St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-15
CHARGES OF DOODLE
Hurled at Aid. Murphy, Ulmer
and Wolf by Excited
Citizens
ON THE ASPHALT PAVING
Matter Before the Committee
on Streets as 1t Was Re-
ferred Back
ON THE ASPHALT PAVING
TO BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The Most Exciting Scene Ever
Witnessed in the Coun-
ell Chamber.

Those who attended the meeting OF
the aldermanic committee on streets
yesterday witnessed scene. the like of
which has never before occurred in the
council chamber of the city hall.
The asphalt paving contracts precip.-
tated the conflict. Three of the commit
tee, Aid. Murphy, Wolf and Ulmer,
voted 10 refer the contracts back to the
board of public works. lnfurlated at
this action, property owners and work.
men, who all demand that the paving
shall be done this fall. raised their
voices against the three aldermen. They
swarmed around them and reviled them.
They called them
"ssoOdlers,'' Thieves" ssStiifs''
and disgrace to the city OF st. Paul.
They branded them US traitors and tools
of the street railway company.
The aldermen resented the charges
with great indignation, but this Only
maddened the crowd still more. Canes
I and fists were waved in the air, accom-.
panied by other threatening dem onstra-
lions.
1t was a perfect pandemonium.
If the crowd had been much smaller
fight would undoubtedly have resulted.
As it was. the three accused aldermen
Wisely Kept Their Seats
and contented themselves with fatty
repudiating the epithets applied to
them and occasionally calling the crowd
IA lot OF stitfS." AT least that was what
Aid. Murphy declared them to be.
AS soon as the vote was announced,
showing majority in favor of refer
eEc., for AID. 'Milham excused himself
from voting until the meeting of the
board this evening. the crowd began
to move out, but not in silence.
Confused murmurs of disapproval
We're heard. which finally exploded in
loud denuncatious caused by some one
shouting:
Doodle, DOODLE"
Doodle, boodle!" shouted another
voice.
And the chorus. fifty strong, echoed
the sentiment.
They're traitorsw exclaimed a
brawny workman.
Get out of the council, you stitfsv'
advised another citizen.
Then the indignant citizens crowded
up close to Aid. Wolf, who sat in the
back row of seats, and rated him round
ly. A specialized gentleman with q
sharp tongue, and little man with
gray whiskers and German accent
pitched into him in this fashion:
"NOM're a Disgrace to This City,''
said the former.
You're in the pay of the street rail-
way company" exclaimed the little
man.
In vain did Aid. Wolf try to defend
himself. The angry citizens ieered and
hooled him, as they did Aid. Murphy.
The faces of the aldermen flushed at
the rebukes of the citizens. but they
kept their seats as discretionary pol
icy. Aid. Murphy became very much
excited. He retorted that he knew his
business, and had voted as he did be-
cause he was right.
81 am a property owner!" shouted
Aid. Murphy, land l pay my taxes as
we'll as you do"
That's lie!" yelled citizen. "You
never paid what you ought to. You're
| boodler"
"Yes, that's right" chimeo in an.
other, You ought to be kicked out OF
town."
81 don't care for you fellers. or whar
you say" retorted Aid. Murphy.
YOU'RE lot of stitfS.''
After bandying similar epithets and
personalities the crowd withdrew into
the hall, and left the committee alone to
transact some routine business. This
they did, but their minds were not alb
sorbed by it. 1t was we'll for the three
| aldermen that this business derained
| them about fifteen minutes. for, had
| they gone out into the hall at once, it is
| quite probable that some of the hot
headed ones
Would Have Assaulted Them.
AS it was, was no such demon,
stration occurred, for the people had
partially dispersed when the aldermen
came out, and those who remained made
no remarks to the aldermen.
Aid. Murphy walked Ieisurely along
the hall to the city attorneys Office, and
Aid. Wolf and Ulmer went out of the
building without molestation.
The committee met shortly after D.
m. yesterday. There were present
Chairman U!mer. Aid. Murphy. Hare,
Wolf, Lindahl and Milham.
AS usual, Attorneys Mum, O'Brien
and Murray were there to represent the
street railway company. the contractors
and the property owners. The proceed