St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-10
The Stand Taken by Yoerg in
the Court House I'M
broglio,
And Will Proceed to Carry on
the War in the Same
Line.
Boyd Will Be Dropped From
the New County Board
Committee.
The New Clock That Will
Work Wonders in the
HighfToWer.

Since Mayor Smith has again resumed
his seat as the father of the city, and
ex-Acting Mayor Yoerg has hied him.
self to the cool caves of his seniors
brewery, the late municipal reforma-
ton, so boisterously inaugurated by the
young political economist, has been left
for the governmental engineering skill
of Mayor Smith himself. The mayor
has been rather busy since his return,
however, and has given audience to
but a few of the many at
tacks upon his time. He declares
his policy to be precisely that which his
deputy had pursued during his absence.
He expresses his faith in the venerable
Judge Egan, and says that he will be
guided by his opinion above that Of the
ambitious young corporation attorney.
While seated in private conclave with
one of the GLOBES municipal agitators.
the mayor felt quite himself, and as he
outlined his plans beneath a curling
cloud of blue smoke which rose flom
his de l%ightfully passive face, he aid In
substance the following:
Eyes, | concur in each and every
action the acting mayor undertook. l
shall certainly recognize no other com
nittee but the new n appointed by
President Hamm. My mind is clearly
fixed on that subject, and l certainly
interpret the law as Judge Egan does
that the old committee was properly
superseded by the new. l shall also
take the only plausible stand left to me
in my position. | shall appoint a new
committee from the county commission
ers, which committee will represent
the county interests in the building and
property"
Are you at liberty to state whom that
committee will consist of.'
"No, not at present. Boyd will go as
fast as official power can send him. He
is not wanted. He will be on no more
committees if the power exists by which
he may be buried. Aside from the va
cancy that his discharge will make there
will probably be no change in the COM
mittee which represents the county.
Mitsch, BoIand, and possibly Leidman
or LavaIle will be appointed, but there
has been nothing definite settled as to
either"
Your intention is then to appoint
the county committee at the next meet
ing of the county commissioners, which
will be held on the third Monday in
July, and having SO appointed them,
you will act with the new council COM
mittee and recognize none Other?"
THAT is the caper-eXactly. | pro-
pose to have the office exercised i'll all
its functions, and by the proper body,
too. We will act, and the recalc!trant
mittee together until the courts kick 1t
Oct,NIor 90 far. n thn nnuY anm nJttnp 1C
concerned. We will advertise for new
bids, receive and consider them, and
award the contracts.
The old committee dare do nothing
in the face of the peFemptory refusal by
the council and county commissioners
to audit and allow debts incurred by it.
1t would be foolish. indeed. But | do
expect war, and the whole contention
will Likely be carried into the courts or
the council. If it is brought up in the
council the members of that body will
take a wet towel and wipe the old com
mlttee quito of existence. There you are;
that will be fms of the war"
"What, in your opinion, will the new
committee do in regard to the court
house help-cuStodian, %janitors, idlerS
and such Weeds?"
81 hardly know. There is much talk
of the incompetency and unfltneSs of
the custodian, who, you know, is Boyd's
son-in-law. There are also other mem
bers of the force who are useless and
will, in all probability, be advised to go
harvesting. The force is too large, |
think, and when cut down to its proper
size l, for one, should favor no radical
change"
:'You seem so we'll disposed about the
hub-bub going on around you that one
can hardly see how even Mr.. Sanborn
and Aid. Leithauser could find a reason
to antagonize your theories"
"Well, Tll tell you, GLOBE. there is a
little move to this opposition which is
being led by you know who. which il
will be best to leave in the picking jaI
of time-to be given to the public when
good and ripe"
Good day."
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