St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-24
SPEND CITY MONEY
j. j. MCARDY,S ADVICE TO THE
BOARD OF SCHOOL INSPEC-
TORS.
CAN DO 1T AS WELL AS NOT.
THE COMPTROLLER WILLING THAT
PUBLIC MONEY SHOULD BE
SPENT.
INSURANCE FOR SCHOOL HOUSES
He Wanted the Board to Buy $500
Worth for the G..
A. R.

]. ]. McCardy is nothing If not consistent
While he is trying to convince the citizens
of St. Paul that all he lives for is to watch
their money and prevent the payment of 81
where it is not rightly and legally provided
it should be spent, every once in while he
is willing to allow his watch dog eye to
take nap. That is, If, in taking that nap,
something is apt to happen that Mr.. McCardy
is himself personally interested in.
His latest willingness to see the peoples
mercy spent has developed in connection
with the coming G. A. R. encampment. The
G. A. R. general committee, of which he
himself Is one, are arranging to procure the
use of as many Of the churches and other
public buildings for the visitors as are avail
able. 1t is also the desire Of the general
committee or its subordinate committee to
secure the use Of the public school buildings
which will not be in use during that week.
So they made the request of the school board
for the use of the buildings. AS the build
ings will be used for living purposes, the
danger from fire is increased and the school
inspectors accordingly informed the G. A. R.
people that they could have the use of the
buildings, If they would properly insure
them for the time of their occupancy. This
would cost about $500. The school board
would not listen to any other proposition and
so the matter stood when McCardy was
struck with an idea.
1t seems that the school board has a fund
Of $1,000, which is known as an insurance
fund. So he thought he could persuade the
school inspectors that this was available for
the purpose of insuring the buildings. It
didn't make any difference, he thought, how
much it costs the city in the way of prepa-
rations so long as the money was being spent
in something in which he himself was in
terested.
"You can use that money to insure the
buildings just as well as not" said McCardy
But the school inspectors weren't using any
part of fund, already too small, in buying
insurance for McCardy or anybody else If
one of the buildings happened to be burned,
$500 would help to replace it, so the fund
will remain in tact and all that McCardy has
done or can do, will not influence the school
board In placing insurance with the peoples
money. If the buildings are used they will
have to be insured with money that Is not
paid by the taxpayers of st. Paul for some
other purpose.
F. B. Doran hit the commercial travellers
nasty slap when he said the other day
trat if the saloons of st. Paul were closed on
Sunday, the commercial travellers would 60
to Minneapolis to spend the day. It happens
that there are a number of "der drummers''
who live in the city, and who, with their FAM
lilies, are highly respected, as well as sensitive
about the fame of their profession, and Mr..
Doran's derogatory remarks, so far as they
are concerned, were unjust, uncalled for and
untrue.
Democrats of the Fourth ward are requested
to attend the meeting at Assembly .lall, cor
ner Third and Wabasha streets, this cven-
ing.