St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-17
TAX FIGURES FIXED
AssEMBLYMEN UNANIMOUSLY con.
CUR IN THE LIST PASSED BY
THE ALDERMEN.
SALOON LICENSES HELD UP.
THREE OF A BATCH or FIFTY
WILL BE INvEsTIGAT ED
MORE THOROUGHLY.
Mr.. IFE TALKED TO a DEAF EAR.
The Inspector of New school Buiide
ings Is Gently, but Firmly,
Suppressed.

The tax estimate FOR the year 1898
is at last agreed uron. The assembly =
at its regular meeting last night con-
Cured with the board of aldermen,
and adopted the budget without one .
word of debate and without a single
assemblyman explaining his vote,
much to the establishment of the spec
tators. All of the twenty-four items,
as fixed by the board of aldermen,
We're read by the clerk in order to
guard against any clerical errors. Then
the roll was called on the resolution
adopting the estimate, and every MEM
Der voted AYE"
Then, on motion of Mr. Johnson the
assembly voted to adjourn until $50 p.
m. tomorrow, when both bodies will
meet successfully for the purpose OF
passing a resolution authorizing the
issue of the tax levy certificates Of
Indebtedness.
The report OF tie committee on IL
cense recommending the granting of a
batch of caloon licenses and the ap-
prevail of the accompanying bonds,
| provoked considerable discussion. Mr..
Lewis objected to the adoption of the
report. He contended that the COM
I mittee had not the power TO grant
! liquor licenses and that the council
could not legally delegate such a lower
to any committee.
Mr.. Van Dyke, the chairman of the
license committee, called attention to
the ordinance of 1883 which grants such
power to the license committees, and
stated that 1t had been the custom
ever since for the committees to pass
upon the bonds and applications for
licenses.
LICENSES HUNG UP.
+ Mr.. Lewis then raised the point that
the law prohibited the municipal au-
thorities from granting a license to
any saloonkeeler who, within the pre-
ceding twelve months, had been con-
victed of violation of the law.
Corporation Attorney Darragh, in re-
Spouse to request for his opinion, said
that the violation of law referred to
contemplated simply the infringement
of the laws regulating the sale of in
toxicating liquor.
The question then arose as to the
propriety of granting licenses to
Messrs. Hogan, Cummings and Egg
CART, the respective proprietors of the
Woodbine saloon, a saloon on Waba-
sha near Sixth street and one at
Robert and Ninth street. These places
were included in the batch submitted
but they were held out for the time
being, and the assembly adopted the
report of the license committee as to
all the others, some fifty in number.
Mr.. Lewis cast the only negative vote
The remaining three applications were
then considered, and after an explana-
ton by Mr.. Arosin Of the license COM
mittee, who stated that the cases had
been investigated and that the three
Saloonkeepers had satisfied the COM
mittee that they intended to conduct
orderly places in the future, the as
sembly approved the bonds and voted
) to grant the licenses.
TURNED DOWN MIR. IFE.
Considerable amusement was caused
by communication from Walter Ife,
the former inspector of new school
buildings. Mr.. Ife, acting under the
theory that he is still inspector OF
school buildings, couched his commu-
nication in the language of a report
of the work done on the new school
buildings during the year 1896. While
the clerk was reading the document,
Mr.. Parker interrupted the reading
with the question:
What has Mr.. Ife got tC do with
the school buildings?"
Nobody could answer the question,
but Mr.. Van Slylle shed some light upon
the matter by remarking:
This is ali preliminary on Mr.. lies
part to a suit against the city"
This observation recalled to the as
sembly the conflict that occurred last
summer over the confirmation of the
appointment of Goodkind to succeed
Mr.. lie as inspector of school build
ings. 1t was contended by the sup
porters of Mr.. lie that he could not
be displaced inasmuch as the school
buildings whose construction he was
appointed to inspect had not up to
that time been begun. Hence the re-
port of Mr.. Ife, who appears to have
assumed that he still holds the office.
A motion TO refer Mr.. lies commune
cation to the committee on ways and
means was lost by vote of six to
three, and, upon motion of Mr.. Van
Slyke, the assembly directed that it
be returned TO MIR. lie.
The assembly approved the form of
the garbage contract awarded to Field
ing & Shepley.
The bid of Nicholas Rauen for the
lease Of the first floor and basement
Of the market house was laid over,
as there Is another proposition ex-
pected.