The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-19
by the Herald are NUMBERED CONSECUTIVE

by the Herald are numbered consecutive
ly, and the paragraphs numbered one, two
and three relate to the increased inspec-
ton fee. and are fully answered by the
report. No. 4 Is also answered in ad-
vance by the chief grain inspectors
report. where he draws attention to the
fact that for the year in question eleven
months were under the administration Of
his predecessor in office, and during only
one month was he, Reishus, In charge.
Statements 5 and relate to an increase
in the number of employees. Mr.. Reishus'
report shows, and common sense will tell
any one, that during the fall and early
winter months the inspection staff is nee
essarily increased, and during the spring
and summer months 1t is decreased in
numbers, so that the average number of
employees may not be increased; but this
will be shown by the next report.
The seventh statement is in form very
familiar to all readers of the Pioneer
Press editorial colunlns-a hypothesis
based upon fiction the only truth in it
being that the department under Chief
Inspector Reishus has saved $4,000 on
samples.
That there are Republican editors in
the state manly and capable enough to do
justice to a political opponent is shown
by an editorial contained in the Preston
Times, the editor and proprietor of which
is S. A. Langum. formerly secretary of
the state senate and an avowed candidate
for the Republican nomination for secre-
tary OF state Mr.. Langum discusses
the chief grain inspectors report, and,
after reproducing that part of it relating
to fees and the cost of maintaining the
department, he says:
The Times does not desire to play the
role OF apologiSt for the PopuliSt admin
lStratlon, neither do we believe that any
thing is gained for the Republican party
by unfair and unreasonable criticism.
! PEOPLE are not fools, and when a matter
| is mlsrepresented, only to be refuted in
| toto, the thing becomes a boomerang
hurtIul to the party. From the howl that
| mas been going up about this raise in the
Inspection fees one would naturally be
| led to suppose that the state was being
robbed out of house and home so to
| speak, but now comes Inspector Reishus
ana with few facts and figures destroys
the whole miSera bic fabric. Even though
| there had been no occasion for the in
| crease, the measly 10 cents on a carload
winch means one-hundredth part of a
! cent on each bushel Of wheat was hardly
! a reasonable excuse for a roar, unless
! the fund was being rlisappropriate ted, and
| when 1t is now shown conclusively that
| the increase was an absolute necessity,
| the tendency must be to shake the conf
dence of the people in those who so reck-
!essIy accuse the opposition party of mis-
deeds. False in one thing false in MANY
| is liable to be the verdict, and when our
! friends. the enemy, are guilty of some real
| ~ censurable act this intelligent jury, the
people are quite liable to remember
prominently the occasion when they were
mlSied, and not only refuse to believe
but to show their resentment"
The above quotation from the pen of a
brother Republican is submitted for the
consideration Of Senator Miller and the
Republican editors generally in the state.
The Democratic editors know the facts,
for they have read them and understand
them, and the C o b e would now rec
ommend all Republican editors to read
the report Of the chief grain inspector,
and If Providence has not blessed them
with much understanding to follow the
lead Of Samuel A. Langum, of Preston.
He will pull them through.