The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-05-24
sAUK CENTRE HERALD.
THURSDAY. Iaay "a, 1894.
AN EXCELLENT APPOINTMENT.


The resignation Of ID. E Meyers, sup
erintendent of the 81. riea.l sefasnas.tnry
was a great surprise, for during the
years that he has been its manager he
has given complete satisfaction. aud as
-tiser.eis ssenern.,s salary ard nraeti >allv
lie Tenure il was considered very de-
sirssle position. Considss atoms Of
health induced him 10 surrender the posi-
ton, the resignation TO take effect ON
JaunaIy LIST next. As reat as was the
surprise OF the resignation, that OF the
appointment aud acceptance of Hon.
Vim. E Lee of Long Prairie to succeed
him was even greater. Mr.. Lee is pro.
minent factor in politics In the state, aud
his name has frequently been coupled
with slectise Offices Of prominence, any
one of wh,ch Inc would have graced. as
he did that Of speaker of the last legs
ton He IS a rare good man in any
place. and the board which elected him
could not have secured a man better
qualified for the position. Firmness,
Judgment and sympathetic regard for
those under his. charge Nare qualities
needed, and AIR. Lee is conspicuously
e9uipped for the position.
He Will maintain the excellency of adj
miuistratiOn inasurated by Mr.. Meyers,
and may be confidently locked to TO adj
vance the interests and reputation of
the resOrmatory-
he Is a successful banker. and his re-
mOval to St. Cloud will not be without
some sacrifice Of personal interests there.
Here are lew of the many expressions
OF state papers upon the change:
When William E. Lee accepts the posi-
tion of superintendent of the St. Cloud
refoTmatory, he will sink from view as a
political factor IN the republican party
IN Minnesota. The salary is $500 a
year and the position is permanent. 1t
Will be almost impossible for him to en-
ter politics again, after term of service
as SUPERINTENDENT. and the Eews of his
appointment, told yesterday i'm the Jour
nal, upset the calculation of many a far
seeing and astute political manager. 1t
was assumed that Mr.. Lee wanted 10
get back to the legislature next winter
and maze the race again for speaker, or
that he wanted to try conclusions for
the republican nomination for congress
IA the sixth district. That he was as
piring and had many friends over the
state all admitted, and so the news OF
his appointment to the superintendent
of the st. Cloud reformatory came as q
great surprise. A special dispatch from
Long Prairie, MIR. Lees home, to the
Journal this afternoon, saws that the APP
pOintmenr will change the political com
plexion of legislative affairs IN the dis
trict. inasmuch as MIR. Lee will without
doubt accept the position and will not
6c 4 candidate for any office this year,
legislative or otherwise. ri Minneapolis
Journal.
The appeint mcnt of w. E. Lee, OF Long
Prairie, TO be superintendent OF the st.
Ci1ud retormatory, o wing to ID. E. Ny
cTS' resignation, is a surprise, as no one
IL this section of the state supposed he
wanted an Office OF that character Ii
MAS quite generally believed that he was
thinking OF becoming a candidate for
congress or running again Tor member
OF slIe es,Siature--CD uIuth Herald.
The Hon. ID. E. Myers has resigned as
superintendent of tile state reETmatorv
at s. Cloud aud the Hon. VIM E. Lee,
-. Long Prairie. has bsen named as his
sIccI SSor. The reformatory was Mr.,
Myers child and he has made 1t a model
- its kind, one of the most successful
pgiso2 institutions in the world. 1t is
known and its methods are studied i'm
Europe as well as America and Mr.. Ny
crs has made for himself marked repu-
t1rion as a prison reformer. He will go
20 California for his health and the good
wishes of Minnesota will go with him.
alexandria Post-News.