St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-09
HE POSITIVELY DECLINES TO AC-
CEPT ANY CUT IN HIS SAL
AIRY
He TELLS THE ALDERMEN so,
WHICH RESULTS IN THEIR RE-
STORING MANY OF THE ANTIC-
IPATED REDUCTIONS.
ASSEMBLY WILL NOT coNcUe
"eherai Talk That 1t VIII Hang Up
the Matter When 1t Gets
to 1t.

When the board of aldermen reached
tiie seventeenth item of the tax esti-
ma e yesterday afternoon, which pro-
Vldes for the city officers salary fund.
Aid. Brady said:
mere Is no sense in beating around
the bush in this matter. I move we
aoopt the original estimate providing
LOT the salaries that are now paid for
II is Well-known fact that some of the
city officials whose salaries are fixed
by law, will not consent to the reduc-
tons recommended by the conference
committee. For instance, l understand
that the corporation attorney did not
consent to accept cut. Neither did the
Judges of the municipal court"
Ala. Brady understood correctly as
Tar as the corporation attorney was
concerned, for at the conclusion of his
remarks, Corporation Attorney Darragh
arose and broke the CHAIN" as he eX-
pressed it, In other words, Mr.. Oar
ragh, without mincing matters decIar-
eu that he would not accept any reduc-
ton OF his salary. He had accepted the
ONCE with the understanding that the
yearly salary attached to it was St. 600
rms declaration undid all the work
OF the conference committee and the
DCard OF aldermen in the line of reduc-
tlon or salaries, and the board accord
lngly reconsidered and rescfnded it's
actlon approving of the reductions of
salaries, and voted to allow the present
saiarleS or the heads of departments
as fixed by law
In explaining bic attitude NJ, ~,
ragh said: 81 was in Chicago when the
conference committee passed upon the
salaries of the legal department and
declded to cut my salary 10 per cent. as
well as that of my entire force. Now, |
want to announce publicly, that l will
not consent TO any reduction | accept
ed this Office with the understanding
that the compensation would be s., 900
year and no less. l do not believe
that this is the proper manner in which
To reduce salaries You should go at it
in some other way. And before l sit
down L desire to say that if Col Clough,
OF the retrenchment committee will con-
tribute 10 per cent of his $25, 600 year
to St Paul, 1 will gladly yield 10 per
cent Of my salary to the city"
Mr.. Darragh's refusal to consent to a
reduction of his salary caused the board
to reconsider its action on the city treas
urer's department, the city engineers
and the Workhouse fund.
In discussing these departments, Aid.
Milham put himself on record. He
said that he would never vote to reduce
the salary of any clerk who receives $75
month or less.
The board thereupOn reconsidered the
estimate for the workhouse fund. which
the conference committee reduced from
S29,34O to $2S,214 and restored the orig
mai hgures. The estimate for the city
engineer department was raised from
$4,000 to $36, 900, which is only $500 less
than the original amount named in the
estimate. The reductions in the city
treaSurer'S office were done away with
leaving the total appropriation $4,000,
ana the same course was taken with the
estimate for the municipal court fund
which was restored to $15179. In tbe
case OF the city clerks department the
sum of $500 was added to the 81. 300 al
lowed for clerk hire, making the total
appropriation SO, 800 which is the amount
usually allowed
through an oversight the reduction
OIL clerks salaries in the health DEPART
inelit was not reconsidered. Early in
the meeting DR.. Stone stated the re-
qu1rements of the health department
ana While he dWelt upon the need of q
meteorological laboratory. he also urged
the council not to reduce the salaries
or MS subordinates, and in order that
that course might be obviated he asked
u tlidd L, the estimate be raised from SO. 700
60 20 $d2'ooo' Without the allowance of
SlZ'oOo the health department. So Dir
stone said, would make the Same fiasco
as II cid last year. The aldermen were
zeal TO Dr. Stones argument however
ana allowed only So 700. Of which
amount $1,000 is appropriated exclu-
slVely TO the establishment and main
tehdnce or laboratory. Consequently
IN,
employees of the department still stands
IN the face Of DR.. Stones statement thai
ne had already reduced the salaries %
per cent. 10 ~
Inc recommendation of the confer
ence committee that the building in
spectors department fund be reducad
from SSOOo to $4,000 was not fol-
lowed The board, reduced the orig
maj estimate to $1,000, which reduction
IS provided for by the law of 1895 reduc-
ing the salary of the building insnecfor
from $1,000 to 81 800.
The clerks of the board Of nnI,1io
works received justice at the hands of
the board, as provision was made for
the payment of the salaries dino tbaro
for November, 1894. This did not nenesI
state any increase of the estimate as
the sum named-$1, 32S-is sufficient TO
meet the unpaid salaries of the n7erohars
or the board for November. 1895. and
the clerks for November 1894. The
only amendment necessary was the
addition to the item Of the words "and
November, 1894" The only reduction
was cut OF $3.50 in the office EXPENSES
reducing them from $3.50 to 5000. This
leaves the total appropriation ST. 468.
The estimate for the street, sewer
and bridge maintenance fund which tbe
conference committee reduced from
100000 to $4,000 was restored, on mo-
ton of Aid. Murphy, to $3.50, 900, Aid
Markham casting the only negative
vote. All the other aldermen were on
posed to paying street laborers less
than $3.50 a day
The remaining items providing for
the bridge repair fund, judgment fund
special fund of $4,000 for an iron
bridge on Raymond avenue, the print
ing, stationery and advertising fund.
the municipal court, the public library
and the general fund were adopted
without change, except that on motion
of Aid. Brady, the item of 0,OCO for
the garbage fund was reduced to s15,-
900 and the $1,000 so taken off was added
to the fund known as miscellaneous.
The board then adjourned. The as
sembly will meet tonight. and it is the
general talk that it will not concur with
the aldermen in it's action on the tax