St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-11
ALDERMEN DECLINE TO CONCUR IN
THE ASSEMBLYMEN,S ACTION
ON THE ESTIMATE.
TALKED II OVER LAST NIGHT,
DECIDE TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE
TO CONFER WITH THE
OTHER BODY.
HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT 1T.
No Formal Debate, but the Alder,
men Explain Their Positions
Quite Clearly.

The board of aldermen last nighs
declined to concur in the action OF
the assembly on the tax budget and
appointed a committee on conference
to meet with a like committee from the
assembly and endeavor to come to an
understanding. 1t took about an hour
and half to reach this conclusion,
and in that time oratory was on tap
in all corners of the chamber But IL
was all under the guise of explaining
votes, as there was no formal debate.
After referring two or three unim-
portant resolutions, the resolution of
the assembly adopting the budget was
read, and Aid. Murphy at once offered
resolution for the appointment of a
committee of four from the board,
three from the assembly, four from the
trades and labor assembly and five
from the Jobbers' union to act as a
conference committee and endeavor to
come to an understanding on the vari-
Gus items in the budget. But this res
olution was ruled out of order, as the
assembly resolution was before the
house.
Mr.. Murphy then moved to lay the
assembly resolution upon the table.
In explaining his vote, Mr. Mark
ham said he was going to vote no be-
cause the people demanded the pas
sage of the resolution, and because he
could not see wherein there was any
thing wrong in the budget as it stood.
Mr.. Milham explained his vote by
saying it was very hard to please ev-
I; p
try to do so. He was simply going to
do as he believed was right. He then
went on to make a speech, and was
called to order by the chair. Milham
paid no attention to the rapping of
the president for several seconds.
When 1 call you to order you must
| recognize me-" said the chair firmly
bringing his gavel down on the desk.
Il am willing to recognize the chair, -
said Milham, good-naturedly, but l
want to make a speech, and might
also inform the chair that 1 don't rida
! two horses, either"
| Murphy voted aye, he said, because
] he was opposed to making the sama
cut in the salaries of subordinates that
| it was proposed to make in those Of
! the high-paid officials The high sal
]
others 10 per cent.
! The motion to lay on the table was
| carried by a vote of to >, Brady,
Hare, Kartak, Murphy, Ulmer and
| Wolf voting aye. and Lindahl Mark
ham, Milham, Montgomery and Ehr-
manntraut in the negative.
Mr.. Markham said the board had
now left itself without anything to do
but adjourn. The resolution of the as
sembly was the only thing to dispose
| of, and that had been laid on the ta-
! BILE. If it was the desire TO appoint
conference committee, then the thing
| TO do was to vote not to concur in
! the action of the assembly. If some
| of those opposed to that action would
move not to concur, and the board
so voted, he would then move for a
committee on conference. But he re-
Sented any attempt to secure repre-
sentation on that committee from out
/ side organizations. If the members of
| the council were as intelligent as they
ought to be, they should be able to
| arrive to an understanding as to the
needs of the people of the city without
such interference. If it came to the
worst, he would stand in favor of ty-
! ing up the budget and refusing to pro-
! vide for the payment of a dollar from
the city treasury until after the peo-
/ pie were heard from in the spring cleo
ton.
The assembly resolution was then
taken from the table again, and a mo-
ton made that the action of the as
sembly be not concurred in.
In explaining his vote, Aid. Brady
said he did not think the action OF
the assembly was at all courteous.
! That body seemed to desire applause
more than anything else, and for this
reason, If for no other, he would vote
in favor of the motion.
Mr.. Hare expressed the conviction
that he was as honest as most of his
| brother members of the board. "The
real estate sharks, and no one else,
are responsible for the high taxes, u
he went on. "As long as they could
get high prices for their real estate
they found no fault with extraVagant
expenditures. They are responsible for
the laying Of sidewalks and water
mains and the building of school
houses out in districts where today
scarcely person is living. A Repub.
lican Legislature fixed the salaries OF
the high-paid officials, and these fell
lows made no protest when it was be-
ing done, and now the council is pow
erless to reach these salaries to cut
them down, and IL c.. w. Horr and
some of these other fellows were in
Mr.. Darragh's place, they are just the
ones who would refuse to surrender g
: nickel"
Mr.. Milhan said he was a party mar
when there was party Issue, but il
this case there was no party issue. anC
he would be governed by his individual
opinions.
The motion not to concur was carried
by vote of to 4, those voting in th'
affirmative being Brady, Hare, Kartak
Milham, Ulmer, Murphy and Wolf
and those in the negative, Lindahl
Markham, Montgomery and Ehrmann
traut.
Aid. Markham then moved for the ap
pointment of a committee of four OIL
conference, to meet with like com
mittee from the assembly, and the mo
tion was adopted by vote OF 9 10
Murphy and Wolf voting In the mega
tive.
The chair appointed Wolf, Montgom
cry, Brady and Lindahl, and the as
sembly budget resolution was referre,
to this committee.
Brady offered resolution TO the effec
that 1t be taken as the sense of tn
board that all salaries OF more thai
81 200 a year be cut 20 per cent, thos
below that and over 81, 600 be cut 10 pc
cent, and those under $1,000, be cut
per cent. But Mr.. Markham was op
: posed to hampering the committee Il
any manner, and the resolution wa
withdrawn.
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