St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-12
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Talk About the Excelsior
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Thirty-four aldermen were present In
the council chamber last night when
President johnson raped for order.
Business was railroaded through in an
astonishing manner. there being little
but routine business on the clerks desk.
Vandewaker made couple of speeches,
Sterling showed in most impressive
discourse Oh the matter Of changing
the name of Harrison street, Aid.
BradiSh was unusually mild, Gray
didn't move to adjourn, not even once.
Phillips and Smith had little misun-
derstanding, and that was all that oc-
Cured out of the usual order OF the
Minneapolis city council meeting. Dis
cussion was provoked by the petition OF
Simpson d Henderson for eighteen
inches of NicolIet avenue and by
the market matter. Everything
else went through quietly. The
South side market question was
settled once and for all by the accept
ance of the Benton site. after long and
heated dispute. at one time during
the evening Aid. Sterling became
troubled with deafness and was called
to the chair for short while, during
which the president of the council
rested.
The most important business hich
came up was the market matter. The
market committee reported in favor OF
the location offered by G. IL. Benton.
block of ground bounded by Washing.
ton avenue and Second street south and
Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues, and
recommended the adoption OF that leca-
ton for the South ward market. 1t
was also recommended that no
part of that market building
be exempted from taxation, except such
portion as is actually used for market
purposes. Aid. Phillips called atten-
ton to the fact that if one part of the
building be exempt from taxation the
whole building will have to be exempt.
Phillips and Parry thought the attempt
to settle the market then and there
savored of q. job to secure
the exemption of valuable
piece of property from taxation.
Aid. Smith combatted that idea.
Parry spoke about the Beard block,
which has never paid expenses, being
part of the deal. Smith said he didn't
think that had ever been denied by
anybody. Phillips got up and, in a
most emphatic way, stated that Aid.
Smith had told him several times that
the Beard block would not be used, and
was out of the question. Smith APP
peared much moved, and stated that
Phillips was a liar. Phillips repeated
his statement. Smith then declined
to press the matter, as, he said,
he might get hurt. The chamber looked
squally for moment, but the chair Sc
cured order and the debate went on.
The Ethiopian in the hedgerow was
that the resolution accompanying the
market committee report stated that
part of the buildings on Benton'S site(the
Beard block could be made over into
building suitable for market purposes.
This Beard block used to be,
if not now, owned by LOrlng
and Fletcher, to whom It
never even paid taxes. and many alder
men seemed to think that this market
scheme was plan to get that old block
made over and exempted from taxation,
in order to reimburse the owners. Van
dewaker made another long, rambling
speech, plentifully besprinkled with
patriotic oratory. He, and many others,
said they wonld vote for market, the
head of which would put up new
100000 building. They would also
exempt such building from
taxation. President johnson, from the
floor. showed up the thinness of these
arguments which urged the exemption
of a S5OO,O0O new building, and which
were directed against the exemption of
a s11S,O0O one simply because it was
old. Guy then spoke several minutes
in favor of the Benton market, although
few i'm the room knew of what he spoke.
Aid. Swanson also had word to say for
the market, although the matter began
| to grow wearisome to the aldermen.
| Swanson and others had accused the
| Seventh ward aldermen of fighting
BentOn's market from interested mo-
tives. Aid. Floten explained that the
opposition came solely from the fact
| that the old Beard block was to be used.
| The ayes and noes were then called on
| the adoption of the location. AS the
vote proceeded, several aldermen arose
| to explain why they voted as they did.
| Bradish voted aye because he believed
the proposed location good one, leav-
! ing the building matter out. MCGOWAN
| explained that, as he had before stated,
| he thought the city should build its own
market, and therefore voted no. The
resolution accepting Benton's site and
proposition was carried, "a to s. A mo-
| ton to reconsider, made by Hunter,
was lost, 81 to 6. The ordinance re.
| ported on the Benton market was read
| and went over under the rules.
Shortly before the close of the meet
ing Aid. Smith arose and stated:
| "Some of the members of this council
| have understood that called Aid. Phil
lips liar. / want to apologize for that
| if did. 1t is not gentlemaniy to call
such name What do want to say is
that. if Aid. Phillips says he heard me
make that statement concerning the
Beard block hundred times, he mis-
| understood me hundred times
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