St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-17

jurisdiction extending into the corpo-
rate limits of the city. He strongly
urged in an exhaustive speech, which
he read to the smiling audience, that
charity, as practiced at home and nder
the present system of maintaining the
office of justice of the peace. was good
enough for him and should. be left
alone. His speech, savoring of an un-
heard-of classic, evoked continued
laughter, and the justice did himself
proud as an orator, not SO much in a
polished, happy expression, but in
the Stuffed-club1ike emphasis of such
phrases as he intended his auditors
should distinctly understand as based
upon the law of Moses, gentleman he
referred to several times. The valued
and appreciated statistics that the aver
age pecuniary worth Of every individual
upon the face of the earth was less than
SO ahead, and the justice of the peace's
jurisdiction extending to the sum OF
500 he declared that a justice was as
great a tribunal as the monarch of wis
dom and rectitude whe sat upon the SUI
preme bench. ''Theretore!' said he, in
winding up his speech, which held the
attention of at least tenth Of those as
Sembled-
.'Untain ted by the guilty bribe,
Uncursed amidst the harpy tribe,
No orphans cry to wound my ear.
My honor and my conscience clear,
And thus have calmly reached the end
For you my billito not amend"
Amidst a roar of laughter and clap
ping of hands, the elated speechmaker
made rush for Mayor Smiths cigars,
which were lying invitingly on his
desk. Judge Burgess, upon general call
for an expression IN regard to the, bill,
said: ''I.thinA the multiplication of JUS
tees will make them less efficient"
Senator Scheffer interrupted the speaker
with a rubber shoe, and moved that
Justice Nelson's philipyic be placed
upon record. Judge Morrison was then
heard upon bill which he drafted and
had placed in the hands of the
delegation. providing for salary
of $4,000 for the probate judge.
AS the probate court is maintained at
present the salary is placed at SC, 900
per annum, out of which all expend-
itures pertaining to the offics are paid;
clerk hire S3.2U0 leaving $500 net for
the judge. Notwithstanding that Judge
German did much of the work himself,
and his clerks for the past four years
have been working many nights, the
work was three months behind when
the present judge took the Office. The
work in this court is one
fifth greater than that of Henne-
pin county, and the Judge there receives
$4,000 as salary, and is allowed $4,000
for clerk hire. The delegation think
favorably of the bill. and will probably
recommend its passage. A representa-
ton of stOnecutters eXpounded scheme
whereby the work of cutting the stone
for bridge and wall work could be done
in this city to the benefit and employ
ment of their class during the winter
months, and to that end Attorney Muir
ray was Instructed to draw bill which
shall stlpulate that all stone for public
construction shall be shipped here in
the rough and cut in the city. Matters
pertaining to an appropriation for the
West side leyee were continued until
next Tuesday. W. A. Van Slyke' asked
for legislation upon the park and ice
palace appropriations. He thought an
the next two years for the embellish-
ment and development of Como park
would be great benefit to the
city at large. Only $4,000 a
year for the next two years was
asked for the ice palace. He said
that the palace draw 10000 visitors to
the city who expended, while here. over
million dollars in six weeks. The cost
Of arraying the city in carnival regalia
is about 100000, affOrding employment
for 400 or 500 men each winter. The
park commission wants the authority to
order the widening of streets along the
proposed boulevard system and states
that it can only be furthered effectively
in that way. This proposition was gen
orally opposed, and some action
will be taken through the city
council that will supply the means
of successfully perfecting the sys-
of the jobbers' union, reports that that
body was strongly opposed to the bill
now in the legislature regulating the
validity of mileage books. The delega-
ton then went into executive session,
and discussed much, upon which legis-
lation will follow-among other mat
ters, the police pension fund. which
was, upon vote, made to benefit the po-
lice officer after eighteen years of faith
full service.