St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-17
STETS0N IS WARM
THINKS CERTAIN ALDERMEN
ARE SEEKING TO FORCE HIM
TO RESIGN.
HE is GOING TO STAND PAT.
INSURANCE COMPANIES LIKELY
TO BE HEARD FROM VERY
COUNCIL ANTI-sTETSoN MEN.
A Member of the Fire Committee
DenOunces the Story as IL
He is GOING TO STAND PAT.
COUNCIL ANTI-sTETsoN MEN.

The unpleasantness existing be-
tween the council committee on fire
and Chief Stetson has occasioned
a good deal of comment about the
city hall. The chief was asked yes
terday for a statement, but de-
clined to say a word. 1t was evident,
however, that he is aware of a dis
position upon the part of a number
of the aldermen to make things SO
disagreeable for him that he would
have to resign his position. The in
surance men Of the city, without re-
Spect to party, are very much inter-
eSted in the troubles of Chief Stet-
son. In fact, there is talk Of calling
a meeting to protest against what
they think a disposition to drag the
fire department into politics. The in
surance men of the city made no
protest when Chief Stetson was so
abruptly and unceremoniously
turned down and out four years and
a half ago. They say they appre-
ciated thoroughly the fact that the
fire department was in excellent
shape when the council so uneXpect-
edly disturbed things in 1890, and
regretted Chief Stetson's removal
They had nothing to say against
Chief Runge when he was chosen
! to that position, for they were en-
tirely willing to give him a chance
After several years of sensational
disturbances Chief Stetson is again
in the harness, and if there is any
L. IL I'll
to again demoralize things by get
ting a man in place of Stetson the
insurance people say they will be
heard FROM and in no uncertain
way. Said one of the most prominent
insurance agents in the city:
II am not familiar with the facts
in the case, but 1 have it from good
authority that certain members of
the council are determined to make
it warm for Chief Stetson. 1 am not
specially a Stetson partisan, but 1
would regard it as nothing short of
an outrage which the business people
of the city should resent in vigorous
fashion" Some of the members of
the fire department committee are
worked UP over the newspape: crit
icisms. Aid. Nordeen and Aid.
O'Brien are supposed to be the most
! pronounced anti-Stetson men in the
council. They are both members of
the fire department committee. The
Second ward alderman's hostility is
owing to the fact that Chief Stet-
| son did not see fit to retain Assistant
| Chief Canterbury in that capacity.
! Aid. Nordeet. while not one of the
hardest workers for Stetson during
! the interesting preliminaries which
| led up to the selection of StetSon
| last January, was at first regarded
as reasonably favorable toward Stet-
| son; hence his selection by President
! Snyder as chairman of the commit
! tee on fire department. The little
/ alderman from the Seventh ward
! ton, however. Aid. Harvey would
! have people believe that peace and
harmony prevailed as between the
fire committee and the fire chief
| Speaking with much feeling yester-
day, the Fifth warder said:
The statement that there is a dis
position on the part of the fire COM
mittee to make it uncomfortable for
Chief Stetson is a lie made out of
whole cloth. There is not a cir
cumstance or a condition upon which
| to hang such a StOrV''