The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-22
C0NROY NOT YET SCALPED
POLICE COURT CLERKS CROWN
IS STILL CONTIGUOUS
There Was Plot for His Undoing
ON Foot Last Night, but 1t Was
Not Pushed to It's Completion
President DOnahower, of the
Board of Aldermen, Appoints His
Committees.


President Donahower, of the
Board of Aldermen, Appoints His
Committees.
The regular meeting of the board Of
aldermen last evening was attended by
an unusually large number of pOliti-
clans and citizens. The matters which
attracted the large audience, however,
did not come before the body.
1t was announced yesterday that the
resolutions declaring the office of the
clerk Of the municipal court, which po-
sition Is now held by 4. F. Conroy,
vacant would be introduced and pass
ed. A count Of noses by those inter-
ested in pushing the scheme through
showed that two-third vote could not
be secured, and the resolution was for
a second time withdrawn and pocket
ed.
There was also a large delegation
from the Union Protective league pres
ent. A committee from the league mad
been instructed to send to the council
communication protesting against
the passage of the requisition authoriz-
ing the payment Of $3.50 from the
treasury with which to take the case
of j. w. Smith to the supreme court
The league is composed of honorably
discharged soldiers of the Civil war,
and each member of the league is in
terested in the securing of positions
under the law passed by the legisla-
> ture in 1895, which provides that in all
positions old soldiers, if competent,
shall be given the preference.
The board of public works appointed
J. w. Smith, son of Rev. S. G. Smith,
to a deputy clerkship, and turned down
A. w. Mortenson. The district court,
tbro, ,frI lid ocf
ordered the board to GUST Smith and
reinstate Mortenson. The board, in
stead of following the decision of the
court, requested the corporation attor-
ney to appeal the case to the supreme
court, and the assembly committee on
acquisitions approved a requsition for
$3.50 for this purpose.
The communication from the league
protesting against the spending of the
city's money for the purpose of an
appeal was presented to the city clerk
yesterday, but the document was not
presented to the aldermen last night
In explanation City Clerk Jensen In
formed the league committee that the
protest was not read for the reason
that the matter was still in the hands
of the assembly and it was not neces-
sary to have the board of aldermen
consider it at this time.
The order from the board of public
works directing the gasoline light con-
tractor to put in service $50 gasoline
lamps in the several wards was sent
to the committee on streets for investi-
cation.
IA similar order for the locating of
thirty additional arc lights went to the
same committee.
Applications for nine saloon licenses
went to the license committee, but
neither the application Of George Seig-
warth, at 33 East Seventh street, nor
that Of Theodore M. Lorig, at 81 West
Third street, were included in the num-
Der.
A resolution directing the advertise
ment for bids for paving the north end
Of the Wabasha street bridge with
brick was passed. The city engineer
estimates the cost of the paving at
about $4,000, and the expense will be
paid from the bridge repair fund.
The city engineer was also directed
to report to the council the work done
by the Mississippi Valley Telephone
company prior to June 8. The company
was given a twenty-five year franchise
for local telephone exchange March
%, but, so far as can be ascertained
from the city officials, nothing has
been done by the company up to date.
The ordinance allowing the Mime
sofa Central Telephone company to
erect poles and string wires on the
Hudson road and on the levee and
certain streets on the West side was
passed under a suspension Of the
rules.
A preliminary order was passed for
taking an easement on the right Of
way Of the Great Northern, Northern
Pacific and Minnesota Transfer Rail-
way companies for the construction of
the Raymond avenue bridge
The city engineer was directed to
have a cycle path constructed on Sum-
nit avenue, between Avon and Vic
toria streets, the cost to be paid from
the cycle path fund.
The ordinance passed by the assem-
bly, directing all the telephone and tel
egraph poles and wires on Marshall
avenue, between Fairview street and
the Mississippi river, to be taken down
and the wires placed in conduits, was
sent to the committee on streets.
Aid. Shepard protested against the
reference, claiming the citizens de
sired to boulevard the street and the
telephone company had refused to re-
move the poles and wires.
Aid. Kenny said it was news to him
that the telephone wires were danger
Gus to farming lands. The ordinance
was sent to the committee by vote Of
to 2.
The resolution ordering the payment
bership in the League Of American
municipalities was sent to the COM
mittee on ways and means, all the al
dermen but Bell and Shepard voting for
such reference.
The bonds Of the several banks de-
sirous of becoming repositories of city
funds went to the committee on ways
and means for investigation.
Preliminary orders were passed for
the widening of Langford avenue to
100 feet, between Prior avenue and the
county road, and also for the widen
ing of the county road to eighty feet,
between Langford avenue and the west
city limits. 1t was stated that these
improvements were asked for by the
street railway company.
Aid. Murphy secured the passage of
resolution directing the committee
on streets and the board Of public
works to report as to what course was
necessary to have the following streets
placed In a passable condition for trav-
ell: Sherburne avenue, from Rice street
to its eastern terminus; Valley street,