The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-02
OFF WITH HIS HEAD
so MUCH FOR CHIEF JACKSON, Is
MAYOR DORAN's DC
TUM.
HIS EXECUTI0MERs CHOSEN.
AssEMBLYMAN AROsIN, EDWARD
VANISH AND It. G.. WALTHER
WILL DECAPITATE HIM,
SAY THEY MADE NO PLEDGES.
The Mayor Squares Old Scores With
Jackson-sOme Good Repub-
Iican Fixed 1t.

0. H. Arosin. Theodore G. Walther
and Edward Vanish are Mayor Doran's
appointees to the fire board. The
mayor announced them yesterday fore
noon for publication in his evening
organ.
1hese three names mean official death
to Chief Jackson. Some loyal Repub-
Hcan ran to the mayor with a story
soon after his honor had DISCHARGED
number of policemen and detectives
on hearsay evidence, and told him that
Jackson had said:
Il spent $500 to beat the A.P. a.
blankety blank. and I'll spend a thou
sand the next time" or words to that
effect.
The mayor Is convinced that John
Jackson spoke these words, because
his friends told him So Mr.. Jackson's
head is the price
That the three citizens whom the
mayor appointed to serve on the fire
board will vote as their Republican
consciences dictate, nobody will pre-
sumo to doubt. Vanish says he never
gave Doran a pledge. and Mr.. Vanish
pledge" for he served on the school
board once. Mr.. Vanish said to
G reporter last evening:
Mayor Doran did not ask me to
make any pledge. I would not have
accepted the appointment with a. pledge
attached. L consider myself free to
vote as I please"
Mr.. Walther also absolved the
mayor. Mr.. Walther even expressed
doubt about his appointment as a
member of the fire board.
have not received my commission
yet SAID Mr.. w 2lther but 1 under
stand that the mayor has named me as
an appointee to the fire board"
How about Jackson?"
Mr.. Walther smiled and smiled as he
answered.:
II don't know. made no pledge and the
have be eSae aeooi none am informed that
don't care to say anything more.''
But sackson's friends want t. know what's
gong 10 happen; was suggested.
the WhoIe thing away, when he replied:
does Chief Jackson
Mr. Arosn could not be found yesterday
afternoon and evening. He was not at home
during the latter half Of the day He was
IN the mayors office in the forenoon, how
Vanish and Mr.. Walterstorf, the ex-presi-
dent OF the assembly. 1t was one of those
K tba oonfabS that lacked nothing but
the presence OF Mayor Griffin. Mr. Griffin
was excused. being detained, for lack Of SIX
600, in Nebraska.
There was very little discussion over the
course or procedure of the fire board. That
Jackson IS to go seemed foregone conclu-
sion Had he not said that the mayor was
animated anil with the A. P: AS? True it had not
been proven, but good loyal Republican had
made the charge. That was enough What
need nee Of pledges from Arosin, Vanish and
r Matner; t Ihey could be trusted without
wei knew, never committed the crime CT
voting for Democrat. Vanish was likewise
oear 10 democratic eloquence. Walther was
wouldn't antagonize Vanish or rufIle the
serene forehead of Assemblyman Arosin It
W&s fixed. Jackson is an offensive partisan
He must go. Insurance rates NAV 90 un
SO VIII Arcsin, who has long cherished the
aspiration to soar above the odum that en-
De confessed is a cleanly man, with highly
sensitive nostriis. He made wry faces q
year and a half n,, ago every other Thursday
night. Since "Biliy" johnson broke into tha
assembly things have been done decently and
in order and that is why Mr.. Arosin has not
resigned
asked to say few words last evening There
is not a city official alive today who has the
interests of the city more at heart than
George w. Freeman. Mr.. Freeman does not
feel bad because the mayor promised to con.
suit him before he appointed his successor
and then forgot his promise. Some mem
cries are bad and Mr.. Freeman knows it.
But Mr.. Freeman does object in a good-na-
tured way to the mayors assertion that I'D to
date the fire board has allowed political con-
slderations to influence It's action. He would
like to have the mayor prove the declaration.
81 think the mayor spoke rather hastily If
he is quoted correctly in the public prints
said Mr.. Freeman. Il don't like to boast
about the fire board over which have had the
honor preside fau
will simply refer the mayor to the law and
the gospel laid down by an expert-J j.
McCardy. Mr.. McCardy is on record as hav-
ing declared that the board Of fire commits
sioners transacted its business in business
like fashion. He held it up as a model for
few other boards. We saved money.
Politics! They never bothered us. Fire
men were discharged for cause, and fremen
were hired without thought as to their pol
itics. can hold up my right hand today and
swear that l don't know how John jackson
votes. The fire board was more concerned
about the protection Of st. Paul, than about
the politics of the men hired to protect it.
Personally I have no grievance. There
other citizens just philosophical as
am, and as anxious of serving on one of the
most important boards in the city. Perhaps
another man can be found who will make as
satisfactory and competent a chief as Jack
son. But will the new board select him?
AS a general proposition. no one man is in
dspensble. l can hire a man in my private
business to do certain work for perhaps half
the money l am now paying a tried en-
ploye. But 1 have very good business rea-
sons for net making any change. So with
the city's fire department. which is a very
serious business. There is a strong express
sion that fits this, Don't monkey with the
fire department. John Jackson is thor
oughy competent man IN his place, and my
business training has taught me that it is
unwise to remove good man from place
that he fills we'll
But some good Republican told his honor
the mayor that Jackson spent coin to crush
him, and was willing to spend more to efface
him. So Jackson must go.
Moral-Don't use cuss words when talking
about Doran.