Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-04-19
INITIAL MEETING
OF new COUNCIL
INTEREST DISPLAYED IN ELEC.
TON OF OFFICERS
Alderman Ryan Chosen President
Second Time A. Kddinq
Wins Out in AttOrneyShip Con-
teSt-Weber. Clerk: Block, Chief.
Other Notes.
(FrOm Wednesdays DailyD

tFrOm wednesday S Dally.1
The mi .ial meeting of the new city
council last evening was magnet
that drew a large number of the citI-
zens OF the city, the attra ction being
for most part curiosity to learn the
outcome of the election of city officers,
few cases In which there were
contests. especially in the election of
city attorney, which required six
ballots
1t was s % o'clock when th, alder
men, headed by the mayor, filed in
from the clerks office to, resume and
assume their seats for another year in
the body of municipal law makers
The incident was not harked with
anything pretentious, Not even
flowers gave expression to the occas-
ion, nor decorations, aside from
the display OF a large American flag
on the wall back of the mayors desk.
The first real stroke of business was
to act upon a resolution adopted
calling for the election of pr esident
of the council by ballot The first
vote taken resulted as follows:
Ryan, 10; Lutovksy, 2; Werner, 2.
The first informal ballot was the decid-
ing one, the vote being, Ryan, ~;
Lutovsky, 2; Werner, 2; Hartwg. l.
Mr. Ryan was declared the choice for
the ensuing year, being elected to
succeed himself. The gentleman
extended his thanks for the honor
again conferred upon him and gave
bis colleagues the assurance that he
would serve to the best of his ability
The may or then read his communi
cation to the council, a document
replete with valuable suggestions to the
members and which will be found in
full elsewhere in The Leader this
monring.
A communication was read from
City Attorney Kading, supplemented
with another from the firm of D. &
F. kusel in which the later agreed to
pay to the city one half of the amount
of the judgment on account of the
damage case of Edward MCGOWAN.
The matter was referred to the
Judiciary committee.
The matter Of the designating of
the official papers of the city came in
for little discuss ion with one sided
termination. A'Ce,! IN Hartwig
poured little - q .. he creased
track CT the T I. ,ts.. l>n designat
ing the Wet. oTr {, -ette and the
WeltburgcT tie p.pers at fixed
price Of . cSi,tS per folio for the
printing , f he proceedings of the
council. HG'Lai Cos, resolutions, etc.
The ccr i II. of Alderman Hartwig
was that i lew Of the fact that it
was /. att~r involving the expenditure
Of seveya urd-ad dollars annually,
the Es.:s>r was one that should call
for bios from the publishers and the
contract be awarded to the lowest
bidder. He argued that put one
paper should be designated, ard that
an English paper. Aldern an Werner
said he could agree with the alderman
from the second in some respects, but
was firmly Of the belief that the pro
ceedings should be published in the
German paper for the reason tfat we
have largely German reading public.
Alderman Lutovsky gave views coin
Gliding with those of DR.. Werner.
The motion was put and all OF the
aldermen voted for the adoption of
the Ryan resolution with the exception
of aldermen Hartwig and Huenefeld.
The election Of officers was feature
of the meeting The first to be filled
was that of city clerk. Frank Weber
was the unanimous choice to again fill
the position he has filled So accept
ably in the past.
1t required six ballots to settle
the matter of the city attorneyship.
the rasuIt heinp as follows.