Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13
The Old Council Passes Out of Elk
istence Without a Struggle
Last Night.
Mayor Leslie and the New Council
Assume the Reins of Govern
ment.
Council Organizes, and Transacts
Business Preliminary to the
Real Work.
The Now Council.

finish up some remaining business and
adjourn. At the time appointed, Mayor
Allen and Aldermen Reade, Robidou,
Mcdonald and Patterson met and waited
for a quorum, but no other members of
the old council came, and accordingly
the body met, formally, and adjourned
sine die.
Alderman Robidou then arose, and
prepared to take his departure from the.
solemn conclave Of the city fathers. He
was the only n of the outgoing alder
men present, and he shook hands,, all
around, with the members of the old
council who we're reelected for another
year, and made his adieux, amid the
general laughter incident upon some of
his characteristic :good-byes."
The new council then took their seats
and Mayor Leslie presided. All of the
members of the body were present with
the one exception of Aldermen Braith-
waite. A courier was sent after him,
but he could not be found, and accord
ingly the council proceeded to organize
without him. =
The reading Of the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting were dispensed with, upon
motion, and Mayor Leslie then rose,
and briefly addressed the members of
the council, and the number Of citizens
who were present to witness the first
meeting of the new body. Nature, he
said, had omitted oratory from the list
of qualities with which she had endowed
him, and for that reason, his address
must necessarily be short, and confined
to a few remarks, in simple language.
The citizens Of the city, he desired to
thank for the honor conferred upon him
in placing him at the head of the city's
affairs, and to compliment them for the
wisdom of their choice of a body of
counoilmen such as composed the new
council, He asked of the councilmen a
unity of effort. There should be no
favorites. All would stand together, for
a business administration. The path of
the city council, he knew to be not all
roses. There was a liberal share of
thorns, and he asked the cooperation
and aid of the aldermen, and the patience
and indulgence of citizens, while the
thorns should be removed, and obstacles
surmounted. He asked that the coun-
Gil take hold with him, in all labors, and
said the body would work with a good
will, forget all factionalism, and labor
for Bismarck and Bismarck's advance
ment, and he would leave it to the
citizens to render a verdict at the close
of the year.
There was a general applause at the
close Of Mayor Leslie's address. The
work of organization was then proceeded
with, and the clerk read the certificates
of election and oaths of office of James
b. Mcbride, w. Braithwaite, w. o. De-
Puy, H. L. Reade, D. G. Mclean, J. D.
Mcdonald, r. s. Allen and E. G. Pat
terson as aldermen, E. E. Morris as city
treasurer, E. H. Barrett as city clerk
John Boyle as city justice, aud John
Lyons, John Maassen, M. Glineberg and
a.. Greasy as commissioners of concilia-
ton. WE 2
Upon motion, a committee Of three,
consisting Of Aldermen Allen, Reade and
Mcdonald were appointed to look into
the credentials Of the several offcers,and
report. Arecess of five minutes was tax
en-, and at the end of that time the COM
mittee reported, stating that the qualii-
cations of the several officers were sufi.
cient, and recommended their reception
and approval The report was adopted.
The bond Of the city treasurer was
then read, and the roll called upon a
motion for it's approval, which carried
without q dissenting vote.
II was then moved and carried that
Treasurer Holman be instructed to turn
y all moneys and properties pertaining
to his office, to e. e. Morris, the newly
qualified treasurer.
The bond5of John Boyle as city justice
was then read, and approved upon roll
call, without any dissent.
Upon motion, Judge Chase was in.
stlr.uctedt to turn over all books and rec
ords of his Office to John Boyle, the new
justice.
Alderman Reade then moved that the
regular council meetings occur on the first
and third Mondays of each month.
Carried.
It was then moved that a committee
of three be appointed to act with the
chair in deciding upon a set of rules for
the governing Of the council. The
motion was carried, and Aldermen De-
Puy, Patterson and Mclean were ap
pointed.
The report of Judge Chase was then
taken up and read. The report was ap-
proved by Aldermen Healy and Bralth-
waite Of the old ways and means COM
mittee, but owing to ONE doubt as to