The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-10
WORSE THAN HE IMAGINED.
Aid. Stutzman Gets More Light on
DisOrderIy House Question.

Aid. Stutzman Gets More Light on
DisOrderIy House Question.
Mayor Doran yesterday approved the
resolution passed by both branches of
the council directing the appointment
of special joint committee to investi-
gate as to the enforcement Of the dis
orderly house ordinance by the mayor
and other officers. The committee,
which has been appointed by President
Bigelow, of the aldermen, and Presi-
dent Arosin, of the assembly, consists
CT Aid Stutzman, Kenny and San
born and Assemblymen Johnson and
Kirke. Members of the committee seen
yesterday said they had not been noti-
fed just when the investigation would
be held, but that Aid. Stutzman, who
introduced the resolution calling for
the appointment of the committee
would act as chairman and on his
action would depend the time for the
investigations to commence.
1t has been currently stated that
an effort was being made to head of
the investigation on the part of GER
tain officials who did not care to be
annoyed or troubled with the anxiety
which a stirring up of the matter
would cause them. This is, however,
denied by a majority of the commit
tee, and also of Patrolman Miller, the
mayors private messenger, who has
sorts since the present adminiStra-
ton took charge of city affairs. Mil
ler it is said, has been on the anxious
seat for some reason or another, bur
yesterday he reiterated his statements
that he was ready and willing to ap
pear before the committee and explain
all his actions.
Assemblyman Kirke said so far as
he was concerned there had been no
attempt to head off the committee and
a full and careful investigation would
be made on the facts as presented by
Aid. Stutzman. The mayor, M. Kirke
said, was very anxious that there
should be an investigation and had re-
quested him to have the charges fully
investigated.
Aid. Sanborn said he had heard
nothing about the matter except what
had been stated in the council cham
Der at the time the resolution was
passed. He had asked to be excused
from serving as a member of the in
veStigating committee, but as his re-
quest had not been granted, would
have to serve. If the matter was to
be gone into at all he was in favor
of making the investigation a thorough
one so that the charges might de
definitely disposed of one way or the
other.
Assemblyman Johnson was inclined
to the opinion that the investigation
would place the council in a peculiar
position. The investigation would show
that the laws had been violated, in
that these resorts were allowed to run
under the So-called fine system. His
idea was that such matter should be
left to the chief executive of the city
to. govern as seemed best If there
was to be an investigation, however,
he was in favor of going to the bottom
and disposing of the charges.
Aid. Stutzman, who is responsible
for the investigating committee WAS
seen last evening and said he had been
busily at work securing information
and data which would be laid before
the. committee when it met. He had
not decided as yet just when the first
meeting would be held, but probably
the last of the week He had gone
over the records of the municipal court
again in order to be sure that he was
right in his statements and was certain
that the facts as stated at the last
council meeting were correct in every
particular. The Second ward alder
man said he had struck some evidence
which made the charges even worse
than he had imagined, but Just the
nature of his discoveries he did not
care to make public. So far as he was
concerned the effort to head off the
investigation would have no effect.
even if such an effort was made.
Judge Twohy announced from the
police court bench yesterday, that,
hereafter, it will be the practice of
the court, when women plead guilty