The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-09-18
From Saturdays Daily.
Tom Noswal' writes to The
Mortified News as follows: !,

OF governor of Minnesota. He r.
came governor by succession. and i
is probable that had he not beer
lieutenant governor when John A
Johnson passed away he would never
have been anything more than lieu
tenant governor OF Minnesota. Blu
opportunity came with the death o.
Minnesota's most popular governor
and twice Governor Eberhart was
returned TO the chair by the people
~ the state. A third attempt failed
There are those who still believe
rEat II his campaign had been prop
erly managed he would still be on
the ticket. But that is, neither here
nor there.
Governor Eberhart retires from the
rni,r of governor practically poor
man. As travelling governor, he
urnbablv used his contingent fund for
railroad fare in responding to the
many pink tea calls which were
rlade upon him in Minnesota, and
while he was outside of the state
H.. probably charged other expenses
Z, THAI fund. but generally he paid
his hotel bills, and numerous Incl
d.niais which come with travelling,
without charging them TO the con-
rngcnt expense These expenses. to-
grther with his household expenses,
mn rp!iably informed. have practic-
~ nF
,uotb per year. In the recent pri'
nlr, campaign governor was In
the jollying business long before
.n,. campaign opened. and even when
!, was thought that the opposition
a. an open held could do him no
harm. and his personal expenses
grew rapidly. Later when the oppo-
~'Iun united on Mr.. Lee at the elimi-
nation conference and all other op-
p-u,nis retired. the governor rea.
lied that he had fight on his
hands. The costs OF carrying on
grat became an uncertain campaign
o. IAN to pile up. Printing and other
aIl: were incurred until the amount
~l ..;1 several thousand dollars.
Ills appUintees around the building
". re- assessed. even down to the jan
iIa.-. and while most of them re-
>pOudcd TO the call there were some
..ho gave grudgingly while still
others gave nothing at all, and when
the canvassing board declared Mr..
Lee nominated the governor found
that he had unpaid bills amounting
to over 100000. Most OF these
were for printing. l am told that
nearly all OF them remain unpaid.
So acute was the governors finan-
cial condition when these bills were
presented and payment insisted upon,
that when Governor Falk OF Missouri
cancelled a series of chautauqua lee
lures in order TO prosecute the New
York and New Haven officials and
the bureau offered the series 10
Governor Eberhart, he deemed con.
ditiOns such as to justify his accept
ance. He hastily prepared a lecture
or series of lectures, and went out
on the circuit at $4,000 per day and
expenses, and has added about So,
600 to the $1,000 salary for 1914. The
last week OF his tour he gave to the
republicans OF Maine in a campaign
election in that state. When he re
turns he will undoubtedly insist up
on all bills being paid. His lectur
ing stipend was just one-half Of
what Governor Johnson received dur
ing the weeks before he went to the
operating table and death at Ro
chester. and the writer can recall 9
remark made by the late governor or
his return from his last lecturins
tour. just at the moment when he
was counting his receipts befor,
sending them TO the bank: Eyes
pretty easy. and It is surprising how
the people do fall for the lecturint
matter"
But so severe did the financia
pinch come to the governor this yeai
that he was obliged to listen TO hi!
excellent wife insisting that the
usual summer outing of the Eberhar
family must be dispensed with, ant
consequently the family remained In
st. Paul during all of the hot sum
mer. As to whether he will continu,
living in his expensive residence or
Goodrich avenue after he retire
from the chair Is a question, but II
case he so decides, the governor will
see before him a private business.
that will justify the residence. Tha
he should have given nearly six O
the best years of his life to IN,
state In a position where he wa,
obliged to spend nearly all of his in
come TO the up-keep OF the dignit.
OF the position, and that he wa,
unable to have friends come to his as
sistanee when assistance was mos
needed, is one of the incidents of no
litical life which every young MAJ
who is ambitious politically sraul,
consider before ne makes his fina
Jump into the political chasm.
Changes that will be made In tn,
time schedule Of the Dan Patch pas
senger service tomorrow will b,
gfuhe Th1.n ,,.sIr r. A.