St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-26
The MAYORS VIEWS.
Arrives Home and Tells What
He Thinks Of the As
Sembly.
ANENT CONTINGENT FUNDS.
He Covered Into the Treasury
All Balances, Wright Re-
turned Nothing.
LARSON CAN'T COME BACK.
The Mayor Will Not Back
Water on the Police APP
p~ointments.

Mayor Smith arrived home yesterday
from Becker county, in the northwest.
ern portion of the state, where his
honor has been hunting the festive
duck for the past two weeks. After
remarking that his luck had not been
the best IN the world. owing to the bad
weather and the perversity of his does,
which would not hunt, the maj OF
alluded to one or two municipal matters
which came up during his absence. In
doing so his honor frankly and en-
phatically expressed his opinion Of the
action of the assembly in hanging up
the police appointments, and also in re-
fusing to allow him the customary con-
tingent fund of 5000 a year. In regard
to the police appointments, Mayor
Smith said:
1.-THE behavior of the Republican
assemblymen in this matter is very
funny. to say the least, though it must
be anything but amusing to the un-
fortunate men who have worked nearly
four months for nothing, and with ho
absolute certainty of receiving a cent.
So far as the appointments that have
been confirmed are concerned. l must
admit that l did not expect some of
them to 20 through, but | never antici-
pated that there would be an objection
to those the assembly has laid over.
Eventually, l believe that all the
appointments will be confirmed. L
npJarcto,l That pa,rIrn hos coiJ tbat
he would withdraw all his objections if
| would reinstate eX-Sergeant Larson
OIL the policeforce;
But That L Shall Never DO,
for removed the man for good cause.
but of all contemplate actions"
continued his honor, that refusing to
allow this Office a contingent fund of
5000 a year is the most unjust. This
action is unprecedented during my eX-
p%erience. Why during the five years
that L occupied this chair l was allowed
the contingent fund. amounting In all
to 81, 1000. At the end of that period /
returned to the council a balance of
$3.50, together with a detailed itemiZed
statement of every sum expended, which
amounted, of course, to S670. or this
sum-, $50 were expended to pay the
funeral expenses of a worthy citizen
who died without means, so it can be
seen that the office expenses averaged
less thar 500 a year. But what was
the case under Wright's administration?
Why the assembly allowed Mayor
Wright $500 a year without a protest,
and, furthermore, without requesting
him to return an itemized account of
his administration
No Balance of the $1,000
was turned over, nor was any itemized
statement of expenditures submitted.
During this administration the legiti-
mate office expenses for postage, ETC.,
have amounted to S25 or more, which l
have paid out of my own pocket. Natur-
ally there is considerable correspond.
ence to attend to in the mayors office.
Officials of other cities are continually
sending for information which the
mayor alone is in a position to supply,
just as we in turn frequently desire
from other cities. This necessitates the
use of postage stamps and other things
incidental to correspondence. This is
not the only Office, however, that should
be provided with a contingent fund.
The city attorney is equally entitled to
such a fund"
Mayor Smith will probably return to
the Becker county hunting grounds
within a week or so. as the shooting sea-
son Will be we'll under way then.