Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-08
COMMON COUNCIL
MEETING PROVES
SOCIAL FUNCTION
Bury Ratchet and Members and
Wives Clasp Hands in
Bowers of Roses.

| OFRHnlZEH InnCf h1 r1llnniAlIGlTH WILMA
Pennington was re-a,ected nresidant.
Aldermen wohifarth and M-cf.owan as,
sinnd The ma io,.,tys ond ,oInnr,t,. iaad.
ershlns rosnac,iyai,. he six f,raorees.
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f.na txrhI,am poanan4an Atar.
tin ~ rsoa.ass", as,Sna..4ar;a
.sn3rant .,,a,s -, -
'ou u"
'"e oonieii sessions
o eseHioisi man Na, ~
s'oVu' esei feadS Win t'e pu""p,
naiaie siane, Mas carry 10 arrive q
- wy nali aha ave 10 lease' ie
nae ~ ~ eiiae'eu VII ~ :.
ma, ais zen men pItsf,,' -
Nlaoe no uiherehee 10 MT Mar'ii
wne'her ne met a isepuohcah, peilo-
80 VI rros.sssiVe Alike IA the eol
lIu"rs' committee rooms ana once MI.
N.aruh was busy, whlle IN the oouhcii
e'an'"er n eWas as much IN eNiaence
as lne president OF the corpulent city
rierN' the meeting t,ie
iokressiVei'e sat on tne Steps u tue
presluehts PLATFORM. Ana IL was no
'lceanie that as many people went OUT
., tnelr way TO hands with mr.,
Martin or vice versa. The new ideal
star scinfillated IN more ways 5than
one.
alderman ConEieton Busy.
Alderman Jerome r. Congleton. the
retiring majority leader. was also a
busy Progressive. He did most of the
present-giving-that is he made most
of the presentation speeches, and he
was also Kept busy as a recipient Of
presents. too. The most costly of the
presents was a huge ''grandfather's
clock" which the retiring councilmen
gave the Young leader. II Is equipped
with chimes and bells. both of which
were heard and admired before its
presentation. The other FIVE Progress
siyes are Charles w. Baum. Charles
l.. Whitfield. Daniel Hopper. w Frank
Hopping and George w Taylor.
BY virtue of a long-established GUS
tom President Pennington called the
retiring body to order. Tn a few we'll
chosen words he thanked the members
of the Council for their uniform cour-
tesy to the president during the year.
and paid a high tribute to Mayor
Haussling for his able and business
like administration me for the Mayors
hearty cooperation. He referred to the
various administrative offices, such as
the comptroller and auditor, in terms OF
commentator. Turning to City Coun-
sci James r.. Nugent. who was standing
at his right, tine president expressed the
satisfaction of the Council with the able
management of the law department OF
the city. and conveyed the Councils
thanks to that department for its help
during the year.
Perusal of the list of committees,
which follow, show how the New Idea
men shared: ~
Finance-Wohlfarth Congleton. Shape,
Cairns, Baum, MCGOWAN, Donnelly.
Construction and Alteration of Build
ings-Hopper, Huegel, Shape, Mount,
Pfeiffer, B~iertuempfel, Fischer.
Poor and Alms-Vossmeyer, Schmitt,
Wohlfarth, Mount, Taylor, Kroel. Har-
firs,on.
on,ea ca ,.mnn
G,,ra W.
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WEIGHTS and ,,rosAnIo, u,o-
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uarr,n oton
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ham snana seh,vartv woh,tarth NJ
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