The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-28
Numerous Applicants for ST.
preme Court Seat.
BUM AMONG The CANDIDATES
Present Member Defeated at Recent
Election Is Being Urged for
Reappointment.
Especial Correspondence

st. Paul, Nov 26.-The vacancy on
the supreme bench caused by the ele-
walton of Justice Calvin l.. Brown to
the chief justiceship has the stage
just now in state political circles and,
let me tell you, the scramble is so
strenuous that Governor Eberhart is
beginning to show the effects of the
strain. There are at least a dozen
persons scattered over the state who
think they could fill the job and they
are not a bit backward in pressing
| their claims. When the list of avail
ables was last compiled it included
Justice Bum, who was distanced by
Judge Hallam of St. Paul; H. L.
Schmitt of Mankato, Mayor H. P.
Keller, St. Paul; Mr.. Carlson, law part
ner OF H. H. Dunn of Albert Lea
Judge Quinn, Fairmont; Judge Nc
Clenahan of Brainerd and Judge Dib-
bell of Duluth. The vacancy will take
place Jan. next and as the days pass
the list of candidates grows. Justice
George l.. Bum, as you probably
| know, had to give way to Judge Hal
| lam of st. Paul, his home town, in the
recent election and this is where the
shoe plnches as far as the other can
didates are concerned. Mr.. Bum may
be reappointed, though the voters saw
! fit to retire him to private life. He is
| the one Democrat on the bench and
was given his present job by Governor
| Eberhart. Should he be reappointed
| to fill the vacancy on the bench it
| would mean two members of the court
with st. Paul residence and this in
measure stands against Judge Bum,
| but despite this handicap I honestly
| believe that he is the best bet at this
writing. His backing is of the kind
that no man with a political future
can overlook. Last week a delegation
from MankatO waited on Governor
Eberhart in the interest of H. L.
Schmitt, but the answer was not very
assuring. Neither Mankato nor Blue
Earth county were very enthusiastic
for Governor Eberhart either in the
| primary or at the general election.
He lost the two. st. Louis county,
which is the home of Judge Dibbell,
also went against the governor and
the latter's hackers are now arguing
that only the Eberhart strongholds
should be recognized. H. H. Dunn of
Albert Lea, former speaker of the
house, is working in the interest of
his law partner, Judge Carlson.
| :. :: !.
Though the governorship is the
highest Office in the gift of the peo-
| pie, and many have sought it even in
the days when the salary was much
less than it is now, the position is one
not calculated to cure insomnia There
are many sleepless nights attached to
the job. Within the next thirty days
Governor Eberhart will have to fill
fifty or more minor places and candi-
dates are as thick as bees. In addi-
ton to the place on the supreme
bench he will have to name a. sue
cessor to Judge Hallam of the Ramsey
county district court and then there
is the vacancy on the municipal bench
in Minneapolis caused by the eleva-
ton of Judge Leary to the district
court. Three members will have to
be named on the state board of health
and all three are being contested. One
of the board members up for reap
pointment is DR.. H. NJ. Bracken, the
secretary, and I am told lively fight
is being made on him. In order is the
tax commission, the board of control
and a dozen other boards. Even the
reappointment of Kelsey Chase, the
present state bank examiner, is being
protested. That prefix "Governor''
sounds good and it looks good, but it
sure has it's troubles Ask Governor
Eberhart.
The last legislature set aside $4,000
for the reclamation of ten forty-acre
tracts of state land, the idea being to
show what could be done with some
OF the despised school land scattered
over the northern part of the state.
The other day State Auditor Iverson
sold one of the reclaimed tracts locat-
ed IN Beltrami county, but the best he
could get for it was $27.5O per acre,
which was the cost price per acre for
clearing the same. Another tract in
an adjoining county which was put
up at auction failed to get a bidder
The forty in Beltrami county, it is
said, was bid in by the party employed
to reclaim it. He was paid for his
work and the difference between what
he received and the price paid was
what the state realized on the sale.
The purchaser was Jacob C. Anderson
Another appropriation for the recla-
nation of additional tracts will be
asked Of the next legislature, but it
is more than likely that those behind
the movement will have Trouble in
landing it.
| !. :.
| It is more than likely that Justice
! c. L. Brown of the supreme court,
when he takes on the position of chief
| Justice, will refuse to sit as member
Of the state board of investment He
has intimated that the two nosi+iors