The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-09
POPE NOT ALARMED
STRUCTURES OF CITY ENGINEER
ON HIS REPORT DO NOT
DISTURB HIM
PLAIN STATEMENT OF FACT
Says Everything in the Report Is
Substantiated by Affidavits - Is
Amused Mt CIaussen's
Alleged Threats.

cit is not the intention, inclination or
business of the public examiner to accuse
anyone Of wrongdoing and the report
certainly makes no accusations" said
Gen. Pope to T h e G / o b e yesterday in
regard to the exceptions taken by City
Engineer Claussen to the report of af-
fairs in the engineers office filed late last
Friday afternoon.
tMr. Claussen has arrived at a con-
cluson or an inference in regard to the
report and he is simply expressing his
conception of it. Every item in the re-
port is based upon exhibits offered and
taken from the time rolls. records, etc,
of the department and every statement is
backed by affidavits.
MIR Claussen is welcome to draw an
inference and as to getting the report
before the council for an investigation,
as he says he will dc; that is exactly
what the report was prepared for. That
is why we went into the records OF the
office, etc. in order to form the basis for
an investigation. This report is a plain
statementlof facts nothing more. And
what is more every statement in it is
sustained by exhibits and affidavits.
ST noticed in morning paper that Mr..
Ciaussen said he knew nothing at all
of the sale of the sand mentioned in the
report, that was sold by Swanson. Now
the statements in the report in that re-
gard are founded upon an affidavit given
by Mr.. Steeg to the effect that he and
Mr.. Claussen talked the deal over.
GAS said before, the report is left open
for differences, and this is exactly what
Mr.. Claussen has done, but his excep-
tons are not well taken inasmueh as he
is mistaken as to the reports accusing
anyone of wrongdoing. Things have not
been as they should, in the department
and this report simply showed the actual
state of things, and the report is not
as yet complete. We want the thing in
vestigated by the council and if We did
not, what in the world would we spend
our time making the investigation for?
'Mr Claussen says the department.
cannot be carried on in better manner
unless he has larger appropriation for
clerk hire. Why that is the cry of every
Office that we have ever investigated and
found things wrong in, and 1t is all nom
sense. It is a last resort, and instead
of setting things on business basis the
engineers department. says it cannot do
the work properly unless it is allowed
more clerks.
1.-THE exceptions taken by Mr.. Claussen
are vague and indefinite, and, of course,
the whole report would have to be gone
over and analyzed in order to reply to
them if it were necessary, but L do nor
consider it necessary to make any ex-
PLANTATION of statement of plain, hard
facts, backed by evidence and affidavits.r
Gen Pope said that the remainder of
the report would probably be ready by
tonight, although he was not sure, as
there is considerable work to be done
upon it yet. The general is somewhat
surprised at the attitude taken by Mr..
Claussen, as the latter was most accom-
modating during the investigation, and
he is at a loss to understand or explain
his attitude now unless it is that he does
not understand the nature of the report.
AS to the alleged threats of personal
violence made by Mr. Claussen, the bank
examiner considers them an excellent
joke, and he says if Mr.. Claussen actual
ly made them he is a humorist of the
first water.