The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-16

was a lawyer and a banker, was
valued member of the. last senate
and was the author of a number OF
important measures. Mr.. Collister
served in similar capacity about
fifteen years ago. He was an ardent
Republican.
Lieutenant Governor J. A. A. Burn
quist of st. Paul undoubtedly will be
in the race for the gubernatorial NOM
nation next year. He holds that it
is too early to make formal an
nouncement, but since his visit to the
southern part of the state a short
time ago he has let his friends know
that he thinks his chances for the
nomination are good enought to war
rant try at any rate and that he will
be in he race after the first of the
year. Mr.. Burnquist has shown him.
self to be vote getter in the past. He
was a member of the house in 1909
and 1911, was nominated for leuten-
ant governor at the first statewide pri-
mary in 1912 and was reelected in
1914.
Talk of Justice Oscar Hallam of the
supreme court as a candidate for
United States senator has become so
persistent that the capitol gossips
are now trying to name his successor
in the event that he resigns from the
bench. Judge Hallam readily and
eagerly absorbs all gossip concerning
his boom, but he persistently refuses
to give it his official sanction. 1t IS
conceded that with F. B. Kellogg and
Senator Clapp in the game Judge
Hallam would walk away with Ram
sey county and his friends insist that
he would also pull big in Hennepin
and St. Louis counties. Should the
Judge get into the race it would mean
the resignation of his present official
berth at an early date.
State Senator J. E.. Haycraft of
Madelia, active in past years in re-
form primary and election legislation,
was state fair visitor and ooe of his
first questions was for the names of
those responsible for the 1915 amend
ments to the presidential preference
primary law. "Why, it has been
simply wrecked" said Senator Hay
craft. "It is now only joke. How
Minnesota will ever secure delega-
ton under it get me. l have only
given the law brief study and yet I
can see where it is absolutely va'ue-
less" There are others who are
likewise of Senator Haycraft's opin-
ion.
In twenty-five years, the period in
which the binding Irvine industry has
been in existence at the Saltwater
prison, the state has disposed of over
500, 100000 worth of the product. Still
further of interest is the fact that in
that time a loss of only $1,000 mas
been suffered by bad debts. And yet
that was the principal grievance Of
the old state board of corrections and
charities when the industry was first
started. In a report to the legis-.
ture the board gave it as it's unquali
fed opinion that the industry would
be a failure. Bad debts, the board
said, would bankrupt the whole thing.
The death of A. j. Edgerton and the
consequent vacancy in the state legal
department has brought forth horde
of seekers for his job. Attorney Gen.
eral Smith said that no less than for
ty attorneys from various section of
the state wanted the vacant assistant
ship and that more applications were
coming. James Mabury of St. Cloud
is being strenuously doomed for the
job by university admirers. He is a
Wisconsin university man. 1t is
known that Mr.. Smith offered the
place to we'll known southern Min
nesota lawyer, but that he declined.
Mayor Power of Hibbing has given
State Auditor Preus another nut to
crack. He now wants the state audi
tor to cancel the state mining leases
of the several mining companies OPP
Grating in Hibbing because of their
failure to pay their taxes. About
$750, 900 in taxes is involved.
THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN
MONEY FOR SOMEBODY
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