The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-03
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REPUBLICANS GET ALL DEsIRA-
BILE COMMITTEE PLACES.
The Democratic Minority Of Eight Re-
ceives as Much Consideration as Elk
pected, However-Some Of the Best
Places Have Been Assigned to the
Incoming Republican Aldermen.

President A. E. Merrill Of the city
council made about as many changes
in the committee assignments. as was
expected--and that was very few The
retirement of eight aldermen out of
twenty-six naturally made many holes
to be filled; but, aside from filling these
holes, there are not many changes. Ut
the twenty-five committee chairman
ships, thirteen are left undisturbed,
only four chairmanships held by hold
other cases incoming aldermen are
placed i'll vacancies.
Naturally the democrats get the short
straw. There are only eight Of them
anyway, and their share OF the honors
is not large. Individually the minori-
ty members have received as much as
they could expect, and certainly as
much, if not more, than has frequently
been accorded in the past. It is against
the council traditions to put democrats
on the waterworks and health and hos
pital committee, as the patronage Us
too valuable. In the present council
they have been left without representa-
ton on the important committees on
gas and underground wires and the
minor committees on public grounds
and buildings and on Bethany home;
but this is possibly simply an over
sight.
The desirable committees Of the coun-
Gil are the following: Ways and means,
on account of the honor; taxes, on &C
count Of So day as members of the
board of equalization; waterworks,
health and hospitals, roads and bridges,
on account of the patronage. sewers,
paving, gas, because it gives first call
on public improvements. There are
other committees equally important to
the city, such as claims, licenses, fire
department and underground wires, but
these are not eagerly sought, as they
bring much work and worry with little
to recompense the workers. A place on
. the committee on railroads is supposed
to give, the holder ",pulln with the
aldermen lack transportation when they
need it.
Ways and Means-Satterlee, Walker
Nye, Gerber, Rand.
Taxes-Bow, Chatfeld, Holmes, Dur
yea, Westphal.
Roads and Bridges-Van Nest, Walk.
er, Vaughan, Bow, Duryea.
Paving-Holmes, Starkweather, Mel
son, Mumm, Mccoy.
Waterworks -Schoonmaker, Holmes
Clark, Satterlee, McLaskey.
! Gas - Walker, Anquist, Chatfeld
Schoonmaker.
IS seyer s. Miup, Anquist, Vaughan
Health and Hospitals-Nye, Chat
field, Van Nest.
Alderman Vaughan is displaced a.
chairman Of the committee on gas t.
make way for the new alderman from
the fifth ward, whoever he may pc. MI
as chairman Of the committee on claims
Mr.. Bow being transferred to the chair
manship of the committee on taxes,
much more desirable berth. Otherwis
the coveted chairmanships remain a
81 before-Van Nest retaining ROADS an
hri6OoS. Holmes navinr. SchOO1frO q lxa1
Waterworks;, Mumm, sewers, and Nye
health and hospitals. Van Nest gets
seat in the park board, with his chair
manship, as does Alderman Walker, VIII
is chairman of the committee on publ
grounds and buildings. The latter CON
ronage at it's disposal, is now Of littl
consequence, as it's functions have bee
assumed by the new building commits
a sion.
The committee assignments of the re
spective aldermen are as follows:
Republicans.
Observation-Disclosures, chairman; take:
gas, health and hospitals.
Satterlee-Ways and means. chairman
fire department, Waterworks, Bethan
Home
n Mumm-Sewers, chairman; bonds of Of
f1cers, paving. underground wires.
as Nye 49, Health, chairman; ways an
H means, public grounds, street grades an
additions, markets, Bethany Home; 81
q committees.
Starkweather-Fire department, chair
man; licenses, paving, underground wire
rules.
DEMONSTRATING, chairman; taxes, WE
terWorks, railroads. ordinances.
Successor to D. P. Jones-Gas chai
man; salaries, licenses, police, unde
p ground wires.
Nelson--Street grades. chairman; prin
ing. paving, cancellation, salaries.
McLaskey--Undergro wires, chat
|/E man; waterworks, public grounds, a.
i counts of officials.
Vaughan--Claims, chairman; bonds