Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-15
New Council Organizes.

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New Council Organizes.
After few minutes of hand-shaking and
exchange of courtesies, at $40 Mayor Good
win took the chair, raped to order and said
"Gentlemen of Council:-By virtue of the
power vested in me by law, now call this
body to order and ask to be allowed to say
that, a. the legislative and executive branchei
Of the city government. are now entering on
the duties Of their respective positions, it ID
my earnest desire that the mutual relations
may be of q cordial nature aud in the interests
OF the city in whatever way associated. 1t
is my purpose to recommend no measures
except upon exercise of my very best judg.
ment and prompted by such desire | shall
endeavor to do nothing to de,rsct from the
best interests OF the city"
The clerk called the roll of members hold
ing over and Messrs. Lessner, Funk, johnson,
Korn, Mast, Conklin, Cogley, Nets and
Stephan answered to their nance The newly
elected members: Tehan, Prince, Kidder
Thomas, Russell, Ackerson, McKenna, Nelson
and CRUDE answered to their names, and
their certificates of election being presented
and read they formed in line before the Mayor
and the oath Of Office was administered by
that official, after which they took their seats
vacated by the retiring members.
The first business being the election Of .
President, Mr.. Russell nominated Mr.. Mast,
Mr.. Mast nominated Mr. Russell, Mr.. Acker-
SON Mr. Conkliu, Mr.. Conklin Mr.. Prince,
and Mr.. Funk Mr.. Lessner. On
the first ballot the vote stood
Mast 4, Russell /, Conkin 2, Prince 3, Less
ner Z, Thomas l, the Democrats all voting for
Mr. Lessner, who voted for Mr.. Thomas. On
the fourth ballot they scattered, Lessner re-
ceiving no votes. On the fifth Prince had six
votes. Bslloting proceeded with widely
varying results until the tenth, when a recess
of five minutes was taken. On the nine
teenth ballot Conklin had and Prince 6, the
Democrats mostly voting for Conklin. On
the twenty-second ballot Mast had eight
votes. After the twenty-fourth ballot an
other recess was taken. On the twenty
ninth johnson had six votes; No choice. Mr..
Lessner moved to adjourn until o'clock to-
morrow night; lost. On the thirty first bal
lot Mr.. Mast received IL votes, Mr.. Conklin
4, Mr.. Prince 2, and Mr.. Cogley l. Mr..
Mast, having received a majority Of all
the votes cast, was declared elect
ed President. The chair appointed
Mr.. Prince and Mr.. Cogley q committee to es-
cort the Presiden.-elect to the char, where
the oath was administered by the Mayor.
Those who voted for Mr.. Mast were Cogley,
Conklin, CRUDE, johnson, Kidder, Nelson,
Netts Prince, Russell, Tehan and Thomas.
For Vice President Mr.. Conkln nominated
Mr. Tehan, who declined. Mr.. Prince noni-
mated Mr.. Conklin and Mr.. Thomas nomi-
mated Mr.. Lesener. On the first ballot the
vote was a tie for Conklin and 9 for
Lessner The Mayor having the casting vote
in such case voted for Mr.. Conklin. Mr..
Stephan and Mr.. Lessner were appointed and
escorted the Vice President elect TO the chair
where the oath was administered.
The name OF r. N. Gelwicks being the snly
one presentation Sergeant-at-Arms received
Is votes and Mr. Gelwicks was declared
elected and took the oath Of Office.
Mayor Goodwin retired from the chair
after introducing President Mast, who said:
GENTLEMEN OF COUNCIL: This is no time
for speech-making. l will therefore only
thank you for the honor conferred. l fully
realize the responsibility devolving upon me
and hope TO have your hearty cooperation.
l also realize the responsibility resting upon
all, and while we faithfully rep
resent our respective wards it must
not be forgotten that We also represent
the entire city. We shall have before US
matters OF local importance, but also Of gen.
eral impor' ,nce to the whole city. Let US
lay aside these merely local interests and de-
vote our labors to that which will be for the
best interests OF the entire city. ! hope to
have your hearty cooperation during the
year that we may do as well as the past year.
As the city grows from year TO year our re-
sponsibiIi,ies become greater. Improvements
are being made on large scale, such as sew
ers Let us see that no local prejudice inter
feres with our duty to the city. We should
not run into debt but make nc essary i'm
proven .nts as required by the growth Of the
city. Although not in favor Of high taxes,
hold that each generation
should make the improvements that
it devolyes upon them to make. We should
keep up with the times, but not be exit ava
CANT, making only the Improvements We are
prepared to make. Again thank you, ask
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The Clerk presented the statement OF Z Q.
Hagan of cole ections during the past year on
account of sidewalks, curbing, etc, amount
ing to $6l7.5O, less s per cent. commission,
| $56s.lO, for which check was returned.