St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-10
A COMPROMISE.
AIdermen's Salaries to Be $500,
and the Police Commission Re-

Al0GrmenS SaiafleS TO be POCO,
and the Police Commission Re-
duced.
The legislative committee of the coun-
Gil met yesterday morning with the
committee ap pointed at the citizens
meeting at Harmonic hall last Tuesday
night, to consider together some ques-
tions of retrenchment and reform.
J.T. Wyman was called to the chair,
and in stating the object of the meet
ing, said that it was to discuss what the
Joint committee should recommend to
the Hennepin county delegation and to
go to them in gentlemanly, respect
able manner and make their requests as
a unanimous body. He didn't believe
that body. as they were getting tired OF
it and probably would be more apt to
grant requests gently submitted.
Aid. Sterling was OF very much the
same opinion in regard to that matter.
He had been to st. Paul the day before
and in talking with the different MEM
bers of the delegation had found that
they considered themselves oppressed.
Chairman Wyman stated that the first
business would be the consideration of
the length of the terms of the alder
men.
Aid. Downs said that in the council
meeting the day before the committee
had been Instructed to draw a bill to
provide for the election OF one alderman
every two years for term of four years:
this to take effect two years from the
last election. but he was not in favor of
any such move himself. Of course he
was not speaking officially, but person.
ally he did not approve OF such meas
ure.
Aid. Vanderwaker moved that the
committees recommend the election of
two aldermen from each ward for
term of four years.
George A. Bracket offered an amend
ment to allow the more densely pOpu-
| lated wards two aldermen and the out
side wards one.
Aid. Sterling objected to this; affirm
| ing that the aldermen were of the city
and not of the ward. The outside were
| interested in the work of the center OF
the city, while the opposite was not
true, as the plan was likely to work in
| justice. He objected TO SO radical a
change.
Aid. Downs favored plan of repre-
Sentation according to the amount of
taxable property the ward contained.
He did believe IN radical changes, and
| he thought also it was high time Mime
| apolis had board of public works. he
was fired at from all sides, but he said
what he had to say emphatically. There
was no reason thirteen men couldn't
do the work it was now taking thirty
nine to do.
AID. Haugen didn't believe in repre-
sentation according to the property re-
| quirement, and he didn't see why they
couldn't get just as good man from the
ward as from another.
| George a. Bracket believed in reduc-
| ing the council to thirteen men if they
could, and, if they could rot, to twenty
six. He also believed in having board
of public works just as soon as. the pee
pie would allow it.
Seagrave Smith was called on to give
his opinion in the matter. He took the
| stand that the representation should be
| according to population; that the city
| should have board of public works at
once, as the first steps in retrenchment
and reform, and he believed the people
| were ready for it.
Aid. Vanderwaker took an OratOrial
flight, in which he assured the council