The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-21

department. No changes have
been announced for Commission
er Farrell's department. Both
City Engineer Ayres and Chief
Clerk Culver seem to fully fill the
bill. The Silberstein prestige"
backs Robert D. McKercher for
another term as chief of police.
Fire Chief Randall apparently is
safe in his position. Commissioner
Phillips has retained D. A.
Reed as superintendent of the
water and light department for
two years. Use will be made of
the branch water and light build
ing at West Duluth, a neat little
brick, just off Grand avenue and
Ramsey street.
Before Commissioner Phillips
took his seat, all the fraid-cats
were chortling up and down Supe-
rior street over the way they were
going to "break" the little social
ist the very first two weeks he was
in office. The brilliant plan was
that all sorts of patriotic resolu-
tions would be introduced; that
Mr.. Phillips would wave the red
flag and spurn the resolutions in
a loud voice, thereby putting him
in very badly with all the "best
people" as we'll as every patriot.
" You cannot bluff a Welshman.
Little Lloyd George has been
equal to every emergency ID Eng
land and P. G.. Phillips is starting
out in a cool, quiet, admirable
way in Duluth. No chaff thrown
by the fowler is likely to catch
that cautious bird.
When the assigned time came,
papa Silberstein, the possessor Of
that rare stuff called 'prestige,"
introduced a patriotic resolution
which was unanimously adopted
by the commissioners. No voice
voting aye was louder than that
Of Commissioner Phillips.
Mr.. Phillips proposes to be ag-
gressive in efforts to get uni
versal Scent trolley fare for Du-
luth. As matter Of logic and
consistency, no other course is
open to him. Practically all Du-
luth believes in that Scent fare.
At this time, under all the exist
ing circumstances, many progress
sive people doubt the fairness and
expediency Of extreme agitation.
The sullen liquor interests, the
Dauntless Three and Little Tam
many held all their entertainments
and men in the city attorneys
office. Commissioners Magney
and Phillips were in favor Of a
thorough revision and fumigation
of that department. But the
Dauntless Three stood firmly on
that, although they have some
dissensions in other matters.
The city charter makes the city
attorney the only appointee in
the city hall who shall name his
own assistants. When the late
Henry F. Greene was given the
office two years ago, he was not
permitted to select his own staff,
all Of which was in violation of
the charter.
Samuelson, Gonska, McHugh
and Mcdonnell were "wished
onto" Mr.. Greene by Little Tam
may and, also, in payment OF some
of Commissioner Farrell's polit-
ical debts. This, however, paid
only about 10 per cent OF his
promises. Fully 80 per cent are
still unpaid.
When Mr.. Green died, Mr.. Sam
uelson was permitted to slip into
the big shoes he left behind. AS
city attorney, Mr.. Samuelson has
not been universally satisfactory.
Mr.. Gonska, as city prosecutor,
has failed to satisfy a very great
number of citizens. McHugh and
Mcdonnell are young lawyers
and, without a distinguished chief,
cannot be expected to fully reach
par in service and efficiency.
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It has been pretty well estab.
lished that Mr.. Voss promised