The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-16
COL. LIGGETT DEPI.OREs ruu, rrr,r
DENCY OF THE RECENT FARM.
ERs' CONGRESS.
HOPES THE ST. PAUL MEETING
WILL ASSUME MORE OF A sTUDIo
Gus AND SCIENTIFIC
TURN.
lind WORDS FOR KINGSLEY.
The Retiring Railroad Commissioners
Says Gov. CIough Has Made m
Good Selection.

My resignation as q member of the
state railroad and warehouse commits
sion was placed in the governor
hands as early as Oct TO-" said Col
w. M. Liggett yesterday to a reporter
for the G. 0 b e. There was no Sc
crecy on my part and no politics in
the action. My term Of Office as com
missioner would have expired on Dec.
81 and. as / was chosen dean OF the
faculty Of the agricultural college two
months ago, l was anxious to begin
my new duties and at the same time
relieve Gov. Clough of any embarrass-
ment on the selection of my successor.
1t was for this reason, also, that L
said nothing publicly of my resignation.
MY interests have been along the
work of the state agricultural farm
for many years, and for the last four
years l have been the superintendent
of the experimental station. The du-
ties of this office I have attended to
in addition to the work that came
to me as railroad commissioner Work
at the state farm has been one Of nv
hobbies, and when / was offered the
SUPPLEMENTARY Of the work there I
made haste to notify Gov. Clough and
expressed a desire to be relieved as
quickly as possible of the duties of
railroad and warehouse commissioner.
The appointment of Nate Kingsley to
succeed me is direct recognition Of
the southern part Of the state, as
Kingsley is one Of the best known
and ablest lawyers in that section. He
resides at Austin and has always been
Republican. His appointment pleases
large number of people,
81 have just returned from Washing
ton, where L attended the tenth annual
session of the American association
Of college presidents and professors
at experimental stations. This is the
first session I had attended, and 1 had
no paper or part in the discussion. It
was a most interesting gathering, es-
pecially for one interested in the work
of experimental farming While in
Washington I met Secretary Morton,
who takes great interest in our work,
and also met Prof. Hazen, superintend-
ent Of the forestry division of the ma
tiona1 agricultural department Col
Hazen is experimenting for the govern
ment in several parts Of the state and
cultural plans for Minnesota will prove
successful. / am to assume charge
at the experimental farm tomorrow.
Col. Liggett has been a member Of
the state university board of regents
since 1888 and has several times peen
the chairman Of the agricultural COM
mittee. He has also been president
Of the administrative board Of the
farmers institutes and q member Of
the state board of agriculture, as well
as one of the managers of the state
agricultural society. He was appoint
ed railroad and warehouse commits
sfoner in 1891 by eX-GoV. Merriam and
re-arpointed by eX-GoV. Nelson in
1894
Nate G. Kingsley, who succeeds Col
Liggett, has never held important pub
lie office in the state, but has been a.
candidate for attorney general before
the Republican state conventions dur
ing the past two campaigns.
Speaking of the Farmers National
convention, which has just adjourned
its annual session at Indianapolis, and
which has selected ST. Paul for a meet
ing place next year, Col. Liggett said:
Without wishing to criticise, or to in
stitute any comparison between the
farmers body and the convention I at
tended at Washington, must say that
l hope the farmers will give a slightly
different programme, one bearing di-
rectly on agricultural questions, when
they meet here next year. At Indian
apolis some of the papers were on free
silver, some on protection, and others
still on political topics that were out IF
place in such a gathering