The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-18

F. A. Whittier will not be the next SUI
perintendent Of the st. Cloud reforma-
tory. A two hours session of the state
reformatory board, held with Gov. Lind
in the executive chambers, resulted In
this conclusion being reached. The board
adjourned to meet again at st. Cloud
February 6. In the meantime the MEM
bers will look around for some one to
succeed Mr.. Houlton.
The discussion of the matter was held
behind closed doors, but 1t was given
a cordial support of the superin-
tendent was entirely necessary, decided
that whoever was elected would not have
the open opposition Of any member or
members of the board. In fact, as pre-
dicted In the G. o b Q yesterday the
board decided to compromise the matter
by selecting some one other than Mr..
Whittier who will be satisfactory. to ev-
cry member of the board. If a successor
to Mr.. Houlton is agreed upon at the next
meeting at St. Cloud, Mr. Houlton has
stated that he will Immediately tender
his resignation, to take effect at once.
No other conclusion was found prac-
ticable. Gov. Lind favored Mr.. Whit
tier, but did not urge very strongly his
candidacy, except that he considered him
an excellent man for the place, and be-
lieved that his appointment would be a
good one. On the other hand, the fact
that Mr.. Houlton had stated that he
would refuse to resign If Mr.. Whittier
was put in was explained to the governor,
and further, that the only way to get
rid of him would be to apply to the courts
and this was agreed by all to be un>
called for and the compromise was eff
fected as stated. Mr.. Houltons side Of
the case was presented. He believes that
the charges that have been filed against
him were instigated by those who seek to
profit by his removal, and it was plainly
stated that he believed Mr.. Whittier to
be at the bottom of the trouble.
Some one stated that Mr.. Houlton's
dislike for Mr.. Whittier was purely a
personal matter. Mr.. Whittier, whose
duty 1t is as state agent to look after the
paroled prisoners, has never been able to
secure any satisfaction from Mr.. Houl-
ton as superintendent of the ST. Cloud
reformatory in pursuing his official du-
ties The statement was also made that
Mr.. Houlton's prejudice for Mf. Whit
tier was without material foundation
and should have no influence with the
board in selecting a superintendent of
the reformatory. But that did not help
matters very much, as Mr.. Houlton has a
number Of loyal friends on the board,
and absolutely refuses to resign unless
some one other than F. A. Whittier sue
coed him. Some members of the board
did not like the idea of Mr.. Hou1ton die
| tating who his successor should be, but
| his friends reiterated their former state
ment that any one would be successful
except Mr.. Whittier.
The names Of Rufus A. Hoyt, John
Hammes and T. T. Calhoon were pre-
| scented to the board.
| The position over which there Is 50
much discussion Is considered san excep-
| tionally good berth. The salary of the
present superintendent Is $4,000, with $500
margin which the board can add at any
time. as the Jaw places the maximum
salary limit at $780, Besides this, house
rent and all provisions raised, on the
| farm are included, which makes it prac-
| tically $4,000 with everything found.