The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-13
BURNQUIs7 Will
SUN OPEN FIGHT
GOVERNOR DESIRES VOTE OF
CONFIDENCE BY PEOPLE OF
MINNESOTA.
PLANS TO issue Statement
EXECUTIVE TO ANNOUNCE HIS
POSITION ON QUESTIONS
OF INTEREST.

VI Az
st. Paul, April Ill am told that
the real noise, so far as the campaign
for Governor Burnquist for the Repub-
lican nomination for governor OF Min
nesota is concerned, is to be about
Nav /. At that time the governor
purposes to make a statement OF how
he happened to become governor
through the death of Governor Ham,
mond-and that by reason of his sue
cession and the following of prece
ience he desires vote of confidence
on the part of the people of Mime
sofa. In this announcement Governor
Burnquist will state what he stands
for. The liquor question will not be
referred to, as he considers that set
tied by the passage of the county OPP
ton law at the 1915 session of the leg
islature, when he was lieutenant gov
ernor. He will make no allusion to
constitutional or statutory prohibition.
But he will promise the people of the
state a business administration, and
that he will remain in his office
enough of the time to see that the
people obtain such an administration.
The governor has had his troubles
ever since he became chief executive
of the state, and those troubles are
growing. Naturally, when he was
sworn in he cherished the ambition
to succeed himself. That ambition
was generally known, particularly
among that group of adroit politicians
who are looking out for themselves
and the big interests they represent.
AS far as the governorship filings are
concerned there are two candidates in
opposition to the present executive.
Charles A. Lindbergh has never with
drawn his name from the secretary of
states office, where he paid his fee
several months ago. He has stated
that he was not candidate, but Off
cially he is. The other candidate is
S. G. Iverson.
Wild are the political rumors of
these disagreeable April days, and
just at present the air is adulterated
with senatorial atmosphere. First was
the rumor that Moses E. Clapp was
going to drop out of the race to sue
coed himself. This was denied by Bill
Rich, the Clapp manager, who in
sisted that before the particular day
was out the filing would be made. 1t
was not. Neither has it been up to
the present writing. Then came that
other rumor- apparently well founded
that Charles A.Lindbergh, the Sixth
district representative in congress,
who has been grooming for various
places since he pulled out of the Sixth
district race, would certainly file. 1t
was freely stated that if he filed Clapp
would not-that the two understood
each other too well for opposing can
dldates. At any rate the Eberhart
people had the worst scare of their
lives. AS the Lindbergh story went
out the Eberhart managers were US
ing long distance calls on the various
editors of Scandinavian newspapers
In Minnesota urging them to appeal
to Llndbergh not to file-that the
move would hurt Governor Eberhart's
candidacy. Lindbergh has not yet
filed. The pressure of the editors NAV
have done some good, but there are
reliable guessers who say that Lind
bergh will be in the race. If he files
it would give the Kellogg candidacy a
boom that could hardly be equalled.
Eberhart and Lindbergh would divide
certain vote and weaken both men.
and Kellogg would be the beneficiary.
Walter Smith, former state treas
urer, and R. C. Pickit, former clerk
in the auditors office, have pleaded
guilty to misappropriating state funds
and both were sentenced to indeter-
inmate terms in Saltwater. 1t is re-
ported that Mr.. Smiths attorneys will
work for an immediate pardon, claim
ing that he made immediate restitu-
ton as soon as the shortage was dis
covered and that he has been suffi-
GENTLY punished. l am not trying to
make real guess on the attempt at
immediate pardon, but l am venturing
the assertion that it will not be
granted. Two members of the board
Governor Burnquist and Attorney Gen.
eral Smith-come up for nomination
and election this year and they are
going to proceed mighty carefully be-
fore they act. They will want to know
that public sentiment justifes a par
don. Chief Justice Brown is the