St. Paul daily globe., 1896-01-04

a Republican to the position why don't
you vote for him?
Johnson (sarcastically)-Ye and so
is Wright a red hot Republican. When
asked several times to meet the other
Republican members of this board in
caucus, he refused to do SO.
81 am just as good a Republican as
you are" retorted Wright savagely.
81 will show who Mr.. Wright is be-
fore we get through" said Johnson.
Milham's amendment to substitute
Gerlach wasthen put and lost, Wright
and the three Democratic members vot-
ing against it. In explaining his vote,
Mr. AroSin said:
'I vote in favor of Mr.. GerIach be-
cause L know he is a good Republican.
I do not know who this man SchultZe
is, but since he is nominated by that
man Wright, I know he is no Repub-
lican." This remark was intended for
the gallery gods, the same as was Mr..
Johnson's speech, and it had the desired
effect, for a shout went up from the
spectators that even Mayor Smiths
stern look failed to suppress for a few
seconds.
II am just as good Republican as
you are" shouted Wright, his face
aglow with rage.
you are not You are not even
gentleman" yelled Arosin.
Things now began to look threaten
ing. Johnson had asked for time to
bring the Republican members togeth-
er, but it now looked as though at least
two of them would get together, re-
gardless of time and place. But Mayor
Smith put stop to the belIigerents by
remarking that there was no occasion
for such personalities on the part of Mr..
Arosin.
Mr.. Johnson explained that he voted
frax- T,f
assigned by Mr.. Arosin, and for the
further reason that Gerlach was the
choice of the Republicans outside the
commission.
The vote now recurring upon Wright's
original resolution to elect SchultZe,
Johnson raised the point of order that
the commission could not pass a resolu-
tion binding on the new board that
would succeed the present between now
and June. But Mayor Smith overruled
him. Then Johnson offered a motion to
lay the resolution on the table, but this
was lost, only Johnson, Arosin and Mil
ham favoring it. The resolution was
then adopted, Allen, McCarron, Wright
and Smith voting in favor of it, and
against it. In explaining his vote, John
son said he did not believe there was
any sincerity in the resolution.
ThuS far, the for revenue only" men
had been beaten at every point and
they were fairly boiling. But one more
move remained, an attempt to remove
the employees under the custodian. To
accomplish this, or attempt to accomp-
lish it, Johnson had another resolution
ready, and he hauled it out of his pocket
and submitted it. The substance of it
was that Fred Potter Bias Stephanus,
Ben Mcclure, julius Hanson, J. L. Hoff-
man, Thomas Delaney, Roman Husfek,
Adam Nachtsheim, ]. p White, s. A.
Wiley and Fred Murnane be discharged
as employees of the commission.
Mayor Smith promptly declared the
resolution out of order, and johnson
took another appeal. But Wright
again voted with the Democrats, and
the chair was sustained Wright ex-
planned that his object in voting to sus-
tain the chair was to prevent the whole
sale discharge of employees, because
many of those it was proposed to dis
charge were Republicans, and he did
not propose to lend his support to any
such action. He thought the Repub-
hcans should get together and agree as
to who should be let out and who re-
tanned.
The commission then adjourned for
two weeks.