The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-22
ALDERMEN DECLARE
WAR ON DOCTOR
0HAGE
Four of Them Vow They
Will Block Every Expen-
diture for Health Depart
ment and Public Baths Tn
less Opposition to Trans
fer of Gedney Lease Is
Withdrawn.

Withdrawn.
Unless Health Commissioner Ohage
and his friends withdraw their oppo-
sttion to the transfer of the NJ. A. Ged-
| ney Picking company's West side Ievee
| lease to the st. Paul Cornice and Roof
| ing company. Aid. Dobner, Corning,
Elder and Holt VOW that not another
expenditure necessary to the conduct
of the city health department or the
public baths shall receive Endorsement
| from their hands.
| Until the parties to this transfer
either agree to the removal of what is
known as the Gedney spur track or
make other concessions equally as
good to DR.. Ohage for the betterment
of the public bath approach, Aid.
Bantz, Buschmann, Dahlquist, Hinkens,
Rohland and Huber say the transfer
Will never be effected as far as their
votes are concerned.
| Both matched their strength at the
regular meeting of the board of alder
men last night. and the contest was
| declared draw. The Dobnerites start
ed the ball a-rolling by solidly voting
| against every expenditure necessary
| for the early opening of the baths and
the betterment OF the approach, and
| the Huberites retaliated by refusing
| their vote to the transfer of the Ged-
ney lease. They did not even give it
| the courtesy of a vote, but laid it on
| the table.
Dobner Opens the Fight.
The scheme of whipping DR.. Ohage
into line emanated from Aid. Dobner,
! who, on the opening of bids for the
| supplying of two searchlights to illu-
inmate the pools at the public baths,
| arose and said:
| Or. Ohage has attempted to thwart
the will of this council and St Paurs
| industrial progress, and 1 here give
notice that until he recedes from that
position not another thing emanating
from his department or concerning the
public baths shall receive my vote. 1t
is time for us to have some independ-
| ence. He has blocked the progress Of
this city long enough and 1 say it is
time to call a halt. 1 will not vote for
anything pertaining to the public
| baths until his and his friends opposi-
ton to the citys interests is with
| drawn"
Aid. Corning arose to say that Mr..
| Dobner's sentiments were his exactly.
Aid. Hinkens remarked that the
council chamber was no place to vent
personal spite, and pointing his finger
at Aid. Dobner said:
you know, DObner, and so does the
! West Side Improvement association,
that DR.. Ohage has done more for ST.
| Paul than the association or any of its
members. AS for the Chamber Of
| Commerce. am not speaking of the
chamber as a body, but as individuals
| 1t has the best band of knockers in
st. Paul. 1t even knocked the mayor.
DR.. Ohage gets my vote and he gets It
every time"
Turn Down SearchIghts.
The vote on the awarding of the con-
tract for two searchlights to the Car
lyle & Finch company, of Cincinnati.
at a fiat figure Of 1,089 was here TAX
en- up and Aid. Dobner, true to his
| promise, entered an emphatic mot"
Aid. Corning, Holt Elder and Moriarty
followed in rapid order and the award
was declared lost. 1t was an expendl-
ture and the necessary two-thirds ma
jority was lacking. Aid. Bant2. Busch
mann, Hinkens, Rohland and Huber
stood by DR.. Ohage.
The next thing affecting the public
baths was the usual annual resolution
naming the employees of the public
baths and providing for their salaries.
and this was lost also. The same vote
prevailed, except that Aid MOriarty
transferred his vote to the OhageiteS.
He said that he did not want to delay
the opening of the baths.
The third and last rap at DR.. Ohage
was taken when the resolution author
izing an expenditure of $1,000 from his
fund for the terracing of the new APP
| prOach came up. This was also up
for slaughter, but Aid Moriarty saved
it. in a measure, by having it referred
to the committee on streets.
Refused to Compromise.
In the meantime the ordinance au-
thorizing the transfer of the Gedney
| lease lay the clerks desk. but no at
tempt was made to take it up. Fig
uring that his coup would bring the
Ohageites to their knees. Aid. DObner
went among them. suggesting a COM
promise.
I'VE will fight 1t to the finish" was
the answer of Aid. Huber. Buschmann
and the others. An attempt was made
to convert Aid. Dahlquist. but he was
likewise Obdurate.
Present at the meeting were a large
y
ment association, the Commercial club
and the Chamber of Commerce, and
| when adjournment came they met the
| Ohageites en- masse and attempted to
argue with them.
Heated remarks were handed back
| and forth. and for time things looked
| strenuous, but Aid. Huber finally ended
it all by fatty telling the audience that
when the Gedney people and DR.. Ohage
settled their differences he would vote
| for the transfer.
DIR. Ohage wants some concessions
for his approach" declared Mr.. Huber,
and 1T is up to you to give them to
him. Those baths are a whole lot to
st. Paul, and 1 mean to stand by the
doctor. He has been turned down too
often for me. 1 am with him in this
fight"
If Aid. Dobner and the others stand
together on the proposition to vote
down everything concerning the public
baths, the institution cannot open this
summer. The friends of DR.. Ohage
say it is a fight to the finish, and if
the baths suffer someone will be made
to answer for it.
DR.. Ohage, it is understood, wants
either the Gedney spur track removed.
SO that he can build his approach. or
some other concession equally as good,
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