St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-18
MAYOR SMITHS VETO.
Overruled by a Two-Thirds
Vote in the City
Council.
Republicans Insist Upon a
Change in Existing Elee-
ton Methods.
A Decisive Victory For the
Street Railway Com
pany.
Will the Repeal OF the Three
Cent Ordinance Help
the Bluff?

The city council met last night, the
absentees being Aid. Sanborn and Con-
ley. Several communications of minor
Importance were read and referred to
their respective committees. The fol-
lowing was received from Mayor Smith:
$40 the Honorable the President and
Common Council of the City of st. Paul;
L return herewith the resolution
passed by your honorable body on the
Sd inst. providing for redivision of
the election districts of the city of St.
Paul, without my approval, for the
reason, as | am informed, that it was
;paSsed without proper consideration.
The resolution was not submitted to the
special committee appointed to estab-
fish election districts, etc, and it
changes entirely the manner of appoint
ing judges of election, while to my
mind the changes suggested are not an
Improvement on the old system.
Heretofore the judges of election
have been selected by the alder
men of their respective wafdS-a
method which has been attended with
desirable results, and | do not think
the proposed changes as set forth in the
resolutions would be at all satisfactory
The first two sections of the resolution
appear to be proper and just, my objec-
ton being to the third section, which
entirely changes the method of appoint
ing the judges"
The following is the resolution re-
ferred to in the veto:
Resolved, That the special committee ap-
pointed to establish election districts and re-
district the city of st. Paul be and it is here
by instructed to redivide the various wards
of the city into election districts,
each of which shall not contain more
than 800 resident electors, in.order to provide
Tor the convenience and prevent Illegal vot-
ing and to report their plan of rediviSion to
the city council for its adoption as early as
the first regular meeting of the city council,
III the month of August. 1883.
Resolved, That the city clerk be and is
hereby instructed TO prepare and furnish to
the special committee above named, by the
l5tk of July, a. ID. 1883, a complete tabu-
lated statement which shall show the num-
Der OF voters that were registered and the
number that voted at the last city election, as
the same are shown by the poll lists or regis
tiers used at the last election.
Resolved, That the judges of election who
shall serve at the general, national congress
slonai, state and county elections to be held
in November, A. d. 1883, shall be disinter-
ested and impartial citizens. To accomplish
o or e Pgpos Of the he eeeon of aT dsss
III said city shall be suggested to said city
council in open session at its second regular
meeting In August, 1888. All said suggeS
tiOiIS VI uOHlllldtlOIS Sldll lnSfeupOn 16-
terred to the special committee appointed to
establish election districts and redivide the
wards into election districts, who shall con-
slider the names suggested and shall
report back to the city council
a list of judges for each election district in
the city of st. Paul. The Committee, if it APP
proves and recommends the list of judges,
shall report TO the city council as early rs the
frSt regular meeting in September 1883, and
the said judges shall be determined upon,
and chosen by said city council as early as
the second regular meeting in
SEPTEMBER, 1883.
/ On the roll call the resolution was
passed over the mayors veto, the coun-
Gil dividing as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Blom. Book, Cullen,
Fischer, Leithauser, Pratt, Sullivan,
Weber, YOerg, Bickel-1O.
Nays-Messrs. Gehan, Hamm, Kava-
nagh. Minea and Melady-5.
The 800" Railway company asked
that it be allowed to erect telegraph
poles on some of the streets of st. Paul
for the purpose of running in line eX-
elusive of the Western Union. 1t was
referred to the committee on streets
When the ordinary routine of in
dorSlng the contracts of the board
OF public works came up. President
Bickel thought that the city attorney or
board of public works ought to indicate
their approval i'll the cases of bonds
men. Corporation Attorney Murray
said that was always taken into cOnSid-
GRAFTON by the board when they recon-
mended the award of a contract.
+. j. ElSenmeyer was given permits
sion to construct fourteen balconies on
his building OH the corner OF Ewing
street. A deed of release was directed
to be given the owners Of Deans addi-
ton for easements through that part of
fha nitU Tho nr6i fnr la
OF the Scent clause came up for final
passage and drew out
QUITE 4 DISCUSSION.
Aid. Gehan opposed 1t, and read letter
from Milwaukee about cheap railway
rates in that city, which intimated that
the company was. not looking for the
worst of it.
The city clerk read the following res
olutiOn. passed by the laboring men in
the First ward:
Resolved, That we, the workingmen of the
First ward in mass meeting assembled. COM
mend the action of the members of the
board who voted against the repeal of the
three-cent fare clause in the city railway
charter.
Furthermore we condemn the action of
the members of the board who voted for it.
Aid. LeithauSer, Yoerg, Melady and
Sullivan, all of whom voted against the
ordinance before, spoke in favor of its
passage. The resolution finally passed
by the following vote:
YeaS-MesSrs. Book, Cullen, Hamm,
Kavauagh, Leithauser, Minea, Melady,
Pratt, Sullivan, Weber, Yoerg-11.
NayS-Messrs. Blom, Fischer, Gehan
and Bickel-4.
The salary of L. NJ. Mccoy, of the
public works department, was increased
to $40. William Cunningham was
| given authority to construct a railroad
track over Prior avenue. Comptroller
| Roche sent in his veto against an in
crease i'll the salary of T. w. Lawrence,
bailiff of the municipal court. for num-
Der of reasons, one of which was the
fact that no provision was made in the
charter for any such officer. The veto
was sustained.
The Edgerton street railway bridge,
on recommendation of the city engineer,
was accepted and taken off the hands
| of the contractor.
| The committee on police recommend
| ed the appointment of Peter Miller as
jailer of the Margaret street police
station, and after lengthy discussion
the matter went over until the next
meeting.
On nation of Aid. Sullivan the proper
officers were instructed to advertise for
| the sale of $4,000 worth of bonds at
$1,000 each, for the erection of the Prior
avenue bridge at the Merriam Park
depot.
| Hetagonal block sidewalks were or
| dered laid Oh Minnesota street, between
Third and Ninth streets. The name of
st. Anthony avenue was changed to
Larpenteur avenue in honor of ST. Paul's
old settler, A. l.. Larpenteur. A large
number of orders for new sidewalks
were passed, after which the council adj
| journed.
A DOCTORS LICENSE
| Taken Ayyay From Him on a Sc.