St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-31
THE ALDERMEN CONCUR,
BUT DO NOT INCLUDE Bull DING M
SPEcTOR NORRIS.
MORRIS To COME LATER

Only Three Votes in Favor of Do
rams supplemental Report
Hickman Takes the Floor to
Oppose Adopting Doran's Sup
plement-Very Dark for Frank
lin
The board of aldermen yesterday at
special meeting adopted the report of
the Franklin investigating committee.
The report was adopted by the assembly
with but one dissenting vote. and the
board of aldermen yesterday afternoon
by an unanimous vote OF the eight
members present did the same. The
supplemental report which Assembly
man Doran introduced and had passed
by the assembly censuring excluding
Inspector Morris failed to meet with
the approval of the board of aldermen,
only Aid. Copeland, Zimmerman and
Montgomery voting in favor of the
roast. 1t might also be stated that the
first two mentioned aldermen were
members of the special committee to
which the ordinance ousting Morris out
of office was referred in July, 1892, and
never reported on.
President Hickman called the session
to order at 4: 80 O'Clock and announced
that as Aid. Cullen and Warren were
out of the city and Aid. Quehl sick, the
eight members present were all that
! could be secured. The clerk read the
findings of the committee. which have
been published i'll the GLOBE, and Aid i
Markham explained that Aid Warren,
one of the committee, had been out OF
the city and lIad not attended any of the
meetings, and that Aid. Zimmerman
was out of the city when the final re-
port was made. This would, he said.
explain why the names of the members
were hot signed to the report. Aid.
Markham then moved the report be
| adopted, and, the motion being seconded
by Aid. Conley, the eight me mbers
| present voted for the adoption of the
report without any talk. The supple
| mental report of Assemblyman Doran,
which passed the assembly. was then
| read by the clerk. The report was as
| follows:
I'VE wish to call attention to the fact
that the purpose of the payment of this
sum of money seems to have been to
enable Mr.. Morris to serve out the term
| to which he had been elected. In view of
the action of Mr.. Morris in ate mpting
to further involve Mr.. Franklin by in
sisting that Mr.. Franklin should vote
for Mr.. Morris for a second term as
| building Inspector, we deem that Mr.
/ Morris is deserving of special censure.
and that said attempt be regarded as an
additional crime to the one committed"
Aid. Conley, who was a member of
the investigating committee, moved the
! supplemental report be laid On the
table. and Aid. Jensen at once seconded
the motion. Although motion to Law
or the table is not debatable, Aid. Mark
ham took occasion to say when his
name was called that while he was
opposed TO the adoption of the supple
/ mental report he would be forced to
/ vote against the motion to table. The
roll call showed Aid. Conley, Dorniden
and Jensen voting for tabling. and Aid.
Copeland, Montgomery, Markham, Zlm-
! merman and Hickman against it.
Aid. Zimmerman then moved the
adoption of the supplemental report.
/ which was seconded by Aid. Copeland.
| President Hickman asked if there were
any remarks. and Aid Markham took
the floor. The Seventh ward alderman
said there was 10 doubt that Mr.. Morris
was deserving of great censure, but, at
the same time, he saw no special reason
why the other parties concerned should
not receive the same amount of censure.
The committee i'll drafting the report
which had already been adopted in
tended to find only on the admitted facts
brought before them. Not on the sub
United statements, but on the facts ad-
United. And when the findings which
had Just been read and adopted were
drawn up it had been agreed that the
report was a fair and impartial one.
Certain members of the committee
thought the blame should rest with
Franklin, and others with Morris alone.
The committee finally agreed that it
would he unwise to distinguish between
them, and with this understanding
the report was drawn up and signed
by all members present as the unani-
nous report 1t had appeared since the
making OF the report that Mr.. Franklin
would be made the Scapegoat and that
others would be allowed to escape pun
ishment at the hands of the criminal
authorities. In order to prevent such
action the committee had called the at
tentlon OF the prosecuting attorney and
the grand jury to the matter. He had
taken occasion to notify the county at
torney that the parties in the matter
should be treated alike in the crImiua
prosecution. He believed the county
attorney would do his duty in the mat
ter, and the grand jury should not or
would not lend its aid to any such pur-
pose. There was no probability, he said,
of the grand jury showing any partialitv
in the investigation now being made.
and he hoped the motion to adopt the
supplemental report would not prevail
President Hickman called Aid. Zim-
norman to the chair and made a few
remarks as to his vote on tue motion.
He did not talk, he said, for the purpose
of making any argument but simply to
explain his vote. 1t was very evident
an attempt had been made by outsiders
to make political capital on both sides.
The committee had performed its duty
faithfully and well. The report showed
! no partisan or party purpose on either
side and the findings were exceedingly
fair. He was of the opinion that it
could be neither added to nor taken
away from. The supplemental report
showed partisan tendency, and while
his sympathieS were with Franklin, he
failed to see how Franklin could be
helped by going outside of the admit