The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-09
GOVERNORS JOB
Gossip Giving Gist Of Gubernato.
rial Possibilities
LIND IS NOT ELIGIBLE
Bob Dunn Is Out With His Hammer
For Eberhart, While Lee and
Brewer Look On
st. Paul Special to The Herald,

st. Paul Special to The Herald,
I notice from the st. Paul CORE
spondence to the Duluth Herald, said
to have emanated from the Kitchen
Cabinet, which is still in active busi-
ness, though not at the old stand,
that the writer is inclined to be merry
over the suggestion that John Lind
may be selected as the Democratic
candidate for governor, and in the
event of the failure of the Republican
party to take up the issue, run on the
county option ticket. That such a
suggestion has been made resulted
from knowledge of the fact which has
leaked out that, when approached in
1908, Former Gov. Lind declared that
the only condition on which he would
run would be that the platform of the
Democratic party should contain
county option plank. The writer
goes on to say that 'the Democratic
party is historically committed to the
evident latitude of personal liberty
consistent with right living, and the
adoption of county option platform m
would hopelessly disorganize the party
i'm this state"
However that may be, the Kitchen
Cabinet has no doubt long been IA
miliar with Mr.. Lind's views on this
subject. That may have been among
the reasons which inspired joker
which found it's way into the laws OF
1907-noted for their jokers and wood
chucks-which makes John Lind at
the present time ineligible on any
platform as the candidate of any party
for governor or any state Office. At
that session the law creating board
of regents of the state university was
amended and certain persons were de-
signated by the legislature to be
members of the board of regents. The
closing paragraph, however, affects all
members appointed subsequently. 1t
reads as follows: "From and after
the expiration of the terms of the
aforesaid appointed members no ap-
sspointed member of the board shall,
Eduring the term for which he is ap-
v pointed, hold any other office, elective
or appointive, under the state of
Minnesota. Mr.. Lind's term does
not expire until 1914. In case he be-
comes a candidate in 1910 his eligibil-
ity would be at cnce called in ques-
tion. There is no way he could get
round the difficulty. Even his resig-
nation would not make him eligible
as candidate for governor iu the
next campaign. He is definitely out
of it.
Another gentleman on whose politi-
Cal ambitions this law puts damper
is Pierce Butler of St. Paul. 1t is
said that Butler had concluded to be
a candidate for the state senate in
opposition to Senator Hackney in the
Midway district. The law disQualifies
him from holding any state Office,
elective or appointive, during the term
of his regency.
This narrows Democratic possibili-
ties in the gubernatorial field. Con-
gresham Hammond is well known to
be reluctant to get into the game, if
not to have definitely refused. Still
there is Mayor Lawler of st. Paul.
He is said to be in reflective mood.
The party, however, is afraid of him
and his big stick. Hence scouting
parties are out. ID. d. DAILY of Rem
vile county has been discovered, but
has yet to be introduced. Doubtless
there are others. l am inclined, how
ever, to the opinion that the Kitchen
Cabinet regard one Frank A. Day
more and more as the man of destiny.
and that it is the easiest thing in the
world to underrate both his strength
and his popularity.
So far on the Republican side the
men who are most in the public eve
are: first, Governor Eberhart, who by
reason of his occupancy of the posi-
tion, has the advantage of appearing.
to have prior claim on public con-
sideration. Thatgoes far. Naturally
people are inclined to accept the es-
tablished order, and in the matter of
the executive office to look no further
provided the man who appears to be
the logical candidate is not in some
way made to appear obnoxious.