The Morning herald., 1878-09-05
ONE CENT.
GEARING!THE MACHINE.
ORGANIZATION OF COUNCIL LAST MIGHT
THE NEW MAYOR SWORN IN-E. B. FRAZER
ESQ, ELECTED CLERK OF .CoUNCIIi-
PRESIDENT LICHTENsTEIN's ADDRESS.

THE NEW MAYOR SWORN me-. B. FRAZER
L ESQ.,, ELEOTED CLERK Of COUNCIL
PRESIDENT LIoHTENsTEIN's ADDRESS.
! The regular meeting Of Council ratified
j BY the charter, for organization was held
last evening. Long before the hour of con-
vening all the opening space outside tho
railing was crowded with spectators to the
number Of from 300 to $50 who had come
In out of curiosity to see the organization
affected. - u p s-Il,fAL
A little later than 7.3O O'Clock President
Lichtenstein ascended to his chair and
lightly rapping with the gavel made the
usual remark, the Council will please come
to order" After the roll was called Mr..
| faynter moved that committee of three
be appointed and the rules were sus
pended and the President named Messrs.
mittee. a-aa H's
The committee retired and on q motion
Of Mr.. Guthrie recess of 10 minutes was
taken. ....., .nJTnS $50
When Council re-assembled, Nj. Maxwell
stated that before the committee reported
he had a resolution to offer which had been :.
left over at the previous meeting. The reso-
lutlon was as follow ,. -,'- n,'-.,s..'.,,,,n
REsoLvED-That the thanks Of this body
be and are hereby rendered to James Lang.
as token of regard for the faithful man ~
ner 10 which he. has discharged his duty
and the kind and obliging manner In which
he has always served Council. II was
adopted. ,,er,. ---y 4, ,,r .-,,., -yr-,y,,,.T
The Committee on Credentials aL then bhanbs being
called on, reported that they had found that AL
John T. Almond was duly electeduMayor
for the city Of Wilmington for the next d
three years, and also that the following
named persons were elected as members Of
City Council p. B. Huested, BE-. Towns Ia
send, James McGlinchey, A. j. Hart, Aaron :.
Conrad, H. W. Downing, P. Chandler, P.
Wood, R. W. Rowe, L. P. Lynch. II oF'ii col
Mr. Paynter moved that the gentlemen ]
named should be qualified members of :.
Council, and the oath OF office was admins II
tered by James W. Watson, J.IP.NTf sdi lisa
On motion, of Mr.. Paynter, Messrs Payn- =
ter and Jones were appointed q committee
to escort the Honorable Mayer-elect to the
chamber. rsF sr.r e. r.n gIJ e10g cert
Mr.. Almond was brought in and the oath, :,
of office was administered by ESQUIRE Wat
son after which President Lichtenstefi saidd.l
Mr.. Mayor, in behalf of the icitizens ie Isl q
my pleasure to tender our congratulations +
to the position you have been elected to as
chief Magistrate of the city. The honor isi
great, no less however than the responsible 81,
ity. You have been elected by the people,
not for party, not for nationality, not
for creed, not for any ''ism" of any name, ,qt
but for the whole people. We as members. .
Of the City Council claim the privilege, that
any citizen, whether white or black, rich OF
poor, living In mansion or hoYel, may not e
equally claim your sympathy, nay, Mr..
Mayor the errors OF the important, the poor
should rather receive your clenaencys and ~
mercy in larger measure. a.. ayoycIIes ~,
Our citizens without regard to party have.
great confidence not only in your integrity
and honor. but in your observation-disclosures soIa
administer the duties of your office as to re-,
feet honor upon yourself, on those, who so
strongly advocated your fitness for the posi-
tion, and who elected you. Your reputation
sir, Is unexcelled by any citizen In your
community, you will construct yourself step
by step, day by day; let us hope that the .
people may feel as much pain to part with y
you at the termination of your office as thew
feel pleased to day at your election. '''.'
We as members of CouneH are ever
ready to act with you to the best of our
ability, and true to our convictions. 4
II shall try," replied MIR. Almond, "to"I
carry out the trust reposed in me, and to all
the Office to which have been elected to ri
the best of my ability"
/ On motion OF Mr.. Paynter, Council pro-
ceeded to the election OF a clerk EioB.,.
Frazer was nominated by Mr.. Psynter, and 4
William Il. Foulk by Mr.. Adams. Mr..
McGlincby and Jones acted as telIers. Tho
result of the balloJing shows that twenty !
votes were cast, Mr.. Frazer receiving twelve. ;,
and Mr.. Foulk eight. Mr.. Frazer was de
clared elected, and the oath of office was
administered. ....... .r.. r.s...,t-.
Mr.. Taylor moved that an election for
bailiff was gone into. Mr.. Knight nomi.
mated James f. Daily and Mr.. Chandler L
James Lang, and the same tellers acted.
Daily received twelve votes and Lang eight
President Litchenstein then addressed the
Council. He said that for q good city gov-l
ernment 1t was not necessary for men to be
of high order of culture. They should be
good business men, should be punctual and
honest and ready to speak and vote their,
convictions. Those men who hold up. for.
the best measures can be called the best
party men, because they reflect credit on
the party which elected them. He said he
desired to refer specially to the careless
manner some committees had of dealing"
with petitions and communications, some
time never reporting upon them at all.
The right of petition is sacred to the
American people, and to keep the petition
in your pocket is discredit to the body,
and to the petitioner. I would also ask
that close attention be paid to the assess
me Mt books, because 1t can be readily seen
that mistake might occur of $100, 900 and
the board rot know it. The speaker ad. 4
vocated the repeal by the Legislature Of.
the act of taxing land, and also recoms
mendsd that change be made In the pres-q
ent manner of taxes for city and countysl
purposes, so that personal property, might
bare a share as well as real estate, HHeo
closed by urging harmony among ALI fhea
members. ,e;t 49,, -. r
On motion of Mr.. Taylor the rules Of the
last council were adopted as the rules for
the present one. a ao.-' "A 3c.,orr 4rI,