The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
PARKER WAS ELECTED FIRST,
TO HAVE BEEN AN INFORMAL
ONE.
GRANTING SALOON
Several of Them Can Fay $1,000
and Go Ahead-Dfx as a Peace
Maker.
LICENSES.

| the business before the assembly being
| the election Of successor to Assembly,
man krahmer, who resigned from the
body to step into the register of deeds
office. The nine members Of the as
! sembly went into caucus at 1880 and
for an hour and twenty minutes they
remained behind closed doors. AS told
in the G b e of yesterday, the adj
miniStration, or rather the mayor and
his advisers, were in favor of Armand
| Albrecht as Krahmer's successor. 1t
was anticipated there would not be
much trouble in coming to an agree
! ment in the caucus, but there was, and
| at one time it looked as though J. J.
! Parker, of the Seventh ward, would be
! the new assemblyman. This was avert
! ed, however, by the vote, in which
| Parker received five Of the eight votes
| cast, being declared an informal one
! Col. LoWenstein managed to get three
! votes on two ballots, but after this he
was never in it, Shell Blakely and B.
r. knauft ran neck and neck for sew
| eral ballots, each getting four votes,
put neither could get the other needed
! ballot. Clarence Robb was given three
votes on one ballot and then dropped
| Haskell, Wilson, Lamb and Harper all
received support at one time, but the
real contest for the place lay between
Albrecht, Blakely and Knauft, the for
mer finally winning out by receiving
six votes and being declared the caucus
nominee.
1t was o'clock when the assembly
met for the transaction of business.
ana the WOuld-be parliamentarians in
the body tied themselves into such q
Knot over the saloon license applica-
lions that it was necessary to take a.
recess and hold consultation in or
der to get out of the fix. This was
! only done after the rules had been
suspended. The license committee re-
| Ported batch of twenty-three applf-
cations for liquor licenses with bonds
| attached. Mr.. DAILY moved that the
| report OF the committee be adopted and
the applications granted. Mr.. Craig
! objected and said he understood that
| about half of the applications included
| IN the report were not in shape to be
! acted upon. The time under which oh
! Jectlons could be filed by citizens
| against thirteen of the licenses did not
! expire until Jan. g. and the assembly
mad no right to pass on them until
after that date. Mr.. DAILY explained
! that al a conference held in the
! mayors office some time ago il was
/
| OF grace allowed saloonkeepers next
| year and that those whose license ex-
! pred on January L would either have
| 10 nave their licenses or close UP until
| they were granted. There was. as he
understood it, no objections to any of
the applications, and it would be q
| hardship to wait until January o ha
lore passing on the applications, as the
| saloon men would have to close nm
Ihey could be passed on and then. if
any objections were filed with the citv
clerk, the official could refuse to issue
the license and send the application
back to the assembly. The vote to
pass the applications was defeated bv
| a tie, MeSSrs. Craig, Reardon Kirke
| and Thompson voting against the
| proposition. Mr.. Krahmer was expect-
| ed to have cast the deciding vote to
| pass the applications, but he was out
hunting up Mr.. Albrecht and did moi
return until too late to be of any use
Ill the matter. The vote by which the
nloIion was lost was reconsidered and
| ten OF the applications in which the
time to file objections had expired
were passed. The fortunate ones were:
! - A. Barker, Metropolitan hotel
nehry Bueger, 2O3 West Third street.
Brenck & Krent, AGO Wabasha street.
| NJ A. Donnelly, 361 Robert street
| Peter Ellsworth, 531 West Seventh street
charles A. Ernst, 468 Fort street.
:. b: hermann, 2S2 East Third street.
August Kroening, 736 Edmund street
John Straka, Wabasha and Second street.
Albert SIess, S34 Arcade street.
| MI. Daily then made talk about the
hardshlps which would be brought on
the saloonkeepers which, under the con-
terence held in the mayors office, would
| be required to close up until thew had
been equipped with a license. The mo-
ton to grant the applications was lost
! by tie vote, and President Arosin an
| nOunced that, under the vote, the nar-
sons making the applications would
| nave to commence the red tape all over
again. A recess was, however, taken
| and, after considerable talk. the follow
! ing applications were referred back to
the committee on license:
Robinson & Rowe, 26 East Fourth street
| w. S. Twombley, 1923 Wabasha street: Her
man L. Schade. 965 West Seventh street ::
Phillips. 2S2 Sibley street: Moves Bros, e.
Cutler, 400 Sibley street; W. w. Lorrimer
201 East Fourth street; Peter j. Hoffett. 90
| South Wabasha street; P. J. Esch & Co
| 10 East Sixth street; Cronstedt Bros, 27s
East Third street. w. G. CARING 349 Robert
street; Jefferson Carson, Merchants hotel;
! Befwanger, 49l Wabasha street; c. F. Egg
| CERT. 484 Robert street.
Assemblyman Dix brought up the re-
| ported trouble between the police de-
| partment and the prosecuting ATTORNEYS
IN series or INCREASES, concluding as
follows:
Therefore, be it resolved by the assembly
and the board Of aldermen concurring. that
| a joint committee Of six three from each
body, be appointed to investigate the said
| reports, ascertain the true state of affairs
and IL deemed necessary to recommend to
the council a remedy for the difficulty
Assemblyman Kirke introduced an
! ordinance taking the Grand avenue line
out Of the Broadway loop. According
nd
cars are to run down Fifth to Siblev.
on Sibley to Third, on Third to Robert.
| on Robert to Fifth, on Fifth to Waba :
sha and on that street to Seventh. The
ordinance provides for only a single
track on Sibley and Third streets. The
| ordinance went to the committee on
| streets without debate.
! AsSemblyman Krahmer by this tiuo
had returned to the council chamber
with Mr.. Albrecht, who had been de-
| cided upon in the caucus as the new
| member. Mr. Krahmer made a short
speech saying that he was glad the
| wishes Of the Third ward had been
| respected and the member to succeed
| him was to be chosen from that pre-
cinct. He thanked the members for
their courtesy and asked for the same
kind consideration for his successor.
! This was followed by the reading of
his resignation and the election Of Mr..
Albrecht as his successor. Mr.. AL
brecht, after being sworn in, thanked
the members for their action
| The assembly passed the resolution
| approving the contract Of the Ameri-
| can Development company for doing
| the gasoline lighting for 1897 and also
the bond in the sum Of $4,000 present
ed.
Armand Albrecht, the new member
| of the assembly, is a member of the