Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-13
council chamber of the city hall.

! council chamber OF the city hall.
Hugh Stirling, the retiring mayor, sur
rendered to his successor the reins of tn
| city government. Awkwardly, Mayo
Mulvihill assembled the platform, whicl
IS occupied by the presiding officer Of tn
common council. He glanced at the as
| semblase and manifested his surprise a
the situation. His inaugural address va
The acme of brevity. He said
ITO those of you here who assisted il
my nomination and election to this ofiic
In such an extraordinary way | wish t
offer by hearty thangs. l am surprised,
confess, hut am pleased. shall endeav
or to give the city an administration
with which no fault can be found.
realize the job | have upon my hands
hut will act with the best of my knowl
edge and ability"
The oath of office was then admins
tered to Mayor Mulvihill and severa
other newly elected officials, who wer,
On the democratic ticket, which was
elected last Tuesday by Unprecedented
EajoritieS.
This city has been ruled, for the las
four years, by what is commonly known
here as republican machine The re-
publicans have increased salaries of city
officials by legislative action, spen,
money lavishly and did other things
which resulted in revolt
Mayor Mulvihll figured in the recent
campaign as The Rugged Honesty
candidate. The result of the election was
surprise. from which the city has not
yet recovered. The dissatisfied element
i'll the republican party, the labor ele-
ment and the Independents united with
the democrats in the election of Alder
ran Mulvihill, simply because it was
conceded on all sides that he was honest
i'll the strict sense of the term.
Prior TO four years ago Dennis Mulvi-
hill was practically unknown outside OF
the factory where he worked. At that
tine he was elected as an alderman from
his district, where he defeated his re-
publican opponent by All overwhelming
majority. Normally the district is re-
publican. AS an alderman he was gem
orally looked upon as a crank He OPP
posed every measure which carried With
it the expenditure of the e'ty's funds for
municipal improvements, and his actions
denoted that he was suspicious of every
move made.
The board of aldermen was bi-pacti-
san. He voiced his suspicious on numei :
Gus occasions, and became .Ech Stun
bling block to the contamination Of Va
rious little schemes that he was snuhbed
by republicans and even his own damo-
cratic colleagues.
Two years ago it was believed tina. he
would be defeated for reelection, but,
to the surprise of all, he was elected by
a majority even larger than at first. He
continued his opposition, and. altho lie
never accomplished anything, he made 1t
for his colleagues.
The title of the watch dog of the
City Treasury" was conferred upon him
by humorists, and the newspapers took
of the opportunity of using
him as an object for funny stories. This
in great measure had to do with maxi
ing him prominent.
In political circles about three weeks
prior to the election some one spread a
report that he was candidate fer the
His candidacy grew with
rapidity. Among others
named for the place was Henry D..
Beach, superintendent of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railway electro
cal system; Attorney William Hincks,
prominent Yale man and ex-judge OF
probate, and Albert NJ. Tallmadge, a
Mulvihill was nominated in the demo-
cratic convention by reclamation, and
when the votes We're counted on election
night it was found that MulvihilPs ma
iority was greater than ever accorded
any previous mayor of the city.
since the election of Mayor Mulvihill
miniature coal shovels with blass glass
coal have been worn by his
In the factory where ne
a chair which he has occupied
for several years was reduced to spin
tiers by admiring fellow workers and cut
up into souvenirs
After being indicted into office he re-
oeiyed callers for about two hours, and
over SEQ people visited him.
81 am completely tired out" he said,
that evening. This day was more than
I bargained for and harder than any
days work l have ever put in in the
shop.
II must go home and take rest, but
you will find me on deck early tomorrow
propose to spend eight hours
a day here. realize the great amount
Of work there is to be done, but shall
be governed at all times by the princi-
pies of honesty and justice.
do you know that ] yearn for word
with those good old souls who worked
about me in the shop? NV associations
are so different here. Everything is your
honor this and your honor that. 1t
honestly makes me tired. have always
been called Dennis. and I am proud of
the name. This change is strain, but
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