St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-16
1t Was Base Ball Day Yester-
day in the Common
Council,
And the Friends of the Ma
tional Game We're in a.
Decided Majority,
But the Grand Stands Must,
Await An Amended Fire
Ordinance.
Acting President Johnson
Gets in His Work on the
Short Day System. E

Yesterday afternoon all the superfiu-
Gus room in the council chamber and
much that wasn't superfiuous, besides
a good part of the corridor, was filed
with people interested in the base ball
issue. There was great deal of lobby
ing done before the opening of the
meeting, and the alderman who wasn't
button-holed several times by both fac
tions was the lucky man of the outfit.
Ed NJ. johnson. president of the city
council, showed very forcibly which
side of the question he was
on in the base ball matter
by biased and unwarranted rulings in
parliamentary matters discriminating
in favor of the One-hOrse, narrow-gauge,
7X9 aldermen who opposed the ball
park schemes. The first mention OF
base ball was when, among other
things. one asking the right to erect the
required buildings on the square back
of the West hotel was read. Aid. Parry
Immediately moved to grant the prayer
of the petitioner. Aid. Loye shouted
for reference to the fire commits
sioner and aldermen of the Fourth
ward. Chairman Ellingson replied that
the committees report on the same mat
ter would be found on the clerks desk
in the proper time, and the chair ruled
that the matter should be deferred
until the report was taken up. That
settled the matter for the time being,
but in the
COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS
the fire committees report recommend
ing the granting of the prayer of the
petitioners was read. This report was
signed by four members of the fire COM
mittee. Aid. Loye presented another
report, signed by the three aldermen
from the Fourth ward and Aid. Bar
rows, of the fire committee. recommend
ing that the petition be denied.
A motion to grant the petition
Aid. Loye moved to defer three weeks.
AID. Parry moved to table Aid. Loye's
motion, and it was carried. The presi-
dent ruled that the whole matter was
tabled. The member who made the
motion and the one who seconded it
kicked against the decision, aud there
was scramble for recognition on the
part of several aldermen, but the preSi-
dent, who seemed to be determined to
QUASH THE ENTIRE MATTER,
ruled them all out of order on general
principles, and even refused to recog-
nize Aid. Woodward and Parry, who
rose to appeal from the decision of the
chair. Other business was then taken
up, but as soon as unfinished business
was announced Aid. Woodward rose
and moved that the council consider the
two reports on the ball business. His
motion was seconded by Aid.
Vandewaker and carried. Aid.
Vandewaker moved the adoption
of the report first read, which ia
vored the building of the grand stand.
Loye wanted to amend by adopting the
other. His motion was lost and Vande-
walkers motion was carried by a good
majority. President Johnson stated
that this vote meant nothing until an
ordinance amending the fire ordinance
so as to allow the building of wooden
structures inside the fire limits was
passed. This called Aid. Woodward to
his feet to move that the whole business
be referred back to the committee for
the drafting of all ordinance. The chair
again ruled the motion out of order.
Aid. Loye arose and remarked: 81
would like to ask permission to intro
duce some petitions here" Permission
was granted, and he produced one
signed by three members of the board
of education, and two others signea by
property owners asking that the petit
tioners be not allowed to build on the
proposed site. Aid. Woodward got the
floor again and gave notice that he
would introduce an amendment to the
fire ordinance at the next meeting in
tended to allow the proposed building.
He also moved that when an adjourn
ment was taken 1t be to o'clock on the
afternoon of Friday, March 90. The
motion was carried. and after dispOsing
of some minor matters the council ad-
journed.