St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-09
LORDS GROW WINDY.
The Assembly Refuses to Ale
low the School Board
Pay Roll.
McCafferty's Second Speech Is
an Attack on the Health
Officer.
The Grain Growers Decide to
Incorporate and Run Their
Business.
Half a Million Entries the An.
nual Work Of the Alb
Stractop.

The proceedings of the assembly n,
the regular meeting last evening were
unusually interesting. A large audi
ence of ladies and gentlemen was pres
ent who listened to the speeches of the
city fathers with evident interest. and
enjoyed the scene with as much pleas
ure as if they were present at theater.
The feature of the session was the de-
livery of a few vigorous roasts upon the
board of school inspectors and the pres
ent health officer, DR.. Hoyt.
when the now famous pay roll of IAN
itors and school teachers of the school
board. which has caused so much dis
cusSon. came up for passage, having
been sent back TO the assembly by the
committee on ways and means without
comment, Assemblyman McCafferty
said that he resented the imputatons
made by certain members of the school
board upon the actions of the assembly.
Il was member of the conference
committee appointed to confer with the
committee on janitors of the school
board upon the matter of the reduction
of salaries of janltors. We met in the
office of Mr.. Auerbach and talked over
the matter, and we, on our part, did
nothing whatever as far as making any
demands from the other party. The
meeting was most pleasant one, yet
certain members of the board have de-
nounced the proceedings of that
meeting as undignfied. and criticised
the acton of the assembly as being
made for political purposes. Such re-
marks are an insult to this body and to
the gentlemen who are on the commit
tee on lanitOrs. l have been informed
that this year the salary of every
teacher has been raised, while those Of
the janitors have been reduced, in some
cases to 40 per cent. With the expenses
these men have to pay out of the sum
they receive they are left only S23
month for themselves, and | say it is
disgrace TO the city Of st. Paul to pay
these hard working men such paltry
sums. The school board feels that
as the city attorney has decided
that this body haSno power to raise sal
aries, that all we have to do is to vote
for these pay rolls, but / maintain that
we have right to take steps whe
such an outrage is perpetrated, and for
this reason hope the pay roll will not
pass.'
Assemblyman Oppenheim, while of
the opinion that the school board had
not acted courteOusly in the matter and
that the janitors' salaries were too low,
yet he could not see how the assembly,
under the law, could do anything but
pass the pay rolls.
Mr.. McNamee-I have been Informed
that the board promises, if we pas
these pay rolls. to rectify the reduction
and to raise the salaries.
President Murray = / understand
that the school board admits that these
salaries are too small. but promises to
raise them If we pass these pay rolls.
Now | will not vote for these pay rolls,
and do not propose that any member Of
the school board shall say to us that be-
cause we have no legal power TO raise
these salaries, that we must pass them,
and must not dare to crlticise their ac-
tiOns.
On vote being called Messers. Ban
hOlzer, McNamee, Minea and Open
helm voted for the passage Of the pay
roll, and Messrs. Costello. McCafferty
and President Murray voted against 1T.
AS tWO-thIrds vote is necessary to
pass any resolution allowing money,
the motion to pass was declared lost by
the chair.
The AzOtine WrangIe.
After the transaction of some routine
business the aZotine trouble made its
olution to pay the AZotine company
s916.66 for the collection Of garbage
from June 10 to July 10. Mr.. McCatferty
said he was opposed to the allowance OF
any money whatever to the AZotine
company, for either the collection
or the destruction of garbage.
These bills come here before us.''
said the speaker, land they are certi-
fled to by the health officer. Now when
the last account of the AZotine COM
pany came up | voted for it, honestly
believing that the work had been done.
Since then / have heard, at recent
meeting of the committee on
streets, statements made by repu
has not been done, but that
when garbage has been collected, it was
dumped in the river. As to the destruc-
ton of the garbage, the contract made
with Mr.. Fleishman, and assigned by
him to the AZOtine company, stipulateS
that the garbage must be disposed Of
under the MerZ system, and under the
supervision of the health officer. DI.
H0yt was asked at committee meeting
if he knew anything as to the manner the
AZotine company claimed to destroy
garbage and offal at South st. Paul, and
he said no, and only yesterday | asked
HIM the same question in my Office, and
he gave the same answer. Yet these
bills come here, certified to by the
health officer that the work has been
done. We have an officer here
who is wholly unfit tor his Office
and is disgrace to the city,
when he will act in such a manner, and
he should be called upon to resign. No
one of us can vote conscientiously on
this question upon such statements and
reports from DIR. Hoyt, and 1t should be
sent to the committee on streets to be
thoroughly Investigated"
The allowance of the account was
lost by five votes to three, two-third
vote being required for its passage, and
it was sent to the committee on streets.
Later in the evening when President
Murray had vacated the chair in favor
of Mr.. Minea, he brought the matter
up again by moving that the vote
whereby the bill had been sent TO the
committee on streets be recOnsidered.
The motion to reconsider was carried
by six to two, and the bill was allowed
by similar vote, one assemblyman
having gone over to the side of the yeas.
miscellaneous Matters.
The claim of Attorney Henry j. Horn
against the city for balance OF g. O24,
for professional services rendered as
counsel for the city in the suit against
the Chicago, Milwaukee IL st. Paul road
for the recovery of what is known as
the Lower leyee, was referred 10 the
committee on ways and means, the city