Morris tribune., 1914-05-22

but this fact is not bothering the
Eberhart supporters. 1t is going to
bob up frequently during the cam
paign.
j. S. Arneson, who is competing for
a place on the state railroad and ware
house commission, has one thing in
his platform of principles which, even
if he is not nominated, will do much
toward bringing the commission
closer to the shipping and travelling
public. The reference made by Mr..
Arneson is to that almost forgotten
provision of the state law which
makes 1t mandatory upon the mem
bers of the commission to visit all
county seats in the state at least once
year, give published notice of such
visits and hear any grievances that
may be offered.
\ !. i.
Speaking of one other Republican
candidate for the one place on the
railroad and warehouse commission,
o. p B. Jacobson, successor to G. f.
Staples, is not much of noisemaker,
but he is sure hot after votes. Mr..
Jacobson is an appointee of Governor
Eberhart and his friends expect much
flom his official backing. Mr.. Jacob
sons other competitor, in addition to
j. A. Arneson, is John Rosenwald of
! Madison.
J. J. j.
Next month the state supreme court
will pass upon the eligibility of J. T.
Mider of Pine City, who has filed as
e candidate for the judgeship in the
Nineteenth judicial district. Mr..
Mider is not qualified lawyer and his
right to run for the Office is being
questioned on this one point Mr..
Mider is making one of the most pc
culiar campaigns in the state as far
as the judiciary is concerned.
!. !. X
One of the bright minds of the Min
nesota supreme court is Chief Justice
Brown. Another is Associate Justice
p. r. Brown, Last week the two jur-
lists gave dissenting opinion uphold
ing the validity Of the Duluth charter,
which fastens the commission form
Of government on that city, and for
your benefit, dear reader, it is inter-
esting reading. The opinion given by
the court covered freak provisions in
that part Of the charter pertaining to
the election of the city commissioners
and the stand taken by the two
Browns in dissenting from the major
ity is worthy Of consideration. That
it will have lettering effect on fu-
ture proposed freak election laws is
undoubted.
Exceptions have been taken to the
letter sent out by A. g. Rutledge, for
merly OF Bemidji and secretary of the
Northern Minnesota Editorial associa-
ton, calling attention to the midsum-
mer meet of that organization, in
which he asks support for o. P.
B. Jacobson, Governor Eberhart's ap
pointee on the state railway and ware
house commission. Mr.. Rutledge is
now resident of Minneapolis and is
quite active politically.
i. 4 \
One of the features of the present
scramble for places in the state legis
lature is the dropping out of sight Of
many of the old timers. Fully 9
score who have been prominent In
both legislative branches for the past
ten years or more are among the miss
ing this time and new ones have
taken their place. Among those who
have decided to get out are Senator
julius Collier of Shakopee and Senator
Schaller Of Dakota county. The las
named member has a continuous serv
ice record of nearly twenty years
Senator Collier has served over f1fteer
years in the upper house.
+ !. \
The various counties of the STATE
will face an additional burden THU
year and that will be the printing o
the state ballots. Heretofore the!
were printed by the state. Last weel
Secretary OF State Schmahl certified
the official form for the state ballo
to the various county auditors ant
they are now in process of printing
for the primaries.
\ = !.
Interest is naturally centered on thu
contest between Governor Eberhar
and w. E. Lee for the Republican
guebrnatorial nomination, but woulC
not be surprised if some of the stat
kingmakers had their eyes opene
when the Democratic vote is countet
On June 16. The prospects are that
is going to be the heaviest in SOM
years. Two years ago the vote cas-
for the several candidates for tn
Democratic nomination for goyerno
was small, but this time it is goin
to be the reverse. One thing respon
sible is the large number of Demo
cratic postmasters recently appointe
and another is the feeling on the par