Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-13
UNION.

Il Little Talk NTH Il Fe,G ResideHts IT lie
East Dttisi0I:
Approaching the fact that the residents Of
the East Division have no organ, and that
without the life which circulates twice a day
through its veins, by virtue Of the regular
passing back and forth of West Division bus
mess men, who after the excitement of the
and solemn silence of that secluded suburb,
which otherwise would have no claim except
as quiet resting place for the dead, The
GLOBE reporter unfolded his ear yesterday
afternoon and listened to the following COM
plants from several citizens.
The conversation was upon the
all absorbing topic of the proposed
union, and the feeling in general
seemed TO be that if tie union was not made
upon the basis of the report, they had much
that effect have already been circulated, and
numerously signed, many prominent resi-
dents even going SO far as to urge complete
divorce and the establishment of separate
family. Among the many grievances pri-
vately proclaimed by individuals we're few
to the effect that the East Side looked upon
the proposed payment to them of $4,000 to
establish financial basis of union as a right
rather than gift. They could, they claimed,
better afford to pay for their water works out
of their own pocket, and would then be in a
better financial standing AS to representa-
ton, they felt they had conceded a great
deal on that point and i'll fact
claimed it as absolutely the only concession
made by the joint committee in any particu-
lar. Aid Corsers amendment throwing the
six aldermen at large that was to constitute
the upper House, into the lower House, they
claimed gave the West Division a possible
power of II to 4, a concession of difference
in power as that is greater than II to 8. AS
to the matter of power, it was claimed that
no precedent could be found where the East
Division aldermen had acted with the minor
popular measure upon them, while vice versa
artesian we'll were cited as instances
where the rule had worked directly opposite
with regard to their interests. They had,
they considered, always paid for theii share
of benefits received, and had even paid for
benefits accruing only to the West Division.
sore grievance was i'll many instances being
compelled to educate the children of resi-
dents who paid their taxes entirely in the
West Division. AS an instance of the fair
ness of their representatives in the council,
they asserted that they had often advocated
West Division measures that were sometimes
opposed by the councilmen or section most
to be benefited. An unjust discrimi-
nation, which touched them to the quick, was
a recent case where a West Side alderman
asked for temporary permission to furnish
power to his mill by attaching his shaft to
the power furnished by the pumps at the
water-works. This, it was claimed, was
granted by referring the matter to a COM
mittee, with power to act, Of which the gen
tleman asking the favor was chairman. The
fact was also regretted that their citizens
disbursed more than a million dollars an
nually with West Side merchants, and sum-
ming the matter all up, they considered
themselves an abused community.
The above, in substance, is the cry which
comes up from the desert of desolation, and
here we will fold our ear and let the matter
drop. That desert will never be fertile until
| there is an oasis of equal representation.