St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-05
le word Dixon" in the advertise.

the word Dixon" in the ADVERTISE
ment.
Vice President Lewis, who occupied
the chair in the absence of President
Copeland. asked Mi. johnson why he
and Mr. Robb had voted to award the
contract to Grant for s2s,5OO. when
Preston's bid was only S23.S64
Mr.. Johnson said that there were two
reasons: The first was that Mr.. Pres
ton did not specify the kind of crema-
tory he would furnish, and this the
council should know before awarding
the contract. In the second place. Mr..
Johnson said that he did not consider
Preston responsible bidder.
Tim Reardon's Cue.
The city attorney, when asked if
Preston's bid correspondent with the
advertisement, answered that in his
opinion it did. Then Reardon arose
and made the remarks that brought
down upon him the censure of Messrs.
Johnson and Parker. Mr.. Reardon
said the whole thing looked suspicious.
In jocoSe manner he charged Mr..
johnson and Aid. Kartak. the subcom-
mittee appointed to visit Elkwood, Mo-,
where Dixon crematory is IN opera
ton, with succumulng 10 the blandish-
ments of all agent of the Dixon crema-
tory.
The agent probably wined and dined
the gentlemen,' continued Reardon,
land they wanted to pay him back"
NJ e. -
that l. A. Grant, the man to whom
johnson wanted to award the contract,
accompanied the subcommittee on the
trip, and, therefore, gained an advan-
tage over the other two bidders. Before
| sitting down, Reardon reiterated his
assertion that lie had never voted in
! favor of crematory, and did 1t in such
| manner as to imply that Mr.. johnson
| had falsely accused him of so voting
This was too much for johnson, and
he sprang to his feet and resented Rear.
| don's language in this fashion:
/ II don't propose to have a man in this
! body get up here and assert that l tel
| falsehood. Ii there is anything wron!
! IN this matter have had nothing to d.
! with it. l can only say that it is tn
action of the majority of the comm lite
that looks suspicious, not the min crit
report"
"Why reject the lowest bldder~ III
terrupted ReardOn. That looks sus
picious to ME. Preston's bond is al
right. and he didn't have to 20 to Min
neapolis to get any of his bOndsme
either"
The dispute was checked for tim
by a question from Mr.. Parker. VIII
wanted 10 know if il was going to COS
the city SIS, 500.a year to run cremf
tory. Mr.. johnson explained that unde
the present. system it was costing tn
i, city $4,000 year to get rid of it's CART
age. MIR. Parker thought 1t unwise
vote so much money for crematory 6
this time. 1t was too muc
money, Mr.. Van Slyke also declare
hat he could not vote to award tn,
contract, because he was not satisfied
that there was such a thing in exist
ence as satisfactory crematory. Mr.
ing that Reardon had told him tn;
Preston was not a responsible bidde
Reardon explained He admitted Il
did not like Preston, and W;
to him, but that his bond SINE
were all right. Then Reardon int
mated again that Grant had been give
an advantage, and that everything "ha
been fixed for him." The question we
then put. and the assembly voted OH til
Adoption of the Minority
report.as substitute for the majority
Assemblymen Arosin, johnson an
Robb voted in favor of awarding
the contract, while Messrs. Lewis
Van Slyke. ReardOn and Parker vote
no. Mr.. Strouse was excused frol
voting. The minority report was thu
rejected by vote of to 8. Then the mi
jorty report was considered. After tn
clerk had read it. Reardon took exceE
ton to the clause providing that tn
garbage should be hauled at least tie
miles outside the city limits.
II never subscribed to any report lik
that" exclaimed Reardon. There wa
nothing said about ten miles as far 9
can remember"
: The lnsinuation that Mr.. johnson, tn