The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-09
LIGHTS AND LIGHTS
ASSEMBLY HAS A LIVELY SESSION
OVER ELECTRIC AND GASO-
LINE CONTRACTS.
ALDERMEN ACT DIFFERENTLY.
PRESIDENT ifARosIN SPRINGS A
DAKOTA PAPER ON THE May
OR'S APPOINTMENT.

DAKOTA PAPER ON THE May
OR's APPOINTMENT.
AN INVESTIGATION FOR WALSH.
Both Bodies Of the Common Council
Have Busy sessfons-ReardOn's
New Saloon Ordinance.
Meetings Of the board of aldermen
and assembly swerel held last evening.
The aldemanic body held the first ses-
sion and after reconsidering the vote
by which the action of the mayor in
discharging Patrolman John P. Walsh
was concurred in at its last meeting,
referred the matter to the committee
on police for an investigation. The
| specifications for lighting the city with
gas and electric lights were approved,
and resolution passed directing the
city clerk to advertise for bids. When
| the specifications and the resolution
! came up in the assembly there was
considerable opposition, and the vote
by which the specifications were ap-
proved and the city clerk directed to
advertise was passed by the close vote
of to 4. President Arosin, who al
| lowed Assemblyman Craig to preside
during the meeting, appealed from the
| decision of the chair on the passage
of the lighting specifications and reso-
luton, raising the point that it re-
| CURED six votes, or a tWo-third vote
of all the members elect, to approve
| of the expenditure of money. Corpora
ton Attorney Markham, in deciding
the point, held that, while it required
six votes to award a contract, it did
| require only q majority of the men,
bers to pass the resolution directing
the city clerk to advertise for bids. The
assembly also sat down for a time at
| least on the appointment Of Thomas
Flynn to the police force by Mayor
Doran. The claim was made that Flynn
was not resident of the city, and the
question was referred to the committee
| on police.
All of the members of the assembly
were present at the meeting of that
body, and Vice President Craig pre-
sided.
The gas and electric lighting speci-
| fcations and the resolution directing
the city clerk to advertise for bids
passed the board of aldermen without
a dissenting vote, but when the mat
ter came up in the assembly there was
decided objection. Mr.. Arosin thought
the 205 arc lights agreed to by the
joint committee on gas and the gas
company should be increased to at
least 400. His idea was to advertise
for bids for electric lighting in small
districts. AS the specifications were
now drawn, it simply gave the contract
to the gas company Mr. Johnson
| thought the Eighth ward should be
given more electric lights, but as the
committee had reported against this
the only thing he could do was to take
his medicine
Mr.. Albrecht was opposed to the
method. 1t was presented with a view
to shut out all competition. He con-
sidered it illegal and it was an absurd
way A deal of pains and expense was
gone to in order to let the contract to
the gas company. Under this, contract
the city gained nothing. The gas COM
pany would give eighty-fve more cleo
trio lights at $94 per light. This was
not based on the demands of the city,
| but simply what the company wanted
| to give.
Mr.. Kirke said there were only two
| plants outside the gas company which
could bid on the arc lighting. He was
! So tisfied that even il bids were adver-
tised for in districts the two plants
outside the gas company could light
! only in the district near the location
| of the plant. Mr.. Arosin declared that
the specifications shut off all bidders
| except the gas company, and for this
reason he would not vote for them. On
| the roll call the vote to approve the
| specifications and pass the resolution
was carried by vote of to A. Those
voting for it were Messrs. DAILY, Dix,
Johnson, K1rke and Thompson, and
those against it Messrs. Albrecht
| Craig, Reardon and Arosin.
Vice President Craig announced that
! the resolution had passed. MIR. Arosin
| then raised the point referred to in the
| introduction, but the corporation attor-
| ney decided it was not we'll taken.
Mr.. Arosin then appealed from the
| decision of the chair but the vote on
sustaining the decision of the chair was
to 2, only Messrs. Arosin and Rear
don voting against the ruling.
The mayor notified the assembly that
| he had appointed Thomas Flynn as
police officer, vice John O'Malley re-
signed.
| Mr. Arosin thought that none but
| citizens of the city should be placed
on the force. He read an item from
| the Clear Lake Courier, of South Da-
| kota under date of Nov. 4, as follows:
Thomas Flynn, better known among his
acquaintance as Corbett, was made happy
| Tuesday by receiving an appointment on the
police force of st. Paul. Although Mr.. Flynn
| has been a resident Of our city but a few
months, he has made many friends in that
time all of whom are glad to hear of his
appointmen He departed yesterday, and his
family will follow in few days.
There were any number of good citi-
zens in the city, Mr.. Arosin said. who
were able to fill the position Of patrol
man, and he thought it unwise to go
to Dakota or out of the city for police
| officers. He moved the appointment
be sent to the committee on police for
| investigation. Mr.. Daily said Flynn
was formerly his neighbor, and last
| summer went out as an engineer for a
| threshing machine. He was certain
| that Flynn was resident of st. Paul
Mr.. Johnson said there were plenty
of patriots in st. Paul who would glad
ly serve on the police force and he ia
vored an investigation as to the eligi-
bility of Mr.. Flynn. The committee on
police will make an investigation.
! Corporation Attorney Markham noti-
fed the assembly that, in looking over
the ordinances of the city, he found
| none prohibiting the sale of liquor to
minors or prohibiting those engaged
in the sale of liquors from permitting
minors to remain in saloons. In con-
sequence, ali prosecutions against this
class of offenders !sWere necessarily
had under the State statute. The
corporation attorney handed in an or