The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-27
>Ctate editorial Comment.

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| Herald-Star, takes an entirely practical
| view of the primary election law. which
| mas been frequently dubbed, Newspaper
| mans law:
Realizing that the newspaper. under
| the primary election law is certain to be
| the accepted means through which can
aldates for Office can make their position
known to the voters, there is some dis
cusslon among both publishers and pol
| iticians as to how far this service can
| with propriety be extended by the former
or used by the latter, the question being
OF course whether Democratic candi-
GATE, Tor instance may use a Republican
paper or not. This may be a delicate cues
ton with some people, but the Herald
star will make a very vigorous effort
10 make 1t entirely pleasant and profitable
to any candidate who wants S. worth Of
It's advertising space, cash in advance. in
which to announce his willingness to serve
the public. And as an evidence of good
faith the first announcement so handed
| In, regardless of politics or religion. will
be published gratis.3
Keeping John Lind's appointees in Of
| nee will not prove beneficial to the Re-
publican party remarks our neighbor,
the Union. That may be; but it has
| proven, and will prove, very beneficial to
the state of Minnesota, and that comes
pretty near being just as important
Anoka Free Press
Van SAINT might as we'll begin to put
his house in ORDER preparatory to leav-
ing the capitol for good next January
The people don't want him there any
longer, and neither do the politicians. The
people never did want him, for that mat
ter, and now that the politicians have
become disguised with him. too, his doom
| may be said to be sealed.-Anoka Free
Press
Editor Ed Folsom, of the Taylor's Falls
Journal, pays his respects to the new
public examiner and incidentally drops a
pertinent hint of his long and intimate ac-
quaintance with Minnesota Republican Of
fceholders:
IS I. Johnson, of Minneapolis, appoint
ed public examiner to succeed E. NJ. Pope.
says he has not funds enough to run the
office properly 1t is so in all offices. but
the excuse is stereotyped one, and it
was hoped he might be able to do all the
work required of him.
The irrepressible Adam Bede's ambition
to succeed Page Morris in the national
halls Of legislation has excited the state
editors to every emotion from horror to
facetious unbelief. The Anoka Union
says:
up in Duluth they are making fun
of j. Adam Bede's candidacy for congress.
This is too funny
In last weeks papers Mayor Ames of
Minneapolis, announced his withdrawal
from the contest FOO the congressional
nomination in the Fifth district, III health
being given as the reason for the move.
1t is suspected that the doctor will be
well enough to run for mayor again next
fall.-Swift County Monitor.
Auditor Dunn's statement to the effect
that he will not be candidate for gov
ernor this year does not meet the ap-
prevail of a great majority of the people
in the northern part of the state Bet
ter reconsider, Bob.-Grand Rapids Mag
net.
The WilImar Republican Gazette, is
evidently not impressed with the claim
of the northern part of the state to
the state auditors Office as presented
by the Duluth candidate Oden HaIdin.
1T is generally understood that Bob
Dunn will not be a candidate for re-
election to the office of state auditor.
position which he has filed with marked
ability for several terms. The most
prominent candidate for the position is
Sam G. Iverson, who has been deputy
auditor for number Of years and who
enjoys the reputation of being an ex-
ceptionally capable official, and who
thoroughly understands the duties of
the position to which he aspires Mr..
Iverson is well known and highly
thought of up this way"
The Lake City Graphic Sentinel pavs
an unconscious tribute to the sagacity
of a Democratic legislator, George UNI
land, of St. Paul, author of the di-
Yorcee's probation law.
IF there is any one thing in this
country that Is disgusting it is the d.
vorce business. When one reads of such
cases as~ the one that happened in the
city of Red Wing last week they are
made to think that it is time something
was done in the churches if not by law
but the church business don't seem to
make any impression for when the
rules of the church are such that the
minister cannot marry a divorced per-
son, they will seek the services of some
other minister and some will even he
willing to go before a justice of the
peace and be married in private The
party referred to was a woman GA years
old, by the name of Mrs. Karine Erick-
son, who had tale of woe to present to
the court as to the manner of abuse by
desertion, and she had a good stanch
witness, a Mr.. Andrew ThorSon, who
knew all about the mater and was much
interested in the case. AS soon as the
judge granted the decree, Thorson went
to the clerk of court and made appli-
cation for a license to marry his friend
because he felt so sorry for the manner
in which she had been treated There
happens to be a law in this state at
the present time that says a divorced
person must wait six months before they
can secure a license to marry again
This broke the hearts of the two as
pirants and as they are so young and
giddy, they may not survive the shock
for the six months to come. Such peo-
pie should be made to wait for a period
of at least fifty years"
Referring to the Tawney-M cCleary
feud over the cleo bill the Martin
county Sentinel says: Zone thing is
certain, our congressman could not have
found better way to serve the oleo-
margarine monopoly than to Introduce a
new bill and thus bring on a fight be-
tween the two pure butter bills which
will result in killing all legislation in
the interests Of dairymen. Oleo lobby
lists would willingly have spent million
dollars to bring about this child-like
wrangle that two of our congressman are
now engaged in"
Progressive Literature.
This is the way in which Col. George
B. Harvey sums up the progT essive steps