The Mankato free press., 1922-03-10

anu ne QlQ not DelleVS lii tearing IL
to pieces He believed like Mr.. Ma
aowa.u, !,iat just rs good inen could
be secured for from $3 10 S. per
meeting as any Other way.
w. A. StTeater expressed his op2o
sition to the ward system. Hc thought
that there Is 20 doubt that there are
enough broadminded men IN MauRa;o
from which TO select five to run the
city'S government. Tho success OF
any city government, he said anyway
depends largely upon. the. men elect
ed to the city Offices. While there
were many good things accomplished
In Markaio under the ward system.
he would not like 10 s@e MRpkato
take a step backward and again
adopt l.. Mr. Streater said TIT he oh.
jected to he propcsed change, and
people.
Lawrence Heniire. said that ne did
not helieve in giving the mayor all Of
the rope suggested IN theN majority
report. Mr.. Heniine was outspoken in
tcm OF city government. Mr.. Henlinc
thought that the city charter was
drawn up in good shape in regard 20
The city form of government and it
should be let alone
Albert Roemer remarked thai he
could not understand why the mayor
should get $1,5c0 q year and the
counciimea only $10a per year lie
wanted to know whctha; the council,
gratis system. The charter now
suits Mr.. Rocmer better than the
ward system. He would give the
councilmeu decent remuneration,
and would make the head Of each de-
partmont teh actual working head re-
sponsifle for its work.
J. y. Hurhiston and Charles I. Tay
ior were both outspoken in favor OF
leaving the city government as it is.
They said that the success depended
largely on the men elected to office.
Would Fight Ward System
George NJ. Palmer said that the re-
verting to the ward system in Manka
to would be step backward, and if
any such attempt were made he
would fight it TO the last ditch
F. j. Sperry spoke along the same
lines as Nr. Palmer, and gave notice
that Il any attempt were made 10 90
back to the old form of city govern
ment he would fight it tooth and nail.
school matters any farther into poll
tics.
E. Y. Walters said that as mem
ter Of the committee on the majority
report on salaries. duties and number
of city officials, he merely was car
rying out the wish of some of the
people who would like to see the old
form adopted again. II the majority
wants the charter to be left intact
along those lines, all we'll and good.
w. r. Hammett did not believe in
vesting the mayor with too much
power. He said that there was too
much of a tendency to turn the ras-
Gals at the city hall out" and to "clear
house." This often was not the best
plan. He believed that good men are
in the employ of the city. especially
the firemen and police they should
remain, regardless of politics. This
idea was ccncurred in by Frank J. Ma
howald.
When the adoption of the majority
report was put to vote for adoption
IL was lost. Later, on motion Of A. G.
Roemer, the report was referred back
to the same committee for further
consideration. Mueller and Waters
asked to be excused from further
service, but they we're told to stick to
the ship.
Regarding the PoIieeweman
A majority report submitted by "a.
Mueller and +. j. Mahowald recon
mended the appointment of at least
one policewoman, while a minority
report filed by Rev. Carl krueger set
forth the fact that the city charter In
its present form does not tie the
hands OF the mayor in appointing
either male or female policemen.
Rev. Z. H. knehans, president of
the Mankato Ministerial club, offered
a resolution recently adopted by the
club favoring the continuance OF the
lHxr1 nf nnliNawnn1on
A resolution also asking for the
appointment Of a policewoman was
received from the Mankato Civic
League, but neither of the resolutions
was adopted.
Rev. Z. H. Knehans praised the
work of the present policewoman and
said that the people Of Mankato have
come to the decision that such an
officer is necessary to this city,.
Mrs. ]. r. Brandrup would like to
have the words" one or more po-
licewomen," inserted in the charter
SO, that the future could be provided
for. She said that the work OF the
present policewoman is indeed very
satisfactory. Referring to some COM
ments on Mayor Beach's supposed
stand on the question OF policewo-
man, Mrs. Brandrup came to his res
cue, and said that she thought that
he was S1QC0TS Ill LIldI Ic6diu IL I1C
had explained to the ladies that no
provision had been made in the an
nual budget for the payment of the
salary of a policewoman. She had
little doubt that about April l when
the funds raised by tag day subscrip
tions were used up, that Mayor Beach
would make the desired appointment.
Referring to the proposed change
In the form of the city government
Mrs Brandrup said that one of the
greatest drawbacks to Mankato in
the past had been the sectional feel
ing. This had been done away with
to a large extent after the adoption
of the commission form Of govern
ment, where all city officials are
elected at large Mrs. Brandrup said
that she DOUBTED very much whether
man suitable for mayor OF MaDhato
could be obtained for $1,000 a year
and required 10 devote his entire time
| to the work The city manager plan
or one mar government had its re-
suits in Germany, she would not
want to Sc it adopted here.
A. q. Roemer thought that the mat
ter of appointment OF a policewoman
should be brought before the mayor
and council and not taken before the
charter commission. A. Mueller said
that he thought that the community
needs a policewoInan and he did not
believe in passing the buck onto some
cne else.
! Rav Kuehans and T. J. Sperry