St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-11

| tablished as folioWS:
Mayor .-.......-......... .............. $1'gVO
Corporation attorney. ey................ 1900
First assistant corporation attor-
ney Observation-Disclosures. IOUy
City comptroller er............3 $500
CITY clerk. ....................... 5ooO
| City treasurer. Observation-Disclosures. 4OUO
City engineer 1000
| Assistant city engineer r............-. 29O0
Bridge engineer. eer...................... l,SUO
Office engineer eer............... 1,600
Street engineer. er....................... l,OUO
| Judges of municipal court, each. 900
Clerk municipal court. 1,500
| Commissioner of health. ........... 24O0
| Members of board of public works, 49,.
Chief of police. 5000
Chief of fire department. nt............ 5000
! First assistant chief fire depart oo
ment ........ Observation-Disclosures. l,oOo
| Second assistant chief fire depart
ment ...... Observation-Disclosures. Low
| Secretary board of water commits
! sionerS ............ ........''...-'--- S'V S'vVo
| Superintendent of workhouse. 25OO
| In introducing the following resolu-
! ton, Mr.. Johnson explained that lt
| had nothing to do with the Hare resolu-
| ton. which had passed both bodies
! and was waiting the mayors action.
| 1t was simply offered as
| AN INDEPENDENT MEASURE,
which, should 1t be adopted, would, In
! his opinion, correct the unfair discrim-
| nations of the Hare resolution. MIR.
| Johnson then called attention to tho
| differences between the two resoiu-
| tions. the chief of which are as follows:
| The mayors salary IS allowed to re-
J main at $500, instead of being re-
! duced to $4,000; the salaries of the
| corporation attorney, city engineer and
J city treasurer are reduced to $4,000, In
stead of $500; that of the city comp
{: troller is left at $3.50, instead of be-
ing reduced to 81, 500; the salaries OF the
| municipal court judges are reduced to
So. 900 each, instead of $500 each; that
! of the clerk of that court is fixed at
| S. 800 instead of $500; the salaries or
| the members of the board of public
| works are fixed at 81, 800 each, instead
| of 81 500; the salaries of the chiefs OF
| police and fire departments are re-
! duced to $1,000 each, instead of $780,
and the salaries of the secretary or the
water board and the superintendent of
/ the workhouse are fixed at $1,000 ana
s., 500 respectively, instead of $2,4OO and
! 81, 900.
The resolution met with the approval
of the assembly with the exception of
that portion fixing the salaries of the
| Judges of the municipal court and the
clerk of that institution.
Mr.. Robb was the first to object.
In his opinion 81 600 year was enough
for the clerk of the municipal court.
In this connection he said that he was
daily in receipt of anonymous letters
urging him to devote his energies to
securing a reduction of salaries.
"And those letters, 1 am convinced"
continued Mr.. Robb, ARE written by
J disgruntled real estate and wheat
I gamblers, who have got in the hole and
| want their taxes reduced"
PARKER WINS A FALL.
Mr.. Parker thought that $500 year
was enough salary for the municipal
court judges and $500 a year sufficient
| for the clerk Mr.. Parker then offered
these figures as an amendment, and the
amendment prevailed by a vote of
to 2, Messrs. Robb and Johnson voting
| mo"
! Mr.. Robb voted in the negative on
| the principle, as he stated, that he
| would always do so on all of these
matters" namely, on all resolutions
aiming to reduce salaries of city Off
Gals.
| The resolution as amended was then
put to a vote and was adopted. Messrs.
| tledTQOn anu 1SODD CdSllIlB lHt ut6d-
tive votes this time Mr.. Reardon OBJ
jected to taking such precipitate ac-
ton before the mayor had disposed OF
the Hare resolution.
DOG CATCHER WANTED.
Health Commissioner Stone finally
| succeeded in securing the passage of a
resolution authorizing the mayor to ap-
point a dog catcher. The assembly was
disposed to make light of an ordinance
| regulating this matter by laying 1t
| over, but DIR. Stone impressed upon
the body the urgent necessity Of at
tending to the subject at once.
The matter was laid over tempo
| rarily, and subsequently Mr. Johnson
introduced on ordinance providing for
the appointment of dog catcher, the
| compensation to be allowed and the
other necessary details and regula-
! tions. This occasioned some debate.
Mr.. Reardon wanted the ordinance re-
ferred to a committee, and Mr. Robb
said that licensing and muzzling dogs
was all farce, as license tags, muz-
zles and collars were often stolen from
! the animals.
Mr.. Strouse championed the doctors
cause and urged the assembly TO act
upon the matter at once. DR.. Stone
supplemented Mr.. Strouse with the
| statement that if the assembly did not
pass some resolution Immediately, he
would not be responsible for the con-
dition of things in this city thirty days
hence The doctor subsequently pro-
cured a copy of the resolution recently