Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-01-03
FOR HIS SECOND TERM.

Mayor Sargent Inaugurated In the
Aldermanic Chamber Yesterday
other City officials Sworn In-The
Mayor Makes a Brief Address-Ex-
Mayors HOlcOmb, York and Peck
Congratulate the Mayor-ManY Git
fZens Present at the Brief Cere-
monY.
In the aldermanic chamber of the city
hall at noon yesterday Mayor Joseph B.
Sargent was inaugurated into his second
term as chief executive of the city. A
large number of citizens were present to
witness the inaugural ceremonies. The
proceedings were very brief and did not
occupy more than half an hour. Mayor
Sargent entered the chamber accompanied
by Judge Robertson of the probate court
and followed by ex- Mayors George F. Hol-
comb, Henry F. Peck and Samuel A. York
and other city officials. The proceedings
opened with the reading of the certificate
of the election of the mayor by City Clerk
Martin, after which the oath of Office was
administered by Judge Robertson. When
this proceeding had been completed ex-
Mayor Holcomb sross and grasping the
mayor by the hand said he congratulated
him upon his past administration, which
had been eminently successful, and also
upon his re election, and expressed the
wish that bis coming administration of
affairs would prove as successful as had
the term which had but just ended. He
was followed by ex-Mayor York, who said:
ExMAYoR YORK,
Mr.. Mayor congratulate you upon
your reelection and upon the opening of
your new administration. New Haven ia
especially fortunate in having in the
mayoralty chair man who knows from
experience what is best for the city. The
duties are of multiplex nature, compell-
Jog an intimate knowledge with all the
the features of the city government. In
the present nature of things the respoHsi
bilities of the Office are not as great as they
should be, and trust that the incoming
legislature will pass law which will give
to the mayor of this city much of the re-
sponsibility which is due to the office and
which he ought to have. Allow me to
again congratulate you upon your Re cleo
ton and express the hope of most cue
cessful administration of affairs for the
future.
Ex-Mayor Peck followed, and he said:
EX-MAYOR PECK,
Mr.. Mayor-The citizsns of New Haven
have shown their appreciation of your
services by again electing you to the Office
which you now hold. We all have one
common interest in supporting the growth
| and advance Of the city and in maintaining
| its wholesome moral tone for our benefit at
| home and for our good name sbroad. We
| are building larger and better than the
| founders knew or imagined; we are out
growing all the original designs and oon-
captions; old landmarks disappear like
dreams; we are constantly obliged to
discard that which ten years ago waa
deemed adequate to the public necessi
ties, and to strike out upon new enter
prisss of larger proportions from year to
year When you and first came to New
Haven the population was 40. 900. Probably
90, 900 has been aided to the population
since and the city is advancing at a rapid
| pace. Out of this comes the necessity for
| larger plans and larger expenditures, and
these must be conducted by wise and dis
Greet men, men who draw the line between
extravaganza on the one hand and parsi
mony on the other. We want men of ga
gacity and judgment, men who will carry
forward the city in its career by that lib
erality in expenditure and that economy II
applying it which is the striking character
istio of the highest style of q business
man. The people have decided that yor
are the man-and now allow me to extend
the congratulations of the season and my
best wishes for your success in the cominf
term.
! MAYOR sARGRNT's ADDRESS.
Mayor Sargent then addressed the cit,
fathers as follows:
To you, gentlemen, ex mayors of the
city of New Haven, who have so credita
bly, occupied the high and somewhat peril
GUS position of mayor of the city, tende,
my hearty thanks for your kind words ant
good wishes.
In undertaking the duties of the Office O
mayor for another two years, have bu
to follow in your footsteps to merit and re
ceive the approval of our fellow citizens.
It Ia high honor to have been mayo
of New Haven, city in which the peopl
are SO intelligently critical and properl,
exacting. You, as ex-mayors, relieved
from the duties of the Office, can look bscl
without anxiety over the path you hav
Travelled, satisfied with the honors tina
has been conferred upon you. But
mayor just stepping upon the threshold O.
a new term, although having had the ex
perienoe of previous service, knows no
what is in the future of his official duty
nor what obstacles and temptations ma,
lie along his path.
Your presence here to day reminds m,
that the ex mayors of New Haven are few
in number, and that, however highly hon
ored by their fellow citizens, they are sub
ject to all "the ills that flesh is heir to.
During my past term of two years four ex
mayors of this city have departed from
earthly scenes, and their bodies have beer
deposited in their last resting places.
refer to ex-mayors Lewis, Shelton, Bige
low and Robertson, naming them in the or
der of their service. Only three are left
Again, gentlemen, my personal friend
and neighbors, thank you for your KIND
words and good wishes.
To you, my friends and fellow citizen
of New Haven, I tender my heartfelt
thanks for the distinguished honor of re
election to the Office of mayor for anothe
term of three years. You have overlooked
or forgotten my shortcomings and have re
warded me for my good intentions.
I have endeavored to perform the duties
of the Office as we'll as could under al
the circumstances, or, at least, as well as
knew how.
I have endeavored to comply with the
charter law of the city and the city or
dinances enacted pursuant thereto, Al
closely as could, and in as much harmony
with their apparent intricacies and unoer
families as possible.
As We meet together at the beginning O.
a new year Il is great pleasure and salts
faction, in looking back through the yea
just past, to know that New Haven il
steadily prospering, and probably neve,
experienced a series of years of create
prosperity than that of the present time
The health of the city is excellent NJ
epidemic disease has gained footholG
here for many years. Manufacturing, oul
main source of growth, has been fairly sat
isfactory for the past year in most lines
employing nearly full complement of wage
| earners. Our merchants have had salts
factory year, with increasing business in
city trade and with buyers at distance
Our great university has fully kept up itt
usual rate of progress, not only in the cree
ton of its massive buildings and the in
creased number of students, but in its
higher and broader education, and it con
tinues to add to the attrsctiveness of New
Haven as place of residence
Other means of education keep pace with
the increase of population.
In most respects the improvement and
growth of the city is healthy, steady and
satisfactory, comparing favorsbly with the
improvement and growth of the whole
country and with the average of other sub.
stantial cities.
The large number of arrests for drunk.
enness and for disorderly conduct and
petty crimes resulting in indulgence in
alcoholic drinks is an evidence of conditions
not gratifying to those interested in the
cause of temperance.