The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-03-18
HELD UP BY THE DADS
FIXING OF CHARTER ELECTION
DATE AGAIN DELAYED.

the Granting of a Saloon License
to Heinrich Hotel; No Paving Re-
port From Board of Public Works
From Saturdays Daily.
The council again last night failed to
|call special election for the purpose of
voting on the new charter. City
Attorney Schmitt had reco-
luton prepared, calling the election.
but the aldermen grabbed upon 4
flimsy excuse to delay acting upon it
for another week
When the resolution was presented at
the adjourned meeting last night, a
recess was taken to talk the matter
over. The resolution did not set date
for the election, so when the council
came to order again AID Eichstaedt
moved that the election be held April
|2G.
Aid. Hampl arose and said that it
would be unjust to the tax payers to
PUT them to the extra expense of the
|eiection, and announced that he would
vote against holding special election
Aid. Pass said that he would vote
for the election, not because he wanted
to, but because he did not want TO
be law breaker. The law said that
the council shall call one, but his
own judgment was "that the people did
not want $1,000 spent for nothing"
AID Hampl said chat Aid. Pass re-
marks might have been intended as a
slap at him, but he was not a law
breaker. Said he: 81 claim that there
is no material change in the last new
charter from the preceding one. A
half dozen members of the charter
commission have not read it, and it IS
wrong and unjust to have a special
election. A small committee of the
commission drew the amendments, and
not half of the commission know what
they are"
Aid. Lloyd: "Ihere are material
changes in the new charter, and every
member of the charter commission
signed it. l feel like AID. Pass. |
don't want Il mandamus proceeding
started against me-"
Aid. Mahowald said that he under
stood that advice had been received to
the effect that if there was no material
change in the charter it need not be
submitted. The publication of the
new charter would be completed in a
week, and he would just as soon wait
changes have been made.
AID. Hampl grasped at this like a
drowning man at a straw and moved
an amendment that the council act on
the resolution at the next regular
meeting. This motion was put and
carried, all of the aldermen voting for
it except Aid. Eichstacdt, who stood
by the guns to the end.
Paving Report Not Ready.
The board of public works was not
ready to submit report OH the paw
ing bidds, as it did nothing at its meet
ing yesterday afternoon except to adj
iOurn until this afternoon at two
O'Clock. The council will probably not
receive this report until its next regu-
lar meeting, which occurs next Friday
light.
Mayor Meyer submitted the appoint
ments of Fred Austin and William
Swedberg as policemen, and the APP
pointments were approved, unani-
mously.
Two bids were received for printing
the annual reports of the city engineer,
health officer, park superintendent and
chief of the fire department in pamph
let form, 800 copies. One was from
the Mankato Post, $ll75O, and the
other was from John c. Wise & Sons,
1925. The contract was awarded to
the Post. ri iisi
Mrs. Ole Hovig's claim for $4,000
against the city for a broken finger
sustained in fall over water cap
on the sidewalk on Pleasant street
WAS received, and was referred to the
city attorney and committee Oh claims
and accounts.
Aid. Hampl moved that the city en-
sineer be instructed to report the cost
of opening Fifth street between Lime
and Thompson, distance of two
blocks, and this was carried.
Remonstrance Against Saloon.
A remonstrancc was received against
granting a liquor license for public
drinking place at the Hotel Heinrich,
for the reason that said locality is in
close proximity to private homes and
residence property, and the granting of
such license would be injurious to the
welfare of such homes, and damaging
to the valuation of the residence prop
erty in that immediate vicinity; that
said location is a triflc more than half
a block from the Union school, and a
public drinking place licensed at that
location would be harmful to the well
fare of such public school, and the stu
dents attending; that the granting of a
license for public drinking place at
this time, and in excess of the twenty
six public drinking places now licensed,
was in violation of chapter Is, laws
of MINI. for 1909, Prohibiting iuore
than one public drinking place for
each 800 population. The petitioners
asked the council to reconsider any