St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-13
AUGUSTUS WILL STAY.
CHIEF RUycE, or The FIRE DEP6RT-
NEWT, RE-ELscTsD.
GOT THREE VOTES.

Tho Affair Was ALI Cooked and
Dried Refore the Council Meet
ing Began-A Fight Over the
Fourth Ward Street Commits
sioner-Ihe Mayor and His Lit
tie Veto-3sinneapoIi News.
The crowd. from point Of numbers.
which filled the council chamber last
night would have gladdened the heart
of any theatrical manager. 1t was
big one, and what is more, very enthu-
siastic and attentive. The council
meeting was an important one, from
the fact chief engineer of the fire de-
partment was TO be elected, and it was
expected an interesting fight would be
precipitated when the name OF the
present incumbent, a. Ii. Runge, was
presented in nomination. When the
final result was known there was dl-
yersty Of sentiment expressed by the
audience. Some were mad clear through
While others Rugged themselves with
satisfaction. Chief Runge was reflect
ed, almost unanimously, and thereby
the iick eness of the average alderman
received an excellent eXemplihcation.
y weather vane in an April wind would
have hard work to veer about as quickly
as did this council change its views on
the question at Issue. Aid Snyder,
whose antagonlsm of Chief Runge had
been openly avowed. was the man who
nominated him. His nomination speech,
however, was slightly apologize. No
other name was presented. and so the
doughty Augustus marched in with q
blaze OF glory. There were three alder
men who struck to their colors, and
these three voted for Frank Stetson.
The vote on which Chief Range was
elected stood: Runge, %; Frank Stet-
son, 8.
During the early evening. previous
! to the meeting of the council, there was
| a caucus, attended by the majority CT
! the aldermen. Then it was that 1t was
| found no man other than Chief Runge
! could be elected. His friends would
| listen TO no compromise, so the whole
! affair was cooked and dried. and the
! balloting was gone through with as a
mere form.
i The election of street commissioners
! took about an hOur.and the time was re-
! plete with interest and entertaining III
t cldentS. The real fun came up when
! the two aldermen of the Fourth ward
| put in nomination their respective can
! didates. Aid. Loye nominated his
"relatiye" Bob McMullen and Aid.
| Adams presented the name of the past
| incumbent. II. E. WetherDe. In offer
! ing Mir. Wetherbe for sacrifice Mr..
! Adams read a eulogy, an essay, embody-
| ing the history OF the excellent service
! the ward had enjoyed as regards its
! street work. The effort would have
done DemoSthenes proud; even Horace
would have acknowledged the rhythmic
/ poetry of its construction were he on
! terra tirma. Mir. Adams referred to
: "eXtorting encomiums" and "putridity
in politics." and in one of
his flights he quoted Truth
! crushed to earth shall rise again"
! 1t was really too bad Wertherbe should
! be defeated after such burst of pOeti-
cal sentiment, but such is fate. The
council was divided ON the matter of
: election, and on the third ballot the
: name of James Sacre, Democrat, and
! at one time commissioner of the ward,
bobbed up. Aid. Loye saw his man
was going to lose, so he offered another
| candidate-P. K. Roach. On the sew
entn ballot this gentleman was elected,
the vote standing IA to II In his favor.
Aid. Nordeen, of the Seventh ward,
also suffered dire disappointment, and
his quondam colleague, Aid. Woodward,
was the cause. The latter nominated
| Billy Mari, and Aid. Nordeen put A. n.
Wiley forward. He had worked hard
10 defeat Aid. Woodward's candidate,
but fell down." as they say on the
| curb. MARI won easily, receiving Is
ballots to WIlley's Z. In the Tenth
| ward, Aid. McAllster'S candidate, Capt.
| Andrew Sandberg, was defeated by AL
| bert A.Donnell, the latter being elected,
! with three votes to spare. Owing to
! the absence of Aid. Bradish, the cleo
| ton of a commissioner for the Ninth
ward was postponed. Following is the
| list OF commissioners elected:
! First Ward John Hengen.
Second Ward-John Brown.
Third Ward-W. II. Miller.
Fourth Ward p. K. Roach.
Fifth Ward-J. NJ. Cole.
Sixth Ward-John A. Hegman.
Seventh Ward-W. A. MARI.
Eighth Ward-James S. Trip.
Tenth Ward-Albert A. Donnell.
Eleventh Ward-C. j. Keller.
Twelfth Ward-JUhn A. Parten.
Thirteenth Ward-Henry w. Weber.
THE MAYORS VETO.
The mayors veto of the resolution for
| the purchase of a lot at the intersection
| of Minnehaha avenue and Lake street
| for fire house caused something of a
| breeze. Aid. Rollins found occasion to
| administer genteel "roast" to the
city's executive for meddlirg with an
a#o'r thai dt ut ntpGqrn him,
; nd dungTin a shot about his ac-
onI in thu matter of purch sing a
! ospl ~ and sle~ ~u.~.-.~~> .,.---- mort
| / sge u $3.50, GOO. Aid. Long agreed with
4 Id. IN Inns sentiments, remarking
Ii tiff Re mayor was so anxious to look
ter tt city's welfare it was peculiar
| h, did OF act accordingly when he
81, red ay $4,000 as part payment on
th> Bra lett site. Several aldermen
| folfe n.y.. with short speeches-samp pies
| of cyclOnic phenomena. Aid. Harvey
| stood for the veto, and Aid. Haynes
considered it frivolous. He resented
| the imputations of incompetency in
simulated III the message, and he
| was i'll favor of referring the whole
matter to the committees Oh ways and
means and fire department for deliber-
alton. 1t was left in statu QUO by the
! vote taken, and at the next meeting an
attempt will be made to pass it over the
| mayors head.
! The Inconsistency OF the mayor in his
=, arguments on economy, economy
was shown in communication setting
forth that SSl2 had been spent in enter
tanning Lord Mayor Shanks, of Dublin.
and that Sl2S extra had been paid for
the music. The aldermen laughed
loudly when they heard the figures
, read. They smiled when the mayors
| communication asking the council to
pass an ordinance abolishing the pool
rooms was thrust upon them.
The following pound keepers were
elected: First district. Ed. Fitzgerald :