The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-04
Officers Under the New Re-
qime Sworn in and at Once
Begin Duties of Their Off
ces Without Friction.
FIRST COUNCIL SESSION
UNDER THE NEW MAYOR
All Members of the Board of
Works and Street Commits
sioner Dye Attended Meet
ing-Another Session Mon
day. !

Without any blare of triumph and
scarcely with any one knowing that a
change was really taking place. ex-
cept that they knew it was to take
place, Richmond's municipal affairs
were on Monday transferred to the
Democrats, Democratic mayor and
boards with Democratic majorities.
The new officials We're sworn in at
noon and at once took uD their du-
ties in so far as there was anything
they could do. Old familiar faces
vanished from the city building and
new ones, some of them almost stran-
gers to such as were left about the
place, taking their places
AS the Schillinger administration
stands at this time the last of the Of
ficials are as follows, Messrs Taggart
and Johnson, clerk and treasurer be-
ing Republicans and having been
elected in the recent municipal cam
paign:
Mayor-Richard Schillinger
ContrOller-Webste Parry.
Board of Public Works-Clifton Mer-
rill, B. B. Johnson and Watson p.
O'NeaI
City Attorney-T. J. Study.
Clerk-John F. Taggart.
Treasurer-Nimrod Johnson.
Engineer-Fred Charles.
Health Board-Dr. Charles S. Bond,
secretary; B. F. Wissler and J. H.
Luken.
q.
ter Parry. D. H. Kuth and M. J.
O'Brien.
Street Observation-Disclosures E.
Dye.
Market Master-Henry Waterman.
Superintendent of Parks-W. F.
Klopp.
Superintendent of Crematory-Louis
B. Feltman
Sanitary nspector-George M.
Young
Livestock Inspector-Oscar Paddock
Dairy Inspector-Dr. L. c. Hoover.
Janitor City Hall-Frank A. Posther
Initial Meeting of Council.
The initial meeting of the Council
was held last evening, but owing to
it being a holiday no attempt was
made to transact business. All the
members of the Council were present
and Mayor schilinger presided as
though he had been accustomed to
the position for years There was
nothing to indicate that he was new
at the business. The journal of the
meeting was read and
approved, following which Mr. Deuk-
er moved that special meeting be
held preceding the regular meeting
in two weeks for the purpose of
electing a successor to w. p. O'Neal, |
as councilman from the |
sixth ward to take a place on the
Board of Public Works. This motion
prevailed.
Upon motion of Mr. Englebert the |
Council then adjourned until next |
Monday night when the regular order |
If business will be taken up. All the |
members of the new Board of Works |
ind City Attorney Study attended the |
meeting last night as did also Street |
Dye
Considerable time was devoted to
preceding and following the meeting
o handshaking and congratulations.
rhe members of the Council, all of
whom are Republican, gave a cordial
welcome to Mayor Schillinger and
lis cabinet and the mayor distribut-
ID a box of cigars among those as
embled in the Council Chamber
The best of feeling prevailed
1t is understood that the Board of
Works and the Board of Health will
10Th meet for organization today. |
The new officials will at once get
own to business and within a few
lays it will not be possible to tell
rom surface indications that any
hange in the affairs of the city has
aiken place.