The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-29
WHO WILL YIN SANT P|Ck?.
CANDIDATES FOR THE THREE PO-
SITIONs ON THE BOARD OF
CONTROL BOB UP
>. e. Comstock, C. A. Morey or w. E.
Lee the Likely Ones From the
Republican, Side of the
House.

1t looks like, "a. Morey, Winona;
s. G. Comstock,, Moorhead, and one man
who Is not of the Republican faith
Now that the board of control bill has
passed both branches of the legislature,
Gov Van SAINT. is confronted with an
other. difficult problem. Upon the ,execu-
tive devolves the task of appointing three
men to compose this body, under whose
control all the states institutions. save
one, are to be placed. Owing to the null
hilarious duties of the members of the
board of control, their selection will be
matter of far more import, at least
1t should be, than usually attaches to
such official acts. One obstacle with
which the governor will find himself be-
set is the lack of experienced men from
which to choose. This being the first
time Minnesota has entered upon this
experiment, 1t will not be possible to get
men who have served in this capacity
before, at least not in this state: -
AS early as yesterday afternoon Gov.
Van SAINT found himself the center of
attraction for a good many ambitious
politicians and influential legislators were
besought by hungry officeseekers. There
is no dearth of men willing to jump
at the positions the new organization has
to offer. The bill only passed the last
house yesterday morning and a close
friend of the governor stated,=te a, re-
porter for the G 10 b last night that
his excellency would probably keep some
of the s'.boyss' waiting for a.. few. days
at least He says he win act deliberately
in this important matter. /.
WHO WILL HE NAME?
Who will be the three members of this
board? The question is already being
generally discussed in political circles
with great interest. Scarcely had the bill
gotten through the house yesterday than
a Minneapolis paper discovered half a
dozen probabilities and conceived the
idea that ST. Paul was determined to
capture at least one place on the board.
Two residents Of the capital city were
then suggested 4 as popular candidates.
one of whose changes as a matter of
fact, are about0 as remote as any man
who could have been named OF course
such speculation will continue to exist
until the appointments are made, and 1t
is impossible at this time to say, just
who the appoiD4ees will be.
The afternoonpaper of Minneapolis be-
lieves that Revb Sam G. Smith and ex-
Mayor f. B. Doran, of this city, are
among the possibilities for the place.
Men who are closest to the administra-
ton, most all Of whom are st. Paul Re-
publicans, were interviewed by a re-
these and other names. The best that
could be aroused regarding that Of Mr.
Smith was shake of the head, and
little interest was manifested In Mr.
Doran's chances One of the most in4
huential Republicans of the city or state
said that no pressure would be brought
to bear to secure the appointment OF
Mr. Smith; % at least no. pressure that
would be effective. BY those whose
,irI,1
ton this gentleman stands no chance
whatever of getting on the board 70
LAS to Mayor Doran 1t is a fact said.
one politician, cthat he has applied for
support for the position, but not having
given. the matter any thought whatever
was unable to hold out any hopes for
MY part TO him and what others Will be
willing or able to promise him 7 cannot
say
NEEDS THE POLITICIANS. =
With the politicians generally Mr..
Doran does not seem to be a taking can
diGate for an appointment, although it
conceded he would probably prove good
timber AS to other st. Paul men there
does not seem TO be any mars,available
at this time. 1t is not believed by many
| that the. Sanity City, nor her rival over
the way, will have a representative on
the board. Should theo governor decide
to give a place TO. either he could ,scaree-
Fly favor st. Paul without doing as much
for Minneapolis. In case one from the
Mill City is named it is thought Henry j.
Gjertson, now on the governors staff,
would be favored. u @ ,
But the concensIis Of opinion is that
the governor will go outside of the Twin
Cities for his men and in this connection
1T is believed, as heretofore stated, that
| Congressman s g. Comstock, Of
M TSii x
W, E. Lee of, Long Prairie, are the
favorites OF Gov. Van SAINT. However,
there are valid reasons for believing that
this trio will be yhroken into. In the
first place Mr. Lee, despite the fact that
Gov. Van SAINT is said to be strongly de-
sirous OF appointing him, is not strong
with the otherTls'powers that bea-the
powers behind the throne. This may be
taken as sufficient grounds for assuming
that the gentleman from Long Prairie
who served on the commission to inspect
board of control systems with G. A.
Morey and S. w Leavitt and who were
appointed by THE governor Will not be
placed on the board of control. AS to
Mr. Moreys,Gov.@ Van SAINT would prob
ably like to have him on the board as he
is a fellow townsman of the governor
but there is strong objection from po-
litica1 circles to him, yet his appoint
ment, other things being equal, would
not be objected to by the majority In
fact it is safe to say that Mr.. Morey Is
a probability
LoMNEN BoBs UP.
AS to Mr.. ComStock there is one con-
| fiicting circumstance and that is that }.
J. Lommen, also of the present Seventh
district, and who, like the ex-cengress-
man, viii be a resident of the new Ninth
when the state is redistricted, is being
considered. The matter will have to be
settled which OF these two gentlemen
will be the most satisfactory. Present
indications are in favor of Mr.. Comstock.
Mr.. 14ommen, who was assistant secretary
of state under Albert Berg, is strong
with large faction however, and may
makea good showing. In view CT the
tact that Messrs. Comstock Morey or
Lee are looked upon as the most probable
candidates by coterie of politicians
whose opinions cannot be entirely disre>
garded IN such matters, since they too
often correspond with results, it would
seem that Mr.. Lonn1en is behind his
neighber in the race and therefore no.
in the line Of appointment, especially If
CoJnstock is selected,
Another matter Which the Republicans
discussing this proposition hate to con-
template is thatfth law will not permit
the governor to appoint more than two
of the board from the same political
party. But the l'naf1e of a Democrat,
with the possible exception of s. w.
Leayitt.. who Isl said not to- want the
place, has not yet been thought of.
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