Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-04-09

llHu NiSuO' hi'' NO'V'e "'""'N w.
suretirs, was presented aud duty
approved.
A petition from Chemical company
No. ?. asking to be made - part q
| the Little Falls Fire dcUartmen,
was read and the request granted.
The quarterly report III City
Treasurer r. Heron for quarter
ending Jan. !, 1897. was returned
from finance committee marked O
X. and upon motion duly made anG
carried was approved.
The quarterly r"port M CIT!
Treasurer Heron for the quart.
ending April !. 1897. was presented
and having the finance committed
0. X. was duly approved.
On ~ 'tion duly seconded and car
rie,l the city clerk was instructed ~
purchase Il copy of the MinCrsota
staff of 1894 for the use Ut the
city.
Mayor Richardson read his fare
we'll address. which was upon mo.
ton accepted and ordered placed On
file, and u una ninOus vote Of thanks
was also rendered the mayor by the
council.
After the minutes Of the meeting
were read md approved the council
adjourned.
The following ia retiring Mayor
Richa rdson's farewell address:
10 THE HONORABLE Council OF THE
CITY or LITTLE FALLS:
AS am about t" retire from the
executive chair ] wish to say IL few
words to yOn with regard to your
management IF the affairs OF our
young and prosperous city, and to
the people in a general way. l will
not attempt tn review the proceed
tngs OF the various councils since
Little Falls fist became city in
1889, and elected your humble serv-
ant mayor. 1t is a well-knOwn fact
that our young city was very pros
porous from it's birth up to 1895,
when it's growth was considerably
checked by the hard times that
reigned supreme throughout our
state and nation. After that the
burden of taxation began to weigh
heavily upon the tax payers, so that
prior to the city election u year ago
tie demand for retrenching was very
pronounced, but there was no es-
pecial demand for reform. You have
carried ont the expressed wishes uf
the people and reduced expenses az
far as the best interests of our city
would allow. have upheld and as
sisted you az far az possible In your
efforts to relieve the people from the
burden Of taxation by reducing the
regular police force to the smallest
number ever employed in our city.
Although reduced to the small num-
Der of three they have been very
efficient. and, l believe. not only your
honorable council, but our citizens
are generally satisfied and pleased
with their conduct. Mr.. Alfred Tan
ner, who il t. succeed me rs mayor,
like myself is an old settler of Little
Falls, but his experience in office is
very limited. That fact, however,
may he no detriment to his making
u good mayor, as all good citizen
will assist him, as they have myself,
in maintaining good order in our
city. Iteel proud of my admtnistra-
ton of the affairs Of the city, and
fiatter myself that no one has, Or is
likely to make a better record.
Owing to the recent change in the
ton laws many of my old
friends and worthy citizens lin all
about thre" hundred) were debarred
from the privilege Of voting ut the
recent election. Could they have
voted, fiatter myself that victory
would have perched on our banner.
Nevertheless without their votes l
was expecting a different result.
However, l have long since learned
that the outcome OF an election Can
not be more definitely known until
the ballots are counted than the out
come of Jury trial before the verdict
is rendered.
1t sometimes happens that good
are overthrow by the
combin ton Of political tricksters
backed by the gullible and overhead
GUS portion of the community. The
trickster is ever on the alert watch
ing for the opportunity to apply his
art in manipulating elections, which
goes to prove the truth Of the old
say ing Eternal vigilance is the price
of liberty" In league with the evil
designing wire pullers we often find
tho editor of local newspapers. The
bird that fouls it's nest is said to he
an unclean bird. If that be true,
what shall be said OF an editor that
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