St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-12
THE FLAT AND THE HILL.
Each Section Of the Sixth Ward Wants an
Alderman.


Each Section of the Sixth Ward Wants an
Alderman.
The meeting of the citizens of the Sixth
ward in an unoccupied store on Dakota ave-
nue. last evening was well attended by the
voters of the fat and hill. It was organized
by the choice of Capt. Starkey as chairman
and NJ. Moriarty, secretary, and its object
was stated by Judge Wood to be to consider the
boundary lines for dividing said ward into
two aldermanic districts, which matter was
to be taken into consideration by the council
at its meeting this evening. The meeting
had been hastily convened to get an eX-
preston from the voters of the ward whether
it would be for its best interests to divide the
two aldermanic precincts on a north and
south line or on an east and west line, which
latter would give the fiat and the hill each
representation in the city council and pre-
vent the selection at any time of the two
aldermen from the same section Of the ward.
He considered that the east and west line
was the proper thing as the hill and fiat
had different local interests while
their general interests were in
common. He then offered the following
resolutions, which were read and laid on the
table pending debate on the same:
WHEREAS, A north and south line dividing the
aldermanic districts of the Sixth ward will, by
reason of larger population residing on the up
land, result in placing the representation there
and bar the fat from any distinct representation;
and
WHEREAS, A division Of said ward into one
district on the bluff and another on the fiat will
secIre permanent representation to both dis
tricts; therefore,
Res0L1e6 That II ic tho cenco Of this m atino
that the city council be and it is hereby request
ed to create adermanic district on the fiat and
another on the upland.
Mr.. Hare said he agreed with the resolu-
ton for the reason that the hill would be the
residence and the fat the business portion of
the ward, and that the former would out vote
the latter. Then, too, he believed repre-
sentation of each locality in the council
would obliterate all jealous feelings between
the two which had at times been quite bitter,
and that the aldermen in that case would do
more for the ward at large. The geographic
cal portion of the hill and fiat were such that
with an alderman elective in each locality it
would prevent any local political strife
and each would be apt to select
their best men to represent them as alder
men and school inspectors without any
chance to get into strife on this question.
Mr.. Enright favored a north and south
line. He had lived in the ward three years
and never knew of any local jealousy in the
same. He disclaimed having any political
woodchuck under the fence as reason for
his preferment.
Mr.. Mcdonald, IN answer to Judge Woods
assertion that all the capital in the ward was
on the fiat while the hill had forty-six more
voters, said that he would show that all
the poor people lived on the hill and the rich
people on the fat In such a case it would
seem that the north and south
line division would better equalize the popu-
lation of the ward. But really, all things
considered, he thought it would better con-
the east and west line.
The McCarthys, father and son, favored
the east and west line as did also Mr.. Kuhl.
Mr.. Moriarty, as hill representative, be-
lieved the division east and west would be
best for all concerned. Capt. Starkey ex-
pressed himself warmly for the thorough sep
aration of the hill and fiat to give the latter
equal rights, and this also would wipe out all
jealousy and engender hearty and healthy
rivalry. definite line should separate the
two and that line in no case should be based
on Odell creek.
The question was then called and the
resolutions adopted by a unanimous vote
The chair in answer to motion appointed
Judge Wood, P. r. Mcdonald and John c.
Mccarthy committee of three, which Sc
lected the following gentlemen to attend the
meeting of the council this evening to urge
the aldermanic divorce of the fiat from the
bluff:
E. H. Wood, P. R. Mcdonald, A. NJ. Doherty,
Fred Angle II. Hare, John Norman, NJ. Moriarty,
NJ. Kuhl, j. II. Bohrer, John C.McCarthy, Will
lam NJ. Bole. James Brady.