The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-03
ROSING TO SUCCEED
JACOBSON TO-DAY
Gubernatorial Boom of Retiring
Board of Control Member
Launched BY Rachie

j. F. Jacobson of Madison. Lac oui
Parle county, retireS today as a mem
Der OF the state board of control He
Will be Immediately succeeded by L.
A Rosing of Cannon Falls.
The change 10 due to the whirligig
OF politics. Mr.. Jacobson is a Repub-
lican leader of the state and was an
pointed by Gov. Van SAINT as a reward
for party services. With the election
of John A. Johnson as governor. one
Oh his first official announcements was
that Mr.. Jacobson's successor would be
Mr. Rosing. who has long been identi-
fed with the Democratic state organ
Ization. His position in the Democratic
party Of the state is not dissimilar to
that occupied, byaMr. Jacobson in the
republican organization.
The term of office of Mr.. Jacobson
expired Friday night, but by courtesy
OF his successor Mr.. Rosing will not
take office until today.
Prominent in State Politics
L. A. Rosing has for years been a
prominent figure in state politics. He
probably has a larger political ac-
quaIntance than any other man in his
party Though still a young man he
has been the choice of his party for
governor. He has been private secre-
tary to the only Democratic governor
the state had for forty years prior to
the election of Gov. Johnson In a
close personal and political capacity
associated with Gov. John Lind, he
was regarded as a strong man in a
notably strong administration of state
analrS. He was a delegate to the ma
tlonai Democratic convention at st.
Louis that nominated Judge Alton
Brooks Parker for the presidency.
On the nomination of Gov. Johnson
and 1t is said that he had much to do
with securing the consent of the st.
Peter man to. permit the use of his
name as a candidate-Mr Rosine
plunged into the, campaign. He was
chairman of the Democratic state ex-
ecutive committee, and in this position
was in close touch with the campaign
that ended in Gov. Johnson's triumph
ant election in the face of apparently
overwhelmingly heavy odds.
Mr.. Rosing's acceptance of the posi-
ton on the board of control will mean
his retirement from the politics of
the state. He will for the present re-
tain the presidency of the Minnesota
Municipal league, a nonpartisan civic
association. He will retain his bust
ness connections at Cannon Falls and
VIII continue to make that city his
home
Mr.. Jacobson since his appointment
in December. 1908, as a member of
the board of control has been chair
man of the board. He will return 70
Madison. where he has retained his
private business during the incum-
bency of the office.
Candidate for Governor
There are reports in political circles
that he VIII return to politics, and that
he Will become a candidate for gov
ernor at the hands of his party next
year. When told of the appointment
of Mr.. Rosing as his successor In No
vember, he said:
I'm glad to hear of it. am going
back to Madison. This is a political
graveyard that 1 am in. and 1 want
the people of. my party to know that
L do not propose to go to the boneyard
at my age. l shall be heard of in the
next campaign. and the people of the
state will know that have come back
to life"
Mr.. Jacobson's boom for governor
was launched at Glenwood Saturday
night. when Elias Rachie, who is filling
Mr.. Jacobson's old berth in the legis-
lature as member from Lac qui Parle,
declared in a speech at a banquet Civ
en- members of the legislature by citi-
zens of Glenwood that Mr.. jacobson
would be candidate for governor at
the hands of the Republican party. 1t
Is not known that DR.. Rachie spoke
with authority for the late chairman
of the board of control, but taken in
connection with Mr.. Jacobson's own
guarded utterances it is believed by
the Republican politicians that they
will have Jake" to reckon with in the
figuring out of the Republican political
equation.