Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-04-14
MAYOR VS. ALDERMEN.
Mayor Announces that he Will
Not Recognize Certain >Ac-
' tlons of the Council. y$
TREBBY'S APPOINTMENT QUESTIONED.
Along Message Read byMayor
on the. Dispute Between
Him and the Council.

The city council met In adjourned.
regular session Wednesday evening.
All members were present except
Alderman Hill. That the citizens
generally believed that this meeting
would be a stormy one was evident
from the crowd of spectators on
hand when the meeting opened.
Standing room in the council cham
bers was at premium. 4
President Carlson called the meet
ing to order aud the council pro-
ceeded to the consideration ola few.
bills that were presented. The
j Denis, repairing fire appsratus.,. 8 So
~ Since, services at =
F 3 Etuart, salsry as fire warden. 100 90
st Gabriers hospital, care Of poor. 8 %
- ~ - "..... 20 90
G H Brown, sponge for city hall...... ~ e5
Transcript Pub Co, printing .......... eQ
w s Mott Co. shut off nozzle......... Is 90
The bill of Peter Arndt in the sum
Of $3.50 for hauling fire apparatus
to Rowe fire was referred to the fire
chief. -.
At the conclusion Of the considera-
tiOn Of bills. the mayor asked per-
mission to read a communication
which he had prepared for the
council. The permission was
granted and he proceeded 70 read a
very lengthy message on the actions
of the council at it's previous meet
ing. 1t referred to the appointment
OF city attorney and the fixing OF
the number and salary Oi the police.
He contended that these actions
were illegal and would not be rec
ognized BY him. He quoted the
opinions Of Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Dunahower, Attorney d. T. Cal
houn,. OF st. Cloud, and members Of
the local bar, all of whom he claimed,
sustained his position In the matter.
After he had finished reading his
message Aid. Martin began asking
the mayor some questions. He.
asked why it was the mayor was so
anxious that til charter be lived up
to this year. when he paid no atten-
tion to it4last year. The attorney
was appointed and; the number of
police ana their salary fixed in the
came manner last year as this year,
and Mayor .vasaly did not then
question It. ,,t - ~, :.
To the questions of Alderman Mar
tin the Mayor did not reply further
than to state that II 1t was to be.
turned into an affair Of question ask
ing he would also get into the game.
Aid. Mecusker remarked that it
did not make any difference what
the actions Of previous councils had
been. They had no bearing on the
actions Of the present council, II they
were illegal. ,.& "l 4.
City Attorney ELECT 8. Trebby then
stated bis position In the matter Of
his appointment. He characterised
the opinions quoted by the mayor
on the legality Of his appointment as
mere Ruesses OF attorneys, and
quoted other prominent members Of
the legal profession who had ex-
pressed opinions that his appoint
ment was legal. He. further stated
that II his appointment was illegal
there was a simple way to ascertain
that fact and depose him. Quo
warranto proceedings were the prop
er course, and a decision in the
matter could be had from the su-
preme court of the state In q short
time. Ii the mayor or anyone else