The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-04-20

operation, all of the members of the
new governing body would endeavor
to give the city an efficient and bust
nesslike administration.
The address was applauded by the
two score citizens who had come to
the council chamber to see the new
administration inaugurate the govern
ment of the city under the new plan.
Get Organized Quickly.
The meeting was one which will go
down in the history of the city as a
most interesting one. Early specta-
tors found the council chamber greatly
changed from its appearance on the
previous night when the old council
had sung its swan song. The eighteen
desks and chairs of the aldermen had
shrunk to five, all of them huddled in
the center of the council chamber
proper There was real hush came
over the gathering as the five commits
sioners.7W, H, Afford, H. E. Barren.
J. J. Buvass g.. .5choier and Robert
Nicoll- flied into the room to take
their places. City Clerk Harrington
took charge to aid in the election of
president Of the p omission.
The commissIh ted to vote
by ballot for t ~re this
could be complete 20 ~er-
den arose and MOI
sioner Afford be
unanimously and tB>
instructed to so cast teN
was carried and the IS
took charge of the meeting . ~.
Emphasizes Responsibilities .
"This is quite an honor and If
appreciate it," declared Councih
Afford as he assumed the duties of
office. 81 shall not act as if it i.
surprise because it is job you
up on me several days ago. We ha
a responsible task before us; we a
undertaking work with which we a.
unfamiliar and we must ask the indu.
gence of the public; we must feel our
way; the public mast not expect the
millennium to come because five
men have been chosen on this board
and because there has been a change
of government"
"One of our most important duties
will be the selection of a city man.
ager," he continued, Hand since the
success or failure Of this venture will
depend largely on the calibTe of the
man chosen for this work, we must act
wisely in our choice. 1t may be neces-
sary for US to go out and find the man
for we must secure one who has not
only the qualifications of education,
training and experience, but also high
moral traits"
"We must start slow and then in a
businesslike way go about the work of
the city. We may even have
to go to the legislature to secure adj
ditional powers; we do not know just
now what demands we will have to
meet. Therefore it is too early to-
night to attempt an outline of what
we shall do other than the brief one
which I have already mentioned"
Find Themselves in Maze.
AS the council proceeded to pick it's
way through the legal procedure of
the meeting, they found themselves al
most in a labyrinth. Not yet organic
ed to the extent of the naming of COM
they found themselves hamp-
cred at every turn in dealing with the
problems put before the council in the
various communications. They fell to
with will, however, and proceeding
with caution, worked their wav through
the regular routine of business.
A suggestion that vice chairman
be elected was not acted upon, this
being laid over until the next meet
ing. Neither were the committees
named as it was considered better to
give this topic more consideration be-
fore definitely adopting that plan of
First on the order of
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