St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-31
Minneapolis Aldermen Set Out
to Change the Existing
Order.
MCGOWAN After the Liquor
Ordinance and Gray the
Poundmasters.
Rev. DR.. George H. Wells In
stalled as Pastor Of Plym-
outh Church.
Caledonian5 Celebrate Hal
loWe'en--The CurtiSs Di-
Vorce Case.

The council transacted its business
last night in a very quiet and expeditions
manner and, although there were a
number of small matters disposed of.the
meeting adjourned at 10 O'Clock.
The only kicking was done by Aid.
Gray, and even he did not prove very
obdurate. The Sunday saloon agitators
received blow in the form of an ordi-
nance TO repeal the liquor ordinance
which was placed upon it first reading.
To SquelcI, briggs 81 Co.
Very little surprise was manifested
| when Aid. MCGOWAN, under suspension
of the rules, introduced a resolution i'll
| Structing the committee on licenses to
| prepare an ordinance repeating the pres
| emf liquor ordinance. which was adopted
in March. 1889. and it was evident that
the members had heard of it before.
| The resolution which is credited to
! the genius of Aid. Rand is plainly in the
interest of the Sunday saloon. and
contemplates repeal Of the entire ordi-
| nance governing the sale Of malt, vim
Gus, SpIrItuous and fermented liquors.
| This ordinance is the one through which
| Messrs. Briggs, Young and Whitcomb
| have been embarrassing the liquor deal
ers so much Of late in their Sunday
| business, and il it is repealed these
| gentlemen will be forced to operate
| under the state law, which is not SO
| convenient, and may even prove impos
sible, as the state authorities may refuse
to interfere in municipal affairs.
Aid. McGOWan's resolution went to
the committee on license $. which re-
ported later in the evening, there being
two reports, each signed by two of the
members of the committee. Aid. l.. NJ.
Rand and j. j. Mcclure submitted an
ordinance as called for in the resolution,
with the recommendation that 1t pass,
and Aid. Flanders and Parry recon-
mended that the ordinance be first sub
United to the city attorney.
AID. MCGOWAN explained that he had
no objection to having the ordinance go
through the hands of the attorney, but
would like to have it placed on its first
reading at once. The matter was com
promised in this manner and the ordi-
nance was read.
Gray Made q Kick.
A resolution authorizing warrant
for $500 III favor of City Attorney Rus
sell, to reimburse him for the expenses
of the delegation sent to the recent wa
terways convention at Evansville. Ind,
called forth an eloquent and rather
Scathing rebuke to the committee by
Aid. Gray. The alderman said that, in
his opinion, when the council appointed
that able delegation, headed by the
brilliant chief of the legal department
OF the city, something more was GER
tainly expected than q bill for eX-
penSes, but thus far this was the
only return the committee had made.
He had certainl.y expected some sort of
report, and he thought the council
had, too. He bad noticed upon the ex-
pense bill heavy item for sleeping car
accommodations which suggested that
perhaps the committee slept all the
time during its absence. This sally
ELECTED roars of laughter from the other
members, but the bill was allowed, and
later i'll the evening Aid. Haynes. in
the absence of City Attorney Russell,
chairman of the committee, made a YER
bal report, the formal report being in
the possession of Mr.. Russell.
Water Committees Report.
Aid. Haynes said that the convention
was most successful and satisfactory
one, there being $50 delegates present.
1t was the unanimous sentiment of the
convention that every possible effort
be used to influence congress to make
as large an appropriation as possible for
the improvement of the WATERWAYS of
the Mississippi valley. 1t had also been
learned, he said, that river traffic had
been on the increase of late years. and
that recently there had been consider
able travel by boat not only on the Mis-
SisSippi itself, but Oh the Ohio and other
streams He also mentioned that Min
neapoliS had been accepted by the con-
vention as the head of navigation on
the Mississippi. His report was received
with applause.
To Abolish the Pound
Aid. Gray gave notice that at the next
meeting he would introduce an ordi-
nance repeating the ordinance provid-
ing for poundmaster5. 1t appears from
the recoads i'll the city clerks Office
that the total salary list Of the seven
poundmasters employed by the city is
$4,000 per year, and that during the
nine months of the present year ending
Sept. the entire collections were ONLY
S207. Aid. Gray thinks this is too much
expense for little good, and proposes
to abolish the whole system.
A communication from Chief Runce.
of the fire department, was read, in
which that official recommended the
purchase of forty new fire alarm boxes
and two new engines, and the coll
demnation of the old Cataract engine,
which, he states, is no longer fit for
oclNlCC. IilC WAS re-
ferred to the committee on fire depart
ment.
Prohibits Too Much.
The ordinance prohibiting the haul
ing of more than one vehicle with one
team came up for second reading, and
created some slight discussion, but was
finally reported back to the committee
on ordinances and the city attorney for
revision, it being found that it would
prohibit too much.
A communication from J. J. Hill in
vited the committee on railroads and
the aldermen of the First, Second and
Ninth wards 10. meet at the Milwaukee
road at 2 o'clock this afternoon and go
from there to his Office to consider
proposition in the matter of lowering
the railroad tracks.