The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-18

ton at his command to efficiently care
for all the departments of tba v,o,,,-
entrusted to 1T. If this is true Mr.
Kenyon will no doubt ask the co,ning
legislature to make an extra apnro-
prlauon Tor the department in order
that nus successor, appointed by Gov.
Linz, may not be handicapped by this
same lack of funds. Ordinarily 1t Is
hot the custom for Republican legiR-
latures to increase appropriations for
departments into which the Democrats
have just gotten, but by fattening the
force of the department they will give
color and weight to Kenyon's claim
that ne did not have help enough. 1t
Is the one plea they have been driven
down TO since his note was found In
the Minnesota Savings bank, and the
present governor admonished him not
to mix up in any difficulty with John
Lind of New Ulm.
Aside from two convicted treasurers
In Minneapolis, and one official in Polk
county who abSconded and then killed
himself, there have been any number OF
other defalcations and malfeasances.
HAS DONE SOMETHING.
But has he never saved anything?
Yes.
To be fair. he has.
Prior to 1889 1t had been customary
for coroners in this state to charge
and get $5 for viewing a corpse. and as
much day for holding the Inquest
thereon. Kenyon decided that the cor
oner should not get more than So In
any one day, even If he was called out
of bed at l o'clock in the morning and
again at IL o'clock p. m. of the same
calendar day. This ruling practically
only effected Hennepin county, as the
Ramsey county coroner drew a salary
no matter how few calls were made on
him. You see. In the landslide of 1890,
Minneapolis went Democratic, and the
public examiner about that time had
gotten around to inspect the books.
The Republican coroner in Minneapolis
had CLEANED sS5 a day for several days
covering the inquest into the Tribune
Democratic coroner should get as fat a
thing after Kenyon made an interpre-
tation of the law.
1t had also been customary for sher-
ifs, in serving legal papers, to con-
structIvely come back to the Office af-
ter serving each, so that mileage was
collected on each warrant or other pa
per to and from the court house. to
the residence OF the person served
This might be twenty miles. If there
were two to be served within a block
or two, the sheriff sent one man to
serve both and charged twenty miles
for the one trip.
KENYON'S RECORD.
These two reforms are seemingly all
Mr.. Kenyon has TO show for his long
service.
The present laws also give the pub
lie examiner a sort of control OF the
building and loan associations. How
well this trust has been administered
1t is only necessary to refer to the Ma
tionel, of Minneapolis, that was; the
Northern, which has for a long time
been in the hands of NJ. f. Hanley, re-
ceiver, and several others In Minneap-
oils, not to mention those which, un-
der the law OF 1897, have since gone
into voluntary liquidation. within the
law, but without enormous profits to
the thrifty, but misguided. people who
placed their money in what they sup
posed were sound financial institu-
tions.
The present staff of the department
consists OF
Public Examiner and Superintendent Of
Banks-M. d. Kenyon
Deputy P. West
Assistant Bank Exam.ner-Oscar Lonegren.
Second Assistant Bank Examiner-JameG
Compton.
Assistant Public Examiner-W. p Snow.
Clerks-E. c. Boucher. Fl. D. Tanning.