St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-06
VALE TO The TWO RS
Mayor Winston 1t Is Now, and
Mayor Babb 1t Has
Been.
Both Of the Gentlemen Made
Able Addresses to the
Aldermen.
In the Reorganized Council
the Slate Predominated
Over All.
Discourtesy and Injustice to
Chief Stetson Marked the
Proceedings.

the building would hold. with all thu
pomp and circumstance of aldermanit
dignity. The old mayor came in, mad,
his little talk, bowed and left the build
Ing. The new mayor came in, bowed
made little speech and stayed. The
rabble applauded.
The entrance into power of the new
administration was particularly unos
tentatious, when it is considered wha
All overwhelming majority put it there
the departure of the oldwas marked witt
no complaining. Mayor Winston, il
his inaugural address, stated simply
That he would do his best to warrant
the feeling of confidence in him which
mad found expression at the polls; eX
Mayor Babb stated the platform upon
which he had been elected, and de
tailed how he had done his best to stand
squarely upon that platform. He
went further and pointed out thai
something should be done tC
make the mayor more than a mere ob
Ject at which to launch torrents OF
abuse.
The inaugural ceremonies and the
subsequent council proceedings were
distinguished by unusual smoothness
Inns was due in great measure to the
quality of the slate upon which the out
line of the sessions business had been
written. The slate could not be broken.
Organizing the Council.
At 2:10 precisely President Sterling
raped -for order and commanded all
lovers Of the weed to stop smoking, de-
termined to exercise his authority to
the full as long as it might last. Trip
plngly the roll call flowed from the
tongue of the city clerk. Aid Smith
was the only absentee. Then the crowd
was afflicted with few platitudes from
the tongue Of the president, most of
them having to do with the importance
of the aldermanic office. Sterling also
took it upon himself to inform the state
legislature that it will make a mistake
if it undoes any of the work done two
years ago with relation to Minneapolis.
eve have also learned a good deal
during the year." continued Sterling.
1--WE have learned that there is not much
politics in running city council"
This will be news to the people who
have watched that body. Aid. Billings
moved that this city council do now
adjourn sine die" 1t was carried, the
old council was dead, and no one Wept.
The New Members.
"Gentlemen of the city council" said
City Clerk Haney, 1.-The following are
the names of the gentlemen entitled to
seats i'll the city council Of Minneapolis:
John T. MCGOWAN, Joseph Ingenhutt f.
G. Burrows, James c. Haynes, George Dur
nam, Joseph l.. Kiiehli, L. G. Potter S. b.
LOye. c. p. Lowell, II. w. BraZie, Samuel
Hunter, Lars NJ. Rand. j. II. Parry. Mortimer
B. Rollins, Melvin Grimes George W. Elan
ders, James II. Bradish, John j. MCGUIRE,
Vincent Reeves, Fred A. Schwartz, John A.
Blichfeldt, William II. Lackey, William b.
Woodward, George Peterson, d. d. Farms
worth. James ). Gray"
All of the new council were present.
Potter for President.
The council proceeded to the election
of president. Aid. Lars M. Rand, the
little giant from the Sixth ward. was
the first of the new members to find his
voice. He said:
II move that the first ballot be de-
clared an informal ballot"
Parry moved to make it formal, and
won his point. Schwartz and Flanders
were appointed tellers. The ballot re-
suited:
E. G. Potter ............ .14
John i. MCGOWAN MISREPRESENTATION.
DlaDA.... '.'.... .........-.- ........,.. L
Potter was declared elected, ana it
was made unanimous on motion of Nc
GoWan. Potter bluShed, tripped airily
up to the desk, and said:
Gentlemen, thank you for this mark of
esteem Will do the best eau in this posi-
ton. We have too much business on hand
to admit of speech making. What is your
pleasure?
The election of vice president came
next. The first ballot was declared
formal despite the dignified protest of
Lars NJ. Rand. The result of the ballot
was surprise. The vote was:
James 5. Gray. ...................l IS
James G. Haynes 49,. 10
James ii. Bradish. ............ .... l
Gray was declared elected and the
ballot for city clerk ordered. Haney,
the present incumbent. received twenty
two votes, and Charles A. Cornmau. the
eX-city clerk, received four.
''Mr. Chairman" said Alderman Nc
Gowan, II move you that a committee
of four be appointed to wait upon the
outgoing and incoming administrations
and inform them that the city council
has organized and is ready to receive
their communications. Grimes. Lowell.
McGowan and Haynes were named as
the committee.
Mayor and ex.HEayor.
On the return of the committee. with
the dignitaries in charge, Mr.. Winston
experienced more difficulty in fighting
his way through the crowd at the door
than he did in securing an election
The police were called upon to clear a
path. Finally the expected came, Babb
leading the way. e. NJ. johnson. 1.-THE
mighty somnambulist of a vanished
DREAM" walked, as in a trance, in the
rear of the procession. Winston was
cheered by the roomfull. When Babb
arose to speak the hand claps could
have been counted. His retiring ad-
dress was in Maj. Norton's best type
writer copy. The departing mayor read
it as he would a without
ever once glaDcing toward the council.
The outgoing executives address was
a brief resume of all the work done bv
the city government and contained
statistics from every department, all of
which have heretofore been published.
Toward the last he expressed some
pointed observations, as follows:
MIR. Babb's Points.
In the last moments Of my administration I
desire to thank all the coordinate branches
of the city government for their uniform
courtesy and ready cooperation in all meas
ures brought before them in the interests of
good government, and to congratulate Won
all and our fellow citizens generally UPON
the continued prosperity, the rapid growth
and development of our beautiful city. In
bringing 10 bear, during the past two wears.
whatever small ability might possess TO ex-
erese such functions as still claim the posi
ton of mayor, | have been deeply impressed
with the fact that the responsibility attach
ing TO the Office is largely in excess of the
power granted to it. The mass of the public
has net taken the pains 10 carefully inform
itself of the power vested in the
hands of the mayor, and hence is
apt to place upon him responsibilities
which should either rest upon others, or, at
any rate, should be equally divided with
others. To pnt ii tersely, the mayor of Min
neapolls has but very little official authority.
In hardly department has he much if any
thing, more than an advisory position And
yet he docs fulfill a most useful function. BY
standing III the full light of publicity. to re-
ceive the kicks of The malevolent it wili~thus
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