St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-23
JUST A LITTLE ROAST,
BUT A BROWN ONE, kND SERVED
WITH A TART SAUCE.
THE POLITICIANS LET LOOSE.
The Mayor, the Council and the
Fire Department Put on tho
Spit and Turned Round and
Round-A Boston Block Meet-
ing-Warm Resolutions on City
Administration.

There was 4 red hot political meeting
yesterday afternoon in the Office of a
well-knOwn politician in the Boston
block. In fact, the atmosphere was of
such a fervid nature that q blast from
BoreaS would scarcely have been notices
able. There were a bakers dozen pres
ent, and among them several gentlemen
of ayowed Republican tendencies. The
mayor. and the present administration
as a whole, came In for turning over.
n if his honor or any of the aldermen
felt a tingling sensation in the ears
during the afternoon they may lay it to
the meeting.
Ii was maintained that the mayor had
arrogated to himself powers that no
other official, national. state or city, had
ever assumed, and that he paid more at
tentlOn to lecturing on Municipal Re-
FORM and the 'Duties of a Mayor"
than is absolutely necessary. In fact
the mayor was in bad od0r with the
meeting. The common council also
came in for its share of condemnation,
especially the Democratic members,
VINO, To q man, were put upon the spit.
Chief Runge. of the fire department. did
not escape, as will be seen in the resolu-
lions adopted and printed below. The
resolutions fairly seethed with ''hot
stuff" On the gambling question it
was asserted that>a certain attorney Of
this city was receiving a rake OFF, for
furnishing protection" Following are
the resolutions adopted:
Resolved: First, that we %deprecate
the action of the city council in retain
inc Anunct A Rnnua nc nhiQf of fine
fire department, he being uifit for the
position, and that we deem it to be
nothing short of a calamity to the city
OF Minneapolis.
We do hereby denOunce the present
administration of the fire department as
a becoming appendange to the Republi-
can administration: also, denounce the
Democratic aldermen who voted for
this same Runge, as having betrayed
the best interests of the city, and as re.
creantS to the party that elected them.
SecOnd-That gambling has been and
is carried on in the city in violation of
the law, i'll spite of the statements of the
administration to the contrary, II that
we cast about for some explanation Of
such violation; that houses of prostitu-
ton and a%ssignation houses are scattered
broadcast over the city, and that lewd
men and women carry on their trade i'll
the very eyes of decent and respectable
people.
Be it also resolved that the mayor be
requested to put a quietus on these
designation houses, especially the one
i'll the vicinity OF the Jefferson school
and Church of the immaculate Concep-
ton.
Thlrd.-That we condemn the action.
OF the mayor in spending the city's
money for the purpose of entertaining
foreign mayors and state associations,
with, apparently, no other object than.
booming himself for congress Or some
other political position which is in the
hands of the people for disposition or
dispensation. That we condemn the
mayor for using saloons OF the city as
recruiting stations for his ad1ninistra-
tons, and that we call upon him to
enforce the laws in every particular.
Fourth.-Ihat we condemn the city
council for repeating the %interurban
transfer ordinance, and call upon them
to pass another ordinance compelling
the street railway company to issue the
transfers as previous to the repeating of
said ordinance.