The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-06
NEH ALDERMEN ELECTED
 OFFICERS LAST NIGHT
DEMOCRATIC ENTROLLMENT OF-
 TIGER REELECTED.

The 'nfst meeting of the neWly-elect-
 ed board of aldermen was held last
 evening for the purpose of organiza-
 tion. When the meeting was called to :; order by City Clerk Street it was found
 that all the members were present. The room was also well filled with several
 of the retiring members and with visit
 ors. -. 1 Alderman Townshsnd nominated AL derman Hotchkiss as temporary chair man and he was unanimously elected
 to the position. On assuming the chair Alderman Hotchkiss appointed Alder
 men Langley and Woodford as a com mittee of two to escort Mayor Studley
 to the meeting. The committee fulfill i ed it's duty and on the arrival of the
 mayor Alderman Hotehkiss resigned the chair in his favor.
 Mayor Studley on assuming the chair
 spoke briefly to the members of the
 new board. He spoke of the various
 problems which would undoubtedly confront the members at various times, 1 and said that they would pass away as they came, one by one. He said | that the city at present had a very
 empty treasury; that this city was q 1 conservative city, but that as it grew in the years to come the treasury would
 increase, so that the many things needful to beautify our city could be | had. His honor referred to she extra
 drains which had been made Oh the
 city treasury during the past year and said that it would be necessary for } the members of the board to act with I economy. 's When the mayor concluded speaking 1 the clerk called the roll, after which Mayor Studley administered the oath, all standing. ar 1 The next business in order was the
 election of president for the term. Alderman Smith had been selected at
 the republican caucus to make all the nominations, and he started with nom- mating Henry H. Townshend for, the office. The nomination was seconded 1 by Aldermen. Hamilton and Langley, and Alderman ToWnshend was unani-
 mously elected. Mayor Studley then appointed Aldermen Langley and
 Smith to escort the newly elected pres ident to the chair. Mayor Studley
 complimented Alderman Townshend on the honor which had been accorded him, after which he presented him with a new and handsome gayel. Fss& President Townshend made a short speech of acceptance in which he I thanked the members for the honor
 they had given him, after which he said: 'I believe that we are board with power, despite statements made
 to the contrary. Many matters of im- Iportance concerning the welfare of the public continually confront us,- and We have our duty to them to perform to I the best of our knowledge and belief. 1 I believe by two-thirtls vote we can change the appropriations of the board
 of finance. I shall try and do my duty at all times"
 1 When President ToWnshend conclud- ed speaking he called for nominations for an assistant city clerk, and An-
 prose V. Beecher was nominated and unanimously elected. The same course was taken in the case of Franklin N. Homan as a member of the board of
 finance and Hawley Lincoln for page,
 both of which elections were also
 unanimous. f"
 ! Despite the fact that at the republi- can caucus held some time ago John F. Scally was selected as military enroll
 ment officer in place of George McCar-
 thy,mthe present democratic incumbent
 of the office, it was noised about the hall before last nights meeting that a
 deal had been put up, to keep MT. Me Carthy ill office and to drop the demo-
 cratic member. The democratic alder
 men held their caucus before last nights aldermanic meeting, and as
 they took considerable time in their de- Alterations it was said that the deal
 was going to work.
 When nominations were called called | for military enrolment officer Alder man Smith arose and said that by re-
 quest he would present the name of
 John F. Scally. Alderman Courtney,
 dem., placed in nomination. the name : of George Mccarthy, after which the
 nominations were closed. A vote was
 then taken, which resulted in the re-
 election of MT. Mccarthy, the vote
 standing Il to 10. The two republican
 members who voted for MT. Mccarthy were Alderman Smith and Woodford. The vote was as follows: For Me Carthy, Aldermen Healy, Maxwell,
 Courtney, Burke, Collins, Woodford, Devine, Langley, Marlow, Smith and
 Allen for Scally, Aldermen Johnson,
 Homan, McKerness, Nathanson, Cur tiss, Townshend, Hamilton, Hotchkiss, I Loos and Brown.
 Alderman Smith, when asked after the meeting why he had voted against
 MT. Scally, replied that he had no ex-
 cuse to offer other than that he thought
 Mr. Mccarthy the better man for the place. Alderman Woodford gave the same
 reason, and in addition said that he
 did not feel obligated to help give a
 man a position which had been prom
 ised him before election for political services to be performed
 Alderman Smith moved that the rules of last years board be adopted by the ipresent board, and the motion was car
 ried.
 ! Alderman Curtiss presented peti-
 ton for the approval of the Kelly plan
 of the cut Improvements and asked for
 unanimous consent for the immediate
 consideration of the plan. Unanimous