The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-11-08
From Tuesdays Daily.
THE ALDERMEN ARE WRATH.
The Publication of the Holly Cos Letter
Stirs Some of them to High Pitch
of Fury.
The Free Press" and Others Scor-
ed for Taking an Interest in
City Affairs.

If little work was accomplished at the
meeting of the council last night, it
was certainly interesting for awhile. The
letter published in last nights FREE
PRKss, in which the Holly company pro-
tests against the retention of Mr.. Morse
as engineeraf the pump works on ac-
count of his alleged incompetency, ar
reused all the latent and smouldering
feelii NJ resentment which some of
the aliderAen have been harboring ever
since the recent fire, and the independ-
ent comments thereon by this paper.
The FREE PRESS and all who have pre-
sumed to criticize the management of
certain city departments were thorough
ly raked over the Goals andthe consider
able audience present was richly enter
tanned. What aided in ruffiing the feel
ings of several of the aldermen was the
fact that the letter referred to was first
read by the chairman of the water COM
mittee, to whom it was addressed, in the
FREE PRESS, the copy never having been
handed TO HIM by the city engineer, to
whom the envelope was addressed. The
meeting was presided over by Vice
President Jorgensen, and all of the aid
ermen were present. Mayor Pau put
in an appearance during the evening,
but did not take the chair.
The first business was the referring to
the street committee of petition asking
for an alley from Hickory to Walnut
streets, back of the stores OIL the west
side of Front street.
The recorder read several kilograms
from bidders in regard to the purchase
of the water bonds, and as two of them
desire to have their agents present at
the sale it was voted to hold an adjourn
ed meeting tonight to sell the bonds.
The recorder then read the letter from
the Holly company in regard to the
pumping station engine.
Aid. Hillesheim opened the ball by
declaring that those protesting against
the engineer should prove that he is in
competent.
Aid. Henlein opened up his batteries
and 80 rapidly and disconnectedly did
the sentences flow from his mouth that
only very expert sfenographer could
have succeeded in catching the meaning
of all the choice phrases and allegations.
The general drift of his talk was that
those who are doing the criticizing know
no more about the matter than, to use
his own words, 'my dog; haven't got
dog; had dog once" The news
paper cry in regard to the recent fire
was a great humbug as far as the state
ment of the stone being forct out of the
nozzle with sufficient pressure, and al
30 i'm regard to the lack of pressure at
the court house, where great pile of
waste was found in the pipe, stopping
the pressure. This is the case with all
the mains, he said, and the engineer can
not be blamed. The same thing has been
written over and over again until / am
getting sick of it. The engine works
finely and if the FREE PRESS cannot wait
until it is thoroughly tested, tine ma
chine will be taken up to that Office and
given an exhibition for their benefit.
Aid. Jorgensen asked for information
as to how the letter came to be publish
ed in the FREE PRESS before he. to whom
it was addressed, had seen it. He said
that it does not do the city any good to
put such matters in the papers. 1t is
news, but news that does no good to the
city, especially if it is printed before
anyone has chance to read it first.
Aid. Henlein denied that it WAS news
at all, but was rather repetition OF
what has been appearing in the paper
| for weeks.
Aid. Lamm said that it did no credit
to whoever sent the clippings to the
Holly company. At the time that Morse
was elected it was apparent to the COM
mittee that he was fit for the position.
and he had many good recommends
ton. 1t does not appear that he is not
competent. Others wanted other men,
and it seems to me that someone has a