St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-08
The Council Majority Knew
Its Lesson and Spoke It's
Piece.
Driscoll Downs Thompson in
the Matter Of a City
Printer.
Gates A. Johnson Unanimous
ly Elected His Own Sue
cesSOr.
Leithauser Gets a Hot One
From the Board OF Pub
lie Works.

The large crowd of spectators who
gathered in the lobby and gallery of the
council chamber last night. in anticipa-
ton of an aldermanic scrap, were
sorely disappointed. There was not
the falntest ripple of excitement. The
whole business had been out and dried.
and was railroaded through according
to welI-arranged schedule. Gates A.
johnson was unanimously elected TO
succeed himself as building in
spector, though his term was re-
duced to two years, and the
Pioneer Press was designated as
printer of official city notices during the
coming year. without dissenting vote.
There is every reason to believe that
Robert Seeger will get the gasoline
contract, ana White-Winged Peace now
hovers over the honorable board of
aldermen of the city of st. Paul.
At roll call. Aid. Sanborn was the
only absentee. Everything having been
satisfactorily arranged. the Seventh
ward representative departed for WASH
ington early in the day, knowing that
his services would not be required. On
motion of Aid. Weber the election of
building inspector and public
printer was made the first order
OF business, after the reading
of several communications from Mayor
Smith. Every spectator was all inter-
est at once, bVt Building Inspector
Johnson and the DriscolIs sat by in
stOlid Indifference. knowing we'll that
'Casey was az the bat" and that the
day was practically theirs. Aid. YOerg
introduced resolution, by permission,
reducing the building Inspectors term
from four years to two. The rules were
suspended and the ordinance was passed
by vote of ID to l. Aid. Cullen
voting in the negative. Aid. Weber
then nominated Gates A. John
son for the inspectorship and was
seconded by Aid. Gehan. The dozen of
other open candidates and dark horses
We're lost sight of entirely, and not
another nomination was made. City
Clerk Prendergast is anything but slow,
but he could not call the roll fast enough
to satisfy the sixteen aldermen as they
announced their preferences for MIR.
johnson.
THE CITY PRINTING.
This much was we'll done, and Aid.
Cullen was the only man who had IN the
slightest instance forgotten his part.
The election of city printer was next
on the programme. The proposition of
George Thompson, publisher of the
Dispatch, agreeing to take the city
printing at the rate fixed by the Lett
hauSer reSOlutiOn-40 cents per inch for
the first Insertion and % cents for all
subsequent inSertionS-waS first read.
The Pioneer Press company came next
with similar proposition. To both
documents was attached the necessary
bond in the sum of $1,000. The prop
Osition of III. p. Hall, of the Daily News,
was Intended to cause trouble, but it
did not, the aldermen having practiced
their parts too well TO allow a little
thing of the kind to disturb them. Mr..
Hall offered to print all city notices, in
no lpareil ty Pc, the size designated by
the LeithauSer resolution, at the rate of
"a cents for the first -inseI ton and 10
cents for subsequent insertions, thirteen
ems plea or its equivalent to he con-
Sidered column wide. Mr.. Hail in
formed the council that his offer was
3316 per cent below the maximum
rate fixed by the Leithauser
resolution, but no notice was taken
of the clause, and not an alderman
peeped. No other proposition was SUBJ
turn to speak. and he introduced reso-
luton designating the Pioneer Press as
official printer. which Aid. Kavanagh
was due to second. AS per agreement.
the Dispatch and News were carefully
overlooked, and the clerk was instruct
ed to call the roll. There were fifteen
votes in the affirmative and one in the
negative. Aid Minea voting nay. OBJ
serving that he was entirely out of line,
the Sixth ward alderman changed his
vote before the result was called, and
President Hamm announced sixteen
votes for the Pioneer Press. A resolu-
ton was subsequently introduced to
bind the contract. and that paper will
henceiorth for one year do tile city
printing at the rates specified.
STREET LIGHTING BIDS.
On motion of Aid. Pratt. the bids for
gasoline street lighting in the outskirts
were next taken up. Eleven bids,
summary of which is given below, were
opened aud read by the city clerk: