New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-28
GOVERNOR SWAYED
BY PARTY POLITICS
FILLS NON PARTISAN OFFICE
WITH CANDIDATE OF
REPUBLICANS.
IGNORES ALL RECoMMENDA.
TIoNs MADE BY JUDGE
AND ATTORNEYS.

William B. Mather is to be judge
Ross successor and he will in all
probability take charge of the Probate
office tomorrow. News of his appoint
ment reached the city Friday. He will
be Judge of Probate by the grace of
Governor Burnquist and Attorney Henry
n. Somsen, who if reports are true, was
the first man to conceive the idea that
William B. Mather was the logical man
for the job. And he went after the
proposition with his usual energy, leaving
no stone unturned and landed the Job
for his friend.
8 AS early as 10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing Mr.sSomsen was very busy. In his
zeal for his friend he forgot all about the
understanding that the members of the
Brown County Bar Association had
among themselves that an effort should
be made to place an attorney in the
office OF the Judge of Probate and thus
give Brown County a standing equal to
that OF Blue Earth County and Redwood
County close by and ever SO many other
counties in the State. It did not occur
TO him that there might be one or more
members Of the Brown County bar who
would like to secure the appointment
or il it did1he kept it discreetly to himself.
Governor Burnquist being Repub1i-
can, it became apparent that the easiest
way to win out for Mr.. Mather would be
to make a partisan affair out of it and the
endorsement OF the majority Of the mem
bers OF the Republican County Com
n;stee was secured With hat end in. view
and as many of the pre- minent business
men as could be secured were gotten on
the Mather petition, in order to forestall
or make it difficult for other candidates
to secure signers. News of the activity
of Somsen in behalf of Mather found its
way to Sleepy Eye and one of the at
torneys called up and wanted to know
at+orno,, :, a,,est;an 49, - 49,, soia W
LAWYER for +ha prah.+a c@aa " - - 90 :
choice and for Billy Mather for second
choice, but in spite of these prostestations;
he kept right on plugging for his friend.
County Rar Assoc;at;o,, nos ;,far,.aa =,
the Governors office tba+ i ~ 49, =
reported to the Governor that ali the
ATTORNEYS of New Jlm favored Mather,s
candidacy except Steinhauser and that
he was candidate. MI Davis told the
Governors office that he die, not Relieve,
this statement to be true and said that =
meeting Of the Bar Association 's would be
held that Monday evening s., and the re 8.
suit 81. their deliberations imII,ada Ln,snun
cne next day.
S. The Bar Association did meet Monday
evening in spite Of Mr.. Mather's strenu-
Gus efforts to have the meeting called off
and all OF the law firms Of the county
were represented except those Of Somsen
q Dempsey, a. w. Mueller who was at
the Capitol on legislative duties and
Albert Flor. The Bar Association went
on record in resolution in which all con-.
CURED as favoring an attorney for the
Eposi|ttiicn and named either Z. G. Davis
OF Sill,eepy Eye, Republican or Alb.
:steit|fauser OF New Ulm, q Democrat.
Nsither of these candidates did any
.thins more to further his candidacy
=follo Wing the meeting except that each.
sent personal representative to the
G G to present the resolutions.
adopted by the Bar. Attorney Alb.
Hauser OF Sleepy Eye represented Mr..