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n a consultation room Of the supreme

In q consultation room of the supreme
court.
The oath was administered to Mr.
| Eberhart in the presence of Justice
Brown, Senator George f. Wilson, and
| Senator Ed f. Smith. of Minneapolis;
| Attorney General Simpson, Secretary
| of State Schmahl, State Treasurer
| Dinehart, Auditor Iverson, State Ii
| brarian King, and Assistant State
| Treasurer Pettijohn. A number Of
| other friends OF Governor Eberhart,
also witnessed the ceremony. Chief
Justice Start administered the oath,
with the following brief statement:
1--WE have received the sad an
nouncement of the death of our be-
loved Governor Johnson. BY virtue of
| the constitution, the office devolves
upon you as lieutenant governor"
Lieutenant Governor Eberhart
raised his right hand, and In a pro-
found silence Chief Justice Start ad-
ministered the oath in a low voice.
Il took the oath of office today that
I might issue a proclamation setting
aside a day of mourning for Governor
Johnson" said Governor Eberhart.
"It was necessary also that / should
sign requisition papers. / shall trans
act only such executive business as Is
absolutely necessary during the next
few days"
Adolph o. Eberhart is the third OF
Minnesota's lieutenant governors to
| become governor because of a vacancy
| in the governors chair, but the first to
assume the office by reason OF the
! death of his predecessor. The other
governors who attained their Office in
this way were Henry A. Swift, In 1868,
and David NJ. Clough, in 1895.
Henry A. Swift was a state senator
when Lieutenant Governor 1gnatius
Donnelly was elected a 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 at United States senator in
1895.
Fourteenth Republican Governor.
In Mr.. Eberhart the state has its
fourteenth republican governor and its
first republican governor since 1904.
Mr.. Eberhart is a lawyer. He was
born on a 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 q
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 is a
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 was elected lieutenant govern
or on the republican ticket.
Ready Speaker.
He was reelected in 1903. 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
tem. Of the senate, did not take the
oath of Office as lieutenant governor.