Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-13

Other Business Transacted.
The reorganization of the new council, and
the election of officers to fill the positions
stated in the GLOBE of yesterday, occurred
Yesterday afternoon, Long before the hour
announced for the assembling of the council,
the halls and lobby of the city hall were
crowded with candidates for the various po-
sitions, who were busily engaged in button
holing the aldermen as to their respective
merits. At2 O'Clock The council was called
to order by Aid. Smith, the new president.
The clerk OF the old council reported the fol-
lowing members of the council present
Anderson, Andrews, Barge, Barrows, Clark,
Cleveland, Gilm re, Glenn, Grethen, Hangar,
Hplscher, Kees, Nelson, Parker, Smiti, Watt,
Walsh.
The presiding officer stated that the first
business would be the election of president.
On motion of Alderman Waitt, Aldermen
Holscher, Haugan and Nelson were appointed
tellers, and the first ballot showed the follow
ing result: F. 8. Smith 16; NJ. W. Glenn l. On
the announcement of the vote Alderman Glenn
moved that the vote be made unanimous,
which was done, and, on the newly elected
president taking the chair, responded IN few
remarks.
The ballot for vice president resulted as fol-
lows: Andrews II; Walsh 4; Glenn 1.
Mr.. Andrews was declared vice president for
the ensuing year.
The ballot for city clerk resulted in a unani-
nous vote for the present clerk, Selah Mat
hewE The president having declared the
council organized, committee consisting OF
Aid Walsh, Parker and Cleveland, were APP
pointed 10 wait upon the mayor and report
the body in waiting for any message he might
leave.
The MAYOR being introduced read from
printed slips his annual message, the follow
ing being an abstract of thu same:
The message commenced by calling atten-
ton to the sewerage, pavement and water
questions.
Good sewerage, pure water, cleanly well
paved streets, are the three graces which
stand prominently in the foreground as prime
essentials of first class cities. | regret that
the burden and responsibility of establishing
all of these will not devolve upon this coun-
cil for know that they are subjects to which
the older members of this body have given
much earnest and patient thought.
On the question of sprinklmg our streets,
we have good cause for congratulations that
at last we are IN shape to abae the abominable
dust nuisance. As petitions for street SPHINX
ling will no doubt be presented at very early
day, respectfully suggest that your honor
able body advertise ut once, and that you do SO
with the understanding that the contract is TO
run ut least five years, as the bids will be cor
respondinSly low as the limit OF time is In
creased.
The estimates for taking the water out of a
fil:ering basin on Boom island have never eX-
ceeded $780, which amount is considered
adequate to supply to the pumps l5,OO0,OOO
gallons per day
TO the average citizen it looks like false
economy to neglect this important factor of
health and strong incentive 10 capital to locate
IN our city.
levy Of s., eco per year would pay the in
terest on the cost of the work. Or in other
words one.siXth of one mil on the assessed
valuation of the property in this city would
pay the interest, and levy OF one-tenth of one
mill per year would in few years retire the
principal.
To make this neglect still more conspicuous
let me state that contribution OF ten cents
per year per capita of our ciiy's population
would pay the interest on the bonds and would
enable us 10 provide our city with the best
water in the United States.
One of the most embarrassing questions we
have to deal with is the social evil. Before the
indictment of the keepers of the houses OF Ill
fame by the grand jury and their subsequent
consignment to the State prison, our city was
exceptionally free from prostitutes. Those
that were here were "hived," if you will per-
NIT the term, and kept under police surveil-
lance; were easily controlled, and by an ex-
acting and arbitrary policy on the
part of the keepers were kept prac-
tcally free from disorders that i'm
peril the health, welfare and happiness
of the human race. Our courts have broken
up the evil in concentrated form and most
misehievously spread it over the city and in
quarters which were before unpolluted They
are here in increased numbers, plying in a
vastly more dangerous manner their wiles and
evil influences, and are beyond the reach of any
enforced physicians care as to cleanliness and
freedom from disease, and ont of reach OF po-
lice surveillance. Her room being her castle"
no officer without warrant can enter it lawful
". Thus the mischievous interference OF I'M
practicable men has succeeded in spreading the
direst conceivable calamity over our city, and
robbed the Bethany Home of the means of sus
tenance. The fines collected of the inmates
and keepers, as you all know, went to the
support of these degraded and unfortunate
women when broken in health and undergoing
reformation, the proportion being one-thlrd TO
the support of the Home, one-third 10 the
shaking fund, created for the purpose of
establishing permanent Home, the
into the general fund The Bethany Home is
managed by band Of heroic women, whose
service in this work entities them to more
praise than my feeble tongue can utter, and
whose chairman, with her sanity face, is so
well known to our citizens; her life has been
spent in the cause of humanity and particu-
larly in the suppression of this vice, and the
amelioration of the condition of fallen women.
II is my opinion her efforts have been crowned
by more success than have been those of the
pulpit and bench combined She is to-day
asking for help from our citizens to aid IN
car ny for the incre using numbers at the
Home, which is now entirely cut off by the re-
fusal of our legislature to favorably consider
the proposed change IN our new charter. 1t
therefore seems to me expedent that your
honorable body adopt the necessary legsla-
ton enabling the Bethany Home to con inue
their good work as long as possible, and at
least as long as any funds remain in treasury
to the credit of the Bethany Home sinking
fund account.
The amount expended for therelief of the
poor OF the city from May l, 1880, to April
i,1sSl, eleven months, including salary of
the superintendent, city physician, clerk
hire, rent and ircldentsls was Sl1 ,962.70:
There were applications for relief 2,905
Number Of visits of superintendent. 2,2l4
Number of cases where relief was
furnished NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. LIS
Number of loads of wood furnished. Sol
Which cost. ,l91 Is
Groceries furnished costing. 1900. 3,7SS 81
90 out of the city, costing. -. 1877 70
Eighty burials, costing. ............ toy w
The average number of inmates In
L.,kx,