The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-06
TAKING CARE OF VOTERS.
Mayor Deran Spends Lot of Time
at That Himself.
/ To tha Editor Of the G1oha
MAYOR DORIAN CoMPLIMENTED.

at That Himself.
To the Editor of the Globe.
MAYOR DORIAN CoMPLIMENTED.
New York Evening Post: The most sensi-
BILE thing said at the convention of mayors in
Columbus, o. this week was the remark
of F. B. Doran the CHEF executive of st.
Paul, Mimi, that he would heartily sane
ton municipal ownership of street cars gas
and water works, 'if we could be sure that
under city control they would be conducted
on purely business principles but that he
had 'seen employees of the city and those of
private companies working side by side in the
streets often, and noted that the employees
Of the company always accomplished much
more than those of the city do This is
truth of universal application. The public
meeting of owners of canal boats on the Erie
canal at Buffalo the other day. which called
for the removal of Superintendent of Public
Works Aldridge for the discreditable work
done by his department, declared that lin
cases OF emergency railroad corporation
would do more work in twenty-four hours
than some of Aldridge's contractors have done
in the past nine MONTHS The explanation is
the same in both cases. 4. 1t is, Mayor Doran
put 1t, because the company is careful to
secure efficient laborers. while the city (or
the superintendent of public works. is tax
ing care of the voters %
Herewith a clipping from this mornings
Pioneer Press. 1t is taken, you will observe,
from the New York Evening Post. The Post
man had the pleasure of hearing the mayor
of st. Paul talk. Before he COMMUNICATED
him in this way, he should have made a
journey to our city and interviewed some of
those who worked for Mr.. Doran's election
and noted the extreme consistency of this
broad minded and liberal mayor of ours 'It
is, Mayor Doran put it, because the COM
pany is careful to secure efficient laborers
while the city Tor superintendent of public
works. is taking care of the voters Shades
of Tiberius and Nero" was there ever such
mundane confidence? Has he so soon for
gotten the Carroll Doran- Rundlett affair? Was
the placing OF Carrohs in the position where
ne was, that of anything else nthan taking
care OF the yoters?" Was it for any other
purpose? Here was man put in RESPONSE
Bile position, who was wholly incompetent to
MI the same, precisely as Mr.. Doran is to
fill the position of mayor of our beautiful
city. BAH Such consistency as this causes
a smile to spread into laugh and thence
into shout. We know the man and know
ing him, know his methods. AS the Republic
can leaders acknowledge and as those of
us who voted for him acknowledge, too we
made mistake. We are sorry and we want
Just one more lick at him in the spring. By
the way have you observed the anti-Doran
feeling that exists in this community? I
do not go around very much, but here and
there l have been very greatly amused by
some of the things l have heard. For ex-
ample, yesterday l was in g. weI-known
cafe in the city, where this reached me. II
took off my coat and vest and I worked for
that Wooden-headed ass as l never worked
Tor the election of another man in this town.
! Know pulled over 2o0 or 300 men to vote
for him; just want more lick at that
| man Doran and he will find out who | am
Have you ever happened to hear similar
UnlngS! do not know when in nv life |
I have heard such universal condemnation of
a man and his methods as have come to NV
ears in the different public resorts of this
town within the past four months. "Straws
show which way the wind blows" and pubic
opinion shows what the people feel. If Mr..
Doran had confined himself to giving US
careful administration and one that we ex-
peeted from him, "a purely business one.''
he could have been three times the mayor of
this town, beyond doubt What other mayor
has our city ever had who has taken more
care of the veters?" Your truly
st. Paul, Oct. 5, 1897.