The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-30
CITY ENGINEER FORCED TO Id
PENsE REPUBLICAN PATRON
AGE.
THERE'S A KICK ON THE STAT
MAYOR DORAN's CHOICE FOR I'll
POSITIONS ARE NOT GENERAL
LY POPULAR
PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED PLEDcl
Before Election Are still BobbII
Up to worry the Chief Execu-
tive I'm His Work.

Like flock Of buzzards, the faithIs
Republican heeIers. who whipped tn,
men into line for Mayor Doran u
May. swarmed around his honor w
terday and expressed their dfsapproy
or the slate of street commissions
which the administration Will subn
to the city engineer tomorrow for
approval There are six jobs with
the gift of the administration
street commissioner in charge, who
salary is $1,000 per annum, and Fl
other commissioners. who will drs
US month. Hence the perni9fo
activity among the gentlemen who
scrambling for the spoiIs that atteI
their victory.
The city charter invests the city
gineer with the power of appoint
the street commissioners, but with tn
sublime disregard of any law tn
might, If carried out. retain Democry
in office. which has thus far characte
lied the behavior Of the Republics:
administration, the mayor has "su
gested' few names to the city ena
neer and intimated that it would /
Well for him to appoint them as sire
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS " SuCCGSQ the Dem
Gratis who have heretofore acted
that capacity. Fearing that Mr.. Run
lett might not recognize the appare
superiority Of six Republicans In scar
OF SIX jobs that as many Democra
now hold, the common council, wi
true partisan loyalty, declined to /
the salaries Of the present street COZ
mlss1oners for any period beyond
last day of August. This was a hint
City Engineer Rundlett that If he ga
mt to reappoint the present force
street commissioners, the comm
council would see fit to fix their So
aries at some nominal figure like s
a month, which would express the
estimation Of a Democrats earni5
capacity
Mr.. Rundlett at once realized the S.
uation. The interests Of the city of 81
Paul were to be sacrificed in order
give half dozen Republican worke
the right to draw monthly salari
out of the city treasury. Situated
ne is, between the devil and the de
sea, the city engineer looked at t.
mayor and then at the commission
OF public works and threw up b
hands. ~ 90 IN ~
But it is hard to satisfy a band /
Republicans when there are only S
Jobs to be bestowed. The convivi
gentleman who once inquired, What
a quart of whisky 'mongst one ?" b
feebly expressed the appetite tn
gnaws the inwards of the Republics
consumed with hunger for office. Tt
mayor prepared a list of gentlent
whose political faith comedies wi
his own, and intimated that they we
eminently qualified to serve as sire
commissioners. The city engine
stands ready to appoint them witho
questioning their competency, beNei
ing that one Republican is no beft
or no worse than another. He simp
refuses to be responsible for them B
the heelers are sore. They don't Iii
the list. One Of these faithful worke
informed a G 10 b reporter yesterds
that he had taken the pains to j
down the names Of the men whom Il
administration would like to see
pointed. Here they are:
Street. commissioner in charge, NJ.
Carroll, of the Sixth ward; street cor
missioner Of wards 1. and 3, CharI-
4, s.. and 6, f.. f. Shultz; street con
missioner of wards Z, s and 9, WIFI
Marquart; street commissioner
wards 10 and IL, Nels Larsen.
No name has been suggested in p1a,
of John E. Williams, the commission,
in charge of paved streets, who w
be permitted to remain for while
The commissioners whose polite
faith disqualifieS them to judge whetl
er street needs repairing or cleanir
are p. J. Gleason, the commission,
in charge, w. c. Mulligan, of ware
1. and 8; T. Machovec, of wards 4.
and 6; M. Lux. of wards Z, and 9, ar
j. ID. Ratterman, of wards 10 and ~