St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-13
PRESENTED TO MAYOR SMITH
= FOR SOLUTION BY A DELE
CATION.
VERY SERIOUS ALLEGATION,
TO THE EFFECT THAT SOME
BODY is TAKING MONEY
ILLEGALLY.
LICENSED PEDDLERs PROTEST.
They Complain That Men Amply
Able to Pay Are Given Free
Permits. 81

He who would peddle his wares in
the streets of ST. Paul must pay a
license fee for the privilege Such
is the command embodied in an or
dinance duly passed by the city
council. This fee in the case of a
wagon peddler is SIS per year. But
by a time-honored custom, which the
peddlers do not seem to have disfa-
vored until yesterday, the mayor of
the city has granted thirty to sixty
permit to peddle' to INDECENT peo-
pie who have presented to his honor
letters from the board Of control rec
ommending them as worthy objects
Of such courteous charity. Armed
with their permits, the beneficiarieS
were wont to go upon the streets
and hawk their wares in as loud
who had parted with sundry dollars
for the same privilege.
Recently the licensed peddlers not
ed the prevalence of what seemed
to them an undue number of 'unli-
censed peddlers, and most of the lat
ter peddling their goods from
wagons, privilege for which the
city charges SIS year. The licensed
peddlers decided that something
must be done, so a delegation Of
them called upon the mayor yeSter-
day forenoon. His honor received
them cordially, and after hearing
their grievance, informed them that
the way to redress it was to procure
the arrest of the unlicensed peddlers,
as it was never questioned that the
permits allowing them to peddle on
the streets was a mere temporary
courtesy extended to worthy poor
men to enable them to earn a little
bread for their families.
But at this stage of the proceedings
a new and most interesting feature
of the matter came to the surface.
The peddlers submitted the names
of thirteen men to whom free permits
to peddle had been issued, and
charged that these men had
PAID $40 APIECE
for these permits. This put a very
different aspect upon the case. An
investigation was at once instituted,
and before it is ended, one Henry Gal
licke, an enterprising shoemaker at
449 Jackson street, may be called upon
to explain some allegations made by
the peddlers to Mayor Smith.
The licensed peddlers declare that
some of the men who received the per-
mits to peddlers paid Capt. Cal
liciSe $40 apiece for their permits. On
the other hand Mayor Smith and his
secretary, Mr. Costello, can show let
ters from the board of control recon-
mending every man to- whom permit
was issued. = West side applicant
for one of these permits went to Aid.
Hare recently and asked for his as
sistance in securing the desired docu-
ment. The alderman recommended the
case TO the board of control, but later
the applicant Informed Aid. Hare that
he couldn't get the permit because he
didn't have $40 wherewith to pay Capt
Gallicke.
1t is certain that none but free per-
mits have been issued from the
mayors office, and the question at once
arises, who has been deluding the
charity applicants out of their $40
apiece There are said to be twenty
three OF these permits now out or In
operation.
Mayor Smith has instructed the
chief of police to bring before him
three of the men who are alleged to
have paid $40 apiece for their permits,
in order that he may question them.
The hearing will take place in the
mayors Office at 10 a. m. today.
Yesterday afternoon the members of
the board of control Messrs. Kerwin,
Finck and Judsoh, called on the mayor
and informed him that they invaria-
bly, investigated the case of every man
whom they recommended for ped
dler's permit, and that they had not
been deceived during the entire year
in more than four or five instances.
| This offsets the charge Of the licensed
peddlers who say that many of the
men who receive these temporary per-
mits not only have horses and wagons,
but are able to pay license fee.