Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-04
Retiring Aldermen Remem-
bered by Many Friends
With Useful Souvenirs.
PRESIDENT DONNELLY
RECIPIENT OF GAYEL
City Clerk Connolly Pays Trib-
ute to Newark's Law
Department.

The 1912 Common Council assembled
Tor the last time last night to receive
the congratulations and tokens OF
esteem from numerous friends. Inis
farewell session was followed by
business meeting of the new councii.
Friends of the aldermen who served
on the old council and those VINO are
about to take up the burdens Oh the
city filed the council chambers
eavels used by the chairnen OF va
rious committees, cut glass, Jeweiry
and flowers in abundance were show
cred upon the city lawmakers.
President Donnelly, of the Common
Council. was presented with the gavel
he used as head of the old council by
city Clerk James F. Connolly. The
address of the city clerk was the fea-
ture of the evening. With his charac-
teristic simplicity he eulogized the
: present administration. The people
s had praised Mayor Haussling by
s. electing him for four consecutive
4 terms. he declared, and one of the
reasons for the success of the mayor
was his ability to surround himself
8 with the most capable agents to carry
out his plans. Here the city clerk
paid a fine tribute to City Counsel
James r. Nugent.
FuloEy for City Counsel.
upon the legal department de-
ponds. to very large extent. the
prosperity of the government.
have served under seven different
legal departments, and I can truth
fully say that the present legal de-
{ partment is the best that Newark has
had since the time of Nehemiah
s Perry, in the early '70's.
81 II have watched with an eye single
to the welfare of Newark the con-
duct of the legal department, and
Respectfully that of its head, for he is
responsible for the acts of the de-
partment. l have watched him at
tack the great interests located in our
midst that our councils have never
attempted to touch. He has stood up
under every difficulty, although he
has been assailed on every hand by
"A all those who assail the man who has
1.-THE courage to do right. 1 hope New
q ark will retain the services of such
men as are in that department for
many years."
Mr.. Connolly sketched briefly the
growth of Newark since the landing
BY Robert Treat on the shores of the
Passaic, showing its advance in finan-
cial prosperity and in population.
at have to add he concluded,
"that IL Newark is not everything 1t
should be internally the reason for
A L.. f.ak L.. G1..e,
tuition of the State the buckwheat
saiser of Sussex and the fisherman
of South Jersey, together with the
hayseeder of every section of the
State. has had and continues to have
a say in the government of the met
ropoIitan city of the State, with the
result that we are not equal in every
respect to the cities of the West,
where larger measure of home rule
is granted. But we have every rea-
son to believe this will come to New
ark with the results of a new Con-
stitution.
I'm this regard permit me to say
if the people that make up the civic
life of this city were permitted, out
& side of certain necessary provision
of the State Legislature to control
+ its internal affairs greater progress
s in all that goes to make up our civic
s life, morally, physically and finan-
cially, would be the result"
GaveI for President DonneIly.
Il As he presented the gavel to Presi-
dent Donnelly the city clerk said:
You have won 1t nobly; so nobly
5 that the members of the council of
81 1918 have asked you to preside for a
third term-an unprecedented action"
The council of 1912, on motion of
former Majority Leader Archibald,
then adjourned sine die.
President Donnelly called the coun-
ell of 1918 to order. A communica-
ton calling attention to the fact that
the sixth installment of the amount
which Newark and other cities in the
Passaic Valley sewerage district
have to pay, and amounting to
5000, with $57S,sS2.0S for Newark S
share. was due January l, was re-
ferred to the finance committee, up
on the motion of Alderman O'Brien.
Reports from various city officials
were received and filed. The bonds
of new and reappointed city officials
were received from the finance com
mittee and filed.
The council ordered advertisements
TO be placed for bids to furnish the
city's stationery supplies for 1918, and
1900 copies OF the 1918 city manual
and 400 copies of the reports of city
officials were ordered printed and dis
tributed.
Added to Committees.
Following the announcement by
President Donnelly that the names of
Aldermen Bianchi and Cutting should
be added to the poor and aims, and
printing and stationery committees,
respectively. the council adjourned. I
Before the 1912 council members
gave UP their seats rising votes of
thanks were given President Dom
nelly, to City Counsel Nugent and his
staff, City Clerk Connolly and his
staff, the custodian and the City Hall
force and the majority and minority
Of the council.
Stuffed Pheasant for Nugent.
Justice Blum sent a stuffed pheas-