The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-04
NEW CITY COUNCIL
ASSUMES CHARGE
Change in Administration Made
Before Large Crowd One
Minute Past Noon.
ELECTS FERRY PRESIDENT:
HEARS MAYORS MESSAGE
Standing Committees Are An
nOunced: Passing of Old Body
Marked by Love Feast.

In the presence of large crowd OF
spectators, which included 4 number of
women. and all the city officials and
heads OF departments connected with the
city government, the old city council
adjourned al noon Monday and, at one
minute past the noon hour City Recorder
Ben S. Rives called the roll Of the new
council and every member responded 10
his name.
This was practically all there was 10
the change of city administration. AS
all the city officials, save one. the city
recorder, were reelected TO succeed
themselves, hence there was no change
| in their Offices and the changes In the
membership Of the city council cousc-
quenty was of The most Importance.
The old council met at 1880 clock
and cleaned up what business was left
on its calendar. The last few minutes
Of lis session was taken mp in the pres
entatlou Of handsome silver loving
cup TO retiring President \. j. Davis
and also in speeches from the rctiring
members of the body. There was Il
4 general feeling of good Will between the
holdover and retiring members Of thc
old council and the last fifteen minutes
of IFS session will, no doubt, live in tine
memory of all present for II good many
| years.
Watershed Veto Sustained
At the last session of the old council,
the most important matter was the con.
sideratioD of the veto OF Mayor Brans-
! ford TO the contract between the city
and he forestry department OF the Unit
ed States government providing for the
| latter department 10 take Charge Of the
ctv's Watersheds for r period of ten
years. The veto OF the mayor was sus-
Iaired. but 1T IS quite probable that the
new council Will take the matter mp and
see 1T some more equitable contract
cannot he entered into with the depart
ment Of forestry,
With The new. council the message Of
the MAJOR, also his apopintmeUts and the
! appointments of other city ofici3s, the
election Of president of the council
and the mining OF the standing com
mittees for thc ensuing two years,
formed tho important business before
It, All these matters were attended 10
without bitch of snY kind and the first
| meeting of the new council was rs
smooth and harmonious as could pos
sib]v be.
After the formal business of the old
council had been concluded. Nh Hall
| started thc love feast by introducing n
resolution extending a vote o. thanks
| to she outgoing members of the council
! for their faithful aud efficient work and
! extending to them the best wishes of
| their associates in the council. Tins
resolution was adopted by a unanimous
! vote.
Loving Cup for Davis,
| Al mst fifteen minutes before the
! noon hour. Nlr. Fernstrom was recog.
! rizcd b. Presidcut Davis and IN
complimentary speech presented Mr.. pa
Wis on behalf Of al the members of the
old body n silver loving cnp az token
OF their appreciation Of his services IN
| tha chair Mr. Fernstrom said in part;
''Tt is lust fifteen minutes before this
administration closes. When we part
! company at the close Of IN administIa
tion it. brings more or less regret. We
! NAV not always have seen things alike
whIIc in the council aud may hive had
| words, but | believe. SIS a rule, ut has
been a matter Of priuciplc with MS. and
not a matter of personalities. We have
made friendships which we will carry
through life and the president Of tho
council Will always be The most lnpor'
| taut of these.
"Tn behalf Of all inc members of The
council. aud particularly Of tho minority
mem bers, | desire to sav that We have
received ihe most courteous, friendly
and fair treatment from the president
of the council and we believe that we
| have bad square deal from him The
members Of The council want 10 express
their feelings and have bought token
to present TO You as matter OF senti'
rneni. II is given with t1c best Of feel.
ing and with .hc highest regard for
Won and Whenever YOU use if we hone
that YOU will remember the council OF
l90S-l009. -
There was hearty applause al The con.
clusiou of Mr.. Femstropl 5 speech and
when he presented TO President DAVIS
the loving cup, which rs appropriately
engraved with the name Of Mr.. Davis,
the donor apd date.
Mr. Davis Replies.
President Davis was overcome for
few seconds, but replied in Il fitting
uappcr and extended mis- thanks for the
pretty token. lie said that II was the
second time in bis service in the couu-
ell tbat he bad been called upon 10 cz-
his colleagues, bui that the action Of
the members IN this instance certainly
had him going Hc declared that
IL was = greater satisfaction 80 hm tn
know that in the entire four years that
lie had been president OF the council.
only one appeal mad been taken from
his decisions. He stated that he bad
tried 10 treat all alike, whether they
belonged To the majority or tho minor
itv. and had tried to set aside politics
and recognize only each member as
representative OF the people aud trnat
them rs such. He expressed his thanks
20 all the members of the council, hepds
nf departments. city recorder and his
deputies for The help they had given
him in his administration. and declared
that tho administration had been Src-
ccssful one in every respect AS tn the
token presented him, he SAID that he
could not lind words TO express his ap-
prcciation, but he thanked the members
most sincerely for IT,
President Davis was greeted with
hearty applause at the conclusion OF his
remarks.
Retiring Members
The retiring members of the old coun-
- ara. L u Martin and j D Mmr.