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Excerpt from Inaugural Address of Hugh O'brien, Mayor of Boston: Before the City Council, January 4, 1886
The new departure will be in full force during the year, and if our work is done as it ought to be done, free from all selfish purposes, the year 1886 will be a memorable one in our municipal history. The fact that aldermen are elected by districts and councilmen by Wards should have no Weight with you. The entire city is under your charge, and every district and every ward should be fairly and equitably dealt with. I have no hesitation in say ing here, what I have said many times before, that aldermanic districts are no improvement on our old municipal system of electing aldermen at large. If the members of the Common Council look only after the interests of the wards they represent, and the aldermen after their districts, we can scarcely expect that loyalty to all sections of the city which is so desirable in a city government.
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