St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-13
20 Be LET ON BIDS.
The Reform Council Will Not
Elect the Official
Paper,
But Decides to Let It Out on
Contract to the Low
Bidder.
Everything in Line to Give
the Gasoline Contract to
Seeger.
President Pyle Wants New
Schools for the Suburbs
Soon.

Last evening both the common coun-
ell and the assembly held meetings, the
former to pass resolution instructlng
the clerk to advertise for proposals for
the position of official paper, and the
latter to transact general business.
The assembly was first called to order,
President Wolterstorff presiding. Alter
the transaction of some minor business,
the body took a recess, during which
the common council convened and per
formed its part.
President Lightner occupied the
chair, and all the other members of the
common council were present except
Aid. Cullen, Jensen, Montgomery, War
rem and Assemblyman Sandell.
Mr.. Pike offered a resolution, which
was prepared by Mr.. Lightner some
weeks ago, and has been before each
body of the common council separately
several times. This resolution, as most
will remember, provides for competitive
bids from the different city papers for
the position of official paper. AS the
clerk finished reading il, Aid. 1ngerSoll
arose and said that the council some
years ago adopted measure doing away
with the competitive system, leaving
the matter of awarding the contract to
the preference of the cOunciimen. The
scale adopted by that resolution he
thought was a very reasonable one. He
doubted the policy OF asking any paper
TO accept the position at anything but
reasonable figure. Following his re-
marks he offered resolution to make
the Dispatch the official organ OF the
city. This he offered as substitute for
the Pike resolution. His resolution pro-
vided that the Dispatch should be the
official paper one year, and until such
time as its successor should be elected.
Aid. Franklin moved to refer both
resolutions to committee of five. He
thought the matter should be carefully
considered. His motion received no
second, and the vote was called OH In
gersolI'S substitute. 1t was lost by
vote of seven to eight. Those voting
yea were Aid. Copeland, Conley, Dorni-
den. Franklin, Zimmerman, 1ngersoll
and Mr.. Doran. Those voting no were
Aid. Hickman, MeSsrS. Daily, johnson,
Pike. Reardon, Van Slyke, VOTERS
torff and President Lightner.
The Pike resolution then went to vote
and was carried by ten to five. The five
voting no were Aid. Copeland, COnley,
DOrniden, Zimmerman and Mr. DAILY.
The resolution as carried, by an amend
ment made early in the proceeding, di-
reefs the city clerk to advertise for bids
TO be submitted Oh Jan. 20, on the even
Ing of which date the common council
Il, al
award the contract.
Aid. Hickman offered a resolution re-
curing that the following provisions
shall be placed in the contract with the
paper which comes out the lucky
bidder:
That all matters requiring but one
publication Shall he published in the
Tuesday paper; that i'll case Of matters
requiring more than one publication,
one of such publications shall be in the
Tuesday paper; that the council re-
serves to itself the right to change the
day on which publications shall be reg
ularly made; that the contract shall
provide that any one residing in the city
may obtain yearly, half-yearly or quar-
ter-yearly subscriptions to the Official
paper Of the days on which official pub
LEGATIONS are required to be made.
Aid. Franklin moved that the reSOlu-
ton be referred to the joint committee
on printing, but his motion failed to
carry.
The Dispatch was knocked out, but
not discouraged, and soon made a brace
for a new try at the matter. Had Mr..
DAILY voted in the affirmative instead of
the negative on the IngerSOll resolution
it would have carried. So after the
Hickman resolution was disposed of,
Mr.. DAILY found his feet to move a re-
consideration of the IngerSOll resOlu-
ton. The chair declared him out of
order. Then he moved the adoption of
new resolution covering the same
points. President Lightner said that
This motion presented il much more diff
ficult question Of order to decide than
the former motion, and he desired a
little light before announcing his
decision. Aid. IngerSOll took the floor
to shed light in favor of Mr..
Days motion. At length. upon the
suggestion of a lawyer sitting near Mr..
DAILY changed his motion TO a reconsid-
Grafton of the vote whereby the Pike
resolution was carried. a vote was
called. Those voting yea we're: Aid
Copeland, COniey, Dorniden, IngersolI
and Mr.. Daily. When Aid. FranklIn's
name was called he arose to state that
be had favored and voted for the Inger-
soil resolution. but it was lost, and his
side was whipped sQuarely; he did not
propose to kick now, and he should
vote against Mr.. Days movement
The others who voted no were: Aid.
Hickman, Zimmerman, MesSrs. Doran,
Van Slyke, Johnson, Pike, Beardon,
WolterstOrtf and Lightner. Thus the
Dispatch was doWned by vote of 5
to ~.
Here the common council adjourned
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