The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-05
MORE TO SHAKE OUT
REPUBLICANS STILL HOLDING PO-
LITICAL JOBS DEMOCRATS CAN
FILL AS WELL


LITICAL JOBS DEMOCRATS CAN
FILL AS WELL
LAMAR ENDORSED FOR ONE
Secures the United support of COun-
ty Organization for w. j. SulIi-
vans Sit-Eighth Ward Eranch OF
the Organization to Hold nm I'm
pOrtnnt Meeting Tomorrow Night
City Hall Gossip.
M. S. lamar, of the Eleventh ward, was
unanimously Endorsed by the Democratic
county committee at a meeting held last
evening for the position of chief clerk
in the state grain inspection department
The position is now held by William J.
Sullivan, son of former County Auditor
Sullivan, and pays a salary of SIPS pr
month
The committee also considered the mat
ter of the large number of Republicans
holding positions under the state depart
ments which could be just as well filled
by Democrats. Chairman Barton was
authorized to appoint committee, the
number being left to his discretion, to
prepare resolutions and wait upon Gov
Lind with tho request that the names Of
Ramsey county Democrats be considered
in the distribution of future patronage
The executive committee of the Demo-
cratic city and county organization will
meet at the rooms of the jefferson club
Wednesday night. The executive COM
mittee consists of the officers of the or
ganization, chairmen of the several ward
committees and five members at larye.
At the session Wednesday night ar
engagements will be made for a meeting
of the precinct comm tees of the several
wards which will be held the last Of the
present month.
The Eighth ward branch of the Demo-
cratic city and county organization w IL
hold a meeting at st. Demands hall,
Rose and Albemarle streets, tomorrow
evening at o'clock BY a resolution
adopted at the last meeting of thu
Eighth ward branch it was agreed that
cbairmen of the precinct committees who
were absent from the meeting tomorrow
night would be deposed from office and
the precinct commit emen present would
select new chairmen. An invitation Is
extended to all Democrats of the ward
to be present at the meeting.
The membership Of the Jefferson club is
rapidly increasing This is due to the
fact that the dues have been reduced
from $l2 to Sc, and until Dec. l the in
itiation fee of S. has been suspended. At
the regular meeting of the club Oct. q
the following new members were elected:
E. M. Pope. M. S. lamar Jr. Clement
Deb0ld: William Johnson. ]. H. Dignln.
Fenwick. o. B. Robertson. ]. B. Coving-
ton. w. H. Mcdonald. F. A Pike, h. J.
Bobleter. w. Powers and E. B. Andrews.
officers of the club and executive COM
mittee, and the club is now differed as
follows: President. DR.. Rudolph Schifr-
mann; vice president. DIR. A. J. Stone;
recording secretary. W. F. Constans;
treasurer. F. H.. Ellerbe: executive coun-
Gil. J. w. Willis, DR.. E. H. Whitcomb.
Ives. A. l. Graves, T. ]. McDermott, Ar
thur M. Hull. Humphrey Barton, Gustave
Scholle. Edwin ]. Bishop. M. S. lamar Jr.
The members of the council are not TAX
ing very kindly to the scheme of Health
Commissioner Ohage to have the garbage
problem placed in charge of the health
department next year. At q recent meet
ing of the assembly committee on stree g
majority of the members expressed
themselves as being in favor of allowing
the health department half a dozen more
1nspec ors and continuing the present sys-
tenn of collecting the garbage under the
contract system
Health Commissioner Ohage however
ls OF the opinion that with the s25, 900 ash.
ed ne can do the work much better. and
with full charge of the work. without In
reference from the council, hire the prom
er men for the two dozen posi- ions under
his proposed system.
The council will take I'D the mucb-dis-
cussed question of a new police alarm
system again this week Supt King Of
the police alarm system, has prenared
d set or specifications, which have heen
approved by the assembly, and the civ
cieFk directed to advertise for bids under
tIlehl' Inc board of aldermen. however
nave yet to act on this resolution and
mere IS the report Of the conference COM
Hlttee TO be disposed of. The conference
committee recommended that the fire end
police alarm systems be consolidated 800
paced under one superintendent and
$1o'UOV system be purchased ITndar The
speclncations of Supt. King II would he
Impossible to purchase such a 1ow-nrIo.6
system as the conference committee roc
commended, and this is where the trouh1o
comes In. If the systems were consoI-
loateo 1t would remove the selection ~
superintendent and three assts+aat1
from the council, and this infrinpanoent
on the patronage of the council 20 ~,
pcsed by the aldermen and assenohIt,
men. 0'"eiiioly
state Grain Inspector Reishus has sen+
communication to the railroad ood
warehouse commission, in which he holds
that the services of three employees of The
grain department, costing the state s327 n
per month, are not REQUIRED. He states
tnat the inspection department will he
gao 10 make such changes as will save
the state this expense, on the ground that
the work OF the three men can be so ar.
ranged that one employee can handle II
aioIe' ana requests the commission to
| confirm him In his attitude
Inc three employees affected are. Col
Il. Z. Becker, cashier in the grain denart.
ment; u N. King, helper and F. r. Cur
u.s. deputy inspector Col. Becker is q
brother Of Gen. George L. Becker. Of the
commission
The commission has not yet acted unor
the request of Mr. Reishus No session
was had yesterday, and it was agreed
that no definite action would be taken nm.
I'll Monday. Inspector Reishus refused r.
enter into any discussion of his conmuni.
catlcn, but stated that he had taken this
course for the sake of saving an exnense
which seems to him unnecessary He
stated that 1t would be much moro 70 the