New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-01
ARE CITY ALDERMEN EXEMPT
Does the City Charter Apply only
to the Citizens and not
:. ! to Aldermen?
INVESTIGATION OF L.G.vOGEL
Items Taken from the City Records
Show that Nagel is not
PhilanthrOpist.
To THE PUBLIC


made by me against Alderman Nagel
are, have taken pains to go through the
records of the clerk, and have otherwise
Investigated the affair and l bring the
matter before the people.
It will be remembered that at regu
| lar session of the council held in Febru
airy of this year, Iappeared before the
Board with a written request that Alder
man Nsgel refund to The city what
money he red for the sale of Goa
to the city, covering a certain period o.
time, and demanded that the city take
action to recover from him the money
paid for said coal in violation of the city
charter. My reason for doing this is tc
ascertain whether men elected to city
offices, supposed to represent the pub
lie. were cot as amenable to the charter
and it's provisions as those who are not
in office.
II believe that when man IS elected
to public Office he becomes the servant
of the people in sacred sense, and is ex-
pected to transact all business for the
people in businesslike way, regardless
of what may accrue to him financially,
and is not elected for the purpose Of
giving him an opportunity to make
money out of his own business, nor in
any way to misrepresent facts to the pub
lie, as has been done by the committee
appointed to investigate the pubic, as
has been done.
Every citizen who has read the charter
OF this city, or knows anything about it
will bear me out in the statement that in
this case at least the charter has been
wholly disregarded, and that wilfully
and tor purpose and that purpose was
that Alderman Nagel should not lose his
trade with the city, at the same time
the city was paying him to see that the
provisions Of the charter were enforced,
and more than that it seems that the
committee appointed to investigate the
affair acted in conjunction with him
when they submitted their report to the
public completely generating him.
wish to ask this committee why the
city has q charter? Is it there to be
laughed at, Or is it there to regulate the
affairs of the council and their relation
to the peoples Which is it, If thecom-
mittee is SO ignorant that it cannot deter
nine, then the citizens Of this place may
we'll say with the good book, "God for
give them for they know not what they
do" ...-..,as
Now, let us follow the findings of the
report: First,
They say that from January 1st, 1900,
prior thereto and up to April 1st, 1900
the city had contract with the Center
will Block Coal Co. of Centervllle, Ia
for supplying the city with coal during
that period. and that on account Of
strikes in its mines the coal company
was unable to and failed at variou:
times during the term of Its contract
to supply the coal when needed by the
city; and that Alderman Nagel, at the
EARNEST SOLICITATION of the superin
tendent of the water works to enable
the water works plant to be kept in op
Grafton and to supply the public with
water for domestic use and fire protec
ton, was prevailed upon and did TURF
over to the city, coal at various times
and at the same price provided for il
the contract with the coal company, ane
that through the efforts of Mr.. Mage
ALONE the Centerville Block Coal Go
was prevailed upon and did furnish tt
the city coal at 90 cents per ton cheape
than their contract with the city callet
| for.
Here are the facts in the above case
The Centerville Block Coal Co. o
Cente:ville, Iowa, entered into contrac
with the City of New Ulm IN April
1900, and the contract reads as follows
To the Hon. Mayor and the City Coun
Gil of the City OF New Ulm, MINI.
Gentlemen:-
The Centerville Block Coal Co., Q
Centerville, Ia, proposes and agrees t
furnish the city of New Ulm, with Nc
/ Block Coal for use in the CITY waite
works of the city Of New Ulm, Mimi, i
such quantities as may be needed by sal
city for twelve months from and afte
April LIST. 1900, at the price of So. so pc
ton on the M. s st. Z. R'Y track at Ne,
I Ulm, MINI.
It is understood that the Centervill
Block Coal Co. is not held responsible fo
STRIKES, shortage of cars or for any othe
unavoidable delays.
| r. So o1o kLol