St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-15
TRYON OUT AFTER ALL
He Refuses to Resign, and His
Place is Declared Va
can't.
Three Street Railway Con-
VentiOns in Session This
Week.
The Board of Trade Declares
Against the Suspension
Bridge.
A Collection Company'S Fail
ure--Dr. MeKaig's Letter
Of Endorsement.


lice commission yesterday. Mayor
Babb opened the ball by calling the at
tention of the commission to the fact
that Commissioner Gjertsen had gone
before the city council to oppose the
police alarm system recommended by
the commission, and saying that the
commissioner had gone outside of his
jurisdiction in the matter and had held
himself up to ridicule. Then Commits
SiOner Giertsen got red in the face and
said he was able to judge for himself
the prOpriety of his actions.
After some routine business had been
disposed of Mayor Babb brought up the
matter which has troubled the commits
sion considerably. The appropriation
for the present year is not sufficient to
carry the force through the year, and
the mayor said that either the salaries
must Oe reduced or some of the men
must be discharged.
Il regret that this step is necessary.
exclaimed Commissioner jertSen, land
| regret that the commission increased
the number of men beyond the appro-
priatiOn. 1t was not good policy"
"And | want to say that Commissioner
Giertsen was more tenacious in asking
for appointments on the force than all
the rest of the commissioners put to-
gether," declared MavOr Babb, who
was very angry. "Why. he wanted to
increase the force fifty men, and he
wanted forty of them TO be Scandina-
yianS. | am Informed that he labored
with Mr.. Guile 10 have the increase
made"
only in humorous way" answered
Mr.. GJertSen. Il simply talked to Mr..
Guile in a personal way. All the in
crease on the tOIce has been made at
the suggestion of Winn Bracket, and
you all know it.
After awhile the commissioners cooled
down. and it was resolved to reduce the
salaries of the patrOlmen s. per month.
This will save the city Sl2,3U0 per al
mum.
Mayor Babb threw another bomb into
the room when he said:
I'm view of The fact that Police Sur
geOn TryOn has not rendered his resig-
nation, l move that the Office be declared
vacant"
Isn't ii customary inquired Com
missioner Gjertsen, ''that when an
officer fills his position acceptably that
he be allowed to remain I'D office until
his term express"
eff the commissioner would only
consult the law governing this body he
would save himself lots Of trouble and
the other members from considerable
annOyance." exclaimed the mayor in
freezing tones.
Commissioners Babb and Guile voted
for the dismissal of DR.. TryOn. and Com
missioner GjertSen voted no. Dir. K. ID.
Matchan was nominated by Mayor
Babb to fill the vacancy, and was unan-
imOuSly elected. The commission then
promoted Patrolmen Samuel Kirkham
and e. Y. GustafsOn to be Sergeants.
The TryOn muddle took on a new
phase yesterday. DIR. TryOn stOutly
maintained that he had been removed
from the force because he was an
Orangeman, and said that his relations
with Chief Bracket had been strained.
Last evening SHpt. Bracket denied the
story told by DR. ITyOn. In speaking to
a GLOBE reporter Mr.. Bracket said:
"1hiS talk about Catholics and anti
Catholics is all rot. There is no
doubt the close friendship existing
between eX-Capt. Harvey and DIR.
TryOn made him many enemies.
Personally, DIR. TryOn has never been
popular with the men, and he has no
one to blame for it but himself. His
rough, bOiSterOus manner around them
when they reported sick was too much
for them, and they have C implanted on
more than one occasion. As far as our
personal relations are concerned, DR..
TryOn and have always been friendly"
Late last night DR.. IryOn said that he
had intended to prepare letter for pub
LEGATION explaining the reasons for his
discharge, but friends had advised him
You can say that / am glad am out
of the department" is all that the doc
tor would say on the subject.