The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-06-07

lawful tSespass upon state lanlD ~
made. 3hese are merely eebo4 -
show the intimate relation 81 ~.
Smith % q. violator Of the laws Of fBo
state to the very state fund 0o<srner
Ebsrhast appointed him to guard snd
defend as a member ofpthe baaRd Of
regents of the University q Asnns-
sofa. The guardianship ~ sxch q
fund II Left in the hands cf the board
Of investment of which the president
Of the board Of regents 10 . nss0ssr;
each regent, If he is an honest On
cial. has the safety OF the school trust
funds at heart.
The item Of 1o,So2.4s was, only No.
covered as the result Of Legislative
investigation. Those who are curious
to follow the violations Of the G. A
Smith Lumber company of state ttn.
Der laws are referred to House Jcasnsa
OF the session of 1898, and page 26 Of
executive documents. 1894, Vol. /.
But this is not the worst Of M.
Smiths record. His consyszy hss
been indicted. These izAictmsnts.
Holled, suppressed and juggaeA. ere a
common knowledge. Mr. Smsth he's
been involved in land frauds h he
Far West, and was caught In, ne
Heney net. The statute Of lhpttsAssns
operated to his benent. but SIsa suits
followed.
II the governor had been anzioas' -
probe into the personal ohaTaetes q
Mr.. Smith" in 1919. when he anssaNt.
cd him, all that would have Aese
necessary was trip to the ssesTns1
generals office. A part Of NJ Snaskss
record is on file there.
Lack Of space alone forb1As nay 20
ing into the governors own record -
member Of the drainage and etAsx
boards, and I fully intend % deal SvikA
this later upon the stump.
And in commenting upon his vxseeel
wish to reiterats some Of the ones.
lions put to Governor Ebsrhart On
April 18th. 1910. BY, Senator Casa
man:
viii the governor point euk q saa-
gle reform bill reported by the tai,
railroad or Temperance committees
that was not forced out under psss-
sure?
"WiH the governor explain Why the
johnson stock regulation bill to pre-
vent the watering Of railroad stocks
died in the railroad committsef
will the governor say tbs bin
was not proper legislationf
will the governor explain the rapid
action Of his railroad committee and
other members of the senate N ~
porting the notorious Rodeuosrg bill
while important reform legislation
was held up and put to sleep IN che
committee?"
Senator eastman asked these cues
lions more than . year ago. Govern
or Eberhart has failed to answer them.
] challenge him to answer them new.
want him to be specific and will not
be satisfied with . general dental
such as he entered whea Senator
eastman first asked the questions.
The attitude Of Governor Ebsrhart to
the Minnesota rate cases has been
one Of utter indifference. He de-
clined to attend the governors' CON
ference at Atlantic City last summer.
IN 1910 he attended tho conference
and introduced . resolution which
blaxoned his name a. o "resornar'
from one end Of the country 70 tAs
other. This resolution suggested the
passage OF Q Law which would Pre-
vent federal courts from intsrfering
with the orders of state railroad, com
missions. The resolution was not
adopted and Governor Eherhart knew
at the time he introduced It that It
would not be adopted. Whether he
was rebuked by his masters for his
holiness in introducing the rssolu-
ton do not know, but this do know,
since that time he has changed front
In his attitude toward the Minnesota
rate cases.
Governor Eberhart failed to repre-
sent his state ut the governors con-
ference when tbs Sanborn decision
was under consideration. Whsthar he
has yet paid Minnesota's share Of the
expenses Of the last governors coaser-
snss / do not know, but do know
that whom the secretary II the asso-
citation wrote him and asked him
what Minnesota would do, he replied
that no would try. to get an appropria-
tion from the next legislature to pay
this expense. The expense was tri-
fling and was paid cut of contingent
funds by most Of the other govsrnsrs
Governor Eberhart at the time. re
| fused to draw on his contingent fund
for this amount, although later he
went deep into this. fund 10 pay ex-
penses incidental to the Great North
ern's governors special.
Whether the money would have
been well invested the public can
Judge By what took place at that con-
ference. The Saabora decision was
under hot fire. but Minnesota was
silent, although many other states
Joined in the protest Governor Har.
mon Of Ohio, Governor Aldrich Of Ne
braska and Governor Hadley Of Ms
| souri, we're named . committee 10 pre-
pare q brief In the Minnesota rate
case. as friends Of the court h Il not
significant that Governor Ebsrhart,
the chief executive Of Minnesota. was
not named a member Of that commit
tee and that he never gave the con-
mittes his moral support!
Again l challenge Governor Eber-
hart to explain his indifference to the
zoyernors, eonferenc~ The hvs~f vas
prepared and filed with the United
States supreme court II IL q potent
rebuke to Governor Eberhart whose