The Sauk Centre herald., 1916-04-20
CHENEY UNABLE
TO TAKE PLACE
TURNS DOWN OFFER OF PRI-
VATE SECRETARY TO Gov
ERNOR BURNQUIST.
DULUTH man MAY BE NAMED
CHARLES S. MITCHELL, A NEWS
PAPER MAN, is STRONGLY
BACKED FOR PLACE.

unfortunate uedIu VI HONC1uOA 1AoAii
mond and the accession of Lieutenant
gas. The INSTANT, easy action Of
has been looking around to find a
man to take the place of Charles M.
Andrist private secretary to Governor
Hammond, and who was the opponent
of Governor Burnquist for the posi-
tion of lieutenant governor at the
election of 1914. A number of friends
would like to have been named for
the place, and number of men had
friends whom they wanted the gov
ernor to name. The governor did not
give a whole lot of consideration to
the various recommendations. He felt
that this was place entirely personal
to him and that outside interference
should not be brooked. He finally hit
upon Charles B. Cheney, the political
writer of the Minneapolis Journal,
and the announcement was almost
ready to give to the public two weeks
ago. AS agreed between Governor
Burnquist and Mr.. Cheney the latter
was to take charge of the Burnquist
campaign headquarters and remain as
such until after the June primaries.
Mr.. Andrist was to remain in the
private secretary berth until that
time. The only thing necessary to
clinch the arrangement was the sane
tion and official approval of the head
of the Minneapolis Journal. The mat
ter was laid before him and after care
full consideration that gentleman de-
cided to withhold his approval and
stated that if Mr.. Cheney decided to
go the Journal would not prevent it,
but it could not consent to his ap-
pointment as being pleasing to the
management of that paper. Mr.. Che
ney at once announced that in line
with his understanding with Governor
Burnquist, he could not accept the
appointment. Now the governor is
attempting to find another secretary.
Who it will be is a query. One of the
men strongly recommended to him
was Charles S. Mitchell, editorial
writer on the Duluth News-Tribune,
at one time connected with the Dunn
campaign and who is backed strongly
by Hon. R. c. Dunn, of Princeton, for
the private secretaryship.
l can state positively that Lyndon
A. Smith will not be a candidate for
associate justice of the supreme court,
but that he will be candidate for his
present position of attorney general,
and that he is not likely to have any
opposition for his present race. For
years past it has been the desire of
Lyndon A. Smith to round out his DO
llt!cal career on the supreme bench
of Minnesota, and 1919 saw the bril-
Aant opportunity, but it caught the
attorney general in a peculiar frame
of mind. 1t is understood that E. E.
Smith and George H. Sullivan have
been pleading with him not to be
candidate against their old political
friend, Albert Schaller, appointed to
the bench by the late Governor Ham
mond. This influence, as we'll as the
long friendship existing between Mr..
Schaller and the attorney general, has
had powerful effect in leading the
attorney general to his decision. But
still more potent effect has been the
relations in the office of the attorney
general. When Judge Nethaway and
l.. Z. Stevenson retired from the staff
Of assistants General Smith felt that
ne needed two strong men to fill
their places. In order to secure the
acceptance of such men he was prac-
tically obliged to agree to stand for
denomination and reelection so that
the two men could be assured of at
least three years job before giving
up their private practice in order to
join his staff.
Newspaper men are being eagerly
sought for as political managers. With
the desire of Governor Burnquist to
hitch Charles B. Cheney of the Min
neapolis Journal on his staff as man
age and secretary, there must not
be forgotten that Thomas Frankson,
a candidate for lieutenant governor
has hitched Sid Huntley, the well
known Spring Valley newspaper man,
on to his managerial staff. Sid is
we'll known among the newspaper men
throughout the state and is regarded
as good political asset. Then there
is Bob Dunn, practically in charge of
the Frank B. Kellogg campaign, an6
with him are aligned Charles j. Moos
of the Volkszeitung, I. A. Caswell and
j. S. Arneson, all old time newspaper
men, while from Rochester comes the
report that A. w. Blakeley is to look
after that end of the state for Mr..
Kellogg. Just who former Governor
Eberhart will name remains a ques-
ton. Charles A. Lindbergh, the Sixth
district representative, who recently
broke into the senatorial limelight,
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