St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-06
The Faithful Are Willing to
Serve the City in Various
Capacities.
Mayor-Elect Wright Is Doing
a Heap Of Thinking and
No Talking.
Corrected figures Show That
Assemblyman Van Slyke
Is Elected.
Aid. Melady Will Contest His
Seat in the Lower
Council.

Who will get the loaves and fishes? 1
No two men seem to enter rtain the
same idea. That the woods are full of
candidates there can be no doubt, for
the time never was when one party
went to sweeping victory over another,
party that had controlled the appointive
positions that the supporters of the in
coming administration were not clam
Orous for the positions that they imagine
are at the disposal of the new recipients
of preferment. There can be no very
sweeping changes, however. much to
the disappointment and chagrin of the
incoming elective officials. All the
boards have been appointed and will
hold over. Yesterday the present
mayor performed one of his
last official functions. probably.
He made four appointments
to city boards. and his usual generosity
and forgiving spirit outweighed the ad-
wise and protests of his friends. He
was urged not to reappOint at least one
of the men that he did reappoint, be-
cause of his attitude and his utterances
against the mayor in the memorable
election campaign just ended. But the
mayor overlooked all the bitter things
that tue recipient of municipal favors
had said and written and returned him.
The appointments were: To the library
board. o. o. Cullen, ID. A. Montfort and.
j. G. Pyle; to the plat COM
mission, j. II Ives. Not only does the
tenure OF office of all the boards
continue, but the other appointive posi-
tiOns are filled for from one to three
years to come. The city clerk, for Illus
tration, will serve three years longer,
the cityengineer one year and the cor
poratiOn attorney one year more. Then
the incoming mayor and the new coun-
Gil will have to content itself with tlnk-
ering with the police department and in
appointing mayors secretary. Of
course there will be clean sweep in
the offices of the comptroller and the
treasurer. Neither Mr.. MeCardy nor
Mr.. Miller will allow any OF the pres
ent clerical force to remain. These
employees maybe retained for time,
however, or Just long enough to break
in a set of green men. Then they Will
be invited to take walk. They are
held as part and parcel Of the ''gangss
and they must go, but it is there that
they must stop, for there is no law that:
will compel the others to abdjcate. oe 4
Neither Mr.. McCardy nor M. Miller
is prepared to announce probable apt,
pointees yet. Their Inauguration does
not occur until June Z, and they WIFI,
have ample time to make up list 7efl
employees that may be in perfect liar
mOny with the policy of the new adj.
ministration. 5gro.
Col. Wright was found in his business
Office yesterday afternoon by GLoREl
reporter. The mayor-elect was very
gracious. and his face was wreathedjjH.
happy and triumphant smiles. Thege
were several satellites of his canvass.
present, rehearSing pleasant epiS0deSof
the campaign. and each had something.
to say about his personal yalor and
tremendous influence in certain cODtin-
gencies. The gallant colonel is a man
of patience and endurance, and he
listened patiently and with apparent
appreciation to the recitals. To the
reporter the mayOr-elecJ politely
said that his probable policy was
theme he could not discuss for
publication at this early day. Indeed,
he had not outlined it himself yet, and
he would say nothing about it. He did
not say so, but he has been fairly over
run with both applications and advice.
Every spellbinder and windJammer OF
the campaign has taken an early oppor-
tunity of waiting Oh the may0r-eleet
and urging this. that or the other ap-
pointment, or demanding the mead or
some present official. TO all OF these
Col. Wright listened, but said nothing.
There is vet considerable time before he
takes his seat, and he evidently proposes
to take his own way and time in shaping
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