St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-25

the assaults that were being made upon
him ana he expressed himself as fol-
lows:
~ have been at the head of this dc
partment for three years and eight
MONTHS" and l am perfectly willing to
go before the council upon my record
solely. took the department when it
had no system whatever. Every blank
that is used here is of my own cOncep-
ton, and every detail of The system of
this Office is the result of my own eff
forts. nave not yet reached the top
rung in the ladder of sanitary fame as
yet, nor do expect to. Of course, the
odds are very much against me when
such man as Z. Nj. Foote Is de-
claring that he will spend 100000
ton of Lars Rand. Tom Downs, Judge
Emery, George A. Bracket and f. NJ.
Johnson. The reason for their efforts
10 down me will be explained hereafter.
am here now. however, and will so re-
main until the end of my term. l have
done no intriguing. | have been frank
ami open, ana have never called upon
aldermen 10 persuade them to vote for
me. With two only have talked on
tile subject. Aid. Bradish and Barrows,
To get them to explain the reason of
tnelr opposition IT'D me.
las to Tom Downs. it was through
his efforts that the attempt Was made To
legislate me out of office year ago.
AL that time he deliberately betrayed
the city by changing bill reorganiZing
the health department after it had been
acted upon by the council. This is
statement that has never been published
before, but | have proof that Downs
deliberately altered the bill against my
Interests after the council had acted
linen he went before the urnnepin
county legislative delegation and
SAID that he represented the council, who
wished to leglSIate me out of Otfi:e.
That L was reelected is proof enough of
the falsity of his statement at that time.
My opponents, who seem to think that
there Is a great deal to make in the
health Office, are greatly mistaken, and
If any one of them is elected he Will
find out his error. The great ado that
has arisen over this office is on account
OF my enemies solely, but | contend that
any uan who acts as health officer Call
not help making many enemies.
Those who are familiar with munic-
ipal affairs bear out the DOCTORS slate
ment i'll every line.
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George E. Ledgerwood has decided to
appoint j. D. Davis his chef deputy.
Mir. Davis is at present chief book keeper
in the Office of Ii. Ii. King d Co. HIS
appointment cannot fail ~ give salts
faction. The other deputies will be
e. j.. Miner. Hugh Marchbank, James
McArdle, Frank Pracna Jr., Mr.. lay
Tor. Miner and MarchDank are at pres
ent deputies under Auditor CUndlt and
are Republicans. The other four are
Democrats. The personnel of Mr. Ledg-
erwood's working force indicates that
his official policy will he wise one.
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When asked yesterday regarding his
message to the new council, Mayor Babb
replied:
''Iy message will be confined to
plain statement of what we have done
the past year"
The present mayor has for two years
wrestled with the problems of munich
pal affairs, and has been repeatedly told
by members Of his own party that lie
knew not his business, and that he
alone was responsible for the over
whelming defeat of his party. Under
these circumstances he feels like letting
tile incoming chief executive paddle his
own canoe, and find out for himself the
perpleXitieS of maJ 0r'S chair.
The register of deeds office will be
run under the new administration Oh
strictly cash basis. Register Peterson
found that the credit plan did not work
at all and advised Mr.. Heinrich to begin
on a strictly cash plan. Ii is not SO
much the loss from uncollected fees as
the additional labor in carrying the
books on the credit plan. Ii. II. Penni-
man. Mr.. HeinrIch's first assistant, is
authority for the statement that the Of
ice will be run on the cash plan.
DIR. Murray, the young physician who
was accused bv County Sup triDtendent
OF Schools Mcconnell, Of vaccinating
pupils in some of the rural districts and
taking money from them without per-
mission of the school authorities, is one
ol the candidates for police surgeon,
and is vigorously grOumed. DR.. Mat
chan. the present incumbent, has many
StrOng supporters.