El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-07
WALES BEATS McGLENNON.
The Genial Major no Longer Park and
Street Commissi ner.

To the victor belongeth the spoils
and no republican need apply. This is
| the slogan of the new city administra
tion, as the appointees of the Campbell
| administration are falling before the
cutter bar of the political moving ma
| chine, and are being made hay of in
short and satisfactory order. Major
McGlennon who has served the city as
park, street and sewer commissioner
through several diverse and contrary
administrations. was unceremoniOusly
given the G. B. last night in the city
council, and high priest of Gambri
nus put in his place. However, ''vote
of thanks" was offered up for the
majors delsctstion, and as a sort of St.
jacobs oil for the raw spot of disap-
pointment.
The board met with ''full hand''
present. Nearly five minutes of val
liable time were wasted in the reading
of the minutes of the previous half
dozen meetings. Ex-Clerk Kitchens
took his innings first with his success
sor Ben Catlin in the field, and enough
figures were waded through to glut to
a safety the widest desire of the most
statistical of statistics fiends. "Kitch"
read It'll his throat was drier than a
charity sermon, while his honor blink
ed and blinked through his gig lamps
as though it were all he could do to
keep from falling asleep, and only by
the sternest appreciation of his grave
responsibility as the executive of the
city Of Ell Paso, Texas, U. S. A, was
he able to keep awake. The reporters
gave it up bright and early. They fell
fast asleep, and the stentorian s-n.o-r-e
of the fat editor of the Evening from
bone threatened to disturb the ref1ec-
tions of the prisoners in the cells down
stairs. The aldermen sat like so many
statues, mute and as solemn as Poe's
raven while all this lingo was being
reeled off as if from Brahmin's pray
ing machine. Finally Mr.. Kitchens
exciting narrative, and breathlessly
made a dive for the water cooler, re-
marking with extreme junction, this
is positively my last appearance and no
pOstpOnement on account of weather."
Then Mr.. Catlin took up the delightful
theme, and there was more of it, and
more of it and more of it. Still the al
dermen listened as If to some such en-
tertaining tale as Rancid Butter Bill,
Canyon; or Feather Legged Mag, the
Yaller Eyed Sorceress of Sinking
Water Gulch. .Oh, it was just too
beautiful for anything. Finally Mr..
Catlin concluded the blood curdling
tale, as Mr.. Whitmore was recommend
ing that the council take day off and
have the volume finished.
On Mr.. Whitmore's motion, it was
decided 10 dispense with the regular
order of business and take up special
matters However, on Mr.. Clifford s
motion the usual weekly bill of the
street department was allowed. Mr.
Whitmore th en- moved that the council
set on the salaries of the city officers
for the ensuing years by the appoint
ment of a committee of three to con-
slider the same and report list of
figures. This woke up Judge Coldwell
with an amendment that the salaries
remain as they had been, except the
salary of engineer and street commits
sioner. There had ben one battle
royal over that matter, and he didn't
want any more. Mr.. Whitmore per
sistsd that 9 continuance Of the recent