The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-20
-FOUR REPUBLICANS PUT IN con-
TROL-OVERSIGHT RENIEDIED
LATER.
A SIX MONTHS SIEGE.
Revision of Charter to he No Small
Matter-News of Minne-
apOIis.

| they had the forming of new charter
without regard to public sentiment,
their every act yesterday contradicted
this inference, They manifested
wholesome regard for public sentiment,
and even the semblance of one-sided-
ness was removed as far as possible
in the organization, when it was point
ed out. 1t may be that the people of
Minneapolis will not be satisfied with
the charter which this commission will
present, but the first meeting indicates
that the public will have a good deal
to do with it long before it reaches the
voting state.
The meeting was held at the. Com
mercial club rooms at o'clock yes
terday Nine of the members were pres
| ent when the commission was called
to order by the temporary chairman,
Judge John H Steele. They were COM
missioners Downs, Gjertsen, Stoft,
Haynes. Hernlund, Steele, Hawley, At
water and Jones. Commissioners Cohen
and Walker came in a few minutes
later. Mr.. Hawley, who has been act
ing as secretary, read two kilograms,
one each from S. r. Childs and Ben
jamin Davenport, consenting to the or
| SdUlZdllOl1 VI Tic DOell u, anu lLSlC was
similar letter from Charles A. Pills
| bury. No word had been received from
P. B. Winston, the other appointee.
Upon motion of Mr.. Stoft the COM
! mission proceeded at once with the
! work of organization, the voting be-
| ing by ballot. The question arose as
! to the officers to be voted for, and Mr..
| Jones moved that the officers to be
chosen be president, vice
president and secretary No
nominations were made. the vote re-
! sulting after several ballots in the
election of the following: Steele, presi-
dent; Cohen, vice PRESIDENT; Hawley.
secretary, and Jones, treasurer.
1t will be noted by the politicians
that the four gentlemen elected to the
offices are Republicans. Judge Steele
was a Republican candidate for office
| at the last election, and has served
| two terms as Republican; Mr.. Cohen
pleads guilty to Republican proclivities
ana membership in the Union League
club; Mr.. Hawley is not much of
! politician. but he is considerable of a
Republican. and Mr.. Jones votes for
the U. .. T. 1t looked a little like a
Republican slate, but it was some time
before 1t was noticed that the commits
sion was organized by the election of
Republicans only.
! 1t was nervy thing to suggest a
| partisan proposition at this stage of
the proceedings; but ]. c. Haynes had
| the courage to do it. He consulted
| with Mr. Cohen and suggested that TO
the public it would look as if the Re-
pubI1cans had undertaken to run the
commission, and, while he knew if was
not true, he suggested whether it would
not be good policy to divide the offices
between the parties, not because there
was any advantage to either party in
the offices, but in order to disarm the
| carping critics who would surely take
| advantage of every handle to defeat the
charter if 1t did not suit them.
Mr. Cohen needed no argument to see
the point. So far as the honor of the
| election is concerned he was entitled
to the satisfaction that in the opinion
! OF the commission he was esteemed as
his election showed. He probably was
, personally glad to get out of the re-
| sponslbility of any office. He assented
MI. Haynes presented the proposition
to the commission in a general way, as
! 1t was presented to Mr.. Cohen He
| SAID that 1t was a delicate proposition,
but it would be too late to correct the
| mistake on some other day; it must
| be done at once, or never
| MI. Cohen Joined with Mr.. Haynes
! IN the views expressed, and said he
would be pleased to tender his resigna-
| ton. But, before he had done so Mr..
HaWley expressed himself as ready to
| resign the secretaryship. He said he
| was very busy man and he had &C
cepted the office simply because he did
! not feel justified to decline it, although
| he was sure he would not be able to
| give it the attention it deserved and
! demanded. Mr.. Jones, also, tender ed his
| resignation.
The commission declined to accept
the resignation of Mr.. Hawley, but
did accept the designations of Mr.
! Cohen and Mr.. Jones. Upon motion Of
Mr. Atwater the secretary was direct
ed to cast the ballot of the commission
| for Jacob Stoft as vice president This
was carried and, as Mr.. Stoft had gone
away, he could not decline. AS if to
turn the joke upon Mr.. Haynes, Mr..
Jones moved that Mr.. Haynes be
chosen treasurer and. although he
made lawyers argument to show
that he should not be elected, he ac-
| cepted the office. Mr.. Stoft and Mr..
| Haynes are Democrats and have held
as such. The commission now has two
republicans and two Democratic Of
| ficers. -
Mr.. Cohen urged the commission to
get right down to work, notwithstand-
ing the hot weather. He was joined
by Mr.. Atwater, who said that he
had gone into the question consider
ably and there was more than the COM
mission could dispose of in the six
months in the various problems of mu-
| n1c1pal government to be brought up
and considered in the new charter.
In this connection Mr. Hawley. on
| behalf of the special committee ap-
pointed to consider special matters
| which were to be considered before
| work on the charter began, reported.
He read list of these questions which
had been put down, he said, Just as
they occurred to the members of the
committee and with no special refer
ence to connectedness; they were mere
! ly tentative and suggestive, and would
probably lead to other questions.
| Upon motion of Mr.. Stoft the report
was received and the committee contin-
ued. The committee consists OF MessrS.
| HaWley, Haynes and AtWater.
| A committee on ways and means was
| appointed, consisting of Messrs.
| Haynes, Jones and Walker, and COM
mittee on rules and order Of business
was named, consisting of the president,
secretary and Mr.. Cohen.
The matter to be taken up at the
next meeting was brought up and MIR.
| Gjertsen suggested that it would be
| well to find out what other cities were
| doing in the way of suggestions for
| the new charter. Mr.. Atwater said he
| had studied other charters considerably
| and he found that the study of char
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