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It's An Old Question

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
December
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Apropos of the Dean-Sutton contest for the position of regent now held by Col. Dean a tale from the past may not be uninteresting. During the celebrated Rose-Doulgas fight the board of regents was sharply divided. An appointment by a governor gave the Rose party a majority of the regents. A general election was approaching and if an election could be held a regent of the opposite views might be elected and the dominant faction of the regents would then be in the minority. It was under these circumstances that a meeting was held at the house of a professor since deceased, for consultation. The constitutional question was gone over and Judge Cooley and Governor Felch were asked for their opinions. They carefully considered the matter and decided that the governor's appointee held for the unexpired term and nothing was done about electing a regent at the then coming election. This decision was against the wishes of those who rendered it and indicates clearly the one-sidedness of the constitutional provision.