The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-10
AROSIN, WHO HAS CHAMPIONED
THE PRESENT INCUMBENT,
WEAKENED AT LAST.
HON. TIM ON PARLIAMENTARY LAW
j. r. Markham Elected Corporation
Attorney without Amy OPPOSE
ton.

| members of the common council at the
meeting yesterday afternoon. All the
moves had been agreed upon in caucus
a week ago. There was a doubt that
! the action of the caucus might be
broken as to the election of a superin-
tendent Of the police telegraph system.
! Those of the council who favored
Macaulay's retention on account Of his
fitness and ability entertained the
suspicion that there might be a chance
to knock King out, but it proved to be
only suspicion, as King received ten
votes and was declared elected. After
the resolution declaring King super
intendent had been adopted By a vote
of 10 to 9, the point was raised that it
required a majority vote of the common
council to elect President ReardOr
held the point not well taken, and AS
sistant Attorney Phillips sustained the
decision Of the chair.
The meeting was called to order at
$50 o'clock by President Reardon, and
! seventeen of the members answered to
! their names, the absentees being
Messrs. DAILY, Shepard and Stutzma1I.
Assemblyman Kirke moved that the
| body proceed to the election Of a cor
| poration. attorney. Aid. Kenny wanted
! the election by ballot, and President
! ReardOn announced that as the charter
so provided it would be done that way.
Messrs. Kirke and Arosfn were ap-
| pointed as tellers to pass the hat
around, and all of the seventeen votes
cast were for James E. Markham. The
tellers conducted Mr.. Markham to the
clerks desk, where he was duly sworn
IN by City Clerk Jensen. This formality
having been gone through with Mr..
Markham was introduced to the
gathering by President Reardon and
made short speech.
Mr.. Markham thanked the members
| for the unanimity with which he had
| been hOnOred and announced that he
would endeavor to faithfully carry out
| the oath of office which he had taken
The election, he said, was most graft
flying to him for the reason that he
had not requested the members of the
council to vote for him on personal
grounds and the election had come to
him voluntarily. The duties of the
position were arduous and burdensome
! but he would do his best and give 70
the office his best energies and abin
|
! at the call of the council both as a
BODY and Individually at any and all
! times, and each member Of the council
would be welcome in the department.
Inc resignation Of Aid. Bgelow as a
| member OF the board of equalization
and abatement, was read and resoIu
ton passed naming Assemblyman
! Alprecht and Aid. Kaldunsli as renra
! sentatives of the council in the places
OF Aid. BigelOw and Assemblvman
hrahmer. The resolution received
! eighteen votes, Aid. Shepard. who had
peen absent from the meeting up to
1hls time, putting in an appearance.
ASSembIyman Thompson sent up a
| resolution to the effect that the common
cGuncll resolved that Joseph King be
! the superintendent of the police patrol
| Telegraph system, Mr.. ArOsin moved
| that the roll be called on the adOntiOr
| or the resolution. Mr.. Kenny offered as
All amendment, that the council. nr0-
! ceed by ballot to elect superintendent
MI Arosin withdrew his motion. and
| tEen there was a slight tanaIe The
! question was raised as to how tho
members could vote for a resolution
! py ballot. Mr.. Allard moved to Law
the resolution on the table. Mr.
thompson objected and insisted that
! lHe resolution be acted on
., PRESIDENT ReardOn announced that
the only thing before the BODY was
| Ihe resolution introduced by Mr.
thompson, and no ballot was neces-
safy. Assemblyman DAILY. who Joined
! the other members at this iunct1ra
asked for information, and the resolu-
uon was read again. Mr. Auard NOV
| ca again TO lay the resolution on the
| table, and it was seconded bv AID
a
speech in which he stated that he was
a friend OF Macaulay, but the council
had caucused and had decided on
Joseph King for the position For this
reason he intended to stand by and
not break the action of the caucus. Mr.
Kenny questioned whether action taken
Dy other caucuSes had not been broken.
There was no answer to the question
| put by the Third ward alderman, and
| PRESIDENT ReardOn ordered the roll call
ed on the motion to lay the resolution
| on the table. The vote showed the
| following lineup:
To Lay on the Table-Allard Rail r2iroIor,
Donah0wer, Kenny, Kaldunski Larsen Lin.
Aga!nst-Albrecht, Craig, Dix. Kirke, Ma
pom, Reardon, thompson Sanborn Arosin
/ Shepard-10.
Aid. Stutzman was unavoidablv de-
tanned from attending the meeting.
! Aid Donahower explained his vote
~ CdpIe Inc resolution by saying that
! he did not think the election Of anv
officer by resolution was a proper way
! Other officers were elected by baIlot
and the same plan should be takn in
this case.
President Reardon declared the mo-
ton to lay on the table lost and ordered
the roll call on the resolution. The
roll call showed the same vote and
President ReardOn announced that the
| resolution had been adopted and Joseph
King was elected superintendent Of the
! police patrol telegraph. The point was
made that 1t took a majority of the
members present and voting to elect
! but President Reardon said this noint
was not we'll taken as it took only a
| majority to adopt the resolution. As
sistant City Attorney Phillips was called
in for an opinion and announced that
! majority of the working Quorum
was all that was necessary to carry
! the resolution and election of Mr.. King
! President ReardOn said he knew he
! could not. be mistaken as to points Of
| parliamentary law. and a motion to
| adjourn was put and carried.
Aid. Stutzman, who had net been
! present at the meeting, came in lust
! as an adjournment was taken. He
was halted by Assemblyman Thompson,
! who took the Second ward alderman
| to task for not being present StutZ-
| man explained that he had been de-
! tanned on business, but Mr. THOMPSON
replied that he would have let no bust
! ness keep him away from the meeting
| 1t was very evident that Stutzm&n
| did not make a hit by being abseEr,
and several of the members smiled ve9v
| broadly when the cause of his absence
| was stated
After the meeting had adjourned q