The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-03

6erstood that Mr.. Hoyt will not be reap
pointed and those who were looking for
the job but discontinued their efforts On
the superstition that Mr.. Lindeke would
DO named can be expected to renew the
battle at once The commissioners draw
S1C0 per year with the exception of the
president Of the board, who is paid a
salary Of 500 per month. J. H. VOTERS
terri at present presides over the meet
ings of the board and draws the 81, 200
The annual election occurs In January
and already the politicians have COM
menceed laying pipes to have Secretary
Caulfeld custed ard F. o. Hammer.
private secretary to the mayor, elected in
his place.
The friends of Comptroller McCardy
deny that he is looking for political cap
ttal in insisting that the decision Of Judge
Kelly in the school teachers salary case
be taken to the supreme court at once.
Some Of the city officials claim that the
haste manifested by the comptroller in
having an appeal taken is that the comp
troller expects the supreme court to re-
verse Judge Kelly, and in this event Mr..
McCardy wants the higher court to hand
down the decision before the Republican
city convention meets in the spring, and
vlndicate his position on the question.
An official who is on the inside, however,
explains that what the comptroller wants
is to have the case appealed to the su-
preme court, so that in the event of the
new charter falling to be adopted the
city will know just where it is at In the
matter Of school finances.
Speaking of the new charter one Of the
city officials said yesterday that while
it was a good thing to have an elastic
charter, the. interests of the taxpayers
should also be considered by the charter
commission. I'm the last eight years"
said the official, THE taxpayers of this
city have paid, in taxes and assessments
for public improvements and to keep the
machine running, $50, 000, GOO, and the result
Is that some of them have been unable
to stand the strain. This fact should be
considered by the charter commission,
and when the proposition Is made to in
crease the expenses of the city in any
of the departments, the matter should be
carefully considered"
John Christensen. one Of the employees
Of the building inspectors department, Is
mentioned as a possible appointee on the
detective force to fill the vacancy caused
by the removal Of Detective Werrick.
Christensen is a resident Of the Sixth
ward, and gained some reputation as q
detective from his connection with the
pSl1CS TAU WHICH u0 anu 11ICSlSG 1ASp0CI-
or McIntire made under the direction of
Mayor Kiefer. For the past week or SO
Christensen has been declaring in a loud
voice around the city hall that Mayor
Kiefer would be renominated in the next
convention by reclamation, and that the
Sixth ward would send a solid Eiefer del
egation to the biennial gathering Of To-
cal Republicans. The zeal of Mr.. Chris
Jensen in declaring himself thus Is expect
I,3r @i,,+,, Ian
mayor as a full-f1edged detective.
DR.. Rudolph Schiffmann Is a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for mayor
under one condition, and that is that
t<iefer is renominated by the Republicans
If the Republicans nominate any one
else, 1t is understood DR.. Schiffmann will
not be a candidate, but If Kiefer is nam
ed, he desires to again make a try for
the office
Condo Hamlin, whose name has been
mentioned as a possible candidate for
mayor on the Republican ticket, has TAX
en- the pains to personally inform the
mayor that the statement was unauthor-
lied by him, and that he is In no sense
candidate for the Office 1t Is said that
when Mr.. Hamlin made this explana-
ton Mayor Kiefer congratulated the
would mayor on his good Judgment in
the matter.
The Woman's Civic league has unani-
mously Endorsed the scheme Of Health
Commissioner Ohage for the removal OF
garbage. The board of aldermen. howev-
er, have the last say, and the plan to
give the health department $4,000 for the
work next year will be as unanimously
turned down as 1t was Endorsed by the
CIVIC league.