St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-09
That Is What the Eight-Hour
Resolution Received Last
Night.
Kiichli's Transfer Ordinance
Passed--The Pump Com
mittee Discharged.
Life Manifested by the Board
Of Trade in Waterways
Discussion.
Relatives at War in the Courts
Opening Of a Whist
Tournament.

The Superannuated controversy be-
tween the eight-hour and ten-hour men
occurred at the meeting of the common
council last night, and after long
fight, the latter came off victorious.
The matter came up when the commit
tee on labor resolutions made its re-
port. There turned out to be two re-
ports, majority and minority. The
former embraced the ten-hOur per day
sentiments with 81 rs wages for men
and $3.50 for men and teams. The min
ority report was tor eight hours with the
same amount of pay. Aid. Rand. one
of the fathers OF this report. made
motion that it be adopted, and then
made speech explaining why it should
be accepted by the council. A lively
discussion followed, and arguments pro
and con we're INDUCED in. The ten
hour men were in the majority, how
ever, and turn as they would, the eight
hour advocates were defeated every
time. While the speeches OH both
sides were fervid at times, the general
equanimity and dignity of the council
were maintained. Aid. Schwartz offered
a motion that nine hours be substituted,
and 1917 cents an hour paid, as a
sort of compromise, but this
was defeated. Aid. Rand then moved
that the word and figure ten, indicating
tee hours in the majority report, be
erased and the word and figure eight
substituted. But this. too. suffered the
fate Of its predecessors, and, after an
hour of speechifying and wrangling.
the majority report was adopted by l3
70 fE1iC C0Tflad tho niU 1t-
hour matter, and the aldermen pro-
ceeded to railroad the rest of the bust
ness.
Kiichli's famous street car transfer
ordinance came up for it's second read
ing. and then, strange to say, the cOaD-
ell as q whole demonstrated that it had
undergone a complete metamorphoss.
Every alderman voted aye-there were
twenty-five ayes and not single nay.
This makes the ordinance law in spite
of the advice of the city attorney TO the
contrary, and the hubuD raised when
the matter first came up.
Following this surprise came the
pump investigation matter. Another
surpriSe
Aid. Kiichli made a motion that the
minority report, presented at the last
meeting, be stricken out and that an
other be substituted which would re-
quire the city engineer to appear before
the committee for examination. Aid.
Bradsh waited until KiichlI had fin
ished, then he jumped TO his feet and
said:
II make motion that the pump in
vestigation committee be discharged"
The motion was seconded, and before
any one was aware of it had passed, and
the committee was discharged, thereby
ending another ancient affair that has
made many man prematurely gray
and aged. Aid. Gray created a mild
sensation by offering resolution to the
effect that in every instance all en-
pIoyes of the city must be full citizens
of the United States. This resolution.
if passed, would have the eff
feet of shutting out every for
eigner from securing employment
from the city, unless he had been in the
country a sufficient length of time to
have become full-fedged legal citizen.
OF course it was vigorously combatted
by the aldermen whose constituents are
largely foreigners. The matter was
finally settled by being referred to
committee consisting Of one alderman
from each ward. Aid. Gray explained
his reasons for submitting the reSolu-
ton, and when he had concluded Aid.
Rand sarcastically referred TO HIM as
the father of a KnoW-Nothing resolu-
ton.
The proposition of Peter Muller to
deed the city lot atthe corner of Main
stree and Thirteenth avenue southeast
for fire department purposes was ac-
cepted, and the contract for building
an engine house on the lot was awarded
to ID. ID. Smith for $9,765. The conl-
munication from the executive commit
tee Oh national convention, requesting
that the city cooperate in Eliminating
the streets during the convention, was
referred to the committee on ways and
means. Aid. Bradsh offered res
olutiOn on the improvement OF The Mis-
SisSippi river which was verbatim
copy of the report made by the commit
tee on waterways of the board of trade
at the meeting held Yesterday aft
ernoon. The resolution was passed
and the city clerk directed to send
copy to each of the representatives of
this district in Washington. The CON-
mittec Oh railroads, during the after
noon. formulated a report embracing
the Great Northern railroad proposition
regarding grades OIL the East side. The
proposition was changed considerably
from what it originally was, and pro-
vidad that all the old streets are to be
bridged by the railroad company, and
the city the new ones. There was con-
siderable discussion over grades and
bridges, but the report was finally
adopted, and Aid. Durham gave notice
that at the next meeting he will intro
duce an ordinance embracing the mat
ter contained in the report.