The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-06

w. B. Douglas. who was defeated in
the Republican state convention last
week for a 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
'I 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
Yesterday ,ss.sss>r.4
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 candidate is an effort to embar-
rass him for the anti-ColIins attitude of
the Otter Tail delegation in the state
convention.
Judge L. L.. Baxter, also of Fergus
Falls, whe--s Wiu 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 fer 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.
sMr. Somerby 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
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 l am sorry that he is
to retire from the office. There is alb
| solutely- nothing in the 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 ofs92harles W. Som
erby,. since the appointment sof Mr..
/ Donahower as attorney general, April
! 1, first assistant in the office of the att
| torney general and prior to that time
1 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 JulyV15, and Mr.. Som
1 erby will open an, office for the practice
| of law in Minneapolis. Mr.. Donahower
| said yesterday that he had no one in
| view as Somerby,ss 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, 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
| sor hotel yesterday
| 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. measure,
many of my constituents are opposed
| to it. But the Republican state con-
| Ventlon having gone on record as ia
voring 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 joint debate with Congress-
man Wade at the celebration July f..
| 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. /, 1906?
| Nobody knows. and the politicians
are guessing. If Jaggard resigns, it is
| presumed that Gov. Van SAINT will
name his friend, Oscar Halla1n, 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 Hallams or any other