Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1894-04-12
VALE COUNCIL.
Farewell Address of Retiring
Mayor Steel at Council
Meeting.
The City Clerks Annual Re-
port of Receipts and
Disbursements.


the city council Monday evening a "full
house" and the gallery was packed,
standing room even being at a premium.
There were present, besides the mayor,
soon to hand over the official sceptre to
his successor, Aldermen Adams, Blood,
Johnson, Lieber and Porter, Aldermen
Wells and Fletcher absent. For the last
time as clerk of the old council, Clerk
Blewett read the minutes Of the last
meeting, which we're approved as read.
The annual statement of the city clerk
committee of the new council after they
had qualified. The report was accom-
panied by list of the number of regis
tered warrants outstanding at date OF re-
port.
AS this was all the business that
lay before the meeting, Mayor elect Hal
stead was called in and took his place
beside Mayor Steel; presented his otti-
cial bond, and. together with the new
aldermen, took the oath of office. Before
the assembling of the new council and
before they had taken their places Mayor
Steel arose and with much impressive
ness closed his term of office as mayor of
jamestown with the following address:
REMARKS OF THE RETIRING MAYOR.
GENTLEMES:-Before oresurrendering this
| chair, ] desire to express to the gentle
| men of the old council my thanks for
| their courtesy TO me during the past
year. | can say, truthfully, that have
| taken great pleasure in presiding over
, the meetings OF this council; that my re-
lations with the aldermen and with the
officers Of the old council have been uni
| fornly pleasant. agreeable and friendly;
! that situation, say. gentlemen. owe to
your courtesy, and for 1t thank you.
! I have been a member of the city coun-
Gil of jamestown for five successive years
and would state 1T as NY opinion that
| there has not been time during that
period when the aldermen-leavlng the
mayor out of the qnestion-wben the
aldermen have devoted the same careful.
| honest and unselfisb. and | would say
| intelligent, service to the interest OF
affairs of this city of jamestown, as you
have done. If the council that comes
after you, or the councils, will but emu
late your example in these particulars [
have no fear for the future OF jamestown.
either morally or financially. applause
so far as 1t lies in the power Of the coun-
ellis to regulate that future.
| You, gentlemen, have been annoyed, as
I have been. during the past year, by
unklnd. unfriendIy. and I would say en-
phatIcally. untruthful utterances and
criticisms in regard to your official acts
made by certain individuals of this town
Ev'n ministers, they hae been kem'd
In holy rapture.
A rousing Wild, at times to verd
And nal't wi Scripture
Blackguards may serve some useful
purpose IN this world, but If so that use
fulness must be very infiniteslmal.
Some 500 men, or thereabouts, are
living here trying to earn an honest sub
sistence for themselves and in some cases
for families, and as such, gentlemen, We
are co-dependent, one upon the other
Not single member of this community
can make a failure of his individual
business, occupation, profession or offic.
but what that failure will damage you
and me-. and all of us, some more, some
less, but all of us to some deerse. And
I say the tendency of blackguardism is
to make failures. to pull down this com
munity and not to build it up. You
will. therefore, allow me to say. in my
own opinion. that the BLACKBOARD, the
mudslinger. is traitor to the community
in which he lives and should be treated
as such. trust the next administrator
may he relieved somewhat from this an,
noyance.
I would like to say just thus yet, gen.
tlemen, and then / am done. You, gentle
men of the council, OF the old council just
adjourned. have accomplished something
When I say that | know what an
talking about; you have accomplished
something for the betterment and ad
vancement OF this city Of jamestown in
North Dakota. and in behalf Of the great
majority OF the citizens OF this town
who believe fully appreciate YOUR ser
vices. thank you. IApplause
Upon the closing of his remarks. which
were vociferously applauded. Mr.. Steel
vacated his char and official capacity
and both assumed by Mayor Halstead
who raped for order and the new regime
began by the roll call OF the members
The following responded: Aldermen
Blood, Clemens, Johnson, Lieber
Mitchell and Porter. Fletcher anc
Wells absent.
The new council then proceeded
to ballot for city clerk for the
ensuing year. On both the informal anc
formal ballots the vote stood three fol
O. p. Bird. and three for w. A. Sadel
meyer. For some moments the merits
OF the two aspirants for the office were
discussed by their aldermanlc friends
and, as it was apparent that there woulc
be no agreement. the mayor cast the
deciding vote which elected O. p. Bird
clerk for the coming municipal year.
The ballot for city attorney resulted