The Saint Paul globe., 1903-08-07
ASSEMBLY TOO BUSY
TO ACT AS HOSTS FOR
VISITING OFFICIALS
Several Attempts TO Adjourn
Early Frustrated In an Effort
to Dispose of the Large
Amount of Work Before the
Body.

After the busiest session of the year
the assembly finished it's work last
night in time for the members to reach
the carnival grounds and greet the
Minneapolis officials before the gates
closed.
Twice during the meeting an at
tempt was made to- adjourn, but there
was much business of importance to
transact, and the motion failed to carry
each time.
1t was almost 10 o'clock and the
clerk was nowhere near the bottom Of
the large pile of papers which had to
be gone through, when Assemblyman
Arnold happened to think Of it being
Minneapolis night, at the carnival
Let us adjourn this meeting until
Monday night" said Mr.. Arnold.
But the pay rolls haven't been pass
ed" suggested the reading clerk, and
he cast an appealing glance at the 9TH
er members.
'fWeH, we have some Minneapolis Of
f1cials to entertain" insisted MIR. Ar
mold.
Never mind those Minneapolis peo-
pie; we have. business to attend to
here" suggested Assemblyman Van
Slyke.
Other members agreed with Mr.. Van
Slyke that the work should be finished
before an adjournment was taken, and
City Clerk Redington resumed his read
ing, everything being disposed of as
rapidly as possible.
Would Not Adjourn.
A second attempt to adjourn, made
few moments later, was no more sue
cessful than the first, and-it was almost
II o'clock before the meeting was de-
clared at an end
The long and tiresone session ap-
parently robbed the asSemblymen of
some Of their sliberaE views, and when
an ordinance from the board of alder
men, providing for an appropriation of
$500 f for the sentertaipnlent of the ma
tfonals meeting of the Master Horse
shoers Protective. association, to be
held in st. Paul in October, was read,
there was objection to it's passage.
'I object to the passage of such an
ordinance,s,is said. Assemblynan Arnold.
Where does it come from?''
1T comes from the board of alder
men, where it was introduced by Aid.
Buschmann," was the information vol
unteered by the reading clerk 1T was
passed unanimously by the board"
81 don't care what the board did
with it, /" replied Mr.. Arnold. What do
we know about this association? There
may not be more than twenty or thirty
of them here, and l won't vote to ap-
propriate money for any such matter
until I know something more regard
ing it. I move that it be referred to
the committee on streets"
Appropriations Held Up.
''Buschmann will tell you about it
when he hears that, you have held it
up" suggested a member to Mr.. Ar
mold, but the latter insisted upon his
motion, and the ordinance was refer
red to the committee, on streets.
Next came a resolution calling for an
appropriation of $50 with which to pay
the citys membership dues in the
League of American municipalities.
"I think. that had. better be held up
also," said ASsemblyman Wheeler. Il
can't see that a. membership in this
league is of any benefit to st. Paul, and
besides we don't know anything about
it. How do we know what becomes
of this $50?"
The resolution was held up pending
it's investigation by the streets COM
mittee. .-5..--., ..:-~@-
Another appropriation held up by the
assembly was that of 500 to be used in
draining a pond out neaT Lexington
park. The pond is on a prairie, and
is bounded by University, Aurora and
Lexington avenues and Oxford street.
Aid. Bantz had secured the passage of
the fGSOluliOIl- III. LIE UOctfu dIiu Tic
assembly was asked to pass it.
Assemhly1nan Whitconlb was the one
to raise the objection to this appropria-
tion.
ct really don't, see any necessity for
draining that pond,"- said DR.. Whit
comb, in defense Of his attitude. There
are no houses near it, and it does no
harm to anyone. I think it should ~be
left there that dogs and other animals
may have place to drink"
The recommendation carried the nee
essary weight, and, like the preceding
unfortunate measures, it was referred
to the committee on streets.
The assembly, following the recon-
mendations of City Engineer Rundlett,
rejected the bids which had been re-
eeived for the, construction of the pro-
posed stairway leading from the Wa
basha street bridge to Raspberry is
land, on the ground that the bids We're
too high. All of them called for an
expenditure of more than $4,000, which
was considered too much money to
spend for the Improvement. New bids
will be asked for. ey-