St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-25
HOYT WILL HOLD ON.
The Delegation Recognizes
His Services and Will
So Act.
No Change that Will Legis-
late Him Out Before His
Time.
A Fleeing Prisoner Wounded
and Prefers Death to
Capture.
The Duluth Baby Case is Won
by the Mothers Soft
Tears.

When the Ramsey county delegation
was called to order last night, Repre-
sentative Bell moved to reconsider the
action taken in regard to the health de-
partment on the previous night. The
motion prevailed, and c. ID. O'Brien was
accorded the floor. He stated that he
appeared before the meeting because he
had been requested to do so by DR..
Hoyt, and because he desired to do so
as a citizen.
Under Or. Hoyl's management he said,
the health department had been built up to
the most perfect system in the United States.
st. Paul had never had an epidemic of any
kind during DR.. Hoyt's administration, while
Mlnnea polls and Duluth had suffered vastly
from various scourgeS. Mr. OBrien read 81
statistical report from the chamber of COM
merce, showing st. Paul 10 be i'll healthier
condition than any other large cities San
Francisco had been afflicted with small pox
and it had cost $4,000 TO eradicate the
dreaded disease from the city. This amount
was double the annual expense of the st.
Paul health department Mr. O'BrIen said
he cared not to make any comments upon
the salaries of the health officers, but he OH
iectedd to the proposed bill because it
Office two years before the ex-
piration of his term. He also objected
10 the extraordinary provision of the bill
which requires the health commissioner to
| spend at least six hours day in the health
| office. No reputable physician could afford
| to accept the Office under such conditions.
! The public is interested only in the efficiency
| of the department, and not in the number of
| hours the health commissioner spends i'll his
| office.
E. A. Hendrickfon followed Mr.. O'Brien,
! and said that the proposed health bill lacked
| provision for the inspection or live stock and
milk.
A &c Il &c
cussion the delegation indefinitely post
| poned the bill. Then they decided to
permit the standing OF the pres
| ent health law with few amend
| ments. These amendments reduce
| the salary of the commissioner
! to $1,000, and that of his first assistant
to 200, limit the total annual expense
of the department to $4,000, and limit
the force of inspectors to six during the
winter months, unless otherwise or
dered by a two-thirds vote of the mu-
| nicipal senate. No amendment to cur
tail DR.. Hoyt'S term of Office was Of
| fered.
Building Inspector.
Representative Bell moved to take up the
| building inspectors department once again.
! 1t was consequently taken up and juggled
| with for about an hour. Finally the body
| decided to allow the building inspector
| $4,000 year to pay all salaries ana expenses
| of the department, and to limit the force of
| inspectors from Nov. 1 TO March 1, unless
| otherwise ordered by the municipal senate
| The present annual salaries OF the depart
| ment aggregate Sl2500.
| The senate amendment to the police pen
| sion bill was approved. The amendment
| provides that the family of any policeman
| killed while on duty. or that any policeman
who is disabled for life while IN the per
| Torrance of his duty, shall be entitled TO
pension.
Got His Graft.
r. X. Wallace, stenographer OF the munich.
| pal court, submitted communication i'll
which he stated that he was Il loyal citizen
! and all that but his graft wasn't great
| enough. He wasn't satisfied with his salary
! OF 81, 200 year, but wanted all the ices also.
| The delegation deviated from its policy of
| retrenchment and recommended the passage
of a bill allowing Mr. Wallace just what he
| asked for. His fees are limited to eight cents
| per folio for one copy of q transcript, and
| TWO cents per folio for each additional copy.
Representative Walsh moved to abolish
the court house joint committee and put the
| big building i'll the sole custody of the
mayor, but the motion was voted down.
! Then Representative Bell moved to abolish
| the present committee and put the court
| house in the hands of q commission com
| posed of the mayor, the president of the
council and the senior. member, in service,
| of the county commissioners. After Mr..
| Bells measure passed he wanted to tack on
| ar amendment to throw the cigar and news
stand out of the building. But, as Senator
Sanborn put it, the majority of the delega.
ton were in favor of Letting the poor devil
| sell his cigars and SO the amendment was
| lost.
When it came to dallying with the salaries
of the police and fire departments the de-
| legation went into execution session. They
| decided to let Fire Chief Jackson's salary
alone with the exception of cutting Off the
$500 he receives annually for acting as fire
warden. No other salaries of the depart
nent were touched, but the lawmakers
be eat down about $4,000. 1t was decided
to cut no salaries of the police department
| but TO urge general decrease in the in
! cidental expenses.