The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-02
What the Editors Say

The st. Paul Pioneer Press has be-
come notorious for its dogmatic- as
serdons in favor of Republicans and
the Republican party, presuming that
the people are too ignorant to detect
It's false statements. But recently the
st. Paul G OBJ exposed the Pioneer
Press assertions that many of our
presidents, If not all, had been in the
habit of making trips through the
country at the expense of some railroad
corporation which had favors to ask.
The P. p, Of course, was trying to
justify Roosevelt's trip to the Yellow
stone park and through California and
the Pacific states, which cost $50, 900,
and was paid by railroad company,
and he Glob e showed that other
presidents, notably Cleveland, had
paid their bills Of travel. Roosevelt
did not make his trip because the peo-
pie called for him to visit them, but
wholly because he wanted to advertise
himself for president in 1904.-New
Ulm News.
In his recent speech opening the Re-
publican campaign in Ohio, Senator
Foraker said: I'VE have always had
prosperity under protection, and adj
versity under free trade The Spring.
field Republican thus replies: "The de-
pressions Of 1888 and of 1885 came
IN0puDucdn nlSn II. On the
other hand, the boom of 1887 took
place under successive tariff reduce
tons, and the boom Of 1S4957, during
which the railroad mileage of the coun-
try was more than tripled, took place
under the sotcaKed free trade tariff Of
1916" The Republican might have adj
ded that the Democratic tariff enacted
during the Cleveland administration
the Wilson German tariff-was a pro-
Il,
The government cases against Mil
.lionaire Liett. Gov. Ray Jones are
called "trespass,;' In the case Of the
poor devil who unlawfuliy carries off
a few sticks of wood to keep his fam
lily from freezing it goes under the
name of plain stealing and the Gull
prit goes to the jug. By the way, Ray
offers to dig up. $4,000 if Uncle Sam
will withdraw the suits against him,
and, although the amount sued for is
thousands in excess of that figure, we
presume the matter will be compro-
missed and hushed up. And Ray will
be renominated for lieutenant governor
and every Republican straight party
stoughtenbottle will walk up and vote
for him. OF such is party politics.
Fairmont Sentinel.
The primary law was intended for
the common people," but Is being TAX
en- advantage of by the boodling news
papers and other leg pullers. 1t was
enacted not because of any demand
from the common people," who were
satised with our caucuses and con-
yentfons, but because of the brow
beating and bulldozing Of certain daily
papers who saw a chance to sell their
'infiooence" for a goodiy sum, and is
now most Strenuously supported by
those papers and others, from city and
country, who made a stake by holding
up the candidates right and left. and
who object to being deprived of this very
considerable addition to their income
Preston Times.
Mr.. Dunn's record, while auditor of
the state. is subject to the closest pos
sible inspection, and his splendid adj
ministration in that capacity is now
commencing him as a candidate for the
highest Office the state of Minnesota
affords.-I.ake City Republican.
Our local coffin factory is running
overtime to Keep UP with the great de-
mand for collins, which is caused by
Republican PROSPERITY. = Fergus Falls
Globe. -
If the third termers know when.they
are well off they will drop the subject
at once, before they get any deeper in
the mire.-Granfte Falls Journal.
An honest taxpayer wishes he had
been dishonest one by the time the
state board Of equalization gets through
with him.-Aneka Union.
Every daily paper at present seems
to have a comic supplement With
some it is the editorial page.-Belle
Plaine Herald