St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-06
President Hamm Will Shake
Up the Committees Of the
Council.
Republicans Who Hold Chair
.manships Will Be Rele-
gated to the Rear.
The Joint Committee on Court
House Needs His Especial
i Attention.
Commissioner Boyd and His
4 Relatives Likely to Be
"Cinched."

"Cinched."
With the accession of Aid. William
Hamm to the throne of the common
council there will be felt in various I'M
suspecting quarters the influence OF a
change from Republican manner of
running things to the more liberal view
Of Democracy, as administered by the
new president of the city fathers. The
dissolution of all standing committees
of the council followed upon the cleo
ton of Mr.. Hamm, and it is within his
power and for him to appoint
from the council the new committees
which shall serve during his term as
president. In choosing members for the
fifteen standing committees, which have
heretofore leaned to Republican major
tiles, 1t will be but diplomatic for Presi-
dent Hamm to strengthen the powers on
the Democratic element of these COM
mittees, and thus take care of the
party to which he owes his pres
all interested that where the
Republicans have framed the results of
committee work in the past, the Demo-
Gratis will hold the balance in the future.
OF the three on the committee on ways
and means, two are Republicans and
one a Democrat. The committee on
claims and accounts is made up of five
Republicans and two Democrats. The
fire department committee is the same,
and on the committee on streets and
sewers there are four Democrats
and three Republicans, etc.
1.-THE president of the council shall APP
point all committees, subject at the com
mencement thereof to concurrence therein by
the council, and an appointment being disa-
greed to, such committee shall be appointed
by the council. :"
Such is rule of the common coun-
Gil. Aside from purely political mo-
tive, there are other reasons why the
standing and special committees should
and probably will be made up after
patterns cut and dictated by several dis
tinguished members of the municipal
ity, One of the special committees, the
makeup of which should be radically
changed, according to the desires of
| on that committee, is the joint
/ citv hall and court house special COM
/ mittee-one-half of which represents
/ tl,eiclty. and is appointed by the coun-
Gil, 4and the other half emanateS from
|, thu;county commissioners. This COM
|, mittee was appointed as the guardian of
b the,eity and county interests In the court
I house. The county delegated Commits
\ sioifers Boland, Mitsch and Boyd, and
thes city Aid. Cullen, Leithauser and
/ Sanfborn. with Mayor Smith as chairman.
i The mayor. Aid. Cullen and Commits
/ siorler Mitsch are generally considered
/ to be the Democrats, and commissioners
/ Boland and Boyd and Aid. Leithauser
and Sanborn are the Republicans and
the majority of this committee. Now
bers on the Democratic side who have
( earnestly prayed that either a divine OF,
political force would nestle itself
/ meath the back of . one of the
Republican commissioners and sud-
denly and forever land him outside of
the city limits somewhere near Rose
town and drop him in well-leave HIM
there and declare him de trop to The
welfare of the committee work and the
county at large. This Republican COM
missioner has had world of experience
in the woods. and applying his mature
knowledge to the affairs of a county has
won for himself and family several very
remunerative plums in the way of
forced appointments, effected by no
conscientious pressure of lever
age he happened to hold on sew
eral occasions against the opposite
faction of the committee. 1t is uni
versal understanding that some fOrcible
! measure shall be taken to GUST this
commissioner, and with him all of his
appointees, such as custodiOn and as
sistant custodian of the court house,
and about dozen of the idle janltOrS
now drawing their salaries from the
Golfers of the county If this joint COM
mittee dissolves with the standing COM
mittees, Mr.. Hamm is at once vested
with the power to carry out this just
scheme for knocking the pins from
under the rural commissioner. Aside
from the probability that in the
appointment of the new committee, the
two Republican aldermen. Leithauser
and Sanborn, will be either succeeded
by one or two Democratic aldermen, of
which Aid. Kayanagh is fayorably
talked of as the successor OF one OF The
Republicans at least. There is now
being brought to bear upon the preSi-
dent of the council, the especial appeal
of those Democratic members of the
Joint committee for sufficient means to
OverruIe any more of the practices ct
the Republican commissioner, whose
work has been odiOus to the Demo
Gratis, if not the entire committee.
If this arrangement comes to
definite pass the subordinate changes
in the court house will devastate.
some of the extensive plans made by
the Republican commissioner from Rose
town. The custodian, who is in great
disfavor among the leaders of appoint
ing power, will go as sure as the Re-
publican commissioners influence will
cease. When the committee first drew
up it's tablet for the appointment OF the
custodian Pat Egan was the nominee,
and all agreed to give him the position.
Commissioner Boyd pledged himself to
vote for Egan. While matters were
ipending Boyd got his son-in-law
Ito the front. and first securing
+ a 'selnch' on the Republicans, made
|itheIi flop and vote for his son-in-iaw, in
,ordef that they might get Boyd's vote
4 for Che appointments the Republicans
Gas individuals wanted to make for sub
ordinate positions. Boyd sacrificed sew
eralEotes to secure the position of GUS
tOdian for his son-in-laW. Then he
turned to his Democratic friends and all
Others interested and left them with
2PatiEgan on their hands. This and a
great many other tricks have sOwD a
cactus in the breast of some men. and
z the-day of judgment is close at hand.
-and!a general howl may be expected
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