St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-21
PA1ROLMEN HUNG UP.
Republican Assemblymen's
Flimsy Reasons for Not.
Confirming ~
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THE MAYORS SELECTIONS.
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Lewis Objects to Nugent Be-
cause He Is Minus the -
Arm 'sl
HE LOST IN THE SERVICE.
Reardon Alone Votes Against
Confirming John j.
O'Connor.

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the assembly Endorsing the action of its
Republican committee OH police. 1t was
we'll along in the session when the CON-
mittee's report came before the as
sembly. The first communication rec i
commended the confirmation of the fol-
lowing appointments:
| John j. O'Connor. chief of detectives
| William Hantt. captain; Thomas
| Walsh, lieutenant; Martin Flanagan.
sergeant, and Thomas Mitchell, driver
of the black maria.
When the resolution to confirm these
appointments was put to a vote. all an
| swered AYE" but before the city clerk
| could announce the result, Mr.. Reardon
| exclaimed:
81 change my vote to no on the first
name.' ...4
Thus did Reardon prove his professed
friendship for John" of whom he had
said the previous day: Il have no per-
sonal objection to John, for We have
always been friends"
PatrOlmen Referred Back
The remaining appointments were
referred by the committee back to the
assembly. and were promptly laid over.
The reason given by the committee for
| referring them back was that inasmuch
as the new men were appointed to fill
the places OF others removed for the
| good of the SERVICE" the committee
could not confirm them, as it did not
recognize the existence of any vacan>
cieS. The appointments thus hung up
were:
Michael Kirschmeier. vice Andrew
Hervin; Fred e. Tageler. vice Olaf Lar
| son; Oscar Tankenhoff, vice L. j. Pal
mer; Edward Mccarthy. vice H. H.
Lilly; Phillip B. McTaggart. vice Ed
ward Lee; Charles Fl. Gates. vice John
Linden, Michael T.. Moran, vice John
York, John Hammes. vice Oscar Tank
enoff; John c. Cowan, vice John N.
| Blades. III
Good Effort for Nugent
Assemblyman Strouse made verbal
report concerning the case of Jim Nu-
gent, and spoke in favor of confirming
| his appointment. Mr.. Van Slyke
moved that it be confirmed. but Mr.!
| Lewis objected. He couldn't see how
the assembly could legally confirm the
| appointment, as the law demanded that
a hatrolman Oil the st. Paul police force
must have two arms and two hands,
whereas Jim" had only one arm, and
| hand. So the case was referred BACK
to the committee OH police to devise,
with the aid of the city attorney. some
| plan whereby Nugent could properly
be appointed to some position. Webb's
case was also referred.
The appointment of George W. Guion
as patrOlman was confirmed without
opposition.
The assembly dispatched considerable
routine business, consisting principally
| of measures from the board of alder
men. The session would have come to
an end reasonably early had it not been
| for weariSome debate, over an hour
in length, between AssembIyman
Lewis and two property owners,
John W. Pinch and NJ. J.. Bell.
| granting the Davis Boiler Works CON-
pany two lots on the West side levee, OH
which to erect buildings. Mr.. Lewis
wanted the ordinance referred back to
the committee Oh streets. becausesthefe
| were several reasons, he said, why II
should not pass. He read petition,
| setting forth the reasons, which was
signed by several West side property
| owners.
The Principal Reason Given
was that the United States government
had built harbor there where
landings were needed, and, lastly, the
Davis company was not a new industry.
Messrs Pinch and Bell puDctured some
OF Mr.. Lewis arguments. They secuted
the idea OF harDOr at this point OH the
| rlVoy haInD pf Voluo
and Mr.. Pinch took issue with MIR.
Lewis for advocating a discriminating
| policy in favor of new industries. AS.
semDlyman Parker finally put an end
to the everlasting discussion by second
ing Mr.. Lewis motion to refer the mat
ter back, as, so Mr.. Parker SAID, there
seemed to be two sides to the question.
The ordinance was thereupon referred
back to the committee.
The smoke nuisance ordinance was
postponed indefinitely, to await tests of
newly patented smoke consumers. In
this connection Assemblyman Parker
| submitted a resolution that the joint
court house committee be respectfully
requested to experiment with the
Best Smoke Consumers
in the market, applying them, for the
| purpose OF experiments. to the smoke
stack used in connection with the
heating plant of the court house
| and county Jail; that the tests and
experiments be as thorough. impartial
and accurate as possible under the
direction and assistance of competent
experts: that the committee be respects
fully requested to report to this body
the result of its investigations, the name
of the smoke consumer which, in the
opinion of the committee, performs the
most satisfactory work. The resolution
was referred to the chairman of the
court house commission to act upon. 81
The resolution from the committee on
streets instructing the city attorney Al
To Begin an Action III
against the st. Paul City Railway CON-
pany to compel it to discontinue the use
of bituminous coal in its plant under
the hill was adopted unanimously. The
result will be to rid the city of the
dense volume of black smoke which
now issues from the power house CHM
ney. -.
A communication was received from
City Engineer Rundlett informing the
assembly that the Russian thistle is be-
ginning to get foothold in st. Paul.
To prove this, the city engineer accom-
panied his communication with speci-
men of the Russian thistle. which
is most abundant in the Seventh
ward. Mr.. Rundlett says that it is
flourishing principally on vacant prop
erty and that within about two weeks it
will go to seed, and blown about by the
wind. the seeds will be scattered over a
large territory. The matter was referred
to the committee on streets.