El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-30

" thing like harmony had prevailed
= Mayor Magoffin took his seat in an eas,
: and off hand manner, "as though to tn
manner born," and gracefully acknowl
: edged the ovation accorded him from
? behind the railing. The reading o
3 that nimble serial, "the minutes of the
1 previous meeting" was dispensed with
and the new clerk will have two Of
4 more sets to cheer the aldernanic
heart with at the next regular meet
? ing.
5 The usual weekly bill for street work
was allowed on motion of Mr.. Clifford
for the finance committee.
Mayor Magoffin announced the fol
lowing standing committees:
Ordinances-Coldwe1, Scott and
Robinson.
Streets and G Grades -Whitmore, Cold.
wei and Clifford
Building Buono. Whitemore
and Burton.
Finance-Clifford, Coldwell and Del
BuOno.
| Taxation-Robinson, Brunner and
Clifford
| Polics-Burton, Robinson and Scott
Water and Fire-Brunper,W Whitmore
| and Burton.
Acequia- Scott, Del Buono and
Brunner.
Mr.. Julian for the fire department
| then came forward with little re-
quest, and there was straightway a
subdued smile and hush as though
every body knew what was coming.
Mr.. Julian asked $500 for the repair
of the fire apparatus of the city, and
| the general attention was rivetsd"
on the council. The request was grant
ed without shadow of opposition.
| Mr.. Julian smole a calm, pleasant Iu-
Dian summer-like smile as he swung
| h
| the tails OF his coat to resume his seat.
Then the crowd took up the quiet,
unOstentatious smile, as they realized
| how slick the little racket had been
| worked: and as Theodore Tilton would
say, it was ''grace, mercy and peace"
No further explanations are necessary.
a new theme of discourse was next
taken up in the election of a new city
clerk. The fact that Mr.. Kitchens had
proven one of the best clerks the city
ever had, cut no appreciable amount of
ice in the case. He was a republican,
and that settled it. !" A good demo-
crat" was wanted and he was speedily
found. Mr.. Whitmore nominated B.
S. Catlin for the clerkship with com
were read from w. r. Watson and
Richard D. Meyer asking that they be
placed lin nomination, and affirming
their sturdy determi ipation to stand by
the municipal flag if it took all summer
or leg, or anything else. Upon a
ballot being taken the result was for
Catlin to for W. B. Davis while the
rest were not in it at ALL and the chair
declared Mr.. Catlin "the choice OF the |
convention" ga tremor of applause /!
ran through the audience" as Ben Cat |
lin smOte the palms of his hands to- |
gether and exclaimed, "Oh, a load is |
off my mind. I'm out of the woods
now, ''and he smiled smile rs broad as
a Virginia hoe cake. and almost wept |
for joy as the boys swarmed around |
and wrung both hands in congratula-
tiOn until his wrists were sore.
The choice of a city attorney was
then brought up, but upon Judge Cold
wells call, the council ad journed TO the
clerks office to take account of stock"
In twenty minutes the administration
filed back and started in. The nominees
were, George E. Wallace, w. S. Brack
and Judge Kemp. After three fruit
less ballots the choice of a city attor-
ney was passed over, and the choice of
a city scavenger was taken up. Five
spirited citizens aspired to be Ell Paso's
Colonel Waring and to command the
local division of the 'White Wings"
They were E. Morgan. A. B. McKie,
Chairman. Seven fruitless ballots were
taken. Alderete aud Chairman led on
the first ballot and on the second ballot
Chairman led. The third, fourth and
fifth ballots showed no change except
that Mckie came up and tied Char
mau on the fifth ballot. The sixth
ballot showed all hands running in
bunch.
1t was evident that the Office of CITY
was anybody's game for the
rest of the evening, go the contest was
given up, to be resumed at the next
meeting; and the following petition
was read by way of relief:
"We, the undersigned, citizens, resi-
dents and property owners of the south
ern portion of the CITY, East Ell Paso
aud COncordia most respectfully repre-
sent:
That. from reports received from
the Rocky Mountain region, we have
reason to fear an unusual rise in the
river this spring and summer and
unless something is done to increase
the height o: the NORTH bank of the
river, below Stanton street, we are in
danger of again being inundated as in
1895.
"A small amount of money or work
judiciously expended now, may save
tho loss of thousands of dollars TO us
in the near future, and we earnestly |
petition your honorable body to take
the necessary action to protect US from
the threatened DANGER
The petition was referred to the fire
and water committee in con junction
with the city engineer.
Susan Tucker petitOned for relief
from paying over again taxes she had
already paid, and the communication
was referred 30 the taxation commit
tee.
The council decided 20 adjourn until
tonight VIII the bn!loting svill be con-
tirueh ga tn ii y Off ers 4 it takes as
loug to elect them 80 it did a senator
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