The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-10
JOSEPH KING ELECTED TO A POSI-
TION THAT WASN'T DECLARED
VACANT.
STOOD BY THE CAUCUS VOTE.
AROSIN, WHO HAS CHAMPIONED
THE PRESENT INCUMBENT,
WEAKENED AT LAST.
HON. TIM ON PARLIAMENTARY LAW
j. Il. Markham Elected Corporation
Attorney without Any OPPOSE
ton.

| Superintendent of Police Telegraph-Joseph
| King.
Members of Board of Equalization and
! -Assemblyman Albrecht and AID
| Kaldunsk
This sums up the action taken by the
members of the common council at the
meeting yesterday afternoon. All the
moves had been agreed upon in caucus
a week ago. There was a doubt that
| the action of the caucus might be
| broken as to the election Of a superin-
tendent of the police telegraph system.
Those of the council who favored
Macaulay's retention on account of his
! fitness and ability entertained the
suspicion that there might be a chance
to knock King out, but it proved to be
| only suspicion, as King received ten
! votes and was declared elected. After
| the resolution declaring King super
intendent had been adopted by a vote
of 10 to 9, the point was raised that it
required a majority vote of the common
! council to elect President Reardon
! held the point not we'll taken, and AS
| sistant Attorney Phillips sustained the
| decision Of the chair.
The meeting was called to order at
$50 o'clock by President Reardon, and
seventeen of the members answered to
their names, the absentees being
Messrs. Daily, Shepard and Stutzma1.
Assemblyman Kirke moved that the
body proceed to the election of a cor
poration. attorney. Aid Kenny wanted
the election by ballot, and President
Reardon announced that as the charter
so provided it would be done that way.
Messrs. Kirke and Arosin were ap-
| pointed as tellers to pass the hat
around, and all of the seventeen votes
cast were for James E. Markham. The
tellers conducted Mr.. Markham to the
clerks desk, where he was duly sworn
In by City Clerk Jensen. This formaIity
having been gone through with Mr..
Markham was introduced to the
gathering by President Reardon and
! made a short speech
Mr. Markham thanked the members
Tor the unanimity with which he had
been honored and announced that he
| would endeaVor to faithfully carry out
| the oath of Office which he had taken
The election, he said, was most graft
Tying to him for the reason that he
had not requested the members of the
council to vote for him on personal
grounds and the election had come to
him voluntarily. The duties Of the
position were arduous and burdensome.
but he would do his best and give to
the office his best energies and ahil,-
ties. The legal department would be
at the call of the council both as a
body and Individually at any and all
times, and each member of the council
would be welcome in the department.
| of Of i
member of the board Of equalization
| ana abatement, was read and a resolu-
ton passed naming AssembIyman
Albrecht and Aid. Kaldunski as repre-
| sentatfves of the council in the places
OF AID. Bigelow and Assemblvman
hrahmer The resolution received
eighteen votes, Aid. Shepard. who ha Il
peen absent from the meeting I'D TO
lhis time, putting in an appearance.
ASSemoIyman Thompson sent up a
resolution to the effect that the common
| CcuncN resolved that Joseph King he
the superintendent of the police patrol
! telegraph system. Mr.. Arosin moved
| that the roll be called on the adODtion
or the resolution. Mr.. Kenny offered as
an amendment, that the council pro
ceed by ballot to elect a superintendent
MI Aros1n Withdrew his motion, and
|
question was raised as to how the
members could vote for a resolution
by ballot. Mr.. Allard moved to Law
the resolution on the table. Mr..
thompson objected and insisted that
the resolution be acted on.
y, PRESIDENT Reardon announced that
the only thing before the BODY was
the resolution introduced by Mr.
thompson, and no ballot was neces-
! Safy. AsSemblyman DAILY. who Joined
the Other members at this iuncture
asked for information, and the res0Iu-
ton was read again. Mr.. ANard NOV
eo again to lay the resolution on the
IapIe, ana It was seconded by Aid
haldunski. Mr.. Arosin made a short
speech in which he stated that he was
! friend of Macaulay, but the council
had caucused and had decided on
joseph King for the position. For this
reason he intended to stand by and
not break the action of the caucus. Mr..
Kenny questioned whether action taken
by other caucuses had not been broken.
! There was no answer to the question
| put by the Third ward alderman. and
| president Reardon ordered the roll call
ed on the motion to lay the resolution
| on the table. The vote showed the
| following lineup:
To Lay on the Table-Allard Bell RioaIou
Donahower, Kenny, Kaldunski, Larsen Lin
dahl, Daiy-9. IN
| Asdtnst-AlDrecnt, Craig, Dix, Kirke, Ma
bon. Reardon, Thompson, Sanborn, Arosin.
| Shepard-10.
Aid. Stutzman was unavoidablv de-
tanned from attending the meeting.
Aid. Donahower explained his vote
to table the resolution by saying that
he did not think the election Of anv
officer by resolution was a proper waY.
Other officers were elected by ballo1
and the same plan should be takn in
this case.
President Reardon declared the mo-
ton to lay on the table lost and ordered
the roll call on the resolution. The
roll call showed the same vote and
President Reardon announced that the
resolution had been adopted and Joseph
King was elected superintendent Of the
! police patrol telegraph. The point was
made that it took a majority of the
members present and voting to elect.
but President Reardon said this p0int
was not we'll taken as it took only a
majority to adopt the resolution. AS
sistant City Attorney Phillips was called
in for an opinion and announced that
a majority of the working Quorum
was all that was necessary to carry
the resolution and election Of Mr.. King.
| President ReardOn said he knew he
could not be mistaken as to points of
parliamentary law. and a motion to
adjourn was put and carried.
Aid. StutZman, who had not been
| present at the meeting, came in Just
as an adjournment was taken. He
was halted by Assemblyman Thompson,
who took the Second ward alderman
to task for not being present. Stutz-
man explained that he had been de-
tanned on business, but Mr.. Thompson
replied that he would have let no bust
! ness keep him away from the meeting
| 1t was very evident that Stutzm&n