Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-08
FLORAL TRIBUTES
FOR C0UNC|LMEN
Many Gifts Received by New
and Retiring Members of
City Council.


floral tributes.
In front and on both sides of the
dais where the now retired Presi-
dent John H. Donnelly had welded
the gavel for the past three years
there were grouped the many pres
ents from admiring friends to the
new and the retiring aldermen. giving
that part of the chambers somewhat
the look of an art museum.
Among the many men friends OF
the aldermen there was a large
sprinkling of women.
Not the least impressive was the
high tribute paid to President DON
nelly by City Clerk James r. Con-
nelly on behalf of the council, the
city's employees and himself. At the
close of his eulogy he presented Mr..
Donnolly with a silver mounted gavel
and block as the gift of the council.
He praised the retiring member for
having presided so well. ut is no
small honor" Mr.. Connolly said, in
the course of his remarks, ito preside
over a body that imposes and COL
lects every year taxes amounting to
more than five and a half million
dollars
you have presided over body
that works for the uplifting of this
city. over q body that when its mem
'bers sit down to deliberate. no matter
of what political faith. have forgotten
their differences and worked for the
welfare of the whole community.
City Shows Results.
What is the result of these laborS I?
The result is that this city ranks
among the foremost in this great
land It is a city which in fifty years
threw off it's swaddling clothes. I
remember the city wheR~~I was an
Alderman and 1t had but eleven
wards. with 10000 inhabitants. I have
watched its growth.
II have watched it during the past
three years when YOU were the pre-
siding officer of this body. and / can
say that during those three years
some of the greatest things have been
undertaken"
Mr. Connolly also took fling at
He lack of proper home rule, saying
that still greater things could have
been accomplished If it had not been
for those hayseeds and fishermen in
the Legislature. who have the right
to say what this city needs
With a voice slightly shaken by
emotion Mr.. Donnelly thanked the
speaker for his kind words and the
gift which, he said, he was proud to
receive. In touching on the past per-
formances of the council Mr.. Donnelly
said:
I'VE have undertaken some large
contracts and carried them through
successfully. We have a new aims
house second to none in the country.
We built several firehouses, new
Nurses Home, police station.
"One of my pleasantest duties has
been my association with the Board
of School Estimate, which passes on
the budgets and bond issue ,renared
by and asked for by the Board of
Education. l want. to tell you,gentle-
men that our Board of Education de-
serves high credit. Due to their eff
forts we possess the best school sys-
tenn in the country. This was attest
ed to only the other day by Dr. John
Ffndley of the New York Univer-
sity."
Z In conclusion. Mr.. Donnelly asked
of the new council the same support
for his successor, Alderman Patrick
c.. O'Brien. which he received from
the old council.
The gifts to the aldermen and the
the donors were as follows:
John H. Donnelly-Traveling bag,
John A. Monahan Association and
cut glass set from friends. Patrick
c. O'Brien-Scarf pin, 1918 council;
gold watch and fob, Charles Cell
zeiler Association; diamond ring,
Tenth Ward friends; scarf pin, di-
rectors of the Acorn Building and
ping, retiring leader of the minority
Gold watch from the Common
Council; gold loclset from friends.
John F. Reilly, the new majority
leader--Rocker, John Yauch and mar
ket employees; travelling bag and
umbrella, Mohawk Club; book case
and punch bowl set from friends.
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minority-Cut glass flower stand, Six
teenth Ward Republican executive
committee and Republican Club. Mark
F. Phillips-Umbrella "Old Henry"
emblem of the Eagles, Newark Aerie
No A Of the F. o. E. Thomas e.
Barnett-Umbrella, friends; cut glass
set. First Ward Republican ex-
eeutive committee. John P. Rogers
Lamp, Mr.. and Mrs Van Volken-
burg. Joseph F. McCrudden-um
brella, inkstand and diamond scarf
pin from friends; emblem of Eagles.
Newark Aerie No a. F. o. E.; gold
tie fastener, from Mrs. McEnroe.
Robert E. Ducey-Traveling bag, c.
ID. Gibbon and son. r. Joseph
Schmelz-Silver set, Joseph Schmelz
and friends; emblem of the Eagles
Newark Aerie, "A, F. o. E.; travelling
bag. John F. Monahan Association;
desk set, John Ohr. j. Francis Han
lon-Umbrella, Fifth Ward friends;
travelling bag, John F. Monahan AS
sociation. Thomas j. Lee, jr.-Settee,
rocker and chair, friends; picture
from the boys" in the Hall. Avitus
J. Observation-Disclosures stickpin,
Sixth Ward Democratic Club. John
J. McGovern-Scarfpin, boys" in
Hall; punch bowl set. Seventh Ward
friends emblem by Newark Aere,,
4a, F. 0. E.; gold link buttons, James
F. Connorton Association. E. Gar
field Gifford-Card table, friends;
glasses, Eighth Ward Republican ex-
ecutive committee. John NJ. Lantz-
Cut glass water set, Eighth Ward Re-
publican committee.
William F. Haas-Morris chair,
Schwartz Association. Louis Pfeiffer
2 Umbrella, friends; gold cuff but
tons, Patrick H. Corish. Thomas e.
Curran--Rocking chair, clerks in the
tax receivers office. travelling bag.
James F. Connorton Association;
watch and fob, friend of the Tenth
Ward. John F. Fitzsimmons-Gold
ring, friends. Maurice H. Welsh
Parlor clock, Thirteenth Ward Re-
publican executive committee. Charles
G. Hahn-Umbrella and travelling
bag, Mohawk Club; box. of cigars
and silver loving cup, friends.
Anthony c. Kroehl, jr.--Water set,
friends; hall clock, Fourteenth Ward
friends. John Faiss-Glass water set,
Fourteenth Ward friends Anthony
Schuck-Gold cuff buttons, Four
teenth Ward friends John j. Walsh
Carving set Tuscan Savings Club;
percolator. First. Seventh and Fiji