Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-05
TILE COUNCIL.

Does Not Watt to Repeal Ordinance No.
1O-The Mayors Conduct Severely Criti-
cIsed.
The December meeting of the city coun-
Gil was held last night, and considerable
time prior to the hour of meeting the
chamber was thropged with spectators
evidently intent on hearing or seeing
something.
Col. All en-, president of the council. i'm
mediately after the meeting had been
called to order and the preliminary bust
ness disposed of, called Alderman Cornish
to the chair and stated that he rose to
question of privilege. He noticed large
number of spectators there, and gentlemen
who were not in the habit of visiting
the council. He did not desire
to have them stay there all
the evening and then go away disappoint-
ed, as it was evident they were likely to be.
The unusual number of spectators was at
tracted by the expectation that ordinance
No. 10 was coming up. 1t was currently
reported that the distinguished mayor of
st. Paul had communicated the fast to the
ministers of the city that the ordinance re-
ferred to would be taken up at the council
meeting, The mayor is performing very
arduous iabors in respect
to this ordinance. Now
the fact is the ordinance was not coming
up at ALL So far as he knew there was
not an alderman in the city council who
had the least idea of repeating it, and he
&b,+ Ind Nba IL OF
present engaged in an experiment with
this interesting subject. Let him go
ahead, and when he gets through and the
people come around and ask for its repeal
or for any change, there will be plenty of
time for the council to consider what it is
best to do. According to his notion the
vote of the last election showed plainly
enough to him what the general opinion
of the people is upon these matters. He
never had had any personal feelings
toward the mayor, though he had been &C
cused of it. The difference was entirely
political. He did not, however, like to be
accused of disturbing the dead and he
was sure no collection of
galvanic batteries had yet been invented
which were powerful enough so resarrect
He was quite surprised to find his name
and Mr.. Kavanagh's in the papers last
Sunday morning, having been brought
forward by the mayor at the meeting of
the court house commission on Saturday.
He regretted that the mayor of the city
felt it necessary to wash his dirty political
hands before that commission. He also re-
gretted that the mayor felt it necessary to
make walking arsenal of himself, but he
(Ailen) was not to blame for it. He GAL
len) had lived in st. Pant thirty five years,
and he had never found it necessary to
carry revolver or bow1e-knife.
Referring to the i'll feeling expressed by
the mayor toward Mr.. Kavanagh, he said
he understood that the difficulty originated
because Mr.. O'Brien as attorney for the
notorious Kittie Smith went to Mr..
Kavauagh, when the woman was
being prosecuted for keeping a
house of ill-fame and asked him (Kava-
nagh) to go on her bond. Mr.. Kavanagh
promptly declined and Mr.. O'Brien offer
ed to deposit the amount in money with
him if he would go on the bond, but Mr..
Kavanagh notified MIR. O'Brien that
while he (O'Brien) could exercise
his pleasure about his society
he lkavauagh) did not belong 10 that kind
of a crowd or have anything to do with
that class of people. This was the begin
ming of the breach and not because as
mayor he (O'Brien) was enforcing ordln-
ance No. 10 according to his own peculiar
notion.
Colonel Allen referred to a meeting of
the council committee on police, at which
the mayor was present, and the matter
was pretty generally talked over. They
got considerably warmed up in
the conversation and the mayor
| told the committee that
| if they would repeal ordinance No. 10, be
would sign it. They notified him that they
did not intend to do anything of the kind
He had chosen his line Of action and the
| council did not propose 20 interfere and
relieve him of any responsibility in the
| matter.
The colonel closed by saying that be
made this explanation SO that anyone who
desired to go conld DO SO without feeling
that the matter was going to be taken uE
for it was not, and no alderman had the
least idea OF repeating that ordinance
Having said this the president resumed hi
seat and the general business of tbs coun
ell was proceeded with.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
This board was directed to construct ;
SO yer on Western avenue, from Seventh
rect to point forty feet south of tn
south line Of Won Minden street; to grad
Seventh street from Kittson street t,
Brook street, and from the east line of tn
right of way of the St. Paul & Manitobi
Road company to Minnehaha street, in
GLIDING the masonry for the viaduct owe
the st. Paul and Duluth roa,
for culverts, abutment walls, retaining
walls and piers; also including an irol
bridge over the right of way Of the 81
Paul q Manitoba road company; also t.
grade Hoffman avenue from Sixth stree
to Seventh street, Maria avenue from Sixt
street to Eighth street, Hope street from
Sixth to Margaret street, Margare
street from Arcade street to Greenbria
avenue, Simon street from Sixth t
Seventh, Eichenwald street from Sixt
to Seventh, and Bradley stree
from Woodward street to tn
south line of blocks 10 and Il of Bronson
addition to st. Paul, using the surplus ma
terial from said streets to grade Seventh
street and said Bradley street.
The samesboard is to investigate as t
paving Sibley street, from Sevent
TO Eighth streets with cedar blocks an