St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-12
kllCKLI IS D0WNED.
His Transfer Ordinance Re !,
ceives Its First Reading
Only in the Council.
Aldermen Explain Their Votes
Because They Wanted to
Go on Record.
Judge Shaw and Bowker Tire
a Small Audience With
Old Pleas.
Convention Bidders Qualify
Supt. Henderson Is Dig
nifiedly Silent.

IIIG vi lIlC CIII COuIlCIl iQoU N"'
the Kiichli street railway transfer ordi-
nance, compelling the company to issue
checks on all lines in the city and at all
intersections. The Republican alder
men were anxious to go on record as
favoring the ordinance. but did all in
their power to defeat it. and the adop-
tion of the committees report and the
first reading of the ordinance was
merely a formality deemed neces-
sary to GO through before its
final dumping in the waste basket.
Among other matters of interest that
came up was Aid. Grimes motion that
all telegraph and electric light poles be
torn down before May l. This passed
like whirlwind, and, unless the COM
panies owning,the poles take them down
of their own accord, they will likely be
cut down. A faint odor of Harmonic
hall and exposes permeated the atmos-
phere when petition from Col. Glenn,
asking that his license money be re-
funded, was read. 1t was referred to the
committee on licenses, and smile
passed over the faces of the assembled
SolonS. After the transaction of lot OF
routine business, including the reading
OF new ordinances and referring petl-
tionS to the proper committees, the re-
port of the special committee on rail-
roads. which had in hand the Klchll
transfer ordinance, came up. Inc re-
port embodied the opinion of City At
torney Russell that it was uncOnstltu-
tional; also a letter from President
Lowry declining to meet the committee
and consult on the matter. The com
hnf Att the (i1W
and after reading President LOwry's
letter decided to report in favor of the
ordinance. The letter is given below:
Charles f. Haney, Esq, City Clerk, Mime
apolis, Minn.-Sir: Yours of yesterday, in
forming me that the joint committee on rail
roads and ordinances desired my pres
ence before them today at O'Clock p. M,
received. Please inform the committee that
engagements previously made Will prevent
me from complying with their request. 1
would say, however. that it would be useless
for a representative of the street railway
company to take up the Time CT your com
mttee in discussing the proposed transfer
ordinance. The company will IN the future,
as it has in the past, keep all its agreements
with the city, including the transfer clause
in it's ordinance. and il hopes and believes
the city will do the same. II our pres
ent system of transfers is inadequate,
we will be glad if the commit
which will better accommodate the pubic
in it's legitimate use. and at the same time
protect the company from the. wholesale
frauds now daily being p-actlced upon II.
At no time has the company failed 10 comply
with all reasonable requirements OF the
council.
Mr.. Goodrich, the active manager Of the
road. is absent from the city, and is expected
to return early in April. | would suggest
that q conference be delayed until after his
and that nrOD0Se0 Will
be in the interest of the public and wholly
divested of political ammunition. Re-
spectfully, THOMAS LOWRY, President.
Explained Their Votes.
Aside from reading the letter and report
legal opinions from Judge Smith and others
on similar cases were cited. These opinions
were partly on which City Attorney Russell
based his opinion that the ordinance was un-
constitutional. He was asked all sorts OF
questions pertaining to Blackstone, and an
swered them good naturedly. Among the
aldermen who explained their votes on the
adoption of the report were Aid. dcGowan,
Haines. Parry. Grimes, Bradish, Gray, Potter
and BarroWs. The latter gentleman was in
a sarcastic mood, and his eye twinkled as he
said that he had signed the report knowing
it was unjust absurd ard Illegal just to put
himself on record. The trades and labor
assembly, he said, had intmated that the
committee was owned by the city railway
company. and wanted the ordinance to be
referred back TO the council, TO put the mem
berS on record
~ want to go on record with these people"
said Aid. Bdrrows sarcastically. Il haven't
had chance before. so take this
The alderman said he certainly had received
no money from the street railway company,
and had not received notice that any one else
had been given any for him. Had such been
the case, he might have acted differently.
Aid. Bradish followed patriarchal Barrows,
and cast a few pointed shafts at his eel
league, Kiichli, who was father of the IA
nous ordinance. He also pricked the trades
and labor assembly in delicate way. He
would vote for the passage Of the report and
ordinance he said. for humanity's sake. no
matter whether it was legal or not He under
stood Tom Lucas was out of employment.
and as the passage of this transfer ordinance
would no doubt give employment to great
many people, he would vote for it. 1t was
not often that the council had an opportunity
to give way to humanity's call, and every
thing ought to be thrown aside and the ap-
peal responded to.
Aid. Gray wanted all opportunity to eX
plain his vote, and did so Ill his usual de-
sultory manner. Aid. Parry got nervous at
the length of Aid, Gray's preamble and
asked the chair to call him to order.
''I1e isn't explaining his vote, said Aid.
Parry, giving his cigar fashionable twirL
IF he ever said anything l wouldn't object,
but he doesn't"
Miicllli and the Chair.
Aid. Gray. however, was allowed to finish
the explanation of his vote, in which he
held forth what he termed inadequate street
railway services and very poor transfer
system. The report was finally allowed to
go to a vote and it was adopted unanimously.
The ordinance itself then came up tor read
ing and Clerk Haney stated it was the first.
Aid. Kiichi jumped to his feet at this and
insisted that it was the second reading, for
he had made the first reading himself.
President Potter refused to recognize this as
the first reading, however, stating that no
one but the clerk had the authority to give
an ordinance its reading. A warm discussion
as to parliamentary rules and uSageS fol-
lowed. in which Aid. Bradish took delight in
embarrassing Aid. Kl1chll by lnterpolating
humorous and pointed remarks. The latter
moved that the minutes of the council be SO
changed as to show that his ordinance had
received the first reading at previous meet
ing but President Potter hau declined to ell
tertain il, and AID. Kiichli sat down, very
red in the face, with the remark that tie
council seemed 10 have the bulge on him.
The ordinance was then read as the first time,
and at the conclusion the irrepresSible Kiichli
made another motion, practically the same
as the first, that the minutes be SO amended
that they would show that his ordinance had
received its first reading. Potter made the
same ruling and a wrange ensued, with the
majority of the council on the size OF the
chair. Kichli got mad and tried it again.
Potter said he would waive his ruling this
time and put it to a vote to have the matter
settled once for all.
Various of the aldermen INDUCED III dis
cussion on parliamentary rules and OH the
subject OF the ordinance itself, some claim
ing that Aid. Kiichl had the right to read
his own ordinance and some the opposite.
The result of the whole matter was that
when the motion TO amend come to vote 1t
was lost.
Pumps VIII BE Manned.
The report of the water board asking for
the confirmation of Messrs. Cowan and Fair
weather passed by with scarcely q ripple 1t
wos expected that the aldermen who have
avowed their dislike for Engineer Rinker
would attempt to force the report to the wall,
but 1t turned out differently. Aid. Rollins
made q motion that the report be laid on the
table and began explaining his reasons. The
chairman called him to order. and finding no
second, asked those who were in favor of
confirming the appointment of the engineers
to vote aye There was but one dissenting
vote, and that was AID Rollins.
The Minnesota hospital college, through
the medium of q communication, offered to
sell its building at the corner of Ninth ave-
nue. south and Sixth street TO the city, for
use as a new city hospital The price of the