The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-22
New Council is Organized
With Flowers and Oratory
and No Sign Of Discord.
COMMITTEE TO NAME LEADERS
Members of the New Council After
Peaceful Meeting Gather at Caucus
and Select Five of Their Number to
Name Standing Committee.

Flowers and oratory were featured
at the reorganization of the common
council on Monday night and it can be
SAID farther that the melting did not
get beyond the flowers and oratory
stage. The city hall, as has been the
custom for years, was converted into a
veritable bower Of roses and carnations
when the new aldermen took their
places and the floral program was more
notable this year than at any reorgan-
lzation of the council following an off
year election. When the aldermen were
ready for the gavel to fall the council
chamber looked like it had been ar
ranged for the funeral Of real pat
riot. There were red roses, white
roses and American beauties, there
were carnations and ferns and the dis
trlbutors of the flowers saw to it that
there were flowers on the desks of
nearly every alderman Even the
mayor was flower bedecked when he
raped the council to order.
The dove of peace sat proudly on the
tail of the Badger over the mayor 5
chair and not once during the reorgan-
ization ceremonies was there peep out
of the aforesaid dove. Everything was
quietly and orderly and the manner in
which Tho o1dorynop oy,d %bo Yoo WOW an, !
Quoted themselves at the first meeting
indicated that the harmony program
was well under way. Just what hap
pened at the informal meeting in the
mayors Office following the regular
session has not been disclosed, but it
is expected that the real reorganiza-
tion, excitement without the flowers,
will be pulled on Friday evening when
the members of the council meet to
complete the organization. Special ar
NOR proof castings will be provided for
the badger and the dove of peace when
this meeting gets well under way.
There was the usual big reorganiza-
tion crowd in the lobby and in the
company were many women. They
gave cheers to the defeated aldermen
as they lead their successors to their
seats and louder cheers for the success
full one as the committee in charge of
the Inauguration brought in the floral
tributes.
The mayor spoke to the new council.
He spoke very briefly, but served no
tice that he would have more to say
on Friday night. In his address he
paid tribute to the work Of the coun-
ell during the past year and counseled
peace and harmony for the coming
year. He referred to large appropria
tions that are to be made for public
improvements and expressed the hope
that the aldermen would work in har-
mony to get these big improvements
completed at the least possible expense
to the city and with the tax payers get
ting the full value for their money.
No steps were taken to elect a presi-
dent of the council or any of the other
had made his address Alderman Shear
err moved that the council adjourn I'M
til Friday night to complete the work
of reorganization and the motion was
carried without dissenting voice.
The people left the lobby carrying
the flowers with them but the alder
men and the mayor fingered and later
met in the office of the mayor for the
slated caucus. It was short and to the
point. The mayor concurring the mem
bers Of the council proceed to elect a
committee to name the standing COM
mittee of the year and the committee
chosen by ballot is composed of Alder
man Shearer, Bounsall, Tully, Kisten
and Gundlach. Alderman Bounsall was
chosen as chairman of the committee.
The mayor has been asked to meet with
the committee and offer such advice
as he sees fit in connection with the
naming of the committee.
Every member of the council partici-
pated in the naming of the committee
and it is expected that the list of COM
mittees selected by the committee will
be adopted by an unanimous vote. The
meeting on Monday night was in the
nature of a gentleman's agreement and
it was understood that the members of
the council are to consider themselves
morally bound by the agreement.
The committee on committees will
meet on Wednesday evening, but no re-
port of its selections of committees
will be made public until the adjourned
meeting on Friday evening.
The state board of health has issued