St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-11
IF he HAD RESIGNED
HE WOULD NOT BE TROUBLED BY7HE
NOVEMBER P6Y BOIL.
. SHORTAGE h SALARIES

The Mayor Was Warned in Time,
but He Did Not Heed 1t
Comptroller SIcCardy Does Not
Approve the Mayors Financier-
ing-Wright Appeals to the
Council.
Mayor Wright, City Comptroller Nc
Cardy and Assem- blyman Lightner.
chairman OF tile committee on ways and
means from that body held a conference
Yesterday afternoon. The discussion
or rather the questions put to the comp
ttoiler by the mayor were in regard to
the shortage in the police department
faud. AT the present time the police
fund is down to about $4,000 and from
this sum the pay roll for October
amounting TO $1,000 will he paid next
Wednesday,. This wilt leave shortage
of about $4,000 10 be rais.-d before the
November salaries OF the police en-
plUyeS can be paid. No definite steps
were arrived at by the trio at the session
Yesterday. although several propositions
for raising the necessary amount were
made by the mayor, and the comptroller
was asked to give all expression as to
the feasibility of the mayors schemes.
Mr.. MeCardy. however, would not COM
nit himself to any or the proposed plans
suggested by the mayor, but agreed to
take the same under adviSement.
In June last the comptroller, at the
regular meeting of the conference COM
mittee. OF which the mayor is chairman,
called attention to the condition of the
police and other department funds, and
suggested that in order to make sure
the salaries in the police and fire depart
ments would be paid in November re-
ductiOn would have to be made in eX-
penSeS in these departments. Mayor
Wright at that time had a scheme by
which the certificates of indebtedness
due in October could be renewed and
the money to pay them used in making
up the shortages when il became neces-
sary. Comptroller McCardy at that
time said the scheme of the mayor was
not practicable, and under the charter
he could not lend himself to any such
arrangement. This warmed the mayor
up, and with czar-like wave of the
manu- illt Vi illSd COiii lIeI6
would be no reduction made in either
the police or fire departments, and if it
should happen that the November sal
aries could not be paid, "the
blame would have to fall where
it belonged" intimating that the
comptroller would be the one
who would have to bear the blame. The
board of fire commissioners were evil
IDENTITY impressed with the statement of
the comptroller as TO the coming short
age, and after deal Of talk finally de-
cided to make a reduction which would
bring them within the amount avail
able. ItreQuired a cut of 10 per cent in
salaries and the curtailIng of expenses
all around, but the thing was done. and
as result the fire department fund will
be sufficient to pay the November pay
roll and leave Il small balance. The
mayor, i'll letter to the assembly last
Thursday night. entreated that body to
help him ont of the hole in which he
now finds himself as regards the police
department shortage. and the confer
ence yesterday was held to prepare a
plan to be submitted to the ways and
means committee of the assembly, to
whom the communication for help was
referred.