Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-04-16
SOURLCHED THE MAYOR.
THE COUNCIL SITS DOWN ON
SOME APPOINTMENTS.
The New officers of the City Take
Their Positions-The Proceedings
of the First Meeting Include Some
Spicy Actions.

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The city council met last evening for
the first time since election and was
attended in its deliberations by an
audience which filled the council cham
Der to the door and even reached to the
stairs outside.
The old council first took up I'M
| finished business. DR.. Boutin's bill
for attending the city poor was al
lowed.
The case of Mrs. w. j. Ram
sey who was injured by falling through
a defective sidewalk then came up.
The city has been threatened with q
suit for damages, but proposition
was finally made by Mr.. Ramsey that
compromise would be considered on
basis of $500 paid by the city. To pay
this was recommended by the special
committee which had been appointed
to investigate the matter and motion
to adopt the report was carried. Mrs.
Ramsey will be paid $500 cash and 5000
on July LIST, rather costly punishment
on the city for its careless manage
ment.
The special committees were then
discharged and the council resolved
itself into a canvassing board. The
result was as given in the REFLECTOR
and the officers there designated were
declared elected.
The oath of Office was administered
to Mayor MattesOn, President Shane
presiding. Then the other city officers
were also indicted into Office with the
usual formality. The new council is
composed of Messrs. Shane, Cowles,
Folk, Metzger, COsad, Dunlap, Kirby
and Armitage.
Next on the program after calling
the council to order was the submitting
Of the mayors appointments of officers.
He recommended T. F. Smith for city
clerk and James Culbertson for city
attorney, both being re-appointed.
The gentlemen have given good salts
faction and the council unanimously
confirmed their appointments. E.
Keller was also confirmed as weigh
master of the city scales, an Office
which is considerably less remunera-
tive than that of coroner.
Pursuant to his ante-electiOn prom
Uses Matteson next attempted to
replace Marshal Z, L. Hess with w.
L. Allison. A motion was made to
confirm but Mr.. Shane moved to lay
the motion on the table until next
meeting. The motion was carried.
Matteson was squelched. He next
named Theo. st. Peter as street COM
missioner and election hack driver.
The same process was gone through
with and st. Peters official head will
probably come off in May.
Folk moved that the News be given
the city printing at One-fourth the
legal rates. 1t was amended to re-
ceiyed bids from responsible bidders.
The council was a tie and Mattoson de-
feated the amendment. Shane got in
his usual table veto next and that
carried, so another question will come
up later on. Matteson was so badly
ratified and so ignorant of parliament
tsry practice that he forgot to put the
original motion or the printing ques-
ton would have been settled then and
there.
After considerable discussion on
sidewalks, ETC., the council at a late
hour adjourned.
The first meeting clearly demonstrate
ed that the mayor has some men on
the council who have their eyes wide
open and who propose to see that
there is no monkeying. The putting
of business men like Messrs. COsad
and Cowles on the council was one of
the best things the city ever did, 1t is
unfortunate that they were not rein
forced by one or two others.