The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11
What the Editors Say

The trusts are all doing business as
usual, while the administration sleeps
on ana Teddy is amusing the galleries.
HIS latest feat is riding two horses
going in opposite directions. We re-
fer to his stand on the question of I'M
ion labor. Last Wednesdays paper an
nounced that he would throw the force
Fof the administration against labor
unionism by retaining in the govern
ment printing Office w. A. Miller, whom
the unions want to bounce from his
job. The same days paper contained
under scare headlines the intelligence
that the president had formally at
ftached to his staff as advisor in labor
matters John Mitchell, the head Of the
union coal mine workers. By this he
expects to pIacate both the labor union
voters and those who think labor I'M
ionism has gone too far and become
menace to the country.-Litchfield In
dependent.
It is claimed by the friends of other
candidates for governorship Of Mime
sofa that Robert G. Dunn is the
merger candidate-whatever that
may mean. The merger" case is in
the federal court, and in what way the
governor of this or any other state can
affect or influence decision is not ap-
parent. The rights and wrongs of the
Northern Securities company are ques-
tionS of pure laW-the facts being set
tied and indisputable. The supreme
court of the United States will deter
mine the matter in due time, uninfu-
enced by the opinion of any governor
or other state official By the way, is
Bob's head level on the transmigration
of souls theory? 1t is just as peril
nent-Sauk Center Herald.
The state board of equalization has
raised the assessment of Tom Lowrys
street. railway company $4,000, 900.
Good. But why was not the raise made
last year? The railway was worth
just as much then as now. Perhaps the
board has heard the rumblings of
discomfort from the country districts
Willmar Tribune.
The Republican party has always
been the party of, by and for the
trusts, and it will always remain So
To fight the trusts, and do it success
fully, Roosevelt would have tc be so
much larger than his own party that
there would be no comparison. Reose-
welt is not such a man.-Grand Forks
Plaindealer.
1t is charged that the Standard Oil
company has pumped the Beaumont,
Texas, oil wells full of salt water. Such
great quantities of hot air have been
pumped out of the wells that a little
salt water in the mixture will prove
considerable of a relief. Please pass
the salt.-The Mesaba Ore.
The Cincinnati Enquirer asks: DO
Angels Eat?" We know one that went
through a pint Of ice cream, two sodas,
a 50-cent box Of chocolates and quart
of peanuts one joyous July night not
long since.-St. Cloud Times.
The naming of President Mitchell, of
the Coal Miners union, as labor adj
wiser to the president, is but a sugar
coating with which Roosevelt hopes
to cover the bitter Miller pill-Grand
Forks Plaindealer.
In the death of Frederick N. Van
Duzee, editor of the Winona Repub
lican and Herald, the state press at
large has lost a valuable writer and
honored Neutrality-suspicious. Chroni-
Gle.
The Automobile Club of America
wants congress to appropriate $20,006,-
600 for good roads. Does not the club
know that this money was paid Ter the
Philippines Duluth Evening Herald.
The unions announce their intention
of fighting the civil service law. Win
the unions never weary of butting
their heads against stone wall?-
Crookston Times.
With American goods selling in for
eign lands 40 per cent cheaper than at
home, is it not time to revise the tariff?
Mcintosh Times.