St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-26
MINNEAPOLIS.
COUNCIL POLITICS.
Two Matters That May Come Up
at Tonight's Meeting.

1t is announced, presumably on good
authority, that the aldermen who have
put themselves on record in the city
council as being friends of the spy syS
tenn in municipal politics will attempt
ut the meeting of the council tonight
to eXpunge from the records all
that transpired in the council cham
Der at the last meeting OF the
council after Aid. Lowell left the
chair. They may try TO do that.
1t will do them no good. There is not
the remotest possibility of success UNI
less several members of the much-ma-
ligned Fifteen" fall under the doctors
care and are unable TO be present. There
is small chance of any one of che men
who voted for the amendment to the
liquor ordinance going back on that
action. Without speech being made.
it is a good bet TO wager that the coun-
Gil might vote for fortnight without
there being a change of a single vote
from the record on the liquor ordinance
amendment. But the Fifteen" have as
good parliamentarianS among them as
can be found on the other side. and they
will, without doubt, be found ready TO
cope with any scheme that their oppo-
nents may spring.
Let the Republican aldermen-the
FIVE Republicans who voted for the
liquor ordinance amendment are no
longer classed among the Republicans,
even by the Republican paperS-be
warned. If they attempt any summary
action they may get into trouble. They
may find the corpse of one of their pet
city officials lying at their feet. 1t is a
well-known fact that one Andrew Rink
er has not too many friends among the
aldermen. Many there be who are Just
waiting for chance to spring upon
him, grasp bis scalp lock. give the
knife quick turn and wave his CORY
scalp in the air. They are LAY
ing for" Andrew, and if his friends
make many breaks, Andrew IS
likely to pay the penalty. 1t
need be no surprise to the public if the
council is called upon tonight to declare
the office of city engineer vacant and
order new election. More than one
alderman has treasured up iii his breast
q grievance against the engineer. 1t is
more than possible that charges of III
subordination will be preferred against
Rinker and the office held by him de-
clared vacant on that ground. 1t is
claimed that he has on more than one
occasion failed to carry out the instruc-
tons of the council and all these things
will be raked up against him. The
aldermen who make these charges
treasure them in their breasts and will
make only vague illusions to them, but
they wink significantly and say that
they can Dust Mr.. Rinker if they feel
like it. Should this matter of dropping
Rinker come up, the pump house en-
broglio will cut more or less of figure.
A Id. Schwartz openly declares that
Tweedie and HOll were not fired by the
committee on water works, but by Nc
Connell at the instigatiOn of Rinker.
AT the time Tweedie made his famous
assault Oh the pumps during the pump
investigation, it is said that Rinker de-
clared that he would have the scalps of
him and Holl. He seems to have Sc
cured them, and now his own is in
danger. This matter may not come up,
but it is in the air, and but little is re-
Quired to touch it off and cause an ex-
plosion.