The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-06
DOUGLAS is NOT
SEEKING NEW BERTH
Supreme Court Justice Not a
Candidate in Seventh judi.
ciaI District

w. B. Douglas, who was defeated in
the Republican state convention last
week for nomination to the supreme
bench, denies the report that he in
tends to become candidate for the Re
publican nomination for the district
bench in his home district, the Seventh
judicial district. Judge Douglas lives.
at Moorhead, one of the largest towns
in the district, and a st. Cloud news
paper Saturday said that he would
probably become candidate. Justice
Douglas, at the capitol yesterday, de-
MED the story.
81 never even heard of the report
and have no thought of becoming q
candidate for the judgeship in my jul
dieial district he said to an inquiry
John w. Mason, Of Fergus Falls, is
already an avowed candidate for the
Republican nomination in the Sew
enth, and it is possible that the
movement looking to Douglas becom-
ing a candidate is an effort to embar
rass him for the anti Collins attitude of
the Otter Tail delegation in the state
convention.
Judge L. L. Baxter, also of Fergus
Falls, who Will probably have the
Democratic nomination for the judge
ship in the Seventh district, is also
having trouble. 1t is charged that his
| enemies at home dickered with his
Stearns county political enemies at ST.
Cloud in the Duluth state convention
and brought about the defeat of Frank
Zins as delegate at large to st.
Louis. While voting for Lind and
| Rosing, the Otter Tail delegation went
to Buck and Bennett, Hearst men in
| the Duluth convention, and Judge
Baxter is being held responsible for 1t
| in Stearns county.
'Mr. Sonlerby has resigned as first
assistant attorney general said w. j.
Donahower, attorney general, last
night, simply that he may engage in
the practice of his profession in his
home city of Minneapolis. There is no
! politics in his resignation; it was tend
cred to me three months ago, but I
succeeded in getting him to stay until
after the state convention was out of
| the way. Based on an association with
| Somerby of five years. am free to say
that our relations have been mutually
pleasant, and | am sorry that he is
to retire from the office. There is alb
| solutely- nothing ipzthe. story that his
resignation was made at my request
| because the Hennepin county delega-
ton in the state convention did not
give me larger portion Of its vote"
The resignation ofsGharles w. Som
4 erby.. since the appointment sof Mr..
| Donahower as attorney general, April
L, first assistant in the office of the att
/ for five. years second assistant in the
office, was handed to Mr.. Donahower
| on Saturday, but the fact did not be-
! come generally known until Monday.
| 1t is effective Julyr15, and Mr.. Som
| erby will open an. office for the practice
of law in Minneapolis. Mr.. Donahower
| said yesterday that he had no one in
| view as SomerbysS- successor; that the
term would be for only six months. and
that the Office meant a lot Of hard
work, with no great remuneration. He
intended, however, to- secure, If posi-
| BILE, a seasoned lawyer who would
! share the labor of the Office with him
and his other assistant.
"The adoption by the Republican
| state convention of an eight-hour
plank relieves me- said J. Adam Bede,
| the Duluth congressman, at the Wind
1 SUI liOtCl ySStSiQdN.
Il had been doing some thinking as
| to my future position in congress on
the eight hour bill, for while am per-
| sonally friendly to such a measure,
many of my constituents are opposed
to it. But the Republican state con-
Tention having gone on record as ia
| VorlnS such a measure, it now becomes
my duty to stand on the plank. I
| won't have to have any more thoughts
about it. for the convention did the
thinking
| Congressman Bede went home to
| Duluth last night. He had just come
| from McGregor, Iowa, where he con-
| Quoted a joint debate with Congress-
| man Wade at the celebration July 4.
Will Judge E. A. Jaggard, resign from
the district bench and give Gov. Van
| SAINT an opportunity to name a Ramsey
county lawyer to fill out his unexpired
| term; or will the district judge just
! nominated to the supreme bench cling
| to the office to which he was elected
| for the full term and only. permit his
successor to don the ermine at the
beginning of the new term of office,
Jan. l, 1905?
Nobody knows and the politicians
are guessing. If Jaggard resigns, it is
| presumed that Gov Van SAINT will
name his friend, Oscar Hallam. to the
vacancy. The appointment would be
| only from the time it is made to Jan.
l, at all events, but it is figured that
| the appointment would be an import
ant leverage for Hallamz or any other
man in Seeking an election to the full
term of six years. If Jaggard hangs
on, 1t will be fair field and no favors.
Hallam will have to contest the field
| Tor the nomination with James H
Markham. Walter E. Chaplin and pos
sibly others. The question, however.
of the propriety of candidate for the
supreme bench continuing to serve as
a district judge will be raised by those
who think that Jaggard should retire,
and the situation is far from clear
as to just what will be done. Friends
of Markham ct al will undoubtedly
use their powers of persuasion with
Judge Jaggard to induce him to re-
main in his present Office until his