The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-15
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily
| 1t is up to Joe Cannon to retire to
| the kindergarten department where
pariamentarians receive their first les
sons in how to put a stop to unneces-
sary debate. The man from Danville
is a mere beginner in the school where
/ they study rules OF order and parlia
mentary procedure. Mayor A. G.
| Meyer of Mankato has your uncle
looking like the chairman of pink
tea gathering, and he beats him To it
as a real sure enough presiding officer.
HIS Honor can put a quietus on an
aldermanc talkfest and proceed imme
diately to a roll call i'm a manner that
leaves the city fatners in daZed and
somewhat bewildered eondition-also
with eloquent and masterfu speeches
bottled up and msaid. The mayor is
no novice and if the members of the
house OF representatives particularly
the 'regulars"-are in search of some
one who can do things to sut their
fancy Mr.. Meyer is their man. Twice
during the council meeting last night
the mayor started the aldermen on the
way TO doing things by ordering roll
call. That is how he dispatches bust
ness. If in his opinion the debate on
any question has proceeded far
enough. he orders the recorder to call
the roll forthwith. Needless to say
the roll is called.
Hay Scales Bone of Contention.
The bone of contention at the called
meeting of the council was the hay
scales that are embedded in Second
street and Main street. The question
was: Shall the scales be allowed to
remain in. those streets? Aldermen
against their removal, while Aldermen
Wiltgen, Pass, Eiclstaedt and Lloyd
wanted them eliminated, and they
succeeded, i The scales must 90. =,
Several property owners were pres
ent to protest against the scales. C..
II. Saulpaugh disapproved of them.
He did not want the scales left in
streets that are to be paved and gave
his reasons. The scales are msightly.
a great many property owners do not
want the scales left in the streets,
but they do not possess the courage 20
appear before the council and request
that they be removed. Mr.. Saulpaugh
advised the council that inasmuch as
they were starting to pave and beau
tify the streets, they might as well do
it right Every scale ought to be
removed from the paved streets.
Mr.. Currier Protested Also.
+. NJ. Currier of the firm of ROsen
berger & Currier was there as a prop
erty owner and taxpayer to find out
what was going to be done with Sec
ond steet He endorsed what had been
said by Mr.. Saulpaugh, who had stat
ed the case in concise and business
like manner. Mr.. Currier stated that
10 up-to-date and live city would per-
nit scales in as prominent a street as
Second street is. eff you are going
to have desirable street it cannot
be done by allowing scales to be en-
bedded in it, The scales should be
put on the rear of property or in the
alley ways. Give the taxpayers the
worth of their money by putting the
street in first class condition.
Fred kron, proprietor of The Leader,
one of the leading mercantile houses
in the city, told the aldermen that he
}, consented to the paving of Main street
with the understanding that the scales
were going to be removed. 1t was
his wish that the scales be removed.
He. was in favor of having street
that all citizens. could feel proud of,
but he was convinced that no one
would take a pride in the street if
the scales were permitted thereon. Mr..
kron spoke for street that strang-
ers coming into the city could look
upon with admiration Mr.. Kron en-
dorsed what had been said by Mr..
Saulpaugh and Mr.. Cmrier.
The Other Side Argues.
Manager Roemer of the Lampert
! Lumber company made talk in be-
half of the scales. He was sorry that
he could not take the same view of
the scales as the other gentlemen had.
In defense of the scales, Mr.. ROemer
said that they could be lowered to
the level of the paving; they would
not be unsightly and would be kept
: clean. The boxes on the sidewalk
would be removed and the weighing
done on the inside of the building.
The scales would not be dangerous,
nor would they prevent the street
from being cleaned. Mr.. Roemer paint
ed. very nice picture for the alder
men to look upon; and at the same
time he advised them to close their
eyes to some things that arise in the
streets, claiming that business necessi-
ties warrant so doing. He hoped the
council would permit the scales to re
main in the street, and promised that
If ever they were removed 'st!ie va
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