The Redwood gazette., 1918-03-20
Frank Clague As
District Judge
Judge l. M. Olsen Will Not Accept
Reelection; Redwood Falls AttOr-
ney Makes Announcement
HAS SPLENDID RECORD
Has Served as Representative And
Senator Five Successive Terms;
All-American

Following close upon the announce
ment made by Judge I. M. Olsen of
New Ulm last week that he would
not be a candidate for reelection as
judge of the Ninth Judicial District,
comes the announcement of Attorney
Frank Clague of Redwood Falls that
he will be a candidate for the posi-
tion.
Judge ,Olsen's retirement is caused
by poor health and comes at the close
of long term of service in which he
has most ably attended to the duties
of the Judge of his district. His with
drawal from the activities of the po-
sition are matter of keenest regret
to the people of the district who have
watched his just and comprehensive
fulfillment of his work on the bench.
The news that man of Mr.. Clague's
calibre will succeed Mr.. Olsen is very
gratifying to these citizens who are
anxious that the district shall be con-
tinued to be served by man who is
all American as we'll as equipped
with all the legal requirements.
Senator Clague has as background
for his candidacy splendid record
for work well done as a Minnesota
statesman. During the years of early
manhood he taught school, later read
ing law with Mankato firm and be-
ing admitted to the Minnesota bar.
Mr.. Clague served four terms as
county attorney of Redwood County,
resentatives where he served during
the last term as Speaker. Leaving
+! J. l1 %hn 10.
from the Redwood-Brown district and
served two terms. The last term Mr..
Clague was chairman of the Commit
tee on Appropriations and made an
enviable record for himself in that
capacity.
With the close of his last term in
the Senator, Mr.. Clague voluntarily
retired from politics and gave his en-
tire attention to his private law orac-
tice which is conceded to be one of
the largest practices of any attorney
in the state, Besides his extensive
legal work he is interested in at least
two banking institutions, has farIa-
ing interests and still finds tine for
the carrying on and assisting in many
good public works. Since the declara-
ton of war Mr.. Clague has been in
strumental in the accomplishment of
much good for the Red Cross, the Lib.
erty Loan sales and other war enter
prises through a most generous ex-
penditure Of his time, money and en-
ergy.
Mr.. Clague's decision to enter into
the campaign for Distric' Judge was
made only after requests ard even de-
mands for such entrance had come to
him from prominent citizens all over
the district. Feeling that he had
served long enough in Tie past and
| finding his law practice filled his time
completely, Mr.. ClaguG was loath to
again enter the polite al field and to
take up public life. However friends
of Judge Olsen and Mr.. Clague in
sisted that Judge Olsen's suc.es
must be man who would carry on
the Judges high standard of Justice
and Loyalty and Patriotism, ard that
the man residing in the district who
best fitted all these requi rements was
Frank Clague.
The counties comprising the ninth
district are Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood,
Brown and Nicollet So far no oppo-
sition to Mr.. Clague has o.,n an
| nounced