St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-19

the two gentlemen were simply In tha
windy city to consult the Hon. Patrick
Henry Gibbons as TO whom should be
selected to fill the vacancy caused by
the removal of Serj. Henry Krumweide,
The public would like to know just
what is proposed. but. as one of tho
gentlemen on the inside has said. lit L.
none of the pdblic's business" the tax.
payers will have TO wait.
City Clerk Haney aud Comptroller
Calderwood never speak as they pass
by. It's not CaIderwood's fault, how.
ever, and the vigilant ''watch-dog-on.
the-treasury" isn't loosing much sleep
over it. But Haney is mad. That is he
is angry with Caiderwood. and would
like chance to get even with him-well,
about $1,000 worth. 1t was Comptroller
Calderwood who spoke right out in meet
ing and said that all the fees had to Oe
turned into the city treasury and then
he had the nerve to prove that he was
right, and upon the advice of the city
attorney MIR. Haney had to turn over
what he thought was nice little per-
quisite OF his office. He might have
forgiven the comptroller if the story
hadn't crept into the newspapers and
killed whatever chances he might have
had for reelection. But Mr.. Haney is
under the impression that the news
papers "have it in for him" because he
premptorily discharged an old newspa-
per man, whose long experience in
municipal affairs especially fitted him
for the position of an assistant i'll his
Office, to make place for an intimate
friend. and so they printed the story.
This is probably not true, aud no news.
paper is likely to use its columns for
any such purpose. Comptroller Calder
wood only did his plain duty when he
called the attention of the city clerk to
the law on the subject, AMI the
pledges made by the party he and Mr..
Haney represents only q few months
before of retrenchment and reform.
The star-eyed goddess was badly ham
died in the city clerks Office, but owing
to the firm stand taken by the comp
troller, in sporting pariance, ''she is
slightly disfgured, but still in the ring"
Mr. Haney. in his annual report, says
that he retained the fees, believing that
he had perfect right to them, but it
would be charity to suggest other than
no was very badly advised.
Considerable stress has been laid upon
the fact that much of the street work
done in the Tenth ward during the
passed year has been performed by con-
Wet or workhouSe labor. 1t is claimed
that the appropriation made for this
work should be cut down in proportion
to the labor performed. There is an
old adage that when one gets
something for nothing. it is
worth nothing. This is hardly
true in this case, for Supt. West speaks
of the work performed as worth IS, LBS,
The street commissioner of the ward
declares that he would rather hire men
and pay them Sl.T5 per day than to pay
the workhOuse rs cents day for their
men. The people committed to tina
Workhouse are supposedly sent
there for punishment, and Dep
uty Superintendent WhaIen, who
is thoroughly familiar with all
phases of prison life, says that
dleneSs is the worst punishment which
can be inflicted upon his prisoners. IL
their labor is to enter into competition
and cannot get it they should be locked
| in their cells and the poor devils to
whom S1.75 day would mean the neces-
saries of life to their wives and children
| should be given chance to earn an
honest living. There have been
plenty OF IDLE men in Mime.
apolis during the year just closed
and it would have been more creditable
to the city at large. and the people of
| the Tenth ward especially, if they had
| perhaps done less work and distributed
| their funds to the needy rather than to
have tried to bolster up the workhouse
and by an array of figures prove that
that institution had borne large por-
| ton Of the expenses OF its maintenance.
A-Newark. n. j., landlady.undertook
| to detain the trunk of Que of her board
ers until bill of 81 for wear and tear
| of sofa during three months court
ship should be paid, but local justice
| OF the peace suppressed her effort.