The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-14
SHAUGHNESSY GETS 1T
SALTWATER MAN TO RE APPOINT
ED INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
THIS AFTERNOON
He is AN INSURANCE EXPERT
Mayor Thompson, of East Grand
Forks, Explains Why the People
OF That City Are Anxious to Have
Passed Senator Ryder's Ril Au-
thorizirg cities OF 5000 or Less
to Vote Bonds.

j. c. Shaughnessy. of Saltwater will
today be appointed Insurance commits
sioner. 1t is expected that the COVER
nor will send the appointment in at
the opening of the senate session at
. o'clock
The contest for this office has been
Keen and Mr.. Shaughnessy is perhaps
! the most recent entry into the field.
but he has nevertheless won out He
is a Minnesota boy, mis- father having
| been dealer III boots and shoes at
Saltwater, before the incoming insur-
ance commissioner was born in the
prison village, as it was then, thirty
six years ago.
John c. Shaughnessy was schoo,ed
/ in the public schools at Saltwater, at
ter which he went through st. Johns
college at St Joseph. StearES county.
Upon his entrance into public life he
engaged in a general life AID fire in
surance business, where he was active
ly engaged until two years ago, when
he was chosen city clerk of Saltwater
He has also served several terms as
assessor.
He has been chairman of the coun-
ty Democratic county committee in
Washington county several times, and
has been one of the hardest workers
in the party.
He has been quite prominent in the
Ancient Order of Hibernians and for
a number Of years has been insurance
secretary, and a careful systemiZatiOn
of its affairs and his personal efforts
have played no small part in placing
the insurance department of this or
der on the high plane which it holds
among fraternal insurance orders.
Mr. Shaughnessy is married and has
q wife. two sons and two daughters.
Senator Ryders bill authorizing cities
of 5000 inhabitants or less to vote bonds
to pay judgments and other floating H.
debtedness passed the senate and was
referred to committee in the house 1t
IS said to be a measure that will ben
eft a number of the towns of the state
although primarily intended to help out
East Grand Forks. Hon. Hugh Thorn p
sen, mayor of that city, who is in ST.
Paul for a day or two, said yesterday:
1.-The city of East Grand Forks is anxious
to have this bill passed. but there is no
Interior purpose in the bill whatever. 1t
involves simply a purely business PROPOSE
tion. Our city has had accumulated against
it in the past five six years about s25 0 0
of warrants which it has not been able to
pay from its regular resources in the past
Every dollar represented by these warrants
was for value received; and they all
held by the ones to whom they were orig
inally issued. There has been no trading in
have ever been sold or offered at anything
less than their par value with interest. l
know from my own personal knowledge that
neither the mayor nor any officer, any
member of the city council of East Grand
Forks owns a dollar Of these warrants.
IF some such authority is not passed, the
city cannot issue or sell its bonds to pay
the judgments, and it would be compelled to
put the entire amount upon the tax levy
and pay it all in one year. This is the
only object of the bill SO far as I know and
it certainly ought to be received with IA
vor.'
Representative S. j. Abbott, of Fari-
bault county, who urged the passage
of the bill in the house few days ago,
stated last night that he had made the
statement that Blue Earth city would
like to see the bill passed on the as
surance of Senator McArthur from the
same district, who assured him that
the urgent reason for it's early passage
was in order that it might be in force
and effect prior to the soon-to-c come
election in Blue Earth city. He was not
familiar with the interest of East
Grand Forks in the bill