The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-24
SUTTON DECISION BARS HIM
Necessity of Creating a Vacancy
- Some Election Problems
SOIved-Senator UnderIeak Has
a New Primary Bill, ToO-Can-
didates for Legislative Offices.

ne decision OF the supreme court in
the Sutton case, where the boiler in
Spector for this district was removed
because he had been in the legislature
and his term had not yet expired, is
/ the latest authoritative declaration on
the subject, and this, while it would
forbid the legislator from resigning at
the close of the ninety days session to
accept a position of any other official
nature, does not prohibit a member of
such board from resigning to take a
seat in the legislature
Samuel Hunter, of MINNEAPOLIS. was a
member Of the park board. a public,
but not a salaried, office He had an
ambition to enter the legislature but
did not want to give up his place on
the city park board. Attorney General
Childs advised him that he could not
hold the two offices at one. and the same
time.
SO Mr.. McGill's resignation from the
school board must come before the LIST
( of January.
Charles Posi-, of Lewiston. Mimi,
asks The G 0 b to answer some ques-
tons in regard to the election law
John l.. T0wnley, who was on the legal
committee advisory to the Democratic
state central committee during the last
campaign. answers them thus:
To procure recount of votes it is
necessary to file a notice of contest
Ballots cannot be thrown out because
they were marked by a person other
than the voter. The law expressly pro-
Vides a way for persons of limited in
telligence to vote. If a change of two
votes will make a change in the results
Of the election, the best ground ON
which to contest is to find some case
where a person without his second pa
peTS was allowed to vote. II this can
be shown and the fact can be presented
1 to the court as conclusive that the con-
testaHt suffered thereby, the whole pre-
ctnct may be thrown out because of
such illegal voting.
Senator elect Joseph Underleak, of
Olmsted county. was in the city yester-
Gay. He is the father of a primary cleo
ton bill which differs considerably
from the one discussed at the meeting
Of the chamber Of commerce Monday.
1t aims TO apply the Australian ballot
to the primaries as well as TO the final
election.
W e. Allen, of st. James. Is a can
didate for assistant secretary of the
state senate.
Gilbert Gutterson, of Lake Crystal,
and Thomas TorsOn, of st. James, were
a candidate for speaker and Mr. Tor
son is booming him for the place.
The state game and fish commission
is enticing a number of candidates.
Among them are P. J. Kavanagh, Rob-
ert Matthews and Leonard Cramb, all
of St Paul. f'here are five places to
be filled, as the terms of the whole
beard expire every two years. The ex-
ecutive agent, selected from among the
five, draws salary.
Gen. E. NJ. Pope, of Mankato. the
prospective superintendent of banks
and public examiner under the Lind ad-
ministra ton. was at the Merchants
ed any intimatiOn of the intention Of
the governor-eiect to appoint him.
Capt w P. Huntington, OF Redwood
Falls, is a candidate for sergeant-at-
arms o. <the senate. w. P. Poe, of Can
non Falls, and F.. A Arnold, of Long
Prairie, would like to be assistants
F. F. Wilde, of this city, is a candi-
date for secretary OF the senate, but the
fact that he is a Democrat will prob
ably preclude the possibility Of his
election.
! for the senate by O. n. Grue, was in
the city yesterday. He says that the
/ Democrats and Populists beat him by
/ the argument that Gov. Lind. to be eff
/ fective must have the support of the
! legislature.
1 Congressman ]. T. McCleary, of Man
kato, was in the city yesterday. He
! expresses a doubt as to whether his
/ financial bill. now the subject Of so
much discussion, win be given any
/ consideration at the present session, al
/ though it may come up again in 1900.
/ Representative Torson. of Watonwan
J county, yesterday issued a call for a
meeting of the Second congressional
/ district legislative delegation at Man
/ kato Dec. l. The meeting will be for
Z the purpose Of discussing the interests
/ of the district in regard to the speaker
ship and other places in both house
! and senate.
Miss Lucy Hatch. since 1898 stenog-
rapher in the Office of the attorney gen.
eral received a letter yesterday from
I Attorney General-elect Douglas, of
Moorhead. offering her the same posi-
ton. Miss Hatch is a daughter of the
late Maj. F.. 4. c. Hatch, prominent in
the early days of the state
c. ]. Berryhnl, of St. Paul. is a can
didate for secretary of the senate jul
dietary committee.
Among the candidates for chaplain OF
the senate are Rev. William Wilkinson
of Minneapolis. an Episcopal clergy
man, who held the position in the house
in 1891: Rev. f. W. Hart, pastor of the
. Methodist church at Hutchinson, and
Rev. George E. Soper, pastor of Ply
! mouth Congregational church, St. Paul
! Ed Muliane OF the Central high
school, and z. H. Montgomery, engineer
at the Albion. are candidates for state
boiler inspector.
Thomas Fearing, engineer at the
Metropolitan, and James WEIGH, en-
gineer at the Great Northern, would
like to be engineer at the capitol.
William johnson, who was a candt-
date for the legislature in the First
! ward, filed his statement Of his expen-
ses yesterday. The statement admits
/ the expenditure of SO for the filing OF
| q certificate and the further d.sburSe-
n,ent Of twenty-five cents for cigars on
one occasion.
/ james Powers, who was a candidate
for the Office of county commissioner,
got through at a cost of $50.
NEITHER DREW A QUORUM.