The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-19
COUNTY ATTORNEY ANDERSON
DOESN'T THINK GOV. CLOUGH
WILL CARPET HIM
FOR HELPING OUT M'CARR0N.
BELIEVES THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
is IN LEAGUE WITH ONE COL.
JOLLY,
TO TICKLE REssNDT ANDERSON.
Says, However, That if the State Au-
tliorities Want Another War
rant They Can Have 1t.

daily observations OF the state house
from his official domicile in the court
house these days. He is not a prophet
nor the son Of prophet, but from
the chart before him he is willing to
venture the prediction that Gov
C1ough has added another name to his
staff that of Col Jolly Now this does
not mean that Republican candidates
for the next gubernatorial nomination
Of Minnesota are to consult the poIiti-
cal blue book to find the pedigree
of this Mr.. Jolly, because it does not
appear there. Mr.. jolly is stranger
in this neck o. the woods, and only the
county attorney has discovered him
with the governor.
All this is the outcome of the trou-
bic which the county attorney made
for himself when he dismissed the case
against County Commissioner McCar-
ron, the dairyman, for selling milk
without a state license The Clio b e
told about week ago how angry Hon.
Berndt Anderson, dairy and food COM
missioner, was because the county at
torney did not prosecute Mr.. McCar-
ron after he had been arrested and
brought up in the police court All of
that is ancient history. Now comes
facts in support of State Commissioner
Anderson's threat that he would re-
port the county attorneys action to the
governor, He did lay complaint with
Gov Clough, and there is authority
for the assertion that the governor
promised Commissioner Anderson that
ne would Jack up the county attor-
ney for his interference. in the case.
Right here is where the county at
tciney has seen Gov. Clough strollins
with this mysterious Mr.. Jolly. The
whole performance was witnessed by
the county attorney from the windows
Of his Office, and as the performance
appeared to his vision the dairy and
food commissioner is the valet to Mr..
jolly. In other words the county at
torney claims that Gov Clough will
not summon him to the executive
office in the state house to ex-
plain away Commissioner Anderson's
charges. The county attorney says
that Commissioner Anderson's com
plant to the governor was a bid for
popularity with the masses and that
Gov. Clough understands the case
thoroughly and will not go any deeper
into its merits. While the county at
torney did not use the literal express
sion, he gave cut the inference that
the governor was sort of coming"
State Commissioner Anderson along
in the controversy so as to let him
down gradually as to his complaint in
the McCarron case. County Attorney
Anderson Will not be interviewed on
the subject, because he hates ,intef-
views. He has been known to say
things that didn't sound we'll in cold
type and he isn't taking any more
chances with himself For that rea-
CO bn will he
with State Commissioner Anderson
further than to intimate very broadly
that Gov. Clough does not intend to call
upon him for an explanation of his Of
fetal conduct and that me, the county
attorney, sees the governor and Mr..
Jolly giving daily walks around his Of
flee when Commissioner Anderson is
near.
When Commissioner Anderson first
gave it out that he would carry the
county attorneys action in the McCar-
ron case up to the governor, that Of
fetal began to inquire among his
friends what right the governor had
to be interested in the case. Then he
suddenly changed front and now he
makes no denial of the fact that the
governor is privileged to investigate
and if so disposed to act summarily
upon all official mana cement of the
county attorneys Office. Thus it will
be seen that County Attorney Ander
son is at the mercy Of the governor,
and that is why he is not inclined TO
pass over lightly the governors atti-
tude in the McCarron case. OF course
now that the county attorney has dis
covered this Mr. Jolly, who, he says,
the governor has especially material
lied for the benefit of State Commits
sioner Anderson, he feels perfectly Sc
cure from further interference by the
governor in the McCarron case The
county attorney says he has no desire
to appear defiant towards State CON-
missioner Anderson's official rights, be-
cause he is not: he even goes so far as
TO say that if the state commissioner
should apply for another warrant
against Mr. McCarron on the old
charge, he would give the application
very serious thought before he would
refuse a warrant. In other words, he
probably would issue the warrant, but
withal he sees through the hazy mist
of controversy the governor and Mr.
Jolly together and State Commissioner
Anderson contented with the strange
companionship.