The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-09
AN OFFSET TO DOODLE TALK.
HIS PLAN MEETS LITTLE FAVOR
IN THE MILL CITY COUN-
GIL.
APPOINTMENTS
SCORES
In City Departments Confirmed by
the COuncii-News of the Mill
City.

poses to publish in the official pro-
ceedings all the speeches and side re-
marks of the members of the city coun-
Gil when in session, and also the state
ments of the city officers made orally
to the council during the course of
their proceedings, and he holds that
this publication will stop the talk about
council combines and convince the
| community that the grand jury, which
has been in session at an expense of
$500 a day making certain people very
uncomfortable, should quit business
and go home.
The alderman from the Sixth sprung
this little patent medicine cure for
skuldugery last evening just as some
other alderman was ready to move an
adjournment and it was fun to hear
some of the other aldermen handle the
cure-all.
Aid. Durham opposed the proposition
upon the ground of the unnecessary
expense. He said it would cost a good
deal and do no good. Aid. Schwarts
followed with about the same line of
argument against 1t and Aid. Phillips
joined the procession. Other aldermen
only laughed at the suggestion.
But Rand was not to be disconnected
by a mere smile. He evidently an
ticipated opposition and he was ready
with arguments of a kind. He said
he wanted to educate the people upon
the manners and the reasons for the
action of the council, in certain cases.
He assured the council that he had
looked up the matter of expense and he
was sure it would be comparatively
trifling. So he insisted upon YER
batim report of the proceedings, de-
bates, etc, in order to let the people
see how the thing was done.
Aid. Crosby in a good-natured way
poked fun at the proposition, by saying
that, no doubt, it would be gratifying
to see their illusions reported in full i'll
the public prints, he suggested that
sometimes it might be in prose and
then again it might be in verse. Oc-
casionally there were some very per-
tinent side-remarks and all these
would make very good reading-to the
man who had said them-but it prom
ised to be very expensive, and SO he
hoped the resolution would not pass.
Aid. Alexander, referring to Mr.
RandS suggestion that the people
would be able to see the motives which
impelled the action of the aldermen
by their declarations upon the floor Of
the council, was reminded Of the quota
tien ascribed to Ta1lyrand. Words are
intended to conceal IDEAS" and in that
case the alderman's argument would
fall fiat
Rand was not satisfied with these
signs of impending defeat. He charged
furiously with his cavalry. He told his
brother aldermen that there was sitting
at present in this city a body at cost
of $500 a day, the main business OF
which was to investigate the question
whether there is in the council a COM
bine. This would not be necessary if
the people had an opportunity to read
the council proceedings. He accused
the aldermen of cowardice when they
refused to have their words published
| and he referred to himself as the most
| unguarded of all the aldermen in his
| words upon the floor. The latter claim
| was conceded with a smile by most Of
the aldermen, and, when Mr.. Rand
! took his seat, Mr. Crosby suggested
| that, if the expense was so trifling as
| the alderman had suggested, that each
| alderman be called upon to pay out
| of his own pocket the expense Of the
| record, in proportion with the amount
| of space which his remarks occupied.
This was greeted with applause, and,
| by joint suggestion Of Aid. Phillips
anu AlU. ILdIO, Tic T0SOlullOu- was sent
to the committee on ways and means.
Aid. Rand introduced another motion,
which was adopted without debate.
| 1t was for the creation Of a committee
on legislation to be appointed by the
president. After several matters had
been referred to this committee, the
chair announced the following: Aid
Rand, chairman; Aid. Adams, Crosby.
Webster and Fort The matters re-
ferred to them were: A resolution by
Aid. Durham, asking the legislature to
! fix a maximum salary for city officers.
! By Aid. Currier, asking that the NUM-
| cipal elections be held at some other
| time than the state and national cleo
| lions. By Aid. DWyer, indorsing the
| bill introduced in the senate by Sena-
| tor Theden for the protection Pof the
merchants handling regular lines Of
| goods.
Aid. Kiichli introduced a resolution
requesting the Hennepin delegation to
amend the laws Of 1893, so as to au-
thorize that majority vote of all the
! legal voters of the city decide when
voting for or against any proposal to
purchase an electric light plant. This
! is instead of the two-thirds majority
required by the present law.
The following appointments of assis-
I tants in the: several departments of
the city were reported and confirmed
| by the council:
By A. c. Hangar, city treasurer, book
keeper, R. B. Roach; cashier, S. G. Sievert-
| son.
By W. G. ,Nye,, city comptroller, assistant
| city comptroller Joshua Rogers.
By Frank Healy. city attorney, first as
sstant city attorney Lycurgus A. Dunn
second assistant city attorney, w. H. Morse
stenographer, Miss Lois A. Smith.
By City Clerk Lydiard, first assistant city
| clerk, F. H. Chaplin.
By City Assessor Gibbons assistant city
assessor, W. B. Jones.
By Building Inspector Gilman first assist
ant inspector, James H. Houghton carpenter
| and elevator inspector, John Almquist; in
| spector of plumbing, Harry P. Wallace; cleo
| trical inspector, Charles L. Pillsbury; clerk
Of department, John c. Gilman.
BY Inspector of Gas A. D. Needs, deputy
inspector of gas, o. P. Flaten.
BY the committee roads and bridges
Patrick Irwin. steel arch bridge; Patrick
Churchill, assistant on steel arch bridge;
Peter Marker. Twentieth avenue bridge
| Charles S. Getchell, Washington avenue
| bridge; Andrew Brown, Franklin avenue
| bridge; John Seibert, Lake street bridge
| The salary is $500 year on the steel arch
| bridge and $500 ON the other bridges. E. o.
| Fremo was added to the list being an extra
| Waterman on the Washington avenue bridge
BY the committee on health and hospitals:
| Medical inspectors. DR.. A. K. Norton, W. H
| Hanscom. DR.. P. M. Holl; sanitary inspect
| ors. ]. s. Woodbury., Charles A. Carlson
| John H. Brown, Albert J. Lunt, Harry Lux
| ton, Christian L. Illstrup, William S. Gaines,
| S. F. Parker; registrar Mary e. Buttman;
| clerk of vital statistics. Edwina ]. Peck;
| chemist, G. W. Drew NJ. p; veterinarian
| G. E. Cotton, V. M. D.; quarantine keeper,
| William Boyer; dump police, E. Newman;
| inspector of bread and milk, W. D. Mccall:
| inspector of meats and provisions G. A. TIL
| bury.
| Upon motion Of Aid Adams, City