Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-31
THE LATE MAYOR.

THE LATE MAYOR. |
Meeting Of tho City Counoi1.-Rsso1utions
Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for the Fune- |
raj To-NIorr0w-.Business Men Request
ed to Close Their Places During tho
Services.
special meeting of the city council was
held yesterday morning, at which all were
present with the exception of Aid. Griggs
and O'Connor.
The Clerk read the following call;
81. PAUL, May 20, ls7S.-M. J. o'Connor:-
It becomes my painful duty to instruct you to
call special meeting of the council at o'clock
A. NJ, May 80 to make arrangements for the
funeral of J. T. Maxfeld, late mayor of the
city.
W. DAWSON. Acting Mayor.
On motion of AID. Rhodes, q committee
Of one from each ward was appointed by the
president, to draught suitable resolutions,
the committee appointed being as follows:
AID. Rhodes, Allen, O'Connor, Grace, San
born and Mccarthy.
The committee, after retiring for short
time, submitted the following preamble and
/
adopted:
WHEREAS, We heve been called together to
take appropriate action upon the death of the
Honorable Mayor Of this city, james L. Max
field; and
WHEREAS, He has for many years been a lead
ing and most public-spirited citizen. and both
in private and public life has been honest,
faithful and true, winning the approval OF po-
| litical enemies as we'll as friends; and
WHEREAS, His high ability, his answering
| integrity, his inflexible devotion TO the best
interests of our city, and the perseverance with
which he has continued to discharge the respon-
sible and perplexing duties of chief executive
past, and especially for months preceding bis
death, when his health was such that any ordi-
| nary man, under like circumstances, would
long since have abandoned any effort to dis
charge public duties, have challenged the adj
miration of ALL and shown him to be faithful
until death; now, therefore,
Be 1t Resolved, By the Common Council of
| the city of st. Paul
| Resolped, That in the death of James T
| Maxteld our city loses of her most faithful
and true citizens, and one Of the ablest anc
most painstaking executive officers that hal
ever occupied the municipal executive chair.
| RESOLVED, That we commend that self-sacri
fcing spirit of devotion to the public interests
which led him for years to lay aside the cas-
and comfort Of private life in the performance
of onerous and oft times thankless public du
ties, as an example worthy to be followed by al
good citizens.
ResolueQ, That as a tribute of respect, tn
Office of mayor and our council chamber b
draped in mourning for three months, and tina
the members of the common council wear tn
usual badge of mourning for thirty days, AM
that we will attend the funeral in a body.
Resolaed, That we invite all officers of tn
city and county government, the chamber 0
oOrn RI ri ta IN
other civic societies, to participate in the fu
neral obsequies, and that we invite all bushes
houses as mark Of respect to SO eminent an
distinguished public officer to close their door
upon the afternoon of the funeral.
u RexolUed, That. as a perpetual memorial Q
the exalted virtue and spotless integrity of til
departed, and as an incentive to all his succet
sors in office to emulate his example of faith
fulness and devotion to public duty, these re!
olutions be spread at length upon the record
of the council proceedings.
Iesolred, That we tender to his bereaved fan
ily our heartfelt sympathy and coincidence
this their great affection, and that the cit
clerk be directed to cause to be prepared an
engrossed a copy of these resolutions, an
transmit the same to the family of the deceased
also, that copies hereof be furnished to tt
city papers for publication.
= Aid. Smyth, Dowlan and Grace were, Q
: motion of Aid. Rhodes, appointed con
mittee of arrangements on behalf of II
s council.
Aid. Rhodes submitted the followin
which was also unanimously adopted:
= RESOLVED. That the members Of the city cou
: Gil are hereby requested, as tribute of respe
to an esteemed and worthy officer of the cou
: ty, to attend the funeral Of John G. Becht, la
! sheriff Of Ramsey county.
: The council then adjourned.
d ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL.
The full programme of the obsequies
:: the late Mayor Maxfeld has not been a
a ranged beyond the points already announce
I but will be promulgated to-morro
$ The police will be in attendance in full fore
The fire department. will be represented
|, the procession by the whole of the apparatu
draped in mourning, and all the men. It
also worthy of mention that some of t
members of the Minneapolis fire DEPARTING
;. have also signi6ed their intention of bell
present, and will be assigned positions. T
. remaining members of the former yolunte
IS department will neet this evening in Il
II parlors of the Hook and Ladder house to pe
It feet arrangements for their attendance.