St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-18

not acquainted with the needs of onr com
munity. | am not advocating the sale OF
seems to me that the patrol limits ought
to be extended. The present limits
were established a number of years ago
when the CITY was considerably smaller than
it is at the present time. With the increase
OF population the boundary lines OF all mu-
nicipal institutions and laws must expand
and enlarge. The city council Is i'll touch
with the people, and knows their wants bet
ter by far than any legislature can. So long
as the patrol limits are OF no general I'M
portance, but merely Of moment to Mime
apolitans, then Minneapolitans should have
the say. it appears TO me.
Charles f. Baxter-The patrol limits ques-
ton is purely local question and, as such,
the council should handle it.
Louis A. Reed-My first impression is that
the control of the patrol limits should be left
with the legislature, but can be convinced
to the contrary. If the council we're given
would get INTO polItlcs :
Aid. j. c. Haynes-The council is
the body to handle that ques-
ton. The people can be trusted.
The people know what they want. They
want the patrol limits and they would still
have them and control them through the
cruncil. The county option plan is parallel
I case. The principle of allowing state legls-
| lature to interfere with the purely local con-
Germs of municipality is wrong. That
! 20 ascertain to nicely that state senator
| in New York was worth just $4,000. The
! objection that it will be dragged into pol
| itics has no weight. You can't very we'll
keep political question out of politics.
| Health Commissioner Kelly-The fixing of
| the patrol limits is n after for the people or
/ the city TO attend to- and it seems to me that
| the common council can better do so than
| the state legislature. 1t is a matter of local
| importance only, and so long as any ordi-
nance regulating the patrol limits Is legal,
| the legislature should have no voice i'll the
| matter. The city is growing rapidly, and 1t
| is likely the patrol limits ought to be extend
/ ed. ] haven't looked into the matter, but
! from point of reason and right, 1t seems to
| me that the city should have the regulating
| of its own affairs. when they do not conflict
| with affairs and laws of the state.
| City Clerk Haney-By all means leave the
| patrol limits to the city council. The people
elect the council for the purpose that the
affairs of the city may be administered and
| cared for in proper manner. The patrol
| limits periain-et just sWhat city ordinances
are supposed to cover. Why then should the
| legislature have the say about fixing the Inn
| its? The people of Minneapolis certainly
/ know what thew want and what they need.
| If it is necessary to extend the patrol limits,
| let the council do it.
| Aid John McGowan-I am about to retire
| from the council now, SO have no hesitancy
| in saying that in my opinion the aldermen
! ought to have the say in the matter or patrol
| limits. In many instances the legislature is
| composed of members whose politics is the
| same. In such an event there would be I'M
| just discrimination. Aside from that the leg
| islature cannot know the needs of city so
| well as the aldermanic representatives. They
are in no position to understand questions OF
| local moment. What does man from Otter
| Tail county know about Minneapolis and
! what is needed there? Nothing, absolutely
! nothing What if an alderman should take
| it upon himself to regulate the laws of
! Goodhue or any other county? 1t would be
! just the same and just as ridiculous.
Building Inspector Hazen-I have not made
q study of the question, but from point OF
| common sense, 1t seems to me the council
| ought to have the say about the patrol limits.
The council is elected for the purpose OF adj
| miniStering the city affairs and the patrol
| limits certainly belong to that category.
am not prepared to say whether the limits
| should be extended or not. but if necessary,
! then let the city council do it, Minneapolis
! is a large city now and it is nearly time she
| should have me control of her own affairs.
] The legislature can not know what is needed
within the city limits, aside from some gen
| eral benefit.
| Aid. McGure--Itis time the city should
| have the running of its own affairs. The
| patrol limits should be regulated by the coun-
! ell, for the council is there for that purpose.
| II is a number of years ago that the legisIa-
| ture fixed the patrol limits, because some few
! men got around in the lobby of the capitol
! and lo6pled. The city has grown since then
| and there is no doubt but some change ought
! to be made in the liiaits, The business por-
| ton of the city is extending in ali directions