The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-28
AssEMBLYMAN REARDON SUCCEEDS
IN LANDING j. T. DUFFY MAR
KET MASTER
IF THE CAUCUS SLATE GOES.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
SPLIT UP THE HONORS AT
HAND.
ALL THE OFFICERS RE-ELEcTED
Except ThOmpsOn's Man, Webster,
Who Was slaughtered After Six
teen Ballots Were Taken.


Reardon.
President of the Assembly-O. H. Arosin.
Vice President of the Assembiy-M. Gordon
Craig.
E. Bigeow.
Ernest l.. Allard.
Market Mester-John T. Duffy.
Janitor at Market House-T. Wickershe M
The above was the slate agreed upon
yesterday at the caucus of the mem
bers of the common council, and if the
members do not bolt the action, which
event is not improbable, the slate fixed
up will be ratified at meetings held
Tuesday.
While there has been considerable
criticism as to the lethargy of the two
branches of the council regarding the
disposition of public business and meas
ures of more or less Importance TO tHe
public interest, there has never oeea
any chance to find fault with this
branch of the city government re-
garding the delay in cutting up pat
ronage pie The members OF poth
branches may pigeonhole ordinances
and refer to committees important res
olutions, but when it comes to selecting
candidates for jobs paying s6o per
month no time is lost and an agree
ment is speedily reached.
caucus was called for yesterday
afternoon al 4 o'clock in the may yor's
office, and nineteen Of the twenty mem
bers respor ded, the only absentee pe-
ing Assemblyman Craig, who is at
present out of the city. The assembly
held a short session and UNANIMOUSLY
decided to re-elect it's present ofhcers.
The board of aldermen also finished
their selection Of officers in the same
manner and in about one minute. The
members of the two bodies then met
in joint session and reelected Assem-
blyman Reardon as presiding officer of
the common council.
The caucus then spent two hours IN
balloting for market master, and it
was not until the seventeenth ballet
that John T. Duffy was selected to i'll
this important position in the city gov
ernment. The first ballot taken was an
informal one, and brought out five can
didates with a following as shown by
the ballots cast: F. H. Wheelock, I; L.
A Webster, 5; C. F.. Fisher, 3; Nick
Flynn 1; John T. Duffy, 8. On the sixth
and fifteenth ballots F. H. Wheelock, the
former incumbent, secured ten votes,
lacking one to again secure the position.
Assemblyman Thompson made num-
ber of displays of his ability as an
orator in behalf of Webster and moved
that the present market master be elect
ed by acclamation, but his molten did
not even receive second. Assembly
man Reardon came within a hairs
breadth of spelling the chances of his
candidate, J. T. Duffy, by announcing
that his choice for the place was one
of the leading members and head push
ers of the Lincoln Republican club. On
the ballot taken Immediately after this
boost, Duffy'S vote fell from nine to
six, and it was only by the hardest
kind of missionary work that Duffy
finally landed the plum on the sixteenth
formal ballot
T. Wickersheim, the present janitor
at the building, was reelected by ac-
clamation.
John T. Duffy was formerly engineer
at the court house, but is now employed
at the machine shops of the Great
Northern road. The salary of the mar
ket master is $1,000 per year, and with
a side dish of about $500 per year as
sealer Of weights and measures. The
salary Of the market house janitor is
$65 per month.
By the time this stage In the proceed
ings was reached, it was after o'clock
| and an adjournment was taken. The
board of aldermen wanted, or at least
some of the members did, to proceed to
the selection of two members of that
body to act as members of the board
of equalization and abatement. Aid.
Bell and Kaldunski are now holding
down the positions, but it was finally
agreed to not take any action until
next week. The chances are that neith-
er Aid. Bell or Kaldunski will be again
chosen to represent the aldermen on the
board of equalization and abatement,
and the talk is that Aid. Sanborn and
Stutzman will be selected. The SUBJ
ject of certain legislation, which it was
expected would be brought up, was not
reached.