Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-17
PRESIDENT HALLS CANE.
Presented to Him by Brother Mem-
 bers on Board of Aldermen.

bers on Board of Aldermen.
 When all the business before the al- dermen was finished last night, Alder man Goss moved to adjourn. The chair as about to put the motion when Al derman Mahaney turned toward the alderman from the second and request ed him to change his motion so as to make it a recess for q few minutes. MT Goss did so and then Alderman Mahaney, accompanied by City Clerk Ryan, hurried out of the chamber and soon returned, the alderman carrying a long pasteboard box almost as long as himself, which he laid down on the desk, remarking as he commenced to open the twine that held the lid on: I'm going to let you people see the size of the petition one can get up for that street from Bank street to Rene dict street in few days"
 When the box was opened by MT Mahaney a handsome cane was re- vealed, and taking it in his hand, MT Mahaney stepped toward Chairman Hall and said:
 Afr President: It falls to my lot, as this board is about to go out of existence, to present to you on behalf of the members this token of esteem from the board of aldermen over whom you have presided for the past two years. While it is true that we have had our differences and at times might have felt a little sore about one thing and another, still on the whole your decisions have been i'm partial and uniformly fair to all. On behalf of this board I have the honor as well as the extreme pleasure to pre- sent you this cane as a token of esteem and we hope that when you grow old and feel the need of assistance it will help you along in the journey through life, and that whenever you have occa- sion to use it your thoughts will revert to those with whom you were associ- ated in the aldermanic chamber during the years 1900 and 1901." Great ap- plause).
 MT Mahaney then walked to the chair mans desk and handed MT Hall the cane. MT Hall was very much moved by this manifestation of good will on the part of the board, but he made a supreme effort to hide his feelings and | finally said:
 "Gentlemen of the board, my friends and brothers: There are times when 1 it is hard to find words adequately to | express the feelings of an overcharged heart. We have met here for two long years. We have had differences of l opinion-how could we legislate wise ly without? I shall not attempt to dis cuss what this board has done in the | past. Those whom we represent will judge of that The courtesies that I have received from the board, the kind ly forbearance of it's members toward me, I shall always remember and cher ish. Your words of presentation, while far too fattering, are appreciated by me. In receiving this gift, wish to tender you sincere thanks. I shall all ways keep it with the tenderest thoughts of the past two years. God bless you all and may your future be full of prosperity and happiness" (Ap- | plause.)
 MT Hall announced that invitations would shortly be received by the mem bers of the boards of 1896-'97, 1S9S-'99 and 1900-'O1, to dinner to be given by the president Monday, December 30.
 The cane was purchased at the store of F. F. Becton & Co, North Main street, and is a very handsome one l The inscription reads as follows: ''To Warren l.. Hall, from the board of al 1 dermen, December 16, 1901."
 1 On motion of Alderman Morris q rising vote of thanks was extended tc
 Chairman Hall, City Clerk Ryan, Vice President Callan, Sheriff Mcdonald Janitor Loughlin and the newspaper reporters for uniform courtesy on the l part of the officers and faithful reports I nf no nf ha or1 VUha1 tho motion was stated Alderman Blakes- lee remarked that he thought the re porters we'll entitled to a vote of thanks for the clever and persistent
 manner in which they had lied about the board. This created big laugh, which was followed by motion to ad- journ, and then followed the handshak- ing and leave-taking, which lasted un- til almost midnight.
 Those present were Chairman War
 ren l.. Hall, City Clerk NJ. J. Ryan, Aldermen James F. Morris, Charles
 Boylan, Daniel J. Mahaney, John T.
 Phelan, Thomas Kane, Daniel Foley,
 Frank R. White, R. N. Blakeslee, Ed ward o. Goss, Frederick E. Cross, Rob- ert Walker, James Callan, Frederick w. Chesson and Sheriff Mcdonald. The retiring members are Messrs Phelan, Kane, Mahaney, Boylan, Nor ris, White, Cross and Callan.
 Although the members had some pretty sharp tits during the past swo years, yet they parted as the best of friends, and it is a question if the city ever had board of aldermen that tried harder to do the right as they saw it. It was a strong partisan board, probably more so than any that has ever sat ill the aldermantic cham Der, and the proof of this is seen in the fact that for the first time in the his tory of Waterbury the minority was I given no voice ill making up the esti- mates. still it must be admitted that no section was neglected, and if some items were killed and new ones ere ated, such things are not to be won darnd af in laOiSI0tivp bOfieS