St. Paul daily globe., 1891-09-06

city attorney, which necessitate his giving
considerable attention before filing written
opinion. Yet, with all this amount OF work,
both Mr.. Lawler ana Mr.. Prendergast are
available to callers and to the reporters, and
cheerfully give their time to vouchsafe infor-
nation.
The assembly is, after all, destined to with
draw from its position upon the famous dis
pute with the board of school inspectors
over the reduction of salaries of janitors.
The school inspectors at their meeting last
Monday decided that the salaries as reduced
will stand, despite any threats that pay rolls
would not be passed by the assembly. 1t is
understood that President Albert Scheffer
has advanced the salaries personally to the
teachers and janitors, and any refusal on the
part of the assembly to pass future pay rolls
from the school board cannot but work hard
ship upon the employees of that body. What
ever moral right the assembly may possess to
demand that the reduced salaries shall be re-
stored to their former basis, it certainly has
no legal right-upon the subject, and as the
| assemblymen who have pushed the matter
are possessed of sound common sense, it
would seem that the best thing for the assem-
bly, to do in the premises is to gracefully let
the matter drop.
1t is a remarkable fact that doctors and
lawyers generally disagree. Aid. San
born and City Attorney Lawler are two of
the most skillful lawyers to be found in the
Northwest. They are gentlemen of great
ability, and possess the gift of personal
| magnetism which holds their auditors. AID
Sauborn is spoken of as a possible ap-
pointee by President Harrison for United
States judgeship, and high honors await the
present distinguished corporation attorney
Yet these two legal luminarles have during
the past week taken Numerically opposite
views upon the sections of the Bell charter
relating to the issue of certificates of iudeot-
ness in anticipation of the collection of
taxes. Aid. Sanborn was firmly convinced
that the certificates could be issued for the
maintenance of six departments of the city
only. and to issue any of the certificates for
the purpose of maintaining any funds was
Illegal and could be so declared in the courts
City Attorney Lawler took the opposite
view on every point made by Aid. Sanborn,
and 1t has been long ere so much eloquence
has been heard in the council chamber The
board of aldermen acted as jurors in the mat
ter. and awarded the victory to Mr. Lawler,
who had drafted the resolutions
The fifteenth day of each month will in
,,
and the boys will have to break themselves
of the habit OF being broke at the end of
the month. They VIII have to alter their
calendars.
City officials and employees in city offices
will have ample opportunity to visit the
State Fair next week. Tomorrow will be
Labor day. and all the city offices will be
closed. the day having been designated
| general holiday by Mayor Smith before he
went on his vacation. Acting Mayor Cullen,
who is possessed of a generous heart. made
every one in the building yesterday happy
by issuing proclamation, that as Wednes-
day, Sept. 0, is st. Paul day at the State Fair,
the day is declared a general holiday, and
calling upon all citizens to observe the event.
When number of reporters went into the
mayors office yesterday and copied the
proclamation, they signed d round robin ad-
| dressed to Acting Mayor Cullen, but remind
ed him that we are not in it,"
Col. W. NJ. Carson private secretary to
Mayor Smith, is quite farmer He had on