St. Paul daily globe., 1892-01-27
A BREEZY SESSION.
The Assemblymen Enliven
Their Dry Routine
Work
By Spicy and GOOd-Humored
Sallies at Each
Other.
Floater Discovered Under the
Kansas City Railway
Bridge.
There Is No Clue as to the
Identity Of the
Man.

1t would have proved mighty dull
and uninteresting meeting of the august
asSemblymen last evening if a fortu-
itous circumstance had not spiced it
with the wit that emanated from a spir-
tied tilt between the president and AS
semblyman McCafferty. These occur
renceS are unique, and they invest dry
routine with an appetizing flavor. While
the gentlemen to these periodical con-
flicts are warm personal friends in the
true spirit of active eXponentS of the
phases of the legal profession,
they each have an innate delight
tor heated debates. 1t came up
over the passage of an estimate
for a sewer in the Phalen creek district.
President Murray unceremoniously re-
ferred the matter to the committee on
streets, ''if there be no objection" 1t
was disposed of, in fact with such rapid
method, that Mr.. McCatferty hardly
realized what had been done, and when
the facts suddenly dawned upon him he
leaned over to his cOnfrere on his right
and whispered.
Move reconsideration of the vote
by which it was referred"
Accordingly Assemblyman McNamee
made motion to reconsider. but the
whole thing got badly mixed up and an
other subject was taken up. Mr.. Nc
Cafferty protested against summary
references in general and the
one under consideration in particular.
whereat the dignified president called
time by suggesting that the assembly
man should first make a motion. Mr.
McCafferty blandly intimated that there
was motion before the body, and he
was speaking on that motion, and he
suggested that it was scarcely seeming
in the president to get excited.
Mr.. Murray, starting out TO explain
his course. asserted that "ASSemblyman
McCatferty jumped up and got on his
ear.'
"Mr. President" interrupted the as
semblyman, ''you must permit me to
take exceptions to your inelegant
phraseology. rose from my seat, sir.
in dignified manner, and addressed
the chair in parliamentary style. We
don't jump up, sir: there are no jump
ing-jacks here, sir!'' 4
Mr.. Murray allowed that Mr. McCaff-
erty was right; but when the vote was
taken on the sewer project Mr.. Murray
voted mo-" and it was lost. But when
the city clerk announced that his desk
was clear. Mr.. Murray recalled the esti-
mate and it was passed, and gOod-fel-
lOWship and harmony reigned supreme
once more. 81
One of the more important measures
considered was the peddlar license
ordinance. There was an Increase
fixed, namely, for foot peddlers the
license fee is raised from Sl1, the old
amount, to S26; team peddlers, from $50
up to S51. This, of course. includes the
usual 81 fee. -
A preliminary order was passed dl-.
recting the board of public works to,
proceed with a sewer in, Maiden lane.
between Selby and Nina avenues, and a
communication was received from the
Fifth Ward Citizens union asking for a
number of additional gas lamps to be
located in the ward. The latter was
referred to the board of public orks.
The fire commissioners were authorized
to remove the old historic city hall bell
from the belfry of the old building. that
is about to give way to the magnificent
government structure, to Engine House
No. 6.
it had been anticipated that some lit
tie furOr would be created at the meet
ing because of the opposition of jealous
members of the chamber of commerce
to the construction of the much-mooted
sented an aspect of expectancy when a
delegation from the chamber of CON-
merce filed into the handsome ceuncli
chambers. J. w. Cooper. H S. Fair
child and George r. Finch came before
the body polite burdened with the Office
of the chamber of commerce. They re-
cited the occurrences OF the mass meet
ing held in the chamber whercat pro-
testing resolution was adopted, asking
that action on the bridge be postponed,
but the only action the assembly took
was to refer the resolution to the COM
mittee Oh streets.
Assemblyman McNamee offered
resolution authorizing the issue of s., 900
in certificates of Indebtedness, the sale
of the same to be devoted to the public
library fund, the same being based
upon the proposed tax collection for the
ensuing year, and the resolution was
adopted.
An order was directed to be drawn by
the proper officers. upon resolution
presented by Mr.. BanholZer, in favor of
McSherry & White for S2,210.29 as pay
ment in full of the contract price for
remodelng the building on West Third
street for the new police station.