The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-01-06
WHAT SORT 81 FM|AN
ISGOV. BURNQUISI?
ALTHOUGH NOT LONG IN PUB
Lie LIFE HAS CREDITABLE 1
RECORD TO SHOW
HE Will MAKE MANY FRIENDS
THE PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING TO
FEAR FROM HIS ADMINS
TRATION OF AFFAIRS

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TRATION OF AFFAIRS
John w. Nagle, in Duluth News
Tribune.
Who is ]. A. Burnquist !? One an
swer, of course, is that he is the new
Governor of Minnesota. But what sort
of a Governor is this new Governor!
There are Governors and Governors
four dozen of them in these United
States. The people of this common
wealth, twice in six years bereft by
death of their executive, must again
get acquainted with lieutenant gov
ernor suddenly confronted with the
problems of the chief offict in the
state. AS he meets them, each of the
100000 of his fellow citizens will
measure him. So far as getting to
know the new Governor is concerned,
that will be easy, for there is not a
man in the, public life in this state
more approachable.
To find himself thrust into a great
office by the immutable decree OF
Providence was as great a surprise to
the young Governor as to the people
who were being served with singular
fidelity by Winfield Scott Hammond
1t was the lot of Adolph o. Eberhar,
to behold signs reasonably indicative
OF his succession to the governorship
When the beloved John A. johnson
left the executive office for Roches-
ter his intimates realized he Nigh,
never return in life.
No Warning This Time.
But this time the office was left va
cant without seconds warning. The
man who under the constitution must
serve out a gubernatorial term lin the
event of death, resignation, removal
or otherwise" was ill at his home in
st. Paul when the wires from an OBJ
scure community in Louisiana carried
the shocking news that Gov. Ham
mond was dead.
Then there came again the scene of
the Supreme Court-a melancholy
one in some respects-of the second
officer in the scheme of state govern
ment taking the oath prescribed for
the first, To be Governor of a great
and growing state is splendid thing,
and j. A. A. Burnquist would not be
at all human were he not impressed
and little elated at the opportunity
that has come to him, at the same time
deeply regretting the loss his state
has sustained in the death of Cover
nor Hammond.
What is His Equipment?
What does the new Governor bring
in equipment to his high station? To
begin with, he made the most of his
opportunities at Carleton, at Column
bia and Minnesota. The work he did
on Moringside Heights and at the
State university as law student
sent him forth well grounded in his
profession. He gained his education
only with great sacrifices, which is
true Of most of the public men of
this state. Of all of them, none has
greater appreciation of the value of
an education than Gov. Burnquist.
So far as in him lies, the public
schools will have staunch friend. Ii
it shall be his fortune to succeed him
stiff, thus bringing him into vital
touch with legislation, the foremost
advocates Of education, be it in the
small district school or the consolidat-
ed institution or the state university,
will not have to labor with the COVER
nor. They will find him sympathetic
and eager to extend the power of his
his office.
In the year he is certain to serve,
those public spirited men and women
who take keen interest in the charita-
BILE and penal institutions of the state
will find the young governor has a
tolerably clear conception Of the work
being done under the direct supervis-
ion Of the board of control. It's mem
bers will find the new governor eager
to help in any way he can.
What Unfortunates May Expect
Moreover, as the chairman of the
board of pardons, the unfortunate
can put in their petitions with the
feeling that they will have careful
consideration. His training in the law
will keep him from 1nawkish senti-
mentality, but his natural kindness
will assure to every petitioner a
square deal every time and, In a ma
jority of instances, the benefit Of the
doubt.
The work that the occupant of the
office of governor has tosdo as mem
Der of the other state boards, of which
there are at least six too many, will
be work that will not come into the
public view to any extent; neverthe-
less the people may rest assured that
their new executive will do this work
thoroughly and with an eye single to
their interests.
There will be occasions within the
year, aside from purely political
gatherings (of which there will neces-
sarily be some before primary day
and, if the governor be nominated
then, many thereafter) when the
young executive win u the center of
interest What he may says VIII be