The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-12-09
Mayor Willard Protests in Vain
Against the Inequalities of
the Bills
Aid. Hubbard's Proposition is Finally
Adopted After a Wrangle.
Engineer Haynes Receives The Usual
Slabs from Aids. Sanlpaugh
and Schllngerman.
The City Will Borrow Sl0,0O0-Dr
Warner Vindicated-Ald. Saul
paugh Tries to Resign.

The regular meeting of the council
Monday night was presided over by
Mayor Willard and all aldermen were
present. j. b. Swan acted as recorder
in the absence of H. w. Brown. The
room was crowded with interested
spectators, who had been drawn by
the Importance of the various matters
to be considered. If they expected to
see some fun they were not disappoint-
ed.
Mayor Willard stated that great
many bills had been allowed at the pre-
vious meeting that there was no mon
ey to pay, and as the council did not
give the necessary authority for bOr-
rowing money he had not signed the
orders further than the $500 or $500 on
the pay roll. Among the bills were
the election bills, which were so large
than he had been induced to look
them over. He was led to believe
that the council had acted upon them
hurriedly and without due care. The
bills were not uniform, and in some
wards the men were paid 379 cents an
hour for the whole work and in some
318 cents for day work and 70 cents an
hour for night work Only one bill
was properly sworn to, and on some OF
them there was nothing to indicate
from what ward they came. There is
no law to say how long day is, but
the general rule in this country is ten
hours. The statute allows So day,
and | do not know of any law which
allows more for night work than
for day wlK The expenses
Of tniS election would nat
urally be higher than those of any pre-
viOuS election, but we are now setting
a precedent which may be followed for
an indefinite time. He thought that
the council might now like to recon-
slider these bills, on account of their
not being uniform.
Aid. Peterson stated that the bills
had been allowed at the previous
meeting, and he thought that the
matter was settled He claimed that
the council at it's last meeting had
authorized the borrowing of money.
Aid. Longini did not see how the
bills for night work could be cut down,
even if the council wanted to, from
the amounts that were asked.
Aid. Fowler moved that the cleo
lion bills be reconsidered and that So
for each day of eight hours for each
Judge and clerk of election be allowed,
making 50 for each "a hours.
City Attorney Young stated that he
had been Informed that at ST. Paul
each judge and clerk had been given a
lump sum of $50, and ia Winona S2l.
He read the law that each shall be al
loved So day, and said that the
only question is how long dayiS.
Aid. Schlingerman thought that the
matter should be left as il is.
Aid. Saulpaugh stated that the Gus
tom is to pay double for night and
Sunday work. He himself did SO with
his employees.
Aid. Hubbard stated that eight
hours day is enough where men
must work along continuously. He
would want So a day continuously,
and he seconded Aid. Fowlers mo-
tion. He thought that the price
should be uniform.
The motion was lost, Aids. Fowler
and Hubbard voting yes, and Aids.
Longini, Peterson, Saulpaugh and
Schlingerman voting no.
Mayor Willard stated that the
majority of the council voted to give
Is cents an hour. He did not consid-
er this right, just or proper
Aid. Saulpaugh stated that he vOt-
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want to have aldermen who were not
present at the last meeting come and
tear down what had been sincerely
done.
Aid. Fowler moved that all be paid
Is cents an hour for night work, to
equalize the bills. Aid. LOngini Sec
Onded this.
Several aldermen attempted to eX-
plain to Aid. Saulpaugh his mistake,
but without result, as having voted
for thing he did not propose to vote
another way,
Aid. Peterson thought that part
of the trouble was due to several aid
ermen not being present at the last
meeting.
Aid Fowler stated that he had
missed but two meetings during his
term, and that he was man enough to
stand up and admit that he was wrong
if he made mistake.
Mayor Willard thought that there
Should be no more wrangling. The
bills are public property and anybody
can come and see them, and he left it
with the people of Mankato to Judge
between the councils position aud
his own.
AID. Schlingerman stated that there
would have been no trouble but for
the city papers, notable the FREE
PRESS, which had accused the council
of quibbling over barrel of cement
and sliding through bills without
proper care. The aldermen at the
time had thought the bills all right.
The men were poor and needed the
money, and no quibbling over the bills
now was desirable. The bill for the
uncompleted Vine street work had
been passed, and this was better
bill.