St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-02
AN APRIL FOOL JOKE
With Unblushing Effrontery Invsdes
Board Of Trade Solemnity.
THE RIVERSIDE PARK BILL.
A Machine for Machine Politics Doomed
and Other Matters Talked
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board of trade table at exactly IL O'Clock,
and twenty-one gentlemen rose erect in
their chairs with the resolve set on their
faces 20 get weeks advice into half an
hour. .
Mr.. Mind, as chairman of the COM
mittee to which had been referred the
Riverside park bill before the legisla-
ture, stated that they had not had
quorum as yet, and set the time to con-
slider it at next Thursday at O'clock
asking all to be present who were inter-
eSted.
Judge Atwater thought that this was
matter of great Importance, and as it
was Liable to come up any day in the
legislature he thought it should not be
postponed sc long, and thought that if
it could not be considered before that
time that the board should consider the
matter without referring it TO the COM
mittee and made the motion that the
board take it up for consideration.
After little discussion it was decided
th..t the committee had better hear the
two sides and report, so the motion was
lost.
p. D. Mcmillan, as chairman of the
committee which was to confer with the
B. Hennepin delegation in regard to the
meat inspection bill before the legisla-
ture, stated that they had conferred
with them and had done what they
could for the bill, but the delegation
seemed rather mixed on the question.
Secretary Hall presented bill of $40
from the national board of trade. The
bill was allowed and the membership
was continued.
The secretary said he had received a
communication from Senator WaShburn
and Representative Snider. in answer
to the matter of bridging the Detroit
river. and also in regard to appointing
Northwestern man on the interstate
commerce commission. Senator {. K.
Davis, he said, had also put himself on
record as urging the appointment of
such man.
Maj. BaSsett presented resolution
recommending manufacturing inter-
est. This was carried, and c. j. Buell.
was called on to explain a patent
automatic voting machine. He said:
1.-The matter to which | want to call
the attention of the board is machine
for receiving and recording votes. 1t
will be on exhibition at 42l Nicollet av-
enue week from tonight, and l wish
to ask the members to come to see it.
1t will make the So-called Australian Sys-
TEN perfect. 1t makes the system Sc
cret and makes it impossible to have
the voters brlbed or i'll any way intimi-
dated. At night all the work to be done
is to open the machine and look at the
number recorded, for the machine
counts the votes itself, and the votes are
made by pressing Oh button. 1t con-
tains all the merits of the Australian
system, which is now before twenty
seven Legislatures, and other advant-
ages"
LET us accept the invitation; but
some of US think that we have too much
machine politics already" said some
gentleman of the board in the southeast
corner of the room.
Mr.. McMaSters, representing bottle
mandatory, said that he had noticed
the action of the board recommending
the exception of certain manufacturing
works from taxation. He thought it
was good thing. and asked the board
to recommend his line of goods along
with the rest. The vote was taken,
and as the ayes died away Maj. Bas-
sett's voice was heard inquiring if they
they were about it.
Some gentleman then sprung the
question of paying demurrage in freight,
and detailed how he lost 81 by it the
other day. and thought that it was do
ing an injury to the small fuel dealers,
and probably the larger ones.
President Wyman thought the lum-
herman considered 1t a coed thing; at
least they had never objected to it.
Il don't know about that" said Maj.
Bassett; Il don't know as the lumber
dealers like to pay demurrage." The
audible smiles that fioated about the
room displeased the gentleman. Il
think this is a very important matter.
and don't see any occasion for levity
over it" april fool' broke in
some irrepressible, and the major sat
down softly amid the roar that followed,
and allowed the matter to be referred
to the committee on railroads without
further objection.
II have known Maj. Bassett for twen-
ty years." said President Wyman, land
! never knew him to be downed be-
FORE" And then they adjourned.