Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-15

OF Waterville. Inaugurated Monday
get back their former positions. were
given a decided setback There We're
many surprises in the appointments.
The meeting was called to order at
1915 y. NJ. hy Mayor Frank Reding
ton In the board of aldermen a COM
mittee of three. consisting of Aldermen
Carey. l'ilcs and Hanscom. were ap-
pointed as d committee on credentials,
who brought in q list of the members
entitled 10 seats. \ message was then
seEt to the council that the upper
board was ready for joint session.
IN JOINT SESSION.
Mayor Redinpton then stated to the
old ana new members of the boards
that ne wished them the best of sue
cess. stating that he knew that it was
the intention of each member to labor
for the best interest of the city He
hoped that the coming year would be
a ple1ean, one.
A committee of three was then APP
pointed To wait ON the mayor-eiect and
escort him 10 the chamber ON this
committee were Aldermen Carey and
Stetson ami Councilman Heath. May
or-elect Fuller WAS given an ovation
as be was escorted to the desk of the
city clerk. where he was administered
the oath of Office. Prayer was then Of
fercd hy Rev. T.. G. Whittemore of the
First Baptist church The oath of Of
fee was then delivered to the members
of the city government
Following the cath of office came the
inaugural address oe Mayor Norman
X Fuller as follows
Gentlemen of the City Council:
1t is not my purpose at this time TO
enter into an elaborate or detailed dis
cnssion OF my ideas regarding the man
ncr in which the affairs of our city
should be run but rather to lay down "a
few broad general principles, which I
believe should be the beacon lights to
guide us through the shoals and by
the rocks which are always a menace
to the municipal ship of state. At the
same time l shall touch upon a few of
the paramount problems with which
we are face 10 face.
In the first place | believe in publ-
city in all public affairs publicity of
the fullest kind. l believe In this prin-
ciple as applied to the nation. the state
and the city. believe in it because I
think it is more conducive to good gov
eminent than any other one thing The
heart of the people beats true. They
want what is right and honest and
just Ii only the search-Iight of pub
licitv can be trained upon officials ard
official acts the people Will he able to
determine what is right and honest and
just.
We should not forget that as officials
we are only the servants of the people
tnat we are the directors of this muni-
cipal corporation and that every voter
is q stock -holder and as such is entitled
to fun information regarding the con-
cern Of which he is a part. | accord
ingly recommend that we dn not have
star chamber sessions
In The second place believe IN non
partisanship in municipal affairs and
II Is Tor that reason that | have been
active as a citizen and shall continue
To be. with the end in view that we
may obtain u charter under the terms
anG conditions of which this princi-
pie may be applied. While l do not
believe that -partisanship is feasi-
Bile under our present system, do be-
lieNe that the intense partisanship
which is often characteristic OF il, can
he greatly mollified with the resultant
public good. So let us put citizenship
before partsanship or better still dc
away with partisanship entirely
In the third place believe in econ
Omy. both in theory and practice. NOR,
especially the latter. With a heav,
mortgage handed down to us from tn,
last administration economy is some
:. thing that this ele !Eust exercise. Ap