St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-11
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Sent to a Committee.

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referred to special committee of three
FROM each body.
Mr.. Doran was in favor of the presi-
dent OF the council acting as chairman
of the committee, and as there was no
objection the chair announced the fol-
lowing as the committee: w. Il. John
son, chairman; Aids. Copeland, Cullen
and Montgomery and Assemblymen
DOran, Reardon and Schuette
Mr.. Doran said at the meeting of the
council held year ago committee had
been appointed to consider the question
OF salaries, and he thought it might be
we'll at this time to consider the ap-
pointment of similar committee.
The. president facetiOusiy observed
that committee on street railway mat
tiers had also been appointed year ago.
q Mr. Reardon was on his feet in an
instant, and in a very earnest manner
stated it would be very good idea to
have committee on street railway
matters this year. He couldn't tell, he
said, whether the citizens had any rights
at all which Mr.. Lowry was bound tC
respect. 1t was impossible, he eX-
planned, to get a transfer from the Jack
son street line, which he patroniZed at
times, to any other line. This was
something. he thought. which should be
inquired into, and the rights of the citi-
ZenS protected.
Tim Was Wound Up.
While he was up he also wanted to
call attention to another matter. Last
year as soon as the new council had
taken their seats the city engineer had
reduced the number of employees and
reduced salaries of others. This spring
he had noticed that all the old employees
had been put back, additional ones APP
pointed and salaries were at the old fig
ureS. If the committee on salaries was
appointed he wanted particular
ing department. This depart
ment. he said, would bear looking
after, as he knew of men drawing salar-
les in that force who were doing moth
ing at all. The idea was absurd, he
said, of two uperintendents, each hav-
Ing charge of five men, and drawing paT
for uperlntending their work.
Mr.. Cullen asked if the investigation
was to be confined to the engineers de-
partment alone, but he was given no
answer to his question.
Mr.. Copeland inquired if the commit
tee on garbage was still IN existence.
This evidently touched Mr.. Reardon,
for he replied that he had turned the
matter of dumping ground for the gar
bage contractors over to Aid. Jensen,
the alderman of the ward in which the
dump was located.
Jensen Blames ReardOn,
Aid. Jensen denied knowing any
thing about the matter, and threw the
blame for not making report on the
chairman of the committee, Mr.. Rear
don.
Again Mr.. Reardon took the floor, and
insisted on the committeewhich had:been
appointed to consider the board of edu-
cation report taking charge of the SAL
of city officials salaries. and particu-
larly those of the engineers depart
ment, ought to be investigated. There
were men acting as inspectors or
sprinkling chasers who never earned
an honest penny in their lives, and how
they were appointed to the positions
was more than he could tell.
Aid. Iugersoll, in a loud aside, said
they had been put on by Democrats.
Turning to Ingersoll, Mr.. Reardon
said: mo, they were put on by Repub-
licans; and understand you have been
recommending their appointment"
A Distasteful Task.
Mr.. Copeland SAID he could not vote
for the motion to have the committee, of
which he was a member, consider the
question of salaries. His idea was that
it should be referred to the committee
on ways and means.
The chair said it would not be posi-
BILE for the common council to appoint
any committee except from its own
body.
The city attorney came to the rescue
OF Mr.. Copeland and explained it would
not be advisable for committee from
the common council to consider the mat
ter.
Acting on this suggestion Mr.. Rear
don withdrew his motion, but ana
nounced that he would present the
matter at the next meeting of the as
sembly.