The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-05

ers of those papers, insofar as 1t gave
them to understand that 1t was the
editors own production, and we have
said that, in our judgment, it was
fraud by the editor upon himself. We
new observe that it is fraud upon
the whole public, conceived by this bu
reau and assisted by these editors, be-
cause It's purpose Is to create a public
sentiment on false foundations; in
other words to deliberately mislead the
public.
Just now it is imperative for the Re
publican party managers that the peo
pie of the country should believe that
there has been a sudden sunburst Of
prosperity consequent upon the pass
age of the Dingley bill. Mr. Mckinley
was proclaimed as the Advance Agent
of Prosperity, and the Democrats were
roundly denounced as the cause of the
financial depression. When the old pol
icy of enriching by taxing was restored,
prosperity would come and not before
Therefore, when the restoration is &C
complished, it is absolutely necessary
that the people should believe that
the fioodgates of matchmaking and
distributing had been opened. For
such purpose nothing could be more
handy than one central editorial bu-
reau. in which the prosperity matter
could be prepared and a lot of country
papers which would run it as original
matter. To credit it to it's source would
give it the character of what it is, an
advertisement. So the bureau fur
nishes the matter and the editor lends
it his Individuality and the game is
played.
The st. James Journal is struck by
the remarkable unanimity Of editorial
opinion appearing simultaneously
among some of it's exchanges. We sus-
pect there is a chunk Of sarcasm in it's
comment that now that the tarifs
bill is passed and prosperity has re-
sumed her -beneficent sway over thf.
land, the harmony and perfect accord
in the Republican party has developed
into something marvellous 1t is one
grand symphony of thought, action
and even words" It then quotes from
the issues of the st. James Gazette,
the Lakefeld Standard, the Heron
Lake News and the Mountain Lake
oil oP TIL
editorial, identically the same in words,
thought and punctuation. The Journal
will find in all these and. had it access
to them, in the issue of hundreds Of
other organs Of that party for the
week following, one grand, sweet con-
cord Of song about the return of pros
perity the opening of the mills, the
good times here at last, change after
change rung upon the theme, but each
connected with the enactment of the
Dingley bill. That is the one sufficient
are the effects.
When this bureau editing first began
to be so apparent, we had it in mind
to schedule the papers using it, taking
an editorial and following it with the
names of the papers in which it ap-
peared; but it soon became apparent
that the task was too extensive, too
many Republican papers were doing it.
Some few rewrote the matter retaining
the thought, while, to their credit be
it said, many ignored it, We have no
further concern in the matter than the
exposure of what is a clear fraud;
but we may be permitted to add that
no editor can afford to lend himself
and his paper to any such scheme, no
matter where originating. He loses
his own self-respect and, inevitably, he
loses the respect and confidence Of his
readers. He deceives himself if he
thinks he can long deceive them; for
no man can long be, in or out of his;
paper, what he is not, without detec-
ton. The sacrifice involved is nor
worth even the prospective postoffice
that may be in expectation as a re-
u,orJ