St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-24
TWO Champions Of the Audi
forum Come Calamity to
the Rescue,
And the Assembly Goes on
Record as Favoring the
Original Plan.
Warm Stirring Causes Quite
an Odop From an Old Az
Otine Bill.
Change in the Peddlers' Or
dinance and Other Coun-
Gil Routine.

Last Friday the prospects for public
| auditorium looked very dubious indeed.
| Both ASSemblymen McCafferty and
| Oppenheim were out of the city, and
that can be well urged as one of the rea-
| sons. They have returned, however,
with the one duty ofreScuiug the project
and they have burdened themSelve S
from the threatened destruction. The
| enemies of the enterprise seem to be in
state of general apathy, and
! haobored sentiment that the market
house site is too valuable for the
purpose. Chairman Van Slyke, of the
| Joint committee on auditorium, is the
| principal mentor of the latter theory.
while Assemblyman Murray is for
| ninSt' the whole thing because, he as
serts, it is an injustice to taxpayers. He
wants to let the enterprise wait until
private capital is interested.
The auditorium matter was perhaps
the most important measure the assem-
bly, had TO deal with at the regular ses-
| sion last evening. The JOINT committee
reported that they had decided to
recommend the rejection of all bids. and
the reading of this report brought
ASSemblyman McCatferty upon his
feet to make fight against the course.
! He acQuieSced, however. when Mr.. OPP
| penheim explain ed that the bids now
| before the committee are of no practical
value, because they contemplate tenn
| porary structure. and the report was
| adopted. Then the following reSolu-
ton was introduced by Mr.. Oppenheim:
Resolved. That it is the sense of the COM
mon council that the committee on auditori-
um proceed forthwith with the erection of
auditorium house y
originally planned;
Resolved further, That the corporation at
torney be instructed to push, without delay,
all suits pending against the city, seeking TO
impede the building of an auditorium on the
market house site as originally Planned.
Mr.. Oppenheim, in support of his
measure, declared that it is best to set
tie the question at once and for all time.
There had been parleying ard gerry
Wandering enough, and MIR. Nee afferty
spoke pungently and fearleSSly to the
same end. He was utterly astonished
at the course of the committee on fri
day, during his absence, and he could
not understand how it could have acted
so. and no regretted his own unavOid-
able absence from the city at that time.
He deprecated the action of the commit
tee, and Assemblyman Van Slyke
seemed to feel that this was an asper-
sion, and he demanded to know what
the gentleman meant.
81 deprecate the course of the COM
mittee in everything from beginning to
the end" retorted Mr.. McCafferty. He
then recited the declaration of the COM
mittee at the last previous meeting TO
the effect that it is the sense of the COM
mittee that the work be begun at once
on the market house site. There was
but one vote against this and the speaker
cOlld not IlrdprcfanH now tho commit
tee of seven members could consistently
reverse its course on a vote of only two
members. He would not consent to the
abandonment of the scheme, for he felt
that the necessity is urgent and that
public sentiment demands it.
Mr.. Oppenheim pronounced the Da-
wilson plan fallacy, and said it is i'm
possible to erect an auditorium on the
site, and he cited the fact that the en-
trance will have to be made through an
other building 100 feet long. Mr.. Van
against the resolution. He asserted
that there is not another man in the
city more DESTROYS of an auditorium, but
he opposed the plan of taking the mar
ket house site, because he claims it is
too valuable for such use. His and
Murray's were the only negative votes.
Immediately upon the passage of this
resolution Mr.. McCafferty withdrew
from the committee and asked that Mr..
Oppenheim be restored to his old place.
1t will be remembered that the latter
resigned a month ago because he was
to be absent from the city for time
and Mr.. McCaffeTty was appointed to
fill the vacancy. President Murray re-
fused to listen to any objection to Mr..
McCatferty's request, and when it was
suggested that he be added to the COM
mittee Mr.. Murray returned:
No, there are enough on the commit
tee noWn