Show MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS Mandamus Proceedings to Compel the Placing Plac-ing of Populists on Ballots ST PAUL Minn Oct 17Th mandamus proceedings before Judge Brill by which the Democratic state committee seek to make the secretary of state place the Peoples Peo-ples party electors whom they endorsed with other Democrats as with Populist electors on the ballot came up for hearing this morning The entire argument was on thE question of jurisdiction which was already waivea oy me siaie When Attorney General Clapp was called upon he replied that having waived the question of jurisdiction j argument was unnecessary whereupon C D OBrien demanded as an eledtor to bear from the attorneygeneral Clapp maintained that an executive officer was exempt from judicial judi-cial interference in the performance of his duties The court announced that its decision deci-sion as to jurisdiction would be rendered tomorrow morning |