St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-30
Mr.. Miller Is All at Sea Owe r.
the City Railway CarnA |
Licenses. ny
He Has Been Called Upon for
a Retraetion by Mrgilx
Ingham, III
And, Generally, Made the City
Very Hot for HimAoa
self. &c

the assembly thursday night lengthy
communication. The screed turned ont,
rs have others of the same class, to be
terribly strained, and not at all in keep
ing with the facts. Investigation yester-
day brought out the fact that, while Mr..
Miller might have examined the books
in his Office, he didn't examine the right
ones. The charge was made that the
st. Paul Street Railway company had
paid no license On their cars for 1856
and 1889.
The printed annual reports of the city
treasurer for these years show that in
1886 the company paid 1880 as license on
So cars, and in 1889 S770 was paid for
license on "a cars. Mr.. Miller was al
most knocked out when his attention
was called to this, but he managed to
say that the receipts given the com
pany, when the licenses were paid, had
been taken from book the stubs of
which he had not examined. The num-
Der of cars in use by the company, Mr..
Miller stated in his communication, was
225. Asked if he had guessed at this state
ment. Mr.. Miller said he had not. The
information was reliable, and in order
that it might be verified he referred the
reporter to the mayor. from whom he
The mayor could not be seen, but his
private secretary said the treasurer
must have been mistaken in his eXpia-
nation, as he was certain the mayor had
not interested himself in the matter in
any way. The secretary made it even
stronger than this by saying he was
present when Mr.. Miller and the mayor
had conversed Oh the matter. and it was
Mr.. Miller who said the company was
running 225 cars.
A call at the office of the street rail
way company elected the statement
from all Official that the company.had
receipts from the,city treasurer for all
money paid as car license. The-bookS
pany always paid license for all cars
run by them.
1t was rumored that the figures
which Mr.. Miller used in his statement
were furnished by Officer Miller. re-
Gently appointed as patrolman by Mayor
Wright. This new patrOlman was for
merly employed by the street railway,
company. Since his appointment asl
police officer he has been learning TO be-
a license inspector. under the guidance
of License Inspector Nugent, whose
place he wiiitake at an early day. a. !:
Another part of the treasurer'S, com
munication called attention to the man
her in which Judge Cory refused t0
Judge of. the1C municipal court shall
make out a daily report in hiss own
handwriting and submit it to the trtaS-
urer by hislo hand. Judge Cory yes
terday afternoon stated that he; had
nothing to say. The report spoken
about he made out each day in his own
handwriting and sent up stairs to- the
treasurer by a: deputy clerk. he. in
,timated that he should not change his
present system by 0reason OF any COM
muDieation which the treasurer might.
make. 7Dt ~ Ices /
The treasurer also stated in his com!
municatiOn that y. f. Ingham and a.
FL. SIman had not paid any pawnbrOk--
er's license since 1889, and that their.
names appeared in the city directory as
pawnbrokers. Mr.. Ingham, seen at his
place of business on Jackson street, was
quite angry at the statement made. H..
He had written letter to Mr.. Miller
demanding retraetien Of the implied
charge that he had been running
pawnshop without having secured
license. The retractiOn, he had in
formed Mr.. Miller, must be made as
publicly as the charge had been, or he
would see what redress he could get in
the courts. .. :
The city treasurer complained that
as the assessment books were kept I'M;
der Mr.. Refs it took halt an hour to
look up an abstract or deed and ascer-.
tain whether the property was clear or:
not. To this part of the communication
a clerk in the Office said it was not SIR,
prising that green hand spent half an
bour in looking up such matters, but
any one familiar with the office could
find the desired information in two
minutes.
The suggestion was advanced by sew
eral that McCardy having secured an
additional clerk by his communication
to the council, Mr.. Miller had taken the
same course in order to get two addi-
tionaI clerks at no expense to his own
salary. The report of the committee to
which this piece of campaign literature
has been referred will be awaited with
much interest. The statement is made,
by those who have watched the action
taken on documents, of a. like nature.
that the committee, will be- forced. to
make report which will not reflect on
Mr.. Miller's action in any but the right
way, - .s-.-...