St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-05
THE POOR AND The RICH.
As Between Them, Aid. Gibson Is With
the Latter.
THE STING OF INGRATITUDE.
The Aldermen Hold Their Last Meeting
Until Their Successors
Qualify"

It was Aid. Gibson who made fun for
the city council yesterday afternoon.
He was the father of the eight-hour
law, and has been known as the friend
of the working man. Now things have
changed. He no longer stands as the
champion of the cause of labor, but as
the henchman of wealth. This trans
formation is accounted for by the fact
that the alderman was not reelected.
He thinks his efforts entitled him to the
support of the labor element and that it
was base ingratitude for the working
men to go back on him. When he spoke
of the poor as having been nursed at
the bosom of such men as Dorillus Nor
rison Che pronounced it DorilliouS), the
aldermen roared.
The ordinance granting the right to
lay pipes from GlenWOOd fountain
and IneelwoOd springs into the city
came up for its second reading. Aid.
Downs moved to confne the application
to Glenwood, but this was lost and as so
much difference of opinion arose con-
corning the provisions of the ordinance,
it was moved to refer it to the new
council. This was lost as was motion
W 1CCOlulllU lUs olQs ILL., OOlisioOu
offered amendments limiting the terri
tory to fifty rods on either side of Chest
nut avenue and allowing only one main
to Western avenue. There was great
deal of talk back and forth. Even Aid.
Cole made speech. Aid. Mills urged
especially that the ordinance should be
acted upon by the present council at it's
last meeting. President Mareck created
a laugh by saying II thought the council
held over" Aid. Downs, in explaining
his vote on the passage of the ordi-
nance, said sarcastically: There
seems to be strong desire to rush this
ordinance through and aldermen are
interested in its passage whom | believe
know as little
ABOUT AQUA PURA
as they do about AQUA FORTS. Certain
aldermen who have claimed to be the
friend of the poor and the laboring man
are also interested. The ordinance is
simply to benefit the rich. If it is nee
essary to bring this water into the city
in order to have good drinking water
let the city do it and let the poor have
the benefit as we'll as the rich"
This shot drew out applause from the
gallery. Aid. Gibson, when his vote
was reached, remarked: II am one of
the aldermen whom Aid. Downs refers
to as having been friend of the work.
ingman, and he has invariably been OPP
posed to measures for their benefit.
around. / want to tell him he
is making mistake. | have
worked in behalf of the workingman in
this council for four years, and L find it
is losing game. My efforts have not
been appreciated. Hereafter l am 60
ing to work for the rich. who do not
forget their friends. Therefore, l vote
for the ordinance"
This singular speech created laugh
ter, which grew louder when Aid. Gar
yey, who was also ''left out in the cold''
at the last election, virtually said, me,
too" by changing his vote to aye.
The vote on the passage stood IL to Is
IN it's favor, but as this lacked a major
iority of the council, it was declared
lost.
tsDoRILLIUs" MoRRIsoN's FRONT YARD.
When the extension and straighten-
ing of Third avenue south between
TWenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets,
so as to cut off portion of the grounds
of Dorillus Morrison, came up, Aid.
Gibson was enabled to get in another
crack at the workingmen, whom he
considers betrayed him. Aid. Stone
man SAID the jog in the street damaged
property so much that there was diff
ference of $50 foot in the value of land
beyond the Morrison residence and land
this side of it. If the avenue was
Strengthened it would give the people of
the Eighth ward the only direct street
he thought Dorillus Morrison should be
protected. He and the Pillsburys. the
Washburns. Tom Lowry and other rich
men had by their investments and
enterprise built up Minneapolis
and made it possible for poor
carpet-baggers to come here and make
their home "Let US not go back on
those who have nursed us in their
bosoms,'' said he. He moved to refer
the matter to the new council, but the
motion was defeated by vote of 13 to
16, as was motion to recOmmit, by
vote of % to Z. A vote on the passage
of the resolution stood nays, 10; yeas,
IA.
Aid. E. NJ. Johnson then moved to
abandon all proceedings, and this was
defeated by the same vote. Aid. Stone
man was preparing to change the reso-
luton so as to do away with the APP
pointment of commissioners and simply
provide for the opening and straighten-
ing of the street when the council adj
journed, tired out with the subject.
COUNCIL CULLINGS.
The board of trade was granted the
privilege of holding its meetings in the
council chamber.
b. Hirth, 321 Washington avenue
south, and G. R. Hill, 200 Nicollet ave-
nue., were granted saloon licenses.
President Mareck was given vote of
thanks on the motion of Aid. Downs,
for the uniform courtesy with which he
had presided over the deliberations of
the council.
The council adjourned to Monday at 2