St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-17
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CUR IN THE LIST PASSED BY
THE ALDERMEN,
SALOON LICENSES HELD UP.
THREE OF A HATCH OF FIFTY
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
MORE THOROUGHLY.
MIR. IFE TALKED TO DEAF EAR.
The Inspector of New school Build,
fngs Is Gently, but Firmly,
Suppressed

The tax estimate for the year 1895
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 single
assemblyman explaining his vote,
much to the astonishment of the spec
tators. All of the twenty-four items,
as fixed by the board of aldermen,
were 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
batch of saloon licenses and the APP
proval of the accompanying bonds,
provoked considerable discussion Mr..
Lewis objected to the adoption of the
report. He contended that the COM
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 1888 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 saloonkeeper who, within the pre-
ceding twelve months, had been con-
victed of violation of the law.
Corporation Attorney Darragh, in re-
sponse to a 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 Eg-
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-
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mittee, who stated that the cases had
been investigated and that the three
saloonkeepers had satisned 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 Slyke shed some light upon
the matter by remarl<ing:
This is ali preliminary on Mr.. Ife's
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.. Ife as inspector of school build
tngs. 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.
motion to refer Mr. Ife's communi-
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 Mr.. Ife.
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-