The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-19
Mayor W. H. GelsthOrDe

Responded to the toast "Municipa
Administration as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Citizens
o have given me, Mr.. Toastmaster, q
SUBJECT OF vast extent-one that would
almost exhaust the energy and patience
OF h makers of encyclopedias. The
bold Pamphleteers who haunted Grub
street in the days of Goldsmith could
have written for years on this theme
without exhausting il, and yet you have
imposed upon me the ,herculean task OF
dlsposing Of this subject in a two-minu-
ties talk. Under such embarrassing cir
cumstaHces l am at a loss to know
where to begin or what part Of this big
SUBJECT to offer to you out Of pure mis-
CHIEF, not to say revenge, for calling on
me at all. L have q serious notion, Mr..
Chairman, to enter into an exhaustive
treatment Of this volumnious subject
and this would require a speech at least
as lengthy as that of Senator Allen dur
ing the recent silver struggle at WASH
ington, and then only a beginning would
be had. But, come to think of it, how
ever much l would like to wreck my
vengence on the committee, i have too
much regard for the feelings of u
guests and innocent persons present to
infict such dire punishment upon
them. / forbear going into the
general subject, and whatever else |
may have to offer you tonight will be
upon the existing municipal administra-
rion Of Great Falls.
remember a few years ago when the
pioneers OF Montana organized their
association, Hon. James Fergus of
Fergus county, was elected its first
president and in his speech of thanks to
the members he said with much feeling.
gentlemen, l would rather be president
Of this association than to be president
Of tho United States, and | believe he
ment it. do not care to go to that ex-
tent, for am afraid you would not be-
!ieye me, but l can sincerely say that |
there is no local or state honor that |
would appreciate more than | do of be- |
ng mayor of this young city of destiny.
is no fiowery bed of ease connect
I'd with the Office that l have been able
% find and the work and attention re-
luired Of the executive is to me a labor |
If love, and my first and only consider
ltion is for the best interests and wei.
are OF the city, and 1 believe l can say
he for the same council, the heads and
employees of all the departments. 1t is
rue, we may make mistakes, but to err
3 human, and if we do they will be mis-
axes of the head and not of the heart.
may get some of the parks to far
the center of voters, but / tell you
he city will grow to them and remedy
he error.
At a banquet in this house two or
hree years ago to the members of the
'g%islature, n of the honorable gentle
len referred facetiously to the water
ydrants which he found way out on the
rairie, miles from anywhere. Today
city has grown beyond the farther
hydrant of that time, and besides
lere has been miles of extension of /
alter maius. 1t will be SO with the /
arks; the city will soon surround them, l
q conclusion | desire to say, the present {
ADMINISTRATION Of the Electric city be-
eve in progress, believe in enterprise.
elieve in unity Of purpose and action,
I'D stands ready to render aid and com. y
.rt to this Honorable Board of Trade in
~ legitimate and benficial undertaking e
may inaugurate. Thanking you, gentle v
en-, for your attention. | will now give q
ay to the able speakers who are to .
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