The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-13


Whereas, City Warrant No. SS62s was
drawn In favor of the city treasurer un-
the mayor, city clerk and city controller,
for the sum Of $1l9.00712, without any
authority whatsoever of the common
council of the city of st. Paul, and
Whereas. The sinking fund OF the board
of water commissioners now stands
debited as follows:
100 bonds. 81 600 each .............. 100000 90
premium paid for same. ............ 3D. 40 90
Accrued interest. st.................... 567 IL
for which debit there has been deposited
with the city treasurer the following se-
curitieS, namely:
so Ramsey County City Hall Bonds
;. Nos. 474 to 52S. both inclusive.
Nos. 52a to 673, both inclusive. -0O''-''
100 Bonds in all of 1000 each, total, $780,
Bonds dated May g. 1887
Bonds due May g. 1917.
Interest at Az per cent per annum and
payable semi-annually.
Each bond having thirty-six coupons
attached for $22.50 each, all for account
of board Of water commissioners sink
ing fund. and
DONE WITHOUT AUTHORITY.
Whereas, The board of water commits
sioners and the common council Of ST.
OF said bonds or the disbursement of any
money whatever for said account. and
Whereas, From the foregoing transac-
ton there appears to be a loophoIe for
the disbursement Of city funds without
proper warrants or check on the same,
and
g. Whereas: pa ,ss The charter Of the city Of
FUNDS of the water board shall only be
dtsbursed upon a proper order from said
board, duly signed by its president and
comptroller; therefore, be it
Resolved. That the corporation attor-
ney be and he is hereby directed to in
vestigate the legality Of the foregoing
common council for its information.
IN MARKTIAM'S s NIT.
When the resolution reached the board
of aldermen, Aid. Sanborn had the same
referred to the committee on streets of
that body and 1t was pigeon-holed until
Aug. II, at the request Of the comptroller
The G O e called attention at the tima
to the effort being made to smother the
resolution and the result was that it was
passed and sent to the corporation at
torney. That was eight months ago and
yet there has been no report made by
the Republican officials who are sup
posed to attend to the legal affairs Of
the city.
1t might be well just at the present
time, while Comptroller McGardy Is en-
gagged evenings In telling the voters Of
the city what an excellent official he is
and how by following the charter he has
saved money, that the corporation at
torncy's office should make a report on
the charges made against the comptroller
by the common council in August last
During trip East early last summer
Comptroller McCardy paid a visit to Wall
street. While there he saw ar oppor.
tn do l.
in the interests Of the city. The business
he did was to purchase Sl00. 900 worth OF
Ramsey county bonds. Not having the
sum with him necessary to make the
purchase Comptroller
M'cARDY DREW A DRAFT
on the National German-Amertcan hank
for the sum of $11s,0t7 on city funds
deposited In the bank. This draft waa
without any authority, and on his return
to St Paul. five days later, the cemptrol-
Ter was confronted with q very seriouA
problem The account at THE National
German-American bank had been tanped
for $119O67.12 and something had to bs
done to mako the sum good. OF course
the charter in most specific terms pro-
v1des that there shall be no amount paid
from any of the city funds unless a war
rant has been passed by the city coun-
Gil and signed by the mayor and coun-
But the charter does not apply in its
provisions to the comptroller, 1t Is only
to be used when the comptroller wants
to keep some employe of the city out of
his or ner salary, and even then only in
cases when The comptroller desires "a
make capital for himself or the party
which he represents.
HOW HE SQUARED 1T.
In order to square the accounts Comm
troller~ McCardy drew a. city warrant in
favor of the city treasurer for S11s. .O07 12
and after having It signed by the mayor
and city clerk, affixed his signature to
the paper. This was also Ill direct viola
ton Of the charter, but what's the char
ter among friends.
just why there has been no report or
the legality of the actions of the comm.
troller i'll the bond deal is not positiveIy
known, but 1t would oe safe to guess
that the report has been held back by the
legal department until after the comina,
election, May 1.
The fact that the report has not been
been made to the council would indicate
that the city attorneys office finds It I'M,
possible owing to the facts to white
wash 1.-The watchdog Of the treasury
and his violation of the charter
Even the Republicans in the Ninth ward
admit that Aid. Murphy will be reelected
to the board Of aldermen P. D. Young
man, the candidate on the Republican
ticket, has been an aspirant for office at
every election for the past six years. and
the politicians of the ward decided to
give him nomination and get him out of
the way for the future. A prominent Re-
publican of the Ninth ward in speaking
of the election yesterday, said:
II have always voted the Republican
ticket and probably will this time, but 1t
will be a bitter pill to swallow Youngman.
He is not fitted for the position and should
not have been nominated. Murphy is a
Democrat, but he is a first-class alderman
for the ward, and he will be elected hands
down. The trouble with Youngman is
that in the past he has always had his
own way, and If things did not go to suit
him he sulked The people of the ward
and especially the Republican workers,
know all about him, and this viii, more
than anything else, cause his defeat.
There is one redeeming feature about his
defeat, and that is he will be laid on the
shelf for good, and that will help some"
The Democrats Of the Eighth ward held
a grand rally last night in BrandI's hall.