The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07
NEW ALDERMANIC BOARD
OFFICERS AND IMPORTANT COM
 .MITTEES TOR REPUBLICANS.
A Strict Party Vote, But Through the Courtesy of the Republican Members, the Democrats Get a Representative on the Efnanra

1 Democrats Get Representative on the Finance Committee.
 | The board of aldermen for the year | 1896 was organized last evening by
 the election of James H. Macdonald of the Tenth ward for president. Not a 1 chair was vacant in the board when | Mayor Hendrick s gavel fell as the sig
 nal for order The twelve new mem bers were sworn in and the business of the board proceeded to the close with l out q jar.
 | Edward A. Street, the present assist
 ant city clerk, was chosen his own sue l sessor. The democratic members pre- sented the names of Alderman John H.
 Moore for president and Sylvester
 Chase of the Register for assistant city clerk. Party lines were tightly drawn,
 and there was no diviation from the
 caucus plans of both parties. George w. Bromley did all the nomi- mating for the minority party. ! Aldermen Belden and Murray, who 1 were appointed tellers, had but little difficulty in counting the vote The 1 present page, Hawley w. Lincoln, was 1 reelected over Bernard McManus, his l democratic opponent. The republicans 1 nominated William H. Forsyth for the | first member of the finance committee, ! which was followed by the naming of Edward A. Rourke by the democratic leader, G, W. Bromley. It was at this point that the republicans showed fbntp oHn ,o,l, Macdonald extended the courtesy of one member of the finance committee l to the democrats making a short sec onding speech to Mir. Rourke's nomina- l tion. and also motion directing the clerk to cast the ballot for Messrs. | Forsyth and Rourke for the alder manic representatives on the finance 1 committee.
 1 There was not the least surprise man. | ifested when the election of sealer of weights and measures had been arrived at and President Macdonald asked 1 that the election be postponed till the next meeting of the board. The cour- 1 tesy was granted without objection. The republican caucus had agreed l upon such a course for reasons no l member could be induced to divulge.
 This concluded the election, and the
 board turned it's attention to listening to | the reports of the mayor and the dis posal of various claims incidental to the
 routine business of the body. 1 4 resolution constituting Mayor | Hendrick, President Macdonald and l City Auditor Brown committee to se-
 cure loan to the city to meet the ex- penses of the year was adopted l The resolution ordering the printing
 of the city year book embodied a clause | directing that the city clerk and the
 auditor, under whose supervision it will | be, to employ New Haven firm to do | the work.
 | Among the appointments were those
 of Henry Fleischner M. D., and Loren
 H, Stannard, for members of the board of health.
 For directors of the public library Alderman Arthur H. Smith and Coun- cilman George E. Beers, Citizens A. l MaXcy Hiller Samuel R. Avis and Fred | w Skiff
 ! Mayor Hendrick announced the ap- | pointment of the following members
 for the aldermanic positions of the joint standing committees of the court of common council for the year 1896. The | appointments met with no objection,
 and these members will represent the | higher body on the committees ! Annual reports, Aldermen Brennan
 and Hull; appropriations, Aldermen Guernsey and Rourke; auditing, Alder men Chillingworth and G. w. Bromley; hot ney; buildings. Aldermen Hull and Smith; building lines, Aldermen Nicoll
 and Guernsey; claims, Aldermen Isaac Bromley and Chillingworth; commer- ] cial and manufacturing interests, AL dermen Smith and Macdonald: fire de- pertinent, Aldermen Forsyth and Mur- ray; lamps and street lighting Alder
 men Lambert and Kelley; licenses, AL delmen Kinney and Isaac Bromley; | nominations, Aldermen Rourke and Stuart; numbering streets, Aldermen Murray and Toole; ordinances, Alder
 men Belden and Nicoll; printing, Alder l men stuart and Goodman; railroads and | bridges; Aldermen Macdonald and Bel den: retrencement and reform, Alder
 men Toole and Brennan; sewers. Alder Hltl w HlltcthtE anu EoISy lH, squares, Aldermen Rattlesdorfer and Kelley; streets, Hamilton and Rattlesdorfer;
 water, Aldermen Parish and Moore; special auditing, Aldermen Bromley of the Sixth ward and Whitaker; public l buildings, Messrs. George Phelps. Leo
 nj w. Robinson, James Reilly; public squares, George W. Bromley, John IT. Clarke.
 The committee on behalf of the city appointed to audit the books of ex- Collector Theodore Futile was contin- uad.
 The disposal of a batch of old busi-
 ness which was taken up and referred
 to the proper committees yet to be
 raised in the new board next engaged
 the attention of the aldermen. Many of the items are of importance and many are not. They are the accumu-
 lation of several months. The report
 of the board of compensation was or
 dered printed. There is S46, 900 due the
 city from assessments according to the
 report.
 The board adjourned to meet on
 Wednesday evening, January 15.
 The sealer of weights and measures
 will be elected on that occasion.