St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-11
reached on,its third reading. Knowing

this, members will clamor for oppor-
tunities to get ahead with their meas
ures. Aside from these, there are sew
in. There seems to be great effort
being made to change the constitution
i'll number of particulars.
Many of the bills already introduced
in the senate will cause warm debate.
Out of the twenty presented in the SEN
ate nearly every one will meet with OPP
position from some quarters. Others
are ready to be presented that will take
up much of the legislative time. One of
these will be the municipal charter bill;
in fact, there will be several of them.
There is wide divergence of opinion
on the theory of municipal government.
This is apparent in the Hennepin
county delegation. They will try to
make bill out of skeleton which will
be introduced. The Ramsey county
delegation is also at sea. Scarcely any
two of them can agree on any one bill.
Then the other cities and villages Of the
state want varied charters. 1t is prob
able that at least one-third Of the seS-
sion will be taken UP in debating a mu-
nicpal charter.
The Ramsey county delegation seems
to be prepared to accomplish something
in the way Of charter patching by re-
pealing certain special acts. A number
Of bills are ready TO be introduced to
touch up certain charter provisions.
Senator Hiram f. Stevens is making
good his pledge, to pave the way III the
legislature to cut down expenses i'll
the city government. He introduced
two bills in the senate yesterday look
| ing to such action. One of them gives
| the council power to dispense with
| offices. and another places it within the
reach of the council to cut salaries.
These measures are designed to pave
| the way merely. TO introduce bills to
make the cut direct would probably be
unconstitutional, in view of the amend
Ement that prevents special legislation.
/ There would also be difficulty in the
way OF passing law cutting off certain
offices. as that might be construed to be
special legislation.
An important case has arisen over the
question as 10 who is entitled to hold
the Office of county superintendent of
schools i'll Ramsey county. Prof. Hogan
has held the office several years. He
was a candidate at the recent election,
but Mr.. Jardine received the most votes.
1t transpires that Mr.. Jardine is of
foreign birth and has not taken out citl-
zen papers. F. w. Zollman has been
employed by Mr.. Jardlne to look up his
case. Mr.. Zollman said last night that
he had not investigated the case yet.
His Off-hand opinion is that if Mr.. jar
dine was not entitled to hold the place
at the time of election, he cannot now
| qualify as county Superintendent.
| He has not satisfied himself
as to whether the law provides
| that the county superintendent holds
| over until his successor shall be elected
| and qualified. Ii he does not hold over
| there would be vacancy. If there is
! no vacancy the board Of county com-
| missioners cannot elect. If, upon eX-
| animation, he finds there is vacancy,
| Mr.. Zollman will advise Mr.. Jardlne
that, if he has since taken out his citi-
zen papers. although not citizen at
| the time of election, he will be eligible
| to election to fill any vacancy found to
exist. If, on the other hand, there is
no vacancy by reason of the fact that
Mr.. Hogan holds over, the county COM
missionerS can do nothing for him. Mr.
Zollman has not examined the Boyd
case, being one decided in Nebraska. to
see What, if any, application it may
have in this case.
t'Derelict' Jones.
Some of the members who remember
as far back as the session of 'S7 are try
ing to fix upon Jones, j. n his old title
of "Derelict" Jones, but with little
success. Jones was member. and one
Of the brightest members, of that legis-
lature, and was one of the members who
had the nerve to try to try to 'have fun
with" Donnelly. He and the Sage ln>
dulged in many a Wordy war, and they
do say it was not always Jones who got
I the worst of it. The title of 'Derelct"
was bestowed upon him, not because of
| its appropriateness, but as a quotation
from one of MI. Donnelly's eloquent
ciaracterizations. and it stuck to him
throughout the session, Jones accepting
| it with complaisant Indifference.
He is the same Jones yet, and will
| doubtless be as prominent figure in
| this house as he was in that of 1857.