Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-02
TROUBLE OVER OFFICES

Mayor McCarthy's initial bow to his
constituents was made last night at a
session of the council which was stormy
in the extreme. Matters moved along
serenely, there being only an occasional
shy of a parliamentary brick bat, until
the order of business was reached when
it was proper for the new mayor to name
those officials who were to serve with
him. The mayors face was pleasant to
look upon as he drew from his pocket a
list of the fortunate ones. He seemed
relieved that the buttonholing was done,
and the plums We're ripe for distribution
Back Of the rail was a crowd of fully SOU
office seekers, who awaited the reading
of the list Of appointments with bated
breath. The mayor nominated Joseph p.
Callan for city clerk. 1.-THE clerk will call
the roll for the vote on the confirmation
Of the nomination." said he. And nine
of the aldermen, f~iguratively speaking,
sat upon his honor, the mayor. The
mayors face was a study when he real
lied that the council had refused. to con-
firm the nomination. He looked over the
crowd for a few seconds with contracted
brows and sparkling eyes, and then he
accepted the gage Of battle. Gentle
men, said he, there will be no further
nominations his evening. If you are
ready to adjourn I am" and the council
voted to adjourn.
Among the many interesting events Of
last nights meeting Of the council was
the non-attendance of ex-Mayor Har-
rington. He was conspicuous by his abb
sence. Proceedings were delayed prob
ably Is minute by his failure to be pres
ent. Then Alderman Peter Macarthur,
accompanied by the mayor, stepped to
the dias, n said:
"Gentlemen of the city council, it has
always been customary for the retiring
mayor to be present at the first meeting
of the new council, to introduce his sue
cessor. For some u"naccOuntable reason
Mayor Harrington is not here. and under
these peculiar circumstances 1T is my
duty to introduce to the council, the in
coming mayor. j.. TT. Mccarthy" There
was a burst Of applause and the mayo
arose and banked Macarthur for his ac-
ton, and his friends for his greeting. The
minutes of the last meeting of the old
council were then read, which was fol-
lowed by the inaugural address. The
mayor said:
ITO the Honorable Members OIL the City
Council of the City of Butte. Gentle
men:
1--WE are now entering upon the per-
Torrance of the duties conferred upon
us by the will of the people. While /
am possessed of the title of l
feel and realize it's incompleteness in
the successful administration Of the
city's affairs. without your hearty CO.
operation, keeping in mind hat the in
~terests of the people are paramount.
'The growth Of our city demonstrates
to us that it is now no longer a camp,
but a city destined to assume a place in
great northwest. 1t seems to me, that
in view of the honor having been con-
ferred upon us, we should, and | trust
we will, prove ourselves equal to it's re-
quirelnents.
1.-The system of taxation must es-
pecially be considered; we must endeavoI
to keep the rate as low as possible-and
the simplest way to do this is by pay
ing up What we owe, and avoid incur
ring further debt obligations as much
as possible, thereby attaining a higher
rating of our credit as q city.
1.-THE various departments of our city
must strictly comply With such rules
as are now in force or may be promul-
gated.
THE police department now consists
of So patrolmen. each and every one of
whom must pass muster. 1t makes no
difference under which title Of religion
he serves our God-we care not. What
will be required of him is competency,
honesty-and is he an American citizen,
no matter where he was born. I desire
to place myself publicly On record. as
| mean to strictly enforce the rule, that
men in the various departments while