The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-03

 DEBUTANTES IN
 FLORAL BOWER
Seven New Members All Boiled up For Their Coming
 Out Parry
Gifts and Good Advice Galore For New City Fathers
 Fine Desk For Meaney

F1ne DeSk FOr Meaney They take you home on election night with a brass band. Next morn ing they start the anvil chorus-''- Diary of a former Mayor of Bridge port.
 That's the way Alderman Robert G. DeFForest characterized the stunts of of the big coming out party of the seven debutantes of Brfdgeport's com mon council in the council chamber of the City Hall last evening.
 Fine tonight said he, suruveying the horticultural show. Very fine: He sniffed hungrily at the aroma of a score of assorted flowers surround ing him at every point of the com addressing the blushing young en trants into the municipal social realm, the bouquets you'll get at the end of the year are a whole lot diff ferent, and a whole lot more substan- tial than these you see tonight
 There was really no reason for his taking such gloomy view of the sit, uaion- When Mayor Wilson called the aldermen to order at 8:16 last eY- ening, everybody seemed at peace with all the world.
 The 24 desks of aldermen were pill ed high with flowers. There were massive baskets of chrysanthenun1s. A princely sum must have been eX- pended to pile up such a collection of y nuns such an assortment of horse shoes.
 Mayor Wilson was fanked by City Clerk Boucher at the right, and to the left a huge umbrella spouting a gorgeous shower bouquet of roses from the Republican Town Commit tee.
 There were flowers for everyone. Sometimes three and four floral gifts were piled in front of the more fla yored of the city fathers. And there 0f ioI braEces as we'll.
 The seven new aldermen are Jas. Lavin, Second district; J. B. Callahan. Third district; Stephen Meaney, Ninth district; Isaac Moorey, Eleventh dis trict; Peter Umstatter, Twelfth dis trict, all Democrats, and William R. kearns, Tenth district and Morltz Ol- sen, Fifth district, the only two Re pub1icans elected
 When the first forma1ities had been observed. the privilege of the floor was extended to those who. wished to make speeches of presentation.
 Fred c. Mullins, former city clerk, was the first to, speak He He vas Hadmirer of Alderman James Lavin of the Second, and in his conplin1 entary remarks addressed to Alderman Law in he took occasion to congratulate Mayor Wilson on his committees, anC expressed the hope that this may mark the opening of new of prosperity in, the city of Bridgeport, of a low tax -rate4z properly -apporrion-' ed He reminded. the aldermen ofs their responsibilities, then presented a fountain pen to Alderman Lavin urging him to use it in signing his reports in such 8 manner as to con serve the interests of his constituents and the entire city.
 Alderman LaVin expressed his thanks in a graceful speech.
 George M. Coughlin, of the Ninth, was the next speaker He said a mans worth is best demonstrated by his accOnoD1iShm they appreciated his worth, that the Ninth district strongly Republican, has elected Alderman Stephen J. .Mea- ney. They knew what he had done during his four years in the Common Council. He presented a handsome roll top desk and swivel chair. AL derman Meaney said he hoped his coming two years would leave his constituents with the same feelings of mer terrns-that they might find noth- ing in his career to cause them to re- gret having made him their alder man.
 Frank E. Ballard presented an open face gold watch to Alderman Olsen of the Fifth district. He compli- mented Alderman Olsen on his pro- gressive ideas, and independence and said these qualities were what had commended him to the Fifth district as a likely candidate.
 Mayor Wilson thanked the many donors of flowers. and echoed the sen timent of Alderman DeFor1st, that the same sentiments may exist at the end of the year as marked the op ening night
 Among the floral gifts were a bas- ket of cut flowers fer Alderman Voos from friends in the Eighth; huge | basket of chrysanthemuns for Alder man Walker from admirers in the Fourth; basket of chrysanth ernums for Alderman Callahan of the Third; two baskets of chrysanthemumS for Alderman Lavin, one from First dis trict the other from Second district friends; basket of chrysanth eIn unls for Alderman Mccoy from friends in nums and cut flowers for Alderman Carroll from friends in the Sevent tn ; basket of chrysa nthe1nurns for Alder man Moran from Sixth district fol- lowers; bouquet for Alderman Moran; J. H. Cassidy, bouquet from Third dis
 trict friends; basket of flowers for Alderman T. w Reddy; basket for Alderman P. H. Brady of the Eighth; huge basket of chrysanth emums and cut flowers for Alderman DeForest from friends in the Fourth; massive | floral horseshoe and bouquet for AL | derman Moorey from friends in the Eleventh, two big bouquets for Alder man John E. Lyddy of the Eleventh i; 1 basket of carnations, chrysanthe- nlums and roses for Alderman Mac F'ayden from First district friends; bouquet for Alderman Thomas Stewart 1 in the Ninth district; bouquet for Paul Miller, the new Republican leader of | the Council, from Fifth district friends; basket of pink chrysanthe-
 mums and white carnations and two floral horsesh ocs for Alderman Kearns basket of cut flowers for Alderman Olsen; floral horseshoe for Alderman Urnstatter from Twelfth district fol lowers; basket of flowers for Alder man Meaney. The donor of Alder man LaVin's fountain pen who was represented by F. c. Mullins, is Thos Blake who has known the new alder man from his early bOyhood, and has been one of his greatest admirers AL derman Callahan received besides his brelIa and fountain pen. Alder
 man Mccoy received a fine fountain pen and Alderman KearnS was like hi