The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-28
pYE IS NEXT TO IT
WILL BE GUARDIAN OF THE SAFE
IN WHICH CITY FUNDS
ARE KEPT
AND DRAW $4,000 PER YEAR.
THE QUESTION OF HIS SALARY
Is CINCHED BY THE
COUNCIL.
AND DRAW $4,000 PER YEAR.
MAKES A VACANCY.
THIS
Some Lively Discussion as to His
Successor as City Comp
trOIIer.


ballot to do the business. Mr.. Nye
receiving q votes and John H Thomp-
son 5. The resignation of City Treas
urer Haugan was placed on file on mo-
ton Of Aid. Webster.
1t was a few minutes after s o'clock
when President Loye called the meet
ing to order, every alderman being
present After the reading of the call
for the special meeting, Aid Webster
moved that the resignation Of City
Treasurer Haugan be filed. Aid Kichlii
amended by striking out the words
placed on file'' and substituting ''be
accepted"
This gave Aid. Webster an opportun
1ty to deliver his maiden speech in the
council He had made the motion to
place the resignation on file after haV-
ing duly considered what should be
done In the matter. 1t seemed to him
that 1t would be a very unwise thing
10 accept the resignation at that time
The city had treasurer in Mr.. Haugan
whose term nominally would expire on
the hrst Monday in January Of the
present year. 1t was doubtful whether
the resignation applied 10 Mr.. Haugan's
Trst term or the term commencing the
hrst Monday in January, 1897.
If 1t was intended to apply to him as
the neWly-elected city treasurer, it was
entirely unnecessary to accept the
resignation. 1t was plain under the
charter that If he failed to assume the
| duties Of his office within ten days
! after the first Monday in January. he
would be compelled to forfeit his office.
MI. Haugan had not qualified prior to
or upon that day aud was therefore
not city treasurer by virtue of his re-
cent election.
IL the resignation applied to his first
term, 1T was equally unnecessary to
accept II. The charter provides that
the office should be held by its incum-
bent until his successor should be duly
elected and qualified. The action that
the council Should take therefore would
De to proceed to the election of a city
treasurer, who, when he had qualified,
would assume the duties Of the office.
relieving City Treasurer Haugan.
City Attorney Healey's views coin
clded with those Of Aid. Webster, Aid.
k1clifs amendment was voted down
and the original motion prevailed.
AID. Adams then MAYED that the
council proceed to the election of a city
! treasurer to hold Office during the en-
suing, unexpired term ending the first
Monday in January, 1899. The motion
was adopted, and Aid. Anderson and
| Currier appointed tellers.
AID. Rand arose and put in nomina-
ton the name Of John II. Thompson,
VINO he declared would fill the office to
the satisfaction of all the citizens of
Minneapolis. No other names were put
In nomination, and the first ballot was
called for, which resulted as above
stated, Mr.. Nye receiving q votes and
Mr.. Thompson 5.
A resolution was then presented bv
Aid. Crosby placing the salary of the
city treasurer at s., 900 a year, in SUD-
port OF which motion he spoke at soma
length. In conclusion he moved that
the resolution be referred to the COM
m1ttee on salaries with instructions to
| report before the meeting should adj
| journ.
AID. Schwartz amended, instructing
the committee to report on this resoIu-
ton at the same time as upon all city
saIar1es. This was the beginning of
| good-natured but very Interesting
discussion, during which Aid. Kichlii
| showed deal Of generalship and came
| very nearly knocking the resolution on
| the head until the next meeting of the
| council
Several Of the aldermen thought that
the matter should not be hastily acted
upon, and motions and amendments of
character were presented, tC be de-
cIared out OF order or to be voted down.
Finally matters quieted somewhat and
Aid. Crosby's motion was put and
adopted, Aid. Kichlii voting with the
! affirmative.
Immediately the motion was carried
| Aid. Kichlii arose and gave notice that
IA = 49,,
! Of the vote by which the motion had
! been adopted at the next meeting Of
| the council, thereby hoping to carry
the matter over until that time
AS soon as he had done 50 he left
! his seat and was making his way to
! acting upon a tip from Assistant City
| Clerk Chaplin, jumped to his feet and
moved suspension Of the rules and
| that the vote be then recOnsidered
In the meantime, however, Kichlii
! rad escaped. The rules governing the
council meetings state that there must
| be as many members present on
motion to reconsider a vote as
were when the matter was first acted
| upon. Aid. COlburn claimed that Aid
kichlii was within the council chamber
when he made his motion and the
| chair SO ruled.
The motion to suspend the rules was,
| therefore, put and carried; that to re-
consider the vote being defeated. The
salary question was, therefore, settled
for good but Aid. Kichlii came very
close to upsetting the plans Of the
Republicans, alone and unaided
The election of Wallace G. Nye to
the office of city treasurer makes an
other vacancy, that Of the city comp
trollership. Much speculation was in
dulged in last night after the coun-
Gil meeting, as to Mr.. Nye's prOba bile
successor, hut, as it was very early
IT the day, no one made any prophe
cles. The name Of Assistant City Clerk
Cfap1n went the rounds to a slight
extent, but was not considered seri.
ously.