The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-02

suggest that no more gubernatorial
candidates lunch with him until the
movement is at least launched in the
state.
Bert Weld Candidate.
Bert Weld of Slayton forwarded
$40 TO the secretary of state Friday
as filing fee for the nomination for
representative from the fifteenth
district
Friends of Rev. " s. Emery of
Amboy are urging him to become
n candidate for the legislature Mr..
Emery has been approached on the
matter. but up to the present writ
ing he has turned deaf ear to all
solicitation on the part of his
friends. Rev Emery is well-known
in Mankato. He formerly was pas
tor of the Belgrade Avenue Metho-
dist Episcopal church. He is re.
publican in politics.
st. Paul. July Waseca will be
dry" as the result of an opinion
covering an odd situation there,
handed down by the state supreme
court.
April ,, 1912. an election was held
in which COS ballots were cast. On
the question of license there were
33S votes in favor of it and 349
against IL. total or 6S7. Eleven
voters did not east a ballot one
way or another on the liquor ques-
ton. A majority of the 698 ballots
east would be $50. or one more than
one-half AS there were only 349
votes cast against license. the vets
won, according 10 the findings OF the
city council
T.. A. Krassin. n taxpayer of Wa
SEGA. appealed from the decision
however, and the district court held
that there were 35l votes against sa.
looms. The two ballots counted as
against furnished the cause OF ap
peal to the state supreme court.
Wrote mo" in Ballot
One of the ballots had written
the word No" The supreme court
holds that both OF these were prop
erly counted as against license, and
says:
Instead of putting cross oppo
site against license the writer
wrote mo- opposite in favor OF H.
cense.' We find no difficulty in de.
Gliding that this was clear expires.
sion OF the intention 10 vote against
license. The charter does not say
how this intention of the voter shall
be evidenced. and we hardly see how
il could he shown more emphat
ically."
No comment is made upon the bal
after lin favor of license"
The appeal taken from the ruling
of Judge j. " Quinn is sustained.
c. Walden of Mankato has been
in Martin county sizing up the po-
litical situation. He succeeds Mr.
Mckenzie as superintendent OF work
in this section OF the state for the
Anti-Saloon league. says The Fair.
mont Sentinel.
Although Mr. Walden declined TO
be interviewed, from what we have
learned it appears that he was here
10 look over the ground as to what
can be done in the way OF electing
a county optionist TO the legislature
from Martin county
Ii is understood that the entire
efforts OF the Anti-Saloon league will
this year be devoted to electing men
that are termed right TO the lower
house of the legislature. and that
the league will take little, if any
part in the state campaign. The op-
tionists are prone to believe that in
face OF some of the acts of the leg.
islature last winter and the growing
public sentiment antagonistic 10
brewery control, it is possible to
elect u lower house this year that
will be for county option.
The Sentinel was unable to learn
whether a county option candidate
is to be put in the field in Martin
county.
j. X. Knapp of Madison Lake, can.
didate for county commissioner, has
filed his first expense account with
County Auditor Weaver, as provided
for in the corrupt practices act. Mr.
Knapp's expense so far has been
$l4.46. as sworn before p. NJ. Lyons
notary public. The expense includes
so for filing fees, &c cents for rail
road fare. 81 for card printing and
$50 for an lad" in a county pa.
per.