The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-21
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LfcENsErNsREcTOR MAIl0NEY MAY
1, HAVE RA WORK FOR
NOTHING.
SUPREME scddR1 DECISION
IN THE G-AsEo OF PATROLMAN
CHARLES 4OHKs APPLIES TO
MALONEY
S IL 60
AND ALL OTHERS OVER s5 YEARS
Amy Citizen Who Nv ishes Can Nullify
Several of the Mayors APP
pOintments.

In spite Of the fact that License In
spector;. Maloney,s appointment has
been confirmed by the. assembly, that
omc1a1 may experience some difficulty
In collecting any salary from the city.
SO may two or three other men whom
the mayor has appointed patrolmen
and whose appointments the assembly
has confirmed. The difficulty they will
encounter is one that often bothers a
woman, and now worries a few police
men. 1t Is one of age
In violating the city charter by voting
! to confirm License Inspector Maloney's
appointment six Members of the as
semDiy seek to excuse themselves on
the ground that previous administra-
tons have appointed men patrolmen
who We're over IS years of age. That is
admitted, but it has not been shown
that any preceding assembly ever voted
TO confirm an appointee who was
known by every member Of such as
sembly to be ineligible by law to the
office. But every single member of the
assembly knew last Thursday night
that Maloney was 4S years old, for Mr..
Maloney openly admitted his age some
two weeks before.
But now that the assembly has seen
fit to indorse and perfect an Illegal ap-
pointment by the executive, interest in
the matter has subsidized on the theory
that the action of1the assembly has put
an end to the controversy and that all
the patrolmeno confirmed will receive
their monthly, salaries, whether they
We're over IS years old when appointed
or not.
There is surprise in store for those
who think that this mater has been
Quoted down and smothered over by
| the Illegal action Of half a dozen petty
partisans. The executive and legisla-
tive branches5f the municipal govern
ment have hadqlieir say, but the judi
c1ary has not been heard from
Ii an attempbis made to appropriate
any of the cityis money to the payment
or any sum orYfsums alleged to be due
to any city official Illegally appointed.
the courts, it is said, will be invoked
to restrain and enjo4 such payment.
Ih1s information was conveyed to the
Gil o e yesterday by a city official
who is strictly en- rapport with the adj
| ministration. -h
Yes. sir, "ssaid the city official. you
may depend upon 1t that injunction
proceedings will be instituted sifirthe
City authorities Indicate sthat they are
going to pay License Inspector MAJ
loney any money out Of the citye treas
ury as a salary for work performed as
license Inspector or patrolman. =
And the instant the case Is brought
into court, what will be the result?
Why, we have only to refer to the case
OF Patrolman Charles Yorks, who sued
the city for several months salary.
which he claimed was due him for the
interval that elapsed between his re-
imoyal from the force by the mayor and
the date of the concurrence of the com
mon council. in fsuch removal. When
the case reached the supreme court.
the corporation attorney Set forth sew
eral contentious in opposition to the
/ Slain Of Mr.. Yorls, for salary One of
the city,'s defenses was that z orks was
over thirty-five years of age when ap-l
POINTED patrolnan54Fp Y0rksp ra6fnitted
this. That was all the supreme. court
cared to know, as in its decision it
stated that -Yorks wasInot entitled to
any compensation whatever as he was
clearly Ineligible for appointment. The
other points raised by the city were
not even considered"
That being the action of the SUI
preme court in the case of one man
who was Illegally appointed, what
would 1t be In the case of Mr. Ma
loney, If he should be obliged to bring
suit for his salary? The same ques-
ton applies to 1.-TWO or three other ap-
rointees. in fact, TO several others, If
they would only tell the truth about
their ages" anott