Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-06
THIRTY YEARS
OF PROGRESS
AND UPBUILD
City Clerk Connolly Reviews
Newark's Remarkable Ad-
vancement in That Time.
IN PARTING ADDRESS
TELLS OF ACHIEVEMENTS
Statistics That Reveal Only
Truths, Speaker Says-AIex-
ander Archibald Successor.

The program as outlined in the Eve
ming Star a week ago was carried out
at the July meeting of the Common
Council held Friday night.
! city Clerk James f. Connolly sub
mitted his request for retirement
under the law emitting him to re-
tlrement and providing half pay
compensation during the rest of his
natural life. 1t was granted and on
August | next Mr.. Connolly will re-
llnquish an office which he has held
Tor many years with signal success.
former Alderman Alexander Archi-
paid was elected to the city clerk
snip, his term to begin August l, I'M
Inediately up Mr.. Connelly's stepping
Gown and out
| Great interest was manifested in
councils proceedings because of the
known fact that Mr.. Connelly's retire
ment request would be received and
acted upon, and that the city clerk
would in all probability deliver a fare
Wen address that would be well worth
listening to-
Alderman John r. Reilly, leader of
the Democratic majority, offering the
motion on the resolution to grant Mr..
Connelly's request, paid a glowing
tribute to the city clerk. briefly re-
counting the distinguished services
rendered by him in his many years as
a public official and of the inestimable
value he had been to the city and the
! taxpayers Alderman Charles w. Lit
tleiield, the Republican leader, in sec
onding the motion, also eulogized Mr..
Connolly and praised his work.
Archibald Unanimous Choice.
Mr.. Archibald was nominated for
the city clerkship by Alderman Reilly
In resolution and Alderman Little
feld seconded the nomination. The
vote Of council was unaniprous.
Mr. Archibald, in a speecfRf Rfhanking
the aldermen for their action IN choos-
ing him TO succeed Mr.. Connolly.
promised to do his best to do as we'll
as his predecessor, but declared that
a very high standard had been set
by the latter. for anyone to hope to
excel. He added his tribute to those
previously paid Mr. Connelly.4
Now that the trouble Is all over
and you. have chosen so capable a
successor to fill the greatest Office in
the CITY, the most involved office;v be-
gan Mr. Connolly upon taking the
floor, the Office of inquiry of the
city, the office to whom all come for
information and advice, financially the
petty cash office of the city, which
turns over nearly million dollars
a year from small amounts to large
amounts. | congratulate you on your
elegant choice, because ii has been
my pleasure for years to be acquaint-
ed with the gentleman who will fol-
low nie in office. have watched his
| course on the floor of the council and
| as the head of what | consider the
greatest committee of any corpora
| ton in the State of New Jersey. the
finance committee of the city of New
| ark. Notwithstanding the quibbling
of many people it is a committee
which watches with an eye single to
| the civic betterment of this giant
corporation which today stands sec
ond to none among the civic corpora
! tions of our great country.
Truth Told in Figures
Gentlemen, thank you for the
mark of respect which permits me to
speak to you tonight, and as / have
had very little time in the immediate
past, have jotted down what I want
| to say; not to you, but through you
to the people of the city of Newark.
think that the people of Newark,
| interested in its every project, inde-
| pendent of politics, independent of
class or clan, will listen to what l
say here tonight, because they know
that my days Of usefulness in this
corporation are at an end; that
have no ambitions TO serve, no rea-
son to make a statement other than
the truth, and no statement other
than the truth ought to be made to
the people of Newark, a community
whose growth | have watched from
| the swaddling clothes OF the village
to this grand city of ours, second to
none among the cities of the United
| States. | will now read what ! have
written down.
II thank you for this mark of re-
spect, and as it is the very last op-
portunity / shall have in this life
to address your honorable body, of
which ! had the honor to have been a
me to make the following statement
OF fact, for the benefit of the thinking
public of this great city.
Council That Made History.
Il entered the municipal govern
ment, as member of this body, Oh
January /, 1883 That council was
made up of the highest type of rep
resentative men. 1t was tie, politi.
cally, and / had the honor to be
chosen chairman of its finance com
mittee.
"That council made history.
Under the operations of its Iegis-
lative acts, the city of Newark threw
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