The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-11-01

GOVERNOR A.
There is a new governor abroad In
the land of Minnesota. His name re-
mains Adolph O. Eberhart. Perhaps
the newness that appears in him is
only the enlarged perspective which
the public has gained of the brilliant
and able man who occupies the ex,
ecutive Office at st. Paul. But while
In the past Governor Eberhart has
been a splendid governor, an excel
lent executive, and an enthusiastic
exponent of the good things Of Min
nesota, today he stands forth as the
most virile, the most aggressive, ana
the most determined of constructive
executives.
Having served part of a term as a
successor to the late Governor John
son, he has since received the dis
tinction of having been unanimously
nominated by convention, and is
now serving his second term, for
which he was nominated at the first
direct primary ever held in Mime.
sofa. No other governor of the state
can boast of this distinction. 1t has
seemed fitting and proper, and was
apparently so looked upon by the peo-
pie of the state, that the man who
gave the public the direct primary
should be the first beneficiary there
Of. There are rumors that the pres.
ent executive may again be candi-
date, a subject he refuses to discuss,
but II he should be candidate, there
IL every reason to believe that he will
be renominated and reelected. Judged
on the basis of the things he has
accomplished, Governor Eberhart
stands head and shoulders above all
+: the contemporary governors of all the
states.
Succeeding to the office Of govern
or under painful circumstances, he
!. conducted himself with delicacy and
a sense of good taste that won for
him not only the approval of the Re-
.publicans, but bound to him even the
close personal friends of the brilliant
= governor that he so ably succeeded.
At the very beginning of his term
Governor Eberhart undertook the task
of properly presenting Minnesota to
the world. He has been the greatest
advertising asset this state has ever
had. In season and out of season he
has talked Minnesota, talked its ad-
vantages, and discussed its resources.
Today the stream of immigration
pouring into the state does credit to
the work accomplished by the ex.
ecutive. Governor Eberhart was
raised on farm. He knows condi.
tons of farm life from actual ex.
perience. He knows by actual knowl-
edge that the real wealth Of Mime.
sofa lies in it's farm soil and farm
products. He evolved the idea that
{ the way to make better farms and
better farmers was to make farm life
more attractive. Connected with this
idea was the necessity of bringing
about better educational facilities.
o. While approaching the sentiment
4 that surrounds the little white school
house. he understood that the newer
conditions demanded better facilities
and advocated the consolidated rura1
school. At first, like most men with
"a new idea, he was laughed at: but
today consolidated rural schools are
springing up all over the state In
Minnesota, and when the present gov.
,,ernor goes out of office, there will
hardly be a community that will not
have erected monument to his mem.
Dry in the form of a consolidat d
rural school, which gives to the chill
: dren of the farmers the same educa
tional advantages that are to be- OBJ
tanned by children in the cities. This
alone Is an accomplishment in its l
which entities him to the credit Of
every patriotic citizen Of the state.
Another thing that he took up ant
advocated was vocational training
especially along the lines of agricul
ture. The State Agricultural College
has received wonderful impet"s
From his talks. experiment stations
have been established throughout tx
state. Agriculture is being taught IT
the schools better farmers are the re
suit, and because of the patriotism O
:, the governor to this task, Minnesets
stcnds out today as the model stat,
. along this line of training.
AS public speaker the governo,
Is not of the whirl-wind kind, but ha!
a happy facility Of speech an orig'na
form of Illustration, and vast knowl
:. edge Of his subject, which has give'
him a national reputation. He is tn
recipient Of many offers to go on tn,
cheutauoua platform, but has uniform
= " resisted these invitations on tn
!. ground that while governor of tn
). state his time belonged to the. state
and IL he made speech outside o
Minnesota in response to the inn"m
cradle Invitations that came to hin
>. daily. 1t would be for the purpose 0
presenting the advantages of the stat