The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-27

There Is promised lively fight be-
tween the board of aldermen and the as
sembly In the matter of changes which
the mayor states he is anxious to make
in the police force. Assemblymen Craig
and Thompson, acting for themselves and
other members of the higher branch. -
as the assembly is designated by those
who compose it, had a conference with
Mayor Kiefer and suggested that the
friction in the police department should
be remedied. After chat about the sys-
tenn under which the disorderly resorts
are being conducted by the police, the
two assemblymen brought up the ques-
ton of whether some changes should
not be made in the department. Atten-
ton was called to the fact that the coun-
Gil had never refused to concur in any
appointments or removals which the
mayor had recommended, and if he was
delaying changes for fear that his action
would not be agreed to the assembly
men informed him that he need not hofd
back on this account. The mayor in
formed the twain that he was thinking
of making some changes, but he desired
to be sure of improving the service be-
fore he made any move.
Some of the members of the board of
aldermen, in speaking of the visit of the
assemblymen to the mayor, said it was
nothing more or less than shrewd po-
iitical move on the part of the mayor to
bring certain elements in the party to his
aid. While 1T might be possible that the
assembly would blindly agree to support
the MAYOR in whatever changes he would
recommend in the police department, the
aldermen would not be so pliable, and
changes recommended for the sole bene-
fit Of enhancing the denomination of the
mayor would receive little attention
Mayor Kiefer stated last evening that
while there might be some changes
made in the police department lhey
would not affect the heads of the de-
partment. BY this it is supposed that
chief Goss and Chief of Detectives
Schweitzer are perfectly satisfactory to
the chief executive. 1t is presumed that
he had no reference to Detective Meyer.
Gov. Lind yesterday reappointed j. H.
WAGNER, of Rochester, as member or
the board of trustees of the hospitals for
the insane.
The executive committee of the Jeffer-
son club met last night, the members
present being: John Wagner, E. c.
Ives. T. J. McDermott. Humphrey Barton;
Louis; Nash Louis r. Frankel M. s.
lamar Jr, H. E. Priese, M. j. Moriarty,
w. F. Constans, F. H. Ellerbe, Ed Dahl,
VIM Powers and E. c. Stringer.
The meeting was an enthusiastic one,
and fifteen applications for membership In
the club were considered. 1t was decided
to call a general meeting Of the club for
Feb. 8 to discuss the proposed city char
ter
The effort of Senator G. B. Buchanan, OF
Little Falls, to have the Ontario and
Rainy river bridge bill held up IN con-
gress until the bill can be fxed so as to
accommodate his friends on this side OF
the line, who want a railroad extension
from Walker north, and thence into the
Seine river where former Minnesotan5
have extensive holdings Of mineral lands,
Is now said to be enlisting the interest
also of town site fight. the assumption
of the people interested being that where
ever the bridge Is located the establish
ment Of custom house and railroad
yards, more or less extensive, will tend
to make two towns, one on the Canadian
and one on Uncle Sans side of the
] stream.