The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-06-02

NEW BOARDS ORGANIZED.
BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE COMMON
 COUNCIL LAST NIGHT

1 Elected Officers of inc Two Boards- AmAttempt to Pass the Chapsi Street Paving Order--Ngayor Driscoll Hopct That tho Newly Elected Members VIII | Attend Meetings Promptly.
 Both of the boards of the new court of common council met last night in
 special session pursuant to the call ot Mayor Driscoll and organized ready to
 do the business of the city during the next year. lt was shortly after S
 o'clock when Mayor Driscoll called to order the board of aldermen and the opening of the councilmanic meeting
 was necessarily postponed until after
 the mayor had concluded his duties with
 the aldermen. All of the newly elected
 aldermen responded to the roll call:
 Messra Wright of the First ward,
 Adams of the Second, McGill of the
 Third, Saver of the Fourth, Erff of the
 Fifth, Hubbard of the Sixth Miller of
 the Seventh. Gerner of the Eighth,
 Fertman of the Ninth, J. J. Walsh of the Tenth Moyle of the Eleventh, Con- way of the Twelfth, Alcorn of the Thir- teenth, Barnes of the Fourteenth, and Morse of the Fifteenth All the newly elected members were requested to rise
 and the mayor administered the oath of office City Clerk Norris then called
 the roll and all he members of the
 board responded except MT. Walsh of
 the Twelfth, who was not present, AL
 derman Miller of the Seventh was elect
 ed temporary chairman. Mayor Dris-
 coll then thanked the members for their
 attendance at She special session and
 expressed the hope that all would at
 tend as promptly during the coming
 year and that there would be good
 attendance during the year.
 Temporary Chairman Miller called
 for nominations for president of the
 board and Alderman Hubbard of the Sixth nominated the democratic caucus candidate, Mir. Conway of the Twelfth Alderman Beecher of the Seventh sec onded the nomination. Alderman Whit
 taker nominated Alderman c. E. Hall of the Tenth as republican candidate for president of the board. Alderman Walsh of the Tenth seconding. The vote which was taken resulted as fol- lows: Conway 15, Hall II, and on mo- tion of MT. Hall the election of MT. Conway was made unanimous.
 Alderman Hall and Hubbard were appointed committee to escort Presi- dent Conway to the chair and he as sumed the duties of his office by mak- ing neat little speech, in which he thanked the gentlemen for the honor conferred upon him and said that he would try to preside fairly. justly and honestly over the deliberations of the board. He trusted that when the year ended they would be able to hear from the citizens and that they would be faithful to the trust imposed.
 For assistant city clerk Alderman Hubbard nominated James B. Martin, who has served so efficiently in that ca pacty during the past year. Alderman Moyle of the Eleventh nominated Olin w. Hill. The vote was: Martin 16, Hill F. The election of MT Martin was then made unanimous on motion of MT. Moyle, who hoped that the demo- cratic members would do as much for his side of the house next year.
 For member of the board of finance two nominations were made, Alderman Wright of the First ward, a democrat, and Alderman Baldwin of the First ward, a republican. The vote was: Wright IS, Baldwin Il, and MT. Wright's election was then made unani- nous.
 For page Samuel Jackson was re- elected It was voted to authorize the issue of the city year book and to in.- struct the city clerk to prepare the data to be published in the book AL derman Hall thought that since this matter involved the expenditure of money it should be referred to a con- mittee, but the chair ruled the point not well taken. The joint rules under which the last court of common coun- cil worked were adopted with the un- derstanding that Roberts rules of order should govern.
 A petition for the change of the name of Haven street to Riverside avenue, q petition for the repair of Davenport avenue between Oak and the Boulevard and a petition for the hardening of Prince stl eet between Liberty street and Lafayette street were referred to the street committee.
 Alderman Baldwin attempted to se- cure the passage of the order for the paving of Chapel street between York and State streets with vitrif1ed brick. He offered resolution for the passage of the order and asked that unanimous consent for it's passage be given AL dermen J. J. Walsh and Wallace spoke against the resolution and favored re- ferring if to the new street committee. Unanimous consent was refused and the matter was referred to the street committee to be appointed. President Conway will probably announce his committees at the meeting to be held next Monday night.