The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-01


Smiths appointments.
The roll was about to be called On
MI. Brosin's motion to recommend the
confirmation Of the appointment of Mr..
,Maloney, when Mr.. Lewis favored the
proceedings with "a little more pepper.
Said he: 40 hia-
I'VE might as wellget down to bust
ness and make ourselves understood.
i propose that the responsibility shall
rest where 1T belongsal If the mayor has
ia due regard for the laws, he acanIre- ;
move the men whonh he has illegally
appointed If he hasi not a due regard
FOR the laws and will not remove such
appointees, then he lean bear the re-
sponsibtlityaaI supposed that the mayor,
was adhering to the law 1t is never
too late to right a wrong Il do not
think that Mr.. Maloney would accept
an office that thes law disqualifies him
for If he would them he is unfit for the
place."
/. MR. Arosin, at this juncture moved
that the chairman of the committee
be instructed to- prepare a resolution
asking the mayor If all his appoint
ments up to date had been made in ac-
cerdance- with the law and If every
patrolman appointed by him was under
80 years of age when appointed.ssW he1
resolution was unanimously adopted
! 9The vote was then taken on the
motion TO recommend the confirmation
of the appointment of Maloney. Mr..
Maloney who was present, having.
stated that he was 4S years of age. Mr..
Arosin declined to votes Mr.. Mabons
voted in the affirmative and. Messrs
Lewis. Thompson and Reardon voted
no.. The motion was thereupon de-
clared lost
But there was another seance in
store for the spectators. 1t arose over
the motion OF Mr.. Arosin that the
committee recommended that the as
sembly refuse to confirm the appoint
ment of W. H. Byrnes as a patrolman,
on the ground that Byrnes Is strong
Democrat and that a. number ofz'citt-
zens. including the Seventh ward
coachmen's club, strenously objected to
the appointment
Assemblyman Kirke, who was present
endorsed Mr. sArosins s. statements. SIT
is true" said Mr.. Kirke, that Byrnes Is
strong Democrat. He took an active
fed the Republican party and taught
Mr.. Doran. Mr.. Doran did not know
this, and appointed Byrnes at the re-
quest of Aid. Bigelow.'' +s@.es
This was too much for Mr.. Lewis who
once more and for the last time, adj
ministered a rebuke to his Republican.
associates for their exhibition of petty
craftsmanship. Said Mr.. Lewis: ea'-rse
IF his Democracy is the onlG OBJ
lection to Mr.. Byrnes. shall be Under
the necessity Of voting to confirm his
appointment. This common council is
here as take 1t. to represent the peo-
pie of st. Paul and not the Republican
party. l am not one of those who as
sumo that Republicans are the only
men capable of serving the city eff
GENTLY and honestly. There are other
Democrats on the police force not as
competent as Mr.. Byrnes. L do not
propose to vote against a man simply
because he is Democrat You've got
to show me some other objection
Mr.. Kirk and Mr.. Arosin insisted
that they did not condemn Byrnes be-
cause he Is a Democrat but they were
opposed to confirming his appointment
for the reason that he took an active
and offensive part in the campaign. 1t
would have been different had he kept
still. Mr.. Arosin thought 1t poor grace
on the mayors part to appoint such an
offensive partisan. Mr. THOMPSON said
that If Byrnes took sides" in the cam
paign he, Thompson. would vote ito
turn him down, but not because he was
Democrat
The vote on Mr.. Arosins motion to
refuse to confirm the appointment Of
Byrnes resulted in four yeas and one
nay, Mr.. Lewis voting in the negative.
Reardon voted s'.aye' because he was
satisfied, so he said, that Byrnes "got
appointed through false representa-
tions." sn8g
The committee was about to proceed
with the other doubtful appointments
but discovered that it could not take
any action inasmuch as the real ages
Of the appointees were not known to
the members. For instance, the age of
Robert A. Mccall, recent appointeef
is recorded. in the city clerks book as
being "a. Mr.. Arosin at once moved
that in all doubtful cases the sappoin-i
tees be required to make sworn state
ments as to their ages. The motion pre-
vailed.
Mr.. Lewis suggested that the city at
torneyo furnish an opinion Aasl to, the,
cases of the reappointment to the po-
lice force of men who had formerly
served thereon. but had been dis
charged by another administration:
Mr.. Lewis did not see,showg the reap
pointment could be considered a rein
statement. Assistant Corporation ATT
torney Phillips said that it. was not a
reinstatement, the case being identi-s
cal with that of an original appoint
ment.
The committee then adjourned. ea