The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-25
board of control. The summons con-
cluded with these words:

cluded with these words:
Therefore fail not on pain of pen
atty that shall fall upon YOU"
These words burned like vitriOl
and stirred the governor more than
Anything since the investigation be-
gan Mr.. Weeks, on leaving the gov
ernor, refused to divulge the nature
of the conference, but he immediate
ly began delving into the immunity
of governors from summons, manda-
muses., ct cetera. Mr.. Weeks had no
sooner finished than Mr.. Swendsen
came up to tell Governor Eberhart
the part he had played in the mat,
ter.
II thought the threat of Mr.. Will
son to subpoena Governor Eberhart
all a joke" he said before going into
conference with the governor.
Believes Sanborn's Payment Legal.
The governor declared today that
he had not been asked to pay E. P.
Sanborn, attorney for Ralph w.
Wheelock, but that the offering of
1915 from the contingent fund was
voluntary on his part, and represent
ed only a portion of Mr.. SanbOrn's
remuneration. He declared himself
satisfied that the payment was legal,
and that the contingent fund was
given him to meet just such exigen-
cies as the Redwing investigation
Inquiry was made this morning at
the board of controls office as to
whether there is any chance of
Whittier being reimbursed out of the
state treasury for the expense of the
hearing, in case he is exonerated.
There is no such chance, it was said.
People from all parts of the state
have, however, contributed various
sums to a fund to fight Wbittier's
case. Some of the money, it is said,
has come from Zumbrota, Senator A.
]. Rockne having been instrumental
in securing funds there.
1t is predicted, since the subpoena
incident, that Governor Eberhart will
go after the scalps of the democrats
on the board of control, and that the
Whittier hearing may develop into an
inquiry of much wider scope.
Mr.. Swendsen suggested today
that Governor Eberhart would be
loaded for the other two members of
the board when he takes the stand.
Some interesting testimony is ex-
pected.
Calls Governor 1.-TWO Spot"
Redwing, Mimi, August 23.-F. M.
Wilson, when interviewed last night
regarding Archie Hays return of the
governors subpoena and asked if he
would insist on the governor being
formally subpoenaed if the executive
he cfo n
subpoena, expressed himself very EN-.
phatically.
81 don't see what divinity hedges
about two-spot of a governor" said
Mr.. Wilson, that should except him
any more than the humblest citizen.
"You may bet your life / shall
insist upon his obedience to the
summons of the law, because he is
no better in the eyes of the law
than the man that saws wood in
the back alley.
"Archie Hays, his chief clerk
promised faithfully to deliver the
subpoena to the governor, and if. he
did not he is a prevaricator and the
truth is not in him.
Refers to Monkeyshines.
don't go in this deal. He realizes
what a fearful mistake he has
made, and now he is making side
jumps like a jack rabbit to escape
what is in for him.
"He had no more Fight to pay
Wheelock's lawyer out of the gov
errors contingent fund than to
pay his own election expenses out
of it, and it is gross misappropria-
ton of the money of the taxpayers
of the state, and they will not stand
for it.
1.-THE governor is certainly expos
ing his motives and his methods fast
enough to delight his enemies and
disgust his friends.
"The hearing Thursday is likely to
be a warm one, and the most uncom-
Portable man in the bunch will be
Adolph Olson Eberhart," concluded
Mr.. Wilson.