Council declared
themselves satisfied with the statement OF Mr..
A motion to adjourn having been adopted
Mr. Massey rose and after returning thanks for
the complimentary resolution, said
1t can be a matter OF regret to no gentleman
now occupying the position Of CoUnclman that
they 80 into retlracy l can appeal to the
''searcher OF all hearts, when say thai after
the first one or two terms to which | was elect
ed-and I have been in Council for twenty
years. never accepted the position willingly,
but solely upon the ground that it was my duty
to serve the people. If there were emouments
attached to the Council this declaration might
be received with doubt by some, but there is
none. The Councilman is pressed from day to
day by gentlemen who desire positions In the
gift OF the Council, among whom it is their
duty to decide, anden none of whom they wish to
make enemies; when | say, gentlemen know
this, they should be satisfied that there can be
no private motives in seeking to serve the peo-
ple in this capacity I assure you, gentlemen,
that have spent many sleepless nights when
on the finance committee, in endeavoring to
form some plan by which the finances Of the
city might be kept up. / have spent weeks in
the service of this people to the neglect Of my
own private business; so with all the members
of this Council Therefore, it cannot be sub
ject OF personal regret to any gentleman to re-
tire from the public service wish those who
have been elected to succeed us to this position,
NAV be successful, and [ would hail their intro
duction with pleasure but for one single circum-
stance,-I cannot shut my eyes to the fact that
gentlemen, old in the service Of the city, against
whom nothing could be said, have been reject
ed, from the enc single fact that they had sup
ported the government of the United States
I know this ticket was called ''the citizens
ticket but the men who formed that ticket
had been supporters OF the gentlemen who were
il this Council before the inauguration of the
present city government. There had been
some men in this room who had en-
deavored at least by their attitude or
by their 1uietness to give the Union their
support Not one Of these men had received
any support on the citizens ticket, so-calied
1t was not because they had done wrong TO the
people. It was because these men did not try
to break up this great government. La oppo-
sition to this ticket was the Union ticker. y
So far as the officers were concerned there was
not single gentleman On that ticket that dc.
sired to hold any Office for which his name ap-
reared 1t was intended only to see who were
Union men, / do not know how stands the
vote. I understand that perhaps hundred
votes have been cast for that ticket, it may be
more it may be less That confess is con-
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