St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-03
Nayor Rice Takes the Oath Of Office and
Makes Business-Like
Address.
Or. Jones Elected Health Officer Other
Elections Routine Council Pro-
ceedings.
Col. Bend Arrested for Ipsubordina'
tion--Interview with Gen.
MacCarthy.
Anew Pastor for the House of Hope
To-night's :Concert--The
County Board.
THE CHANGE MADE.

The council chamber was pacheu yeSlSi-
day afternoon with people curious to wit
ness the death of the old administration and
the birth of the new. When the routine
business was finished Aid. Otis, Starkey
and Cullen were appointed to ask Mayor
D'Brien if he had any communication to
bffer On returning they reported that he
had no remarks to make. Aid. johnson
then moved that the council adjourn sine
die, and die it did by unanimous consent at
BIS.
Clerk Tom PrendergaSt then ran the SER
Iices for few brief seconds. while Aid.
Starkey was nominated temporary chair
han. 1t was objected, however, that he
Mas lone of the new members, and so
Aid. johnson was elected. The new alder
men then came forward and received the
path of Office, administered by Tom Prem
lergaSt in his sepulchral voice.
THE INAUGURATION.
AID. Kahn got right to the front and in a
lignifed and highly impressive manner
opened his aldermanic career by moving
hat committee be appointed to inform the
mayor-elect that the new council would
like to see him. Aid. Kahn, Kerr and
Starkey were appointed to perform that
duty.
They returned in moment and as the
new and retiring mayor appeared Aid.
Johnson asked the council to rise. Fully
two-thirdS of the members Obeyed the in
junction, but all applauded. Both stepped
to the platform and were introduced by Aid.
johnson. Then the mayOr-elect read his
address in an impressive manner and it was
listened to with great attention. At the
conclusion of the reading he signifed his
readiness to take the oath. Tom Prender-
CAST fumbled about among his papers to find
the form, but while he was looking for it
Mayor O'Brien fired it off without the least
hesitation. Having duly sworn to support
the constitution of the United States and of
the state and to perform the duties of mayor
TO the best of his ability, Mayor Rice re-
tired
THE NEW OFFICERS.
The council then went into secret caucus
to nominate officers. The proceedings were
very short, and the election after the doors
were opened were almost an exact repiti-
ton of them. When the doors were re-
opened, Aid. Cullen moved that the clerk
cast the ballot of the council for Robert A.
Smith for president. The motion was car
RED
Aid. G. A johnson was similarly elected
vice president.
For health officer, Aid. Starkey NOM
mated Dr. 81. F. Hoyt, and Aid. Petsch
nominated DR.. Tolbert Jones' The ballots
were counted and resulted as follows: Jones
Q, Hoyt 6.
For city jailer Joseph Spiel was NOM
mated and unanimously elected.
For market master, P. OReagan and
George Lamb were appointed. The ballots
stood, ORegan, II; Lamb, 3.
A communication was read from the
mayor appointing Horace G. Dunno as his
private secretary. The appointment was
confirmed.
DowLAN'S CONTEST.
Ex-Ald John Dowlan's petition for a
recount of the votes in his district, which
has 'beenpublished, was read.
6 a resolution drawn up by the city at
stoney was read, providing for the appoint
sment of a committee Of five to take the
evidence in the contest on the evening of
May 9, which was adopted.
There was read also a set of rules pre-
pared by the city attorney to govern the
proceedings of contest for a seat in the
council. They provide that the person de-
sirous of contesting the seat of any alder
man shall cause to be served upon the
alderman notice of the contest in writing
within twenty days after the election. The
proceedings in the contest shall be either
before the council as a whole or before a
committee appointed to take and report the
testimony. The council shall be the Judges
of revelaNcy and materiality of the evidence
taken by the committee, which acts as a
referee of the state courts. The parties to
the controversy then, either in person or by
attorney, may argue the case before the
council, which then shall consider the ques-
ton, for which purpose it may sit in secret
session, but the vote deciding the matter
must be taken in open session.
Aid. Sanborn objected to the rules be-
cause they were too cumbersome, but they
were adopted.
The president appointed as the committee
AID. Starkey, Van Slyke, Cummings, San
born and Johnson. Aid. Sanborn begged
off and Aid. Kerr was substituted. Aid
Kerr pleaded lack of time and Aid. San
born. was reinstated on the committee and
the papers were referred to it.
: The night of June 9 was fixed as the
time of the meeting to count the ballots.
and Aid. Sanborn, Starkey and Van SIyke
was appointed the committee to count them.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The board of public works was ordered
to investigate and report on opening,
widening and extending Holly avenue sixty
feet wide, from Avon street to Victoria
street; also to take no further steps
on the opening, widening and extending of
DucaS street.
The council then adjourned until evening.
THE EVENING SESSION.
At the evening session the board was
ordered to investigate and report on the
lowering of the sewer on Robert street.
n of u
Sixth street sewer; grading and surfaciDg
Forest street, between Case and Maryland
streets; opening and widening Forest street.
between Case and Magnolia streets: con-
demning for park the triangle north of
Collins street and west of De Soto street:
grading Reaney street,. between Seventh
and Frank streets.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Adopting the grade of Tuscarora street.
from Milton to West Seventh street: Arm
strong street, from Drake street to West
Seventh Street; Reaney street. from Earle
street to Phalen street; giving notice that at
the first meeting of the council in July,
1885, stone sidewalk will be ordered on the
following streets: Sibley street, from Third
to Seventh street; Seventh street. from
Olive to Wabasha street; Jackson street,
from Third to Seventh street; Robert street,
from Third to Seventh street; Wabasha
street, from Tenth to Third streets; Third
street, north side, from Wabasha street
to the Seven Corners; st. Peter street, from
Seventh to Third street; Fifth street, from
Cedar street to Washington street. 1t was
stated that until that date property owners
will have the right to lay the Portland con-
crete and Schilling stone sidewalks. A
resolution was also adopted ordering a grade
on Warsaw street from Tuscarora street to
West Seventh street; Bay street from Ran
dolph street to Stewart
MISCELLANEOUS.