The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-03
What the Editors Say


The following appears among some
other local items from Fergus Falls, In
an obscure corner of the Minneapolis
Journal of Sept IA: 1.-The case of the
United States VS.. The Commonwealth
Lumber Company, which was to have
come on for trial at the term of court
which begins here Sept %, is to be
continued until the April term. The ac-
ton is brought to recover $115,S63 for
timber trespass, and has attracted a
good deal of attention owing to the fact
that Lieut.. Gov. Ray w. Jones is the
president of the company"
This is all. The case is to be con-
tinued until sthetApril term And then
maybe Continued" again. Why?
But here Is al little more. We find
the following in an Associated Press
special from Washington Sept 16:
THE Indian commissioner today,
through the department of justice, de-
clined to accept the compromise of the
Commonwealth Lumber Company of
Minneapolis, of which Lieut.. Gov. Ray
w. Jones is president, for the settle
ment of theotrespass case against the
lumber company for SIS, 900. The gov
eminent is suing Ray Jones for $31, 900
for trespass, on timber land on the
Leech Lake Indian reservation, Mime
sofa, committed in 1901
The case comes up next week in the
United States district court, and Lieut..
Gov. Jones wanted the government to
compromise it for. $15, 900. A similar
offer was made by Mr. Jones while in
Washington last January, but was de-
clined by Commissioner Jones'"
What in the world does all this
mean? What are we to think of it /?
VIII not some of our esteemed and
enterprising brethren of the Republican
press please arise, explain, and as a
matter certainly of great public inter-
est and importance-under the circum-
stances-turn on the light and let the
people see and know all that Is going
on.-Albert Lea Standard.
1t was the desire of the politicians
that Roosevelt hold off calling the spe-
cial session of congress together until
the coming election. The politicians
claimed that If the special session was
held before election 1t would deny
them the pleasure of mixing I'D In the
skirmish. If the latest news from
Washington is correct, it will be noted
that one T. Rooseyelt-who paid for
his trip around the loop-nit-ac-
guessed in the wishes of the poIiti-
clans instead of considering the de-
mands of the public for immediate leg
islation. The claims of the politicians
evidently come first in the considera-
ton of his trenuosity-Grand Forks
Piaindealer.
Country school directors who pay
their farm hands $40 a month, board
and washing, for working in the fields
and doing chores. insist that for a lit
tie more per month they should be able
to get young women to teach their
schools. who 4ha7e spent several years
in study and preparation and passed
the eKacting stHte examinations-arid
yet the directors wonder why teachers
are becoming scarce.-Freeborn Coun-
lty Standard. ' - ~
T. The Carter Harrisons. senior and
junior. hayeaheld the mayors office In
Chicago during. eighteen of the past
twenty-f five WARS. This begins to have
the appearance of a hereditary mon
archy.-Faribault Journal.
There are other apparently heredi-
atary monarchies, and they are not in
the Democratic camp. either Can the
journal tell us about few of them -
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