St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
Tomorrow the New City Ad-
ministration Will Take
Up the Reins.
Maj. Henderson and F. G. Hol-
brook Will Ride With
Driver Winston.
Aldermen Again Fail to Agree
on a Man for Health
officer.
All the Other Municipal APP
pointments Have Been
Settled.

Tomorrow the new administration
will gather up the reins, crack the whip.
toot the horn and canter away on two
years. trip over the ziz-zag road of md
nicipal government. 1t starts out hand
icapped to certain extent, but before
many mile posts have been passed, it is
confidently believed, some of the
impeding weight will have been
scattered along the wayside. The new
mayor has not, according to the ante
election publications in Republican pa
pers, the power to do aught save ap-
point a dog catcher. The Hennepin
delegation will look after that matter.
however. One of the first acts passed
will endow the mayor with the power to
name the chief Of police. OF course, the
successor to the desk of w. M. Bracket
will be appointed before that time. his
name will be Maj. r. r. Henderson.
of donbt. There has been not little
loud-mouthed talk to the effect that
should Mr.. Winston refuse to appoint
Bernard Cloutier to the head of the pO-
lice department the Hennepin delega-
ton would refuse to abolish the police
commission. 1t was all the merest non
sense. In the first place that story was
started with the idea of aiding Cloutier's
candidacy, and started, not by MIR. ClOu-
tier or his intimates, but by men who
thought to pose as Democratic leaders.
If it ever had the slightest effect, 1t was
not in ClOutier's favor. And it was all
talk, too. One of the first measures re-
solved upon by the Hennepin delegation
was that the police commission must go.
1t will GO, and soon.
There Is one appointment besides dog
catcher which the mayor has power to
make. That is mayors clerk. That
was decided long ago, too. The occu-
pant of the anterOOm to the executive
chamber will be F. &. Holbrook, who
Officiated as secretary of the Democratic
city committee during the recent CAM
paign. The appointment is looked
upon as wise one. Mr.. Holbrook
hasn't so much hair to curl that he
won't have time to attend to the duties
of his position, and to act courteouSly
toward all visitors.
The mayor aud his chief Of police are
usually expected to look after the police
department. 1t is not anticipated that
many changes will be made in the de-
partment. Some people have prated
about the recreation of the old
position of chief of detectives, but it is
not probable that it will be done. The
present detective force is all right, and
will be left as it is. There are few
officers on the force, not patrolmen, who
will probably be weeded out. 1t will do
no harm to pluck them up by the roots
and throw them over the garden wall
into the cow pasture. They will be
taken care OF in time, and they know it.
So much for what has to do with the
mayor and his assistants.
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The aldermen are the boys who have
the privilege of filling the other APP
pointive offices around the city hall.
They have learned that fact during the
two months OF caucusing and disagree
ing. The Republicans, of course, hold
the whip hand, but the whip is short
one, and not well seasoned. Two months
of exposure, instead of tOughening it,
has only rendered it more brittle. The
Republican aldermen have been doing
their best to get together, but they
have not succeeded. The health
commissionership still separates them.
The caucused again last night, and the
result was the same. They met in the
council chamber of the city hall last
night. and remained in close consulta-
ton for over tive hours. When they
came out they claimed that the session
had been harmonious. One of them,
however, quietly admitted that no
agreement had been reached on the
health commissionership. The caucus
split as between Kilvlngton and Leon
ard. This throws the fight into the
council chamber. Kilvington has more
votes than any one else, and looks more
like winner than ever before. Only
combinations among the other candi-
dates can defeat him.
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Before last nights caucus they had
practically agreed upon everything else
of Importance. There are several
minor appointments that have never
been considered in conference. They
will be settled in short order at the
council meeting tomorrow. There have
been too many big disputes ahead of
them at the several caucuSeS.
At one time it looked as if r. D. Bus
SELLS air ship, pointed toward the city
attorneyshlp, would meet with strong
adverse currents. But all that is past.
The little dispute over assistants which
threatened to wreck Russell's bark and
offer strong breeze to A. II. Hall aud
Frank Nj. Nye has been compromised.
Both of these latter gentlemen are out
of it. Russell will be appointed with
out any fight.
Early in the secondary campaign. the
campaign for appointive Offices, there
were several Republican aldermen who
were anxious to swing an ak over the
ruddy neck of Andrew Rinker, the city
engineer. Nearly all of them have for
gotten their craving for blood. They
started out to boom George w. Cooley
tor the place, but Cooley was too short
winded. He has been dropped. The
Democratic aldermen, however, have a
candidate who may give Mr.. Rinker
some trouble. His name is Robert
Ancks. He is good engineer and we'll
liked. He has been in the service of
the st. Louis road. and is now chief en-
gineer for the Duluth & Iron Range
road. He is Rinker's strongest oppo-
nent.
F. L. StetsoD will probably continue
to answer fire alarms. His friends may
have to fight for him, though. The
candidacy of James Eye was good
deal of a joke; not SO that of Assistant
Chief Runge. The fight now being
made against Stetson Is the legitimate
offspring of the attempt made last win
ter to GUST Stetson. 1t will be remem-
bered on what grounds that attempt
was based, and how it failed. 1t looks
as if the present one will fail too.
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Building Inspector Hazen will stay
where he is. An architect named Haley
has been making little canvass for
the place, but he has met with but little
encouragement.
Frank Moody, registrar Of the water