St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-12
THEY ARE PERFORMERS.
Meeting OF the Ramsey County
I Legislative, Declaration,

Meeting OF the Ramsey County
Legislative Delegation.
The Ramsey county Legislative dele
CATION met a portion of the Legislative
committee of the council in the rooms
of the corporation council in the court
house last evening and discussed, in All
informal manner, the subject OF needed
legislation for the city. There were
present:
Aid. Flandrau. Dobner, Van Siyke, SulIi-
van and Copeland representing the council.
capt German appeared for the board of
public works, and the following members of
The Legislative delegation: Senators-elect
Sanboril. Dean and Stevens and Representa-
tlves-elect Dearing Nilsson. Lomel, Ames,
Stevens Stone and Bell. City Attorney Hol-
man was. OF course, on hand to advise the
meeting whenever needed.
When the meeting was called to order
by the chairman, Hon w. 3. Dean,
Mr.. Holman announced that he was an
thoriZed by Judge Brill to saw for the
Judges of the district court that they
would, III the future. decline to make
appointments to public offices ON the
ground that it was not part of the duty
or the Judiciary. and to request that the
delegation pass no bills placing such
duty upon them. Gen. San
born and Judge Flandrau agreed
that the judges could not
be forced to make appointments. Gen.
Sanborn then suggested that the gov
ernor might be utilized in this way. but
III this view he was vigorously opposed
by Judge F1andrau, who thought the
people of this city could manage their
own affairs quite we'll without the aid of
the goVernorof the state. Gen. SaHbOrn
admitted that the city was hardly large
enough to need state interference after
all, and the subject.was dropped.
AID. DoUner. chairman of the council
committee. said that there had been no
meeting OF the council since the legis-
1atIFe delegation had invited the COM
mlttee to appear before it, and said that
the subject would be considered at the
next meeting, when the members would
discuss the matter and be pre-
pared to report at the next meeting.
Judge FlandTau thought the city
ought to have a purchasing agent,
and that all appropriations should be
made by the council only. This was
BOT agreed to by Aid, Van Slyke, who
said that he would regard the creation
OF such an office as the most dangerous
thing that could be done. Aid. Sullivan
agreed with Aid. FIandrau. Mr.. Bell
spoke of the city debt, and Aid. Van
dyke fetortea With the remark that the
debt referred to Mr.. Bell was
authorized by tire legislature of Two
years ago. Mr.. Bell thought the council
passed hIfls as mere matter of routine
! Aid. F1andrau soon convinced him that
this was a mistake. Aid. Fiandrau
thought it would be 4 good plan to
divide the council into two bodies,
the local, or ward aldermen,
being placed i'll one body
and he>alderman at large in the other
Letters were read from the fire and
health departments, saying that they
would appear before the delegation at
an early date TO consult with them as to
Needed legislation. Attorney H. I'll.
Hlerbst was invited, by motion, to ap-
pear before the board at a subsequent
Injecting to demonstrate the necessity for
changing the present fee system which
Prevails in the yaritjtis county offices.
In his letter to the delegation Mr.. Herbst
said that lie could demonstrate a way in
which Sl00.0eO could Ue SavetEte the city
annually. :,
Reduction in ssaiIroad Rates = T.
: To Chicago and all points East. ITO