St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-26
CANTERBURY is OUT.
Statson Said to Have Violated
His Pledges Made When
VIE Nominated.
BURKE O'BRIEN IS HOT.
A Wordy Conflict Occurs Be-.
tween the Two in the
Council Chamber.
FEW OTHER APPOINTMENTS.
Mayor Pratt Makes Recon-
mendations Concerning
Salaries.
FEW OTHER APPOINTMENTS.


assembling last night. but those who
were early had the benefit Of little
matinee by Burke O'Brien and the new
fire chief. Frank Stetson. Stetson had
his little list or appOintees ready to pre-
sent to the council, and when O'Brien
found that Canterbury's name was not
on the list he went for StetsOn immedi-
ately.
You promised me that if you got the
caucus nomination you would keep
Canterbury" Stetson denied it, and
O'Brien retorted that he would swear
before notary, if he was called ou.that
Stetson had promised to retain Canter-
bury.
i wouldn't believe you under OATH,
ne continued, but President Snyder's
gavcl just then dropped, calling the
council to order
The principal officers of Chief Slet-
sons fire department are: First as
sistant, Peter j. Kenney; second assist
ant, Joseph G. Hernlund; fire marshal
Charles o. Pierce: superintendent OF
fire alarm and police telegraph. L. I.
Morrison; assistant, Ed w. Lambert;
lineman, Beecher Holt; secretary,
Frank NJ. Snyder; assistant, W. \.
Carleton; veterinary surgeon, John w.
Horton; master mechanic, Hosea 5.
futile. Canterbury was offered place
as captain, but refused it, preferring to
retire on his half-pay pension.
The first matter OF business before
the council was communication from
his honor Mayor Pratt, returning the
salaries resolution with recommends
tons. He favored fixing the salary CT
mounted patrolmen at S1,075, instead
of $1,000 as per the resolution.
and for inspectors at S1,140, instead
of 81, 100. He also suggested that the
uniform salary of $40 for all patrol
men must have been an inadvertence.
and that they probably meant 1920 for
| first year men, $3.50 for second year and
| $40 for third year, or uniform cut of
| 500. The communication was referred
| to the salaries committee.
petition from the Law Enforcement
! league, asking the appointment OF theiF.
| agent as special police officer, was re.r
ferred to the police committee.
| a Clerk Haney submitted the bids for
printing and binding the annual re-
ports of city officers, which was ordered
read. The bid of Moffett, Thurston u
! Plank was $3.50; Geesaman u MUIR
! ply, $4,000; Tribune Job Printing COM
pany, S2,6I0: Harrison & Smith, 81, 575.
The bids were referred to the printing
committee.
The appointments of Chief Stetson
were read. and. Oh motion of Aid. Nor
deem. they were confirmed without op-
! position. go
The roads anu bridges committee rec
! commended the appointment OF the fol-
lowing bridge Watchmen: Washington
avenue bridge, Charles s. Getchelf:
Twentieth avenue north. Peter Marker;
| Plymouth avenue. William Ferver;
Steel arch. Patrick Irvine; Eleventh
avenue south, James Lunt; Franklin
! avenue, Augrew Brown; Lake street,
Josiah RhOades.
The Sixth ward aldermen made a
| vigorous protest over the removal Of
James Coleman, the present Waterman
| for the Washington avenue bridge.
| Aid. Anderson moved 10 amend the
! resolution by substituting Coleman for
| Getchell, saying that they had expected
| nothing else than the appointment of
the present incumbent. an old citizen
and taxpayer. The amendment was
lost. Z TO II.
The committee on gas recommended
that, owing to the shortness of funds,
all gasoline lamps be eXtinguiShed Feb.
l. also that steps be taken toward pur-
chasing the plant. Aid. McAllister
lamps in the Tenth ward, but the
motion went through with small oppO-
sitiOn.
Other routine business was hurried
through. and unfinished business left
over from the CID council to the new
was referred TO the proper committees.
The regular meetings of the new COUn-
Gil were fixed, by motion Of Aid. Phil
lips, for the second and last Fridays OF
each month, as heretofore.
The pay roll for the special eXamiu-
ers of candidates for building ana
electric wire inspectors was passed, and
President Snyder now announced that
a motion TO adjourn would be in order
But Aid. Long. of the "bUlldog" con-
tingent, interpOSed with his resignation
from the committee on bonds OF city
officers, opening up a little vein of
satire as he did so. lie explained that
ITO the Yictors belongs the spoils," and
he felt the honor too great one for
him. Aid. Harvey replied that he had
been one of an accomplishing minority
Tor the past two years, and had not
grumbled about his chaiTmanships. and
he thought the gentleman from the First
should do likewise. The motion was
lost, 10 II, and similar request from
Aid. Anderson, to be excused from the
committee OH street grades and addI-
lions, was turned down even more ex-
| pediIiOusly.
Aid. Harvey moved that a special
committee OF one from each ward be
appointed to fix the salaries OF street
commissioners. This was construed by
Aid. Schwartz as slur Oh the salaries
committee. and he spoke TO that effect,
moving as an amendment that the mat
ter be referred to the regular commit
tee. The amendment carried, and the
council adjourned after q little more
than all hours session. La
There was al anxious crowd of aspir-
ants for places ON the fire department
present. 10 hear the new list of appoint
ees. The Canterbury incident aroused
considerable excitement, and the &. p.
\. issue was very prevalent side issue.