St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-30
CURRENT COMMENT.

''To say the least,n remarked a public
spirited gentleman within hearing of the
writer .'it looks bad 1t is one of the most
important measures that the city has had to
deal with for long time, and to see the
ordinance spread in official publication be-
fore the peOpleaS law and without the
signature of the maypr-well, will repeat,
it looks bad. ut did notrequire an especially
intimate knowledge Of municipal affairs to
correctly conjecture that the speaker re-
ferred to the market ordinance. The
mayor refused to approve it, and.
furthermore, he refused to veto it,
In consequence of his allowing
the prescribed five days to lapse the meas
ure became law upon publication. After
a moments pause the speaker resumed: 81
hold that if the mayor saw anything in the
ordinance which was so Objectionable that
he could not sign it, he should have come
boldly forward with his veto. I apprehend
that his reason for permitting the measure
to become a-laW lies in the fact that an ex-
elusive right is conveyed to certain parties
therein. Perhaps I am wrong, but feel
morally certain of the correctness
of the position. 1 will say further
that believe it only right
to throw around the projectors of
the market enterprise the protection
which they can only find in an ex-
elusive franchise. They will be required to
invest vast sum of money in the purchase
of site and the erection of firSt-class mar
ket house. such as the ordinance specifies,
and if they had no protection or no legal
safeguard against general competition it
must certainly prove a money-losing enter
prise. One large and cOmmodious market
house in the territory designated will in my
opinion prove ample to supply the needs of
our people. Other markets may be estab-
lished in the outside territory at any time. :"
*xx
''Has peace and harmony been restored
on the cedar block paving work on Second
avenue?" was asked member of the COM
mittee yesterday. ''Well, scarcely" was
the response. ''And it is my
opinion that there never will be a
days peace until either the contractor or
the inspector is changed. We had hoped
that new inspector would be tried, but
none has been, and the jangle and jar con-
tinues. I think the unpleasantness is not
alone the fault of one, but the fault of both,
and hope to see new inspector Oh the
work this week."
'sWe have got an almost endless job be-
fore u.s." said Aid. Gibson of the council
gas committee. 'sWe must designate where
gas and where electric lamps shall be placed
on the streets under the new contract. We
will probably begin our work at the next
committee meeting. assure you dread
it, but there is nothing to be gained by
representation. The sooner we take the
bull by the horns, the sooner the ordeal
will be done with"
Xxx
An unreliable rumor, probably starting
from irresponsible parties, has been afoat
that the officers at the city lookup were
blameable for the death of Louis Stolzer,
but the coroner and his jury gave the mat
ter most searching investigation yester-
day and they found that the officers had ex-
ercised every ordinary precaution. One
jaiIer had visited Stolzer in his cell at 6:15,
and the other found him suspended by the
foot from the grating in the ceiling at 6:25,
indicating the frequency of their visits to
his cell.