St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-02

adding, that he would nave nOtnlng
whatever to do with the scrap"
Here another Wrangle ensued, which
scattered the gaping and alarmed bid
ders of coal. MeSSrS. Mitsch and Boland
suggested calling another meeting on
the Fourth, ''Now said Leithauser,
"for heavens sake do not deSecrate me
of those Fourths want to take a
swim and get a shine that day, and
tell you right here,I will not show up"
''Well, then, we will make it Friday
at O'clock" said Mr.: Sanborn, and in
the meantime we will leave the queS-
ton for arbitration to the city and
county attorney"
These gentlemen were then present
(Munn and Holman), and chimed in
word or two. Mr. Yoerg began again
by springing the technicality that the
old board could not even adjourn until
Friday.
ave will do as we please" shouted
MI. Sanborn.
mo, you won't; / will call the meet
ing as the chairman OF this committee"
So spoke Aid. Yoerg as he left with
Messrs. Boland and Mitsch, one under
each arm. leaving the rest to care for
itself. This ended the fight. Aid. San
born and LeithauSer and Commissioner
Boyd staid in the committee room,
however. for fear that Aid. Yoerg and
his legiOnS would return and organize
the new committee.
THIS WAS A GREAT ROW,
and the very atfray which the GLOBE
has been predicting since President
Hamm appointed the new committee.
The old, consisting of Aid. Cullen (now
at JOhnStOWn), Aid. SanbOrn and Lett
hauser and Commissioners Boland, Boyd
and Mitsch, with the mayor
eX-officiO, was appointed in March.
just as DR.. Day announced
that the court house was nearly finished.
Since then the old committee has acted,
and, being appointed, as it maintains,
for one year, it took charge of affairs
and resolved to hold office for that year.
When Aid. Hamm became president of
the council he also appointed commit
tee, which made the majority Demo
cratic instead of Republican, as it had
been under Mr., Bickel's administration.
According to the laws of the coun-
Gil, all of its standing committees
are appointed on the first Tuesday IN
June, their terms extending to the fol-
lowing June. With this practice PreSi-
dent Ramm appointed the new COM
mittee when he assumed Office, suppoS-
ing, of course, that all committees dis
solved on that day. The old committee,
being appointed in March, claimed that
it should sit one year from the date of
the appointment. This has been Aid.
Sanborn's cry all the while, and yester-
days disaster was the explosion which
ensued when his obstinate ruling met
the staunch and aggressive power of
Mr.. Yoerg. The old committee has
held one meeting since the new was ap-
pointed, and yet the new never applied
for possession during Mayor Smiths
presence in the city. Now, that he is
away, and Mr.. Yoerg has the chair, the
new committee begins to tear things
up. Mr.. YOerg claims that this is as it
should be, and cites
THE. ACT
Of 1889, which reads:
The said building when completed shall
be i'll charge of a joint committee of seven,
10 be appointed as follows: The mayor Of
said city of st. Paul shall be ex-othcio mem
Der of and the chairman of said committee.
Three of said committee shall be appointed
annually by the president of the common
council of said city, from the members of
said council, and three shall be
appointed annually by the chairman
of the board of county commissioners from
the members of said board Said committee
shall have power TO appoint such janitor,
custodian and other employees as they shall
deem necessary for the proper care and man.
agement of said building and at such COM
pensation as said committee shall determine.
The members of said joint committee shall
each be entitled to receive for their services
compensation of 500 per annum and no more
which shall be paid at the expiration of each
and every quarter year, and together with
the expense of keeping said building in re-
pair and the necessary expense of heating
and maintaining the same, shall be paid
equally by said city and county; that is to
say, one-half thereof out of the treasury of
said city and one-half out OF the treasury Of
said county.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved April 49, A. ID. 1889.
Mr.. Yoerg claims the old committee
was appointed before this amendment
to the original act was approved, and
they are therefore nonentity. Friday
afternoon the clans will come together
again; also Judge Egan and Mr.. Hol-
man, who will each announce his de-
cision of the legal aspect of the case. If
they agree, all will be well, but if they
disagree, both Mr.. YOerg and Mr.. San
born say they will stand on the same
hostile ground. From this it will ap-
pear that all business appertaining to
that committee will be in uncertainty
until the strife is over