The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-10-01

ernor of this state to the best OF your,
ability and Judgment. SO help you
God"
II do" said Mr.. Eberhart.
81 hope | may make myself worthy
Of the responsibility that has been de-.
volved upon me-" he said in greeting
one friend.
The governor would make no state.
, ment as to his immediate acts. other
than to say he would issue q proclama-
ton for the memorial day to the late
governor. He stated that he had much
! preferred to wait and take the oath Of
Office later, but that had bowed to the
demands Of the occasion
Governor Eberhart announced there
would be no immediate changes in the
! governors Office or among state en-
I! ployees.
II took the oath Of Office today that
1 might issue a proclamation setting
| aside q day of mourning for Governor
Johnson" said Governor Eberhart.
"It was necessary also that | should
| sign roquisition papers. ! shall trans
act only such executive business as is
absolutely necessary during the next
few days"
AdolDh o. Eberhart is the third of
| mime sofas 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 1869.
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
1885.
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, T%hirty-nine years
ago. In 1881 his parents came to
Minnesota and he followed the follow
ing year. The family settled on a
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 ant
district courts and as United States
commissioner for Minnesota. He is
director in the First National bank o
MankatO.
In 1903 M. Eberhart vas elected tt
the state senate. He served one term
becoming a leader in the body and ii
1906 he was elected lieutenant govern
or IN the republican ticket.
Ready Speaker.
He was reelected in 1908. Mr.. Eb
erhart is a ready and witty speaker
and has shown ability as the presidin:
officer of the state. He was general.
recognized as a candidate for the re
publican gubernatorial nomination
!, next year.
, Mr.. Eberhart is married and has fv'
, children. One OF his brothers, Axe
A. Eberhart. is a lawyer in Minneapo
} lis. Two other brothers and a married
, sister live in Nebraska.
Senator E. E. Smith, president pr
! TEN. of the senate, did not take tn
oath of Office as lieutenant governor
Chief Justice Start directed attention