St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-02
He Has Been Elected AttOp-
ney Of the Minneapolis
Park Board.
Meeting Of the Prohibition
State Committee Followed
by a Banquet.
Mayor Winston Returns and
Takes UP the Thread Of
Municipal Matters.
Ministers en- the Parochial
Schools Again--News From
the Courts.

The park board held its regular
monthly meeting yesterday afterDoon.
and not only settled the deferred attor-
neyship fight by the election of Ben b.
Clay. but also disposed. i'll an eXpedi-
tiOuS manner, of considerable other bus
mess of Importance, prominent among
which was the naming of the committees
for the ensuing year by President
Boardman, and the address of this
newly elected officer. BY mutual con-
sent, the election of the attorney was
left until the end Of the meeting, even
new business being disposed of first.
AS had been announced. Mayor Winston
on hand to participate in the election.
The meeting chamber and the secre-
tary's office and halls adjoining were
crowded during the entire session with
those who are prominent i'll politics and
those who would be prominent, all APP
pearng deeply interested in the out
come of the election. When the other
affairs had been swept out of the way
and ballutlng was resumed, it took but
little time to decide the fight, the bust
ness being done in 5 additional ballots,
which made 81 in all.
From the first it was plain that Fred
Cook had quietly and gracefully retired
from the field in favor of Ben B. Clay.
1t was also plain that Gjertsen could
not muster sufficient strength to Sc
cure the election, and il John Day
Smith had any serious aspirations in
this direction they were rudely shat
tered, as his name was not mentioned
until the last ballot.
The fifty-Second, or the first ballot
taken yesterday, showed votes for b.
B. Clay. for Henry Gjertsen, and 4 for
c. j. lockwood. The fifty-thlrd was
but repetition, but the fifty-fourth
and fifty-tifth gave Clay Z, Gjertsen 5
and lockwood 3. On the fifty sixth, or
deciding ballot. all combinations were
apparently declared off, and the result
was decided change, Clay receiving
the S votes necessary to an election.
Gjertsen but ., lockwood and John
ID. Smith and John NJ. Rees each one.
The presidents address to the board
was principally devoted to recommend
ationS. and was as follows:
The park board has held position
close to the confidence and love of our
people, primarily because it has merited
it, and, largely, because OF the uniform
consideration and courtesy with which
it has been treated by the press. We
can only expect to maintain this conf
dence by continuing to deserve it, and,
providing, so far as we may, within our
act. to meet the wants of the greatest
number Of our people.
In this latitude there are only about
seven months, at the outside, when,
without winter sports. our parks are
Seryiceable, and while the cost of main
tenance for the summer months is about
SAL 600. do not consider we have gone
nt in
cent of this amount III making them
enjoyable for the greater portion
OF the other five months, for
the thousands of youth who then
frequent them. But | would depre-
cate and discourage any use of park
funds for this purpose, outside of park
lines, as not warranted by our act, and
a bad precedent to establish. l believe
this board is the only department of the
city government which has furnished
any free bathing facilities for the chill
dren. and would recommend in this con-
nectiOn that a committee from this board
be appointed to meet General Manager
Goodrich, of the street railway COM
pany, and see if, during sixty days Of
the heated term, arrangements cannot
be made for a train during some con-
venient hour of the day, or early even
ing, to carry children both ways for one
fare. l would also suggest that small
piece of land be set out in Loring park,
upon which ANIMALS and suitable flower
ing plants be cultivated, from which
baskets of flowers be cut each morning,
to be distributed to the hospitals in turn
from the superintendent Office, as he
may direct, so as to bring the fragrance
of our system to those unfortunateS who
cannot otherwise enjoy them.
The committee on improvements. in
conjunction with that on shore rights,
can we'll afford this year from our in
come, after providing for our fixed
charges and improvements, obligated in
accepting gifts OF land, to erect a free
pavilion in one of the groves of our
larger parks, convenient to transporta-
ton for picnic purposes, for Sabbath
schools. labor and other organizations,
and also provide. in this connection, free
swings and hammOcks for few pen-
MES, with attendants to look after the
same.
1t would be appropriate to arrange
some floral device at the state park at
Minnehaha, so strangers visiting it from
our own or neghboring cities may leave
with no confusion of ideas as to whom
that park belongs, and that it may be
evident that it is part and parcel of the
Minneapolis park system.
AS is well known, in the early part
of June our city will be visited by many
thousands of strangers from Maine to
California, and North Dakota to Texas.
1t is. therefore, desirable that our drives
and parks. which are the special pride
of our people, should be in the best pos
sible condition at this time. There will