The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-03-31
WILL VETO 1T.
Mayor Pau Opposes an Exclu=
sive Franchise.
The Word Exclusive" Found in the
EngrOssed Copy Presented for the
Mayors Signature.

]
car franchise passed by the council Sat-
urday night his official sanction. He
will return it to the council next Satur-
day night with his veto placed upon it.
The typewriter copy containing the
amendments, when handed to him for
his consideration and signature, was
found to grant an exclusive franchise
for the streets named in the ordinance
1t had been supposed by some of the
aldermen who voted for the franchise
that the word exclusive" had been
stricken out, or else they would not
have voted for it, and it would not have
received enough votes to have passed it.
| Mayor Pau, when the ordinance was
introduced, announced plainly to the
council that he would not sign any Or
dinance granting an exclusive fra n
chise.
When seen today by Free Press re-
porter, Mayor Pfau stated that he would
veto the ordinance and accompany his
veto with message stating his reasons
in full. He said that he would not sign
any ordinance that would tie the city's
streets up as this one does
Aids. Fowler, Bradley and Fritz were
surprised when they learned that the
word exclusive" was still in the ordi-
nance as adopted. They state that it
was understood that an amend
ment striking the exclusive feature was
satisfactory to all, and when they voted
for the ordinance they thought that it
had been so amended They declared
that they would sustain the mayors
veto, and Aid Bradley stated that he
would offer another amendment which
would require more than the building
of only three miles of track. 1t is evil
dent that the appearance of the word
Exclusive" in the copy of the ordi-
nance presented to the mayor has STIR
red up hornets nest. There has been
much surprise and adverse comment
heard during the past two days at the
hasty manner in which the ordinance
was railroaded through the council.
A. E. Clark, when seen about the
matter, said that the word exclusive"
is not in the ordinance by mistake, but
was in the copy read three times before
the council and adopted He states
that his understanding was that the
only objection raised by the aldermen
was to the feature which gave an exclu-
sive franchise on all the streets, and
thought that ever body was satisfied to
grant an exclusive franchise on the
Streets named. He was opposed to
erasing the word, and said that he was
willing to let the mayor stand before
the people as vetoing the ordinance, if
| he wanted to
| AT three o'clock this after
noon, Aids Zimmerman, Petersen,
Adams and Bradley, Mr. Clark and
Mayor Pau met at the latter's Office
to talk the matter over. Mr.. Pau an
nounced that he would veto the ordin
ance. He has five days in which to do
it, and the time expires Saturday. He
will be away during the next day or
two
Some of the aldermen wanted the
word exclusive" erased, and Mr., Clark
said finally that he was willing to have
it apply only to the first six months.
Mayor Pau announced that it was
too late to alter the ordinance, and that
it must stand or fall in the form in
which it came to him, and in this case
it would fall. The council
having adopted the ordinance,
no one, not even the aldermen,
had right to change it outside of a
regular meeting and in the proper
method.
The present council holds, two more
regular meetings. Three of the alder
men, if they SO desire, can throw the
ordinance over to the next council, as is
| hnipo d0no with oil noun ipnroxa,,oo re