The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-24
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Mayor futile Of Caldwell has delivered
his inaugural For elastic dict:on and
Johnsonian elegance Of thought the adj
dress has never been equalled in Kansas
II would be a misfortune to permit it TO
| pass unread. II IS as follows:
Fellow citizens and gentlemen of the
Council: take this my first and earliest
| opportunity to extend to the citizens of
| Caldwell my heartfelt thanks for the al
| most unanimous vote cast for me on the
9Th day Of April past for mayor of the
| city Of Caldwell for the ensuing two years
and / assure you that I am not unmind-
| full of the responsibility that shall rest
heavily upon my shoulders during MY term
OF office l apprehend that the utmos.
diligence. watchfulness and careful man.
| agement upon my part is imperative in Or
der TO sustain and maintain that standard
of par excellence in the various depart
ments SO justly maintained by his excel
lency. the outgoing mayor. DR.. Robert
son and his efficient, broad. liberal and
energetic council; nor would dare at this
tine TO presume upon the creduiity Of the
citizens of Caldwell did not fully believe
that the council just elected with me and
now about TO assume the reins of govern
ment, dare and will grasp the helm of the
ship OF state firmly and securely and with
unerring Judgment guide the pro1d ship
safely through and over any and all break
ers that may and doubtless will occur, and
at the close OF our official career. brief
Period hence, land that ship with all its
moorings safely within the harbor OF rest
and that the city of Caldwell, the pride
of her citizens and the brightest star IN
the diadem of stars within the great state
of Kansas, shall at least be none the worse
for our having had charge of and over its
affairs, and we shall be able TO turn over
10 other mana cement as pure and as spot
les as when we received il. ] might here
and do point with pleasure to our institu
tons OF learning so thoroughly and fully
represented by that able and learned gen
tleman, Professor Swain, and his very ef-
hcient cops of teachers. who possess that
happy faculty of kindness ever accompa
MED by that essential qualification, firm
ness, and as the great bell in the tower
strikes the hour of nine informing the
sweetest set Of warblers ever heard by NOR
tai ear that the hour had now arrived
when the music of song and laughter must
give place to the stepping stones of an
education, that shall surely fit the youth
of our land 10 ably combat with the stern
realities Of life.
AS 1 hasten along. I pause to pass a few
remarks upon other deserved institutions
whose lofty spires tower high toward the
sky, and within their sacred walls you
will find taught by theologians of high de-
gree a religion that leads up to the embet-
terment of man. and the universal salvation
of a human soul, for when a mans trust
ne need not fear that hour Of death when
his soul shall return from whence it came.
1 had not fully accomplished my duty
did I neglect TO point with pride and pleas
Ure to the various branches Of successful
business institutions so ably conducted by
energetic, true and trusty men and wo-
men. Having cited you briefly to some
Of the grander Institutions of our city,
perchance there might be other places no;
so well favored. where the youth of our
city might congregate and there form hab-
its non conducive to the best interest Of
youthful manhood. To the proprietors OF
such institutions Gf any there be- 1 here
and now admonish you TO look well &c
your laurels, for punishment to you shall
come surely swift and furious.
The various committees that shall here
10 their peculiar fitness for the committees
upon which they shall serve. And it
might not here come amiss for me to state
that the Board of Health viii be pecu-
liarly selected inasmuch as their olfactories
shall be so sensitive that the slightes;
stencil arising from any cesspool or the car
rying in its wake Of any unsavory odor
VIII be quickly discerned by them when,
without the least doubt upon my part,
each and every one of them will HE him.
self away in quest Of such odoriferous
scent and there camp upon its trail with
a full line of sanitary precautions TIL ev-
cry vestige of unsavorynesS shall have
passed away and the city of Caldwell shall
give forth a perfume whose delcacy and
sweetness cen the angels themselves
might well deign to sniff 0or next to God
illness you will remember comes cleanE- |
ness1 Other applicants for position upon |
committees and other appointments VIII |
he Judged IN accordance with the rules lad |
down as Just read and as APPLIED to the |
Board of Health.
In toto the policy of this administration |
shall be one of rigid economy, Intercepted |
by thoughtful judgment. and IL 1 mistake
not, this council over which I shall pre- |
side. will ever bear within its breast that |
emolument OF virtue, with malice toWard |
none and equal charity for all, the christian |
virtues of a saint would do no better
But gentlemen, I have already wearted |
YOU quite too long and with this oft re-
oeated quotation, Meme. meme tekei
I shall hope at the close
II our administration cannot be applied to
is-I close and again thank you for your |
KIND and considerable attention.