St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-21
THE COMMISSIONERS
The Aldermen Have ConSid-
cradle Fun Over the Snow
Ordinance.
An Extension of Time for
Wires to Go Underground
Refused.
Attorney DOnahue Makes 1t
Lively for Evening Paper
Reporters.
The Results of the News
Round Up at the Flour
City Yesterday.


ing of the city council yesterday. 1t
was the last meeting which will be held
in 1889, and the city fathers had made
up their minds TO enjoy themselves, and
they did So Aid. Sterling voiced the
sentiment Of the dignified ordinance
builders when he remarked: 1--WE have
been pretty good and we have behaved
ourselves first rate for year, and GER
tainly no one can object to our having 4
little enjoyment at the last meeting of
the year" For several months Aid.
Parry has been lying awake at night
conjuring in his brain a plan which
would make him famous. The doughty
little representative from the Seventh
ward has tho good of the entire city at
heart, and he was unselfiSh enough to
believe that what would be good thing
for the Seventh ward would be better
thing for the city at large. He
is opposed TO putting the city
to any great expense. In
fact he keeps as keen an eye on the
city treasury as does the watch dog
himself. Two years ago Mr.. Parry had
occasion TO wade around in snOwdrlfts.
and he then made up his mind that, if
he ever had chance. he would either
prohibit snow altogether, or that he
would make the people keep their side
walks free from SNOW and ice. As he
couldn't prevent the snow by means OF
a police regulation. he chose the next
best thing and presented an deliberately
drawn ordinance requiring all Side
walks in the city limits to be kept clear
of snow. Some one not in sympathy
with Mr.. Parry's philanthrOpic idea had
the word fire" inserted before the
word limits" and after being duly
considered by committee of thirteen
wise men it was presented to the coun-
Gil yesterday tor passage. Inc fun be-
gan when Clerk Haney picked it up
from his desk and read Beautiful Snow
Ordinance"
mir. President" exclaimed Aid.
Downs, Il arise for information; want
to know who the author OF Beautiful
Snow is.
aid. Parry" answered dozen
voices from as many different parts OF
the room.
'Move we go into committee of the
whole on Aid. Parry" exclaimed Aid.
Ellingsen. The motion was carried
unanimously, and Aid. Vandewalker
was called to the chair. Aid. Bradish
took the floor and in ajOcular way re-
ferTed TO the biblical stOrY of the sun
and the moon lying OFF for Gay TO wit
ness the defeat of the AmalekiteS by
Joshua and compared it to our present
great citizen. John of Bethany" max
ing Mother Earth throw off her clean,
white night dress and compelling Der to
90 to bed naked He pointed out what
a terrible example it was to set before
the chaste women of the nineteenth
century, and he moved that the commit
tee should recommend to the council
that the snow ordinance should be
passed by. in the sweet bye and bye,
good-by, bon jour. dam sorry" The
speech created no end of merriment,
and the laughter was so boisterOus and
the applause so frequent that all bust
ness in the offices in the building had to
be suspended for fully twenty minui es'
Aid. Parry didn't like the way his
hobby had been handled, and he said
so. Rising to his full height of five
feet three and a half inches, he eX-
claimed in tones that could not be mis-
understood: THE way this matter has
been treated to-day makes me look
upon 1t as a farce. But if live for
four years I'll get even with some OF
these fellows" Then there was moro
laughter. WheE the committee arose,
Aid. Parry was called to the chair, and
the ordinance,was giyenits first reading.
Unanimous consent was given to allow
it to come up for its second reading,
AID then Aid. Smith moved to lay it Oil
the table.
1.-The motion to lay it on the table is
out OF ORDER" declared the chair. 1.-THE
ordinance will now receive its third
reading" The ordinance would have
been lost by an Overwhelming vote had
it not been for Mr.. Parry's threat TO
get even with somebody in four years,
but it was finally defeated by vote of
Is yeas to IS nays. After the vote had
been declared by the clerk, Aid. john
son started to read resolution requir-
ing the street commissioners Of the diff
ferent wards to keep the sidwalks clear
or snow. but Aid. Parry prevented any
legislation by eXclaiming: 1t is moved
and seconded that tie council DOW adj
journ. All those in favor say aye. The
ayes have it. and the council is adj
iourned." Thus ended one of the
greatest farces ever witnessed in the
Minneapolis council chamber.