Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-11-29
BENCH VACANCY
SOUGHT BY MANY
Numerous Applicants for ST.
preme Court Seat,
BUM AMONG THE CANDIDATES
Present Member Defeated at Recent
Election Is Being Urged for
Reappontmsnt.
Especial Correspondence

lat me tell you, the scramble is so
strenuous that Governor Eberhart is
beginning to show the effects of the
strain. There are at least dozen
persons scattered over the state who
think they could fill the Job and they
are not bit backward in pressing
their claims. When the list of avail
Rbles was last compiled it included
Justice Bum, who was dfStanced by
Judge Hallam of St. Paul; H. L.
Schmitt of MankatO, Mayor H. P.
Keller, st. Paul; Mr.. Carlson, law part
ncr Of II. 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. 6 next and as the days pass
tae list of candidates grows. Justice
George L. Bum, as you probably
Hnow, had to give way to Judge Hal
lam of st. Paul, his home town, in the
recent election and this is where the
shoe pinches as far as the ether can
hidates are concerned. Mr.. Bum may
be reappointed, though the voters saw
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
a 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 political future
can overlook. Last week 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.
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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-
lien 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. M. Bracken, the
secretary, and l am told lively fight
ia 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 il
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 tC
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 Iversor
sold one of the reclaimed tracts locat
ed in Beltrami county, but the best he
could get for it was $27.50 per acre
which was the cost price per acre fol
clearing the same. Another tract il
GA adjoining county which was put
up at auction failed to get bidder
The forty in Beltrami county, it is
said, was bid in by the party employed
to reclaim it. He was paid for hi!
work and the difference between wha
he received and the price paid wa.
what the state realized on the sale
The purchaser was Jacob G. Anderson
Another appropriation for the recla
nation of additional tracts will b,
asked of the next legislature, but i
is more than likely that those benin,
the movement will have trouble il
landing it.
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1t is more than likely that Justic
c. l.. Brown of the supreme court
when he takes on the position of chic
Justice, will refuse to sit as a membe
Of the state board of investment. II
has intimated that the two position