St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-07
BUT ONLY SUBORDINATE OFF,.
GALS APPEAR ON THE
LISTS.
THE BIG GUNS MUST WAIT.
QUESTION OF THE POWER OF
THE COUNCIL AFTER
JULY 1
TO AMEND HARE RESOLUTION.
northwestern TeleDEone Com
pany to Establish n Branch
Exchange.

Contrary to expectations, the ad-
vent of the July pay rolls before
the board of aldermen last night
did not throw that illustrious body
into a paroXysm of rage. 1t did not
even provoke the orators thereof to
rise to the occasion. This was be-
cause no occasion presented itself,
for the work of Comptroller McCar-
dy's council-defying hand did not
appear in the pay rolls as submit
ted. The assembly committee on
ways and means had ob1iterated it
the day before by blotting from the
rolls the names of those city officials
whose salaries are to be reduced if
the Hare resolution is legal.
The comptroller's sarcastic letter
to the city clerk setting forth his
reasons for refusing to audit the pay
rolls in conformity with the Hare
resolution was read early in the
meeting and placed on file, without
discussion, but later, when the pay
rolls as cured by the assembly COM
mittee, were presented, Aid. Hare,
the father of the resolution so ig-
ANONYMOUSLY ignored by McCardy,
arose, and this is an excerpt from
his remarks:
Comptroller McCardy has disre-
garded the resolution Of the common
council. His communication shows
that he has tried to find a loophole
in order to escape auditing the pay
rolls in accordance with our resolu-
ton. All have to say now is that
the council did what it did for the
best interests of the city, and not
with the intent to injure or hurt
anybody. 1t is my opinion that those
pay rolls ought to be referred to the
committee on ways and means of
this body with instructions to amend
them by inserting the names of
the officials whose salaries are to be
reduced, together with the figures
representing the reduced salaries"
Aid. Hare was informed that this
could not be done without changing the
pay rolls as audited by the comptroller
and they would, therefore, have to be
sent back to that official for audit.
Upon request of Aid Murphy, Aid
Hare then withdrew his motion.
After the clerk had read the names
of the officials stricken from the pay
rolls, and the question of passing the
rolls as to the remaining employees
came before the board, Aid. Markham
said:
81 think the comptroller is right in
his objection to the Hare resolution
on the ground that it is too indefinite
in that 1t does not specify whether the
salaries reduced are for one days
work, one months or one years, al
though the comptroller doubtless I'M
derstood what was intended, other
wise he would not have set up the very
fact itself. Oaughter.) But as to his
other point, I am satisfied that the
common council
HAS THE POWER
to pass a resolution reducing those
salaries. 1t is therefore very unfor-
tunate that the resolution in its pres
ent form is inaccurate. In conclusion
L concur with the motion to pass the
pay rolls as to the subordinates not
affected"
The clerk thereupon read the pay
rolls of the departments, emitting, of
course, the names of the officials
stricken out, and the board passed
them all. The pay roll of the mayors
Office and those of the secretary of
the water board and superintendent
OF the workhouse We're notably alb
sent.
The serious question that now arises
is whether the council can amend the
hare resolution by specifying the
terms of service for which the sal
aries are to be paid, and pass it after
July l, 1895, inasmuch as the last leg
lslature enacted that after July /. 1895
the city council should have no power
TO change the salary of any city official
then in Office
AID. Markham introduced a. reso-
luton permitting the Northwestern
Ielephone company to erect new poles
on Dale street, from SeIby to Uni.
Verslty avenue. The resolution was
adopted. The real purpose Of it does
not appear on the surface. 1t is the
intent of the telephone company to es-
tabllsh branch exchange at the cor
ner of Dale and Selby avenue. The
plans are not completed as yet, and in
case they should be carried out the
branch exchange will not be in OPERA
tlon much before Jan. l, but when it is
established, the telephone subscribers
whose phones are nearer to the branch
exchange than they are to the prin-
clpal exchange on Fifth street. will
enjoy a reduction of the rates thew are
now paying.
Aid. Markham's ordinance for the
appointment of
A DOG CATCHER.
was reported back by the committee on
streets without recommendation Aid.
Markham moved its passage and Aid.
Milham seconded the motion. The
vote was then taken and the ordinance
was passed by a, vote of eight to two,
Aid. Murphy and Hare voting
''No." But eight votes con-
shutting the required two-thirds.
President Ehrmanntraut declared the
ordinance passed.
The assembly resolution providing
! for the appointment of a joint com
mittee consisting of two from each
body, to confer with the city engineer
as to the best method of cleaning as
phalt pavements, was adopted and
! President Ehrmanntraut and Aid.
| Timer were selected to serve on the
| joint committee.
Mr.. Arosin's bicycle ordinance, which
| passed the assembly, was referred to
the committee on streets
The award by the board of public
works of the contract for sweeping
Dayton avenue by hand, from Arundel
street to Avon, to James Forregtal.
VINO has agreed to do the work for
SlO.S5 per week, was confirmed. So also
was the contract for sweeping Sibley
street. from Eighth to Fourth street,
which was awarded to James Magee,
at $3.50 a week.
The report of the board of public
works recommending the award of the
contract for paving West Fifth street
with asphalt to the Warren-Scharf
company, whose bid is SIS, 1868, was
adopted, the bond approved and the
| contract awarded.
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