The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-02-19

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brought out that last fall he had
sent letters to Goodner. instructing
him to keep the peace, and that
Meyer had been instructed TO cali
the police in case OF trouble.
Mrs. Doose testified, with the cor.
roboration OF several witnesses. that
she was not ut home at the time
of the quarrel, and did not get home
until Il was over.
st. Paul. February l1.-When a
successor is appointed to the late
Justice Philip l.. Brown of the Min
nesota supreme court, the COVER.
nors commission will entitle him to
serve until January I. 1917. This Is
the opinion OF Attorney General
Smith:
Justice Brown was the only mem.
her of the supreme court whose
term expired In an even numbered
year. lie was elected In 1910. but did
not assume Office until January l.,
1912. succeeding Justice Lewis OF
Duluth. The six.year term expires
January I. 1918.
At the 1916 election a justice will
he elected for the regular six-year
term. but instead of waiting to as
sumo office until 1918. he will take
the oath January !. 1917, and will
hold until January |. 1923. and not
until January I. 1924. which would
have been the case had Justice
Brown lived. to succeed himself.
Provision Of Constitution.
The constitution provides that n
judge appointed by the governor
shall serve until his successor Is
elected and qualified. II also provides
at the next following general cleo
tion. Under this the man elected In
November 1916, could assume office
Immediately. But +. T. Young, when
attorney general. ruled that the
governors appointee should hold until
January l. following the election, and
this rule always has been observed
Governor Hammond has given no
intimation as to who he will appoint
to succeed Justice Brown.
Governor Hammond was interview.
ed by several delegations supporting
candidates mentioned as successors
TO Justice Brown.
4 delegation headed by b. b. ella.
cop n;pnacnta ou1 Irdwa rd naicbuc
Cottonwood. visited the governor TO.
day I'm behalf of VI. +. Mathews,
Marshall.
Senator Thomas eastman and
Charles Spillane. Waseca. also called
on the governor to boost the candi
dacy of former Senator John L.
Moonan. Waseca.
st. Paul, February 11.-Represent-
alive ri. n. Harrison OF saltwater
has peculiar notions as to the quail.
fications which professors at the Uni
versity of Minnesota should possess.
lie made a speech in the house
yesterday regarding the proposed
visit of the legislators to the new
Saltwater prison and took occasion
to say that IL is self-supporting.
while the university is "wastefully
extravagant"
lie followed this up by declaring
when the members of the senate and
house visited the university last
week the program was arranged
poorly and there was no system
shown i'm conducting the legislators
about the campus. He deduced that
the professors are not efficient.
Touching on the qualifications of
the professors he said:
Il went to the engineering build.
ing and there we saw the power
house with its tall smokestack. One
of the professors guiding the party
said the stack was 235 feet high.
knew better and offered to bet
him 800 that he didn't know what
he was talking about.
Later we went to the library
building. II has pillars in front
and professor told me that they
were OF sandrock. I offered to bet
him 500 that they were not sand.
rock. know. being an old con.
tractor. and he didn't know. That's
the kind OF men we have teaching
ut the university"
cornine's Bill For Passage.
Sitting In committee OF the whole,
the house Of representatives yester-
day recommended for passage the bill
fathered by Leavitt Corning OF st.
Paul, which would restrict the nc.
tivities of the newspapers during
political campaigns.
Among other things the bill would
compel a newspaper which prints an
attack on the character OF politician
/ to permit the politicians to answer
the charges within forty-eight hours
through the columns of the same
newspaper. Authors of such attacks
would be compelled to sign their
names TO the articles.
Lively opposition TO the bill devcl-
oped.
Representative II. W. Haislet OF
Buttcrfleld. a newspaper publisher.
! led the opposition. declaring that the