St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-14
MURRAY STANDS PAT.
He Has a Club in S oak, and Hoi-
man Proposes to Fight.

He Has Club i'm S oak, and Hoi-
man Proposes to Fight.
Who is corporation attorney? The
question was asked after the common
council adjourned Tuesday night. and
was the principal topic of conversation
throughout the city yesterday, but it
has not been. satisfactorily answered
From standpoint of the old saw, that
possession is nine points of the law"
William Pitt Murray seems to have a
shade the best of the fight, and the
chances are that he will continue the
official exrounder of Blackstone for at
least month or six weeks. The friends
of Oscar E. Holman, however, assert
that he has; been legally elected and
should qualify at once. Mr.. Holman
was seen last night and seemed conf
sonal feeling in the matter, however"
he said,. land entertain no ill-feeling
towards Mr.. Murray, as | have at no
time sought the position the Republi-
cans have seen fit to honor me with.
1t is purely q political fight, and
as the trust has been conferred upon
me, consider it my duty as Repub-
lican to contest the matter to the end.''
MIR. Holman would express no opinion
as TO the legal points involved or. the
course that would be. pursued to gain
possession of tile Office, but several
members of the council to whom his cleo
ton is due talked quite freely upon the
subject. 1t was stated that Mr., Hol-
man would qualify at once as corpora
ton attorney. and that his official bond
would he presented for acceptance at
the council meeting next Tuesday
night. If Aid. Book can be kept in
line the indenture will in all probability
be accepted by the same vote by which
his election resulted. The :. Office
will then be demanded: and
in the event of Mr.. Murray's
refusal to vacate the supreme court
will be appealed to on a writ of quo
warranto. Upon such action the pres
ent incumbent would be allowed twenty
days in which to reply to the writ, and
some further delay would necessarily
result before the decision could be
later and said: 81 consider that | am
legally elected and that the amendment
questioned is constitutional. / shall
go right on with the business of the
office, and have received 10 intimation
of legal action against me. OF course,
if the courts decide against me, l will
get OUT 1t was said at the city hall, by
men who claim to be on the inside, that
in case the supreme court decided
the amendment to the city charter,
fixing the date of election on
the first Tuesday in March,
to be unconstitutional. the constitu-
tionality of the act TO which it is amend
atOry would be contested. and an at
tempt made to confine the election to
the original law, which provided that it
| should be held on the first Tuesday in
the month. 1t was also asserted
that the law of 1887 fixed the
date of the election on the
second Tuesday of the month
instead of the first, through mistake
of the enrolling clerk of the senate, and
| that the bill was not read in the house
on the several days, as provided by law !;
but what effect the alleged error would
have on the question it is hard to say.
A near friend of the shrewd corporation
attorney who was questioned regarding
the situation, gave the reporter
sly wink. and insinuated
that whatever course the Republicans
might pursue. Nh. Murray had club
in soak that would effectually put them
to sleep and establish William Pitt Muir
ray as corporation attorney for the COM
ing two years.
Emil NJ Kuby denies that he manip-
ulated Aid Book as detailed i'll the
GLOBE of yesterday. Mr.. Kuby says