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Tho oatATwas administered - ~.
1berhart IN the presence a. Jue11ee
Brown. Senator George =. Wilsoa. ana
Senator I'd e. Smith. of Minneapolis:
Attorney General Simpson. Secretary
Of State Schmahl. state Treasurer
Dinehart Auditor Iverson. state II
brarian King. and Assistant Stats
Treasurer Pettijohn. A number q
other friends OF Governor Eberhart.
also witnessed the ceremony. Chie9
Justice Start administered the oath.
with the following brief statement:
I'VE have received the sad an
n~ouncement OF the death Of our bs-
the constitution. the ONCE devolves
upon you ~ lieutenant governor"
Lieutenant Governor EberhaSt
raised his right hand. and IN . pro
found silence Chief Justice Start ID
ministered the oath In = low voics.
II took the oath Of ONCE today that
/ might issue = proclamation setting
aside a day Of mourning for Governor
Johnson" said Governor Eberhart.
1T was necessary also that ! should
sign requisition papers. shall trans
act only such executive business N 10
absolutely necessary during the next
few days"
Adolph o. Eberhart IL the third &
Minnesota's lieutenant governors to
become governor because of q vacancy
In the governors chair. but the flrst to
assume the Office by reason Of the
DEATH OF his predecessor. The other
governors who attained their ONCE In
this way were Henry A. Swift. In 1859.
and David NJ. Clough. in 1895.
Henry A. Swift was Z state senator
when Lieutenant Governor Ignatiua
Donnelly was elected q member Of
congress. He was Immediately chosen
| president OF the senate and succeeded
Governor Alexander Ramsey as gov
ernor when Governor Ramsey was
elected a United States senator.
Lieutenant Governor Clough became
governor when Governor Knute Nelson
was chosen ut United States senator In
1895.
Fourteenth Republican Governor.
In Mr.. Eberhart the state has its
fourteenth republican governor and IL
FIRST republican governor since 1908.
Mr.. Eberhart Is 2 lawyer. He was
born on . farm In the province Of
| vermland, Sweden, Thirty-nine years
ago. In 1881 his parents came to
| Minnesota and he followed the follow.
Ing year. The family settled on .
farm near Mankato. After living In
| Minnesota two years the father and
mother moved TO Nebraska.
Mr.. Eberhart attended the common
schools and graduated from Gustavus
Adolphus college. In 1895 he entered
| the law office Of Judge Gray, at Man.
kato. He has served as deputy clerk
Of the United States circuit court and
district courts and as United States
commissioner for Minnesota. He 10 .
| director in the First National bank OF
Mankato.
In 1903 Mr.. Eberhart was elected to
the state senate. He served one term,
becoming a leader In the body and In
1906 he vas elected lieutenant govern
or on the republican ticket.
Ready Speaker.
He was reelected In 1908. Mr.. Eb-
erhart Is a ready and witty speaker.
and has show ability as the presiding
officer Of the state. He was generally
recognized as a candidate for the re.
publican ~gubernatorial nomination
next year.
Senator E. E. Smith. president pro
tenn. OF the senate, did not take the
oath Of office IS lieutenant governor.
Chief Justice Start directed attention