St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-16
MAC HOLDS The FORT
The Comptroller Continues to
Pose as the City Hall
s..s Gar.
Secretary White Cannot Get
the Increased Salary
Granted Him.
Widow Cummings Still De-
-. prived of What Is Le-
gally Due Her.
Elueberry Warriors Will Gel
citrate the Anniversary Of
Their Exploits.

The city employees were paid June
salaries yesterday, with the exception of
the school teachers, who will be settled
with today. There are three employees
of the city who will not get their June
salaries for several days. This is owing
to the stand taken by Comptroller Nc
Cardy, who re fuses to pass their claims.
The charter provides that the board of
public works shall appoint clerk,
whose salary shall be fixed by said
board, and the council shall approve of
the;Same. The beard considered the pay
: roll on which Mr.. Kerker was placed
/. being approved by the council would be
all that was necessary i'll the matter.
The comptroller construed the law in
different light, and. acting on his Sug-
gestion, the board of aldermen at their
last meeting were notified by the board
of public works that Mir. Kerker had
been appointed. The communication
went to the committee on ways and
means of that body. and it will be two
weeks at least before Mr.. Kerker will
draw his June stipend.
Mrs. Bridget Cummings, matron at
the central police station, is another
who did not get her pay. In fact, Mrs.
Cummings has net been paid for May or
June. The report OF the chief of police
for June. sent 10 the conference conf
mittee, showed the matrOn to have been
employed as member of the department
for thirty days. and the pay roll sent to
the comptrOl!er'S Office had her name II
it. The comptroller, however. drew his
pen through the name and deducted the
amount from the total. The matter OF
the payment Of tile woman's salary for
May went to the committee OH ways
and means of the assembly on a CON-
munication from the com ptr0ller. That
officer claimed the council had no right
TO create the office. quoting i'll his CON-
mumcation a provision OF the Bell CHAR
ter. which says:
THE common council shall have no power
to create any new or salaried office not spe-
CITED in the charter, or i'll any manner
10 increase the salary OF compensation of
any saiaried officer"
This committee, after listening to an
opinion of the city attorney, which said
the appointment was legal, and that the
salary should be paid, lodged the Issue
by reporting to the assembly that the
comptroller evidently knew his BUSH
ness, and they would leave the matter
in his hands.
in the meantime, Mrs. Cummings,
who is widow and with family of six
small children to support, is patiently
waiting for the payment of her wages
now past due.
In connection with the refusal to pay
Mrs. Cummings, it is noticed that
the name of William John Tully,
janitor at the central police station,
was not crossed from the pay
roll by. the comptroller. The fact
that Tufly has a pulp in the ward and
is recent appointment of Mayor
Wright may have something to do with
this. Comptroller ,MeCardy said yes.
terday, " ben his attention was called
10 this. that he had not given the matter
any attention, but would at an early
date. He intimated that he might be-
required to take the same action with
the janitor'S salary as with that of the
police matron.
AT the meeting of the board of educa-
tiOu in June the salary or e. w. White,
the secretary. was increased from s., 500
fstO 81, 400 per year. The comptrol Ter
notified the board that such increase
was not legal. and intimated that he
would refuse to pay the additional $40
per month. Secretary White obtained
a written opinion from the city attorney
that the increase was legal,and this was
forwarded to the comptroller. The
opinion, however, does not seem to have
: touched the proper spring. for the war
rant drawn to pay the secretary's sal
fry, which will be given him today, is
agured Oh the basis of 81, 800 per year.