St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-11
CLARK ON FACTS.
The Chief Replies to an Edi-
torial Rejecting on His
Management Of
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
The Article, Says the Officer,
Was Either Written by
One Not Informed
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
or ELSE FOR SOME PURPOSE
He Quotes Facts, Figures and
Law TO Support His As
SertionS.

Chief of Police John Clark is indig-
nant over an editorial which an
peafed In the Pioneer Press of yes
terday, and which casts a slur on
his management of the police de-
partment. The article referred to
reads as follows:
All st. Paul officials have been paid
their full salaries, except in two de-
partments, whose expenditures over
ran the allowance fixed by law. For
that reason the policemen lost one
months salary from a failure of the
chiefs in charge to keep the salaries
and expenses within the limit fixed
by the legislature. The firemen agreed
to the necessary reduction TO keep
within the legal limit"
The editorial" says the chief i'm q
communication TO the GLOBE, was
either written by one who is not in
formed as to the facts or
FOR A PURPOSE;
in either case the statements are in
correct. On page 354 of the Municipal
Code of St Paul, published in 1898, the
charter, as amended by the Bell char
ter, so called, fixes the expenditures
of the fire and police departmnts in
tn following language:
The total expense of the admins
tration of the said fire department of
SAID city, including all expenditures
Tor stores, fuel, horses and appliances
or whatever description. shall not ex-
ceed the sum of two hundred and df-
teen thousand ($215, ,COO) dollars per an
mum.
The total expense of the administra-
ton of the said (police) department
including compensation of pound-mas-
tefS ana all expenditures for stores.
luei, horseS and appliances of what
ever description, shall not exceed the
sum of C$l85,00O one hundred and
eighty-five thousand dollars per an
num-
The report of the city comptroller
Tor 1893, page Ill, shows the total ex-
pehdltures of the fire department for
that year to be $209, ,S49O9 or about
$5,WO less than the charter allowance.
says the chief. THE same report on
page ~ shows the total expenditures
of the police department for 1898 to be
Sli9,S45.76 or about $1,000 less than
THE CHARTER ALLOWANCE.
''The report of the city comptroller
for 1884, page 157, shows the total ex-
penditures of the fire department for
the year 1894 to be $197, ,4325l or about
$4,000 less than the charter allow
ance.
THE same report on page 1853 shows
the total expenditures of the police
department for the year 1891 to be
$l68, ,290.G0, or about $4,000 less than
the charter allowance
at will be seen by the above that
the reason for the two departments
not receiving full salaries for the years
mentioned was not from a failure OF
the chiefs in charge to keep the sal
aries and expenses within the limit
fixed by the legislature for in neither
department was the amount allowed
by the charter expended nor any
where near the amount expended.
The city comptroller has repeated
ly both in private and public explained
that the reason the two departments
mentioned were short was owing
to the fact that the taxes due We're
not paid. | think it but justice to the
fire and police departments that the
above facts should be laid before the
public in order that there should be
no misunders landing"