The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
What the Editors Say

A preacher came at a newspaper
man in this way: you editors do not
tell the truth. If you did you could not
live; your newspaper would be a fail
ure." The editor replied: you are
right, and the minister who will at all
times and under all circumstances tell
the truth about his members, alive or
dead, will not occupy his pulpit more
than one Sunday and then he will find
1t necessary to- leave town in a hurry.
The press and the pulpit go hand in
hand, with whitewash brushes and
pleasant words magnifying little vir-
tues into big ones. The pulpit, the pen
and the gravestone are the great saint
making triumXirate.p And the great
minister went away looking very
thoughtful, while the editor turned
his work and told of the surprising
beauty of the bride, while in fact she
was as homely as mud fence.-Kitt-
son County Enterprise.
In addressing the state board of
equalization last week Gov Van SAINT
and State Auditor Iverson made a
great spiel about the low rate that
personal property was assessed at, and
the governor even, went SO far as to
mention the amount that escaped the
eye of the assessor entirely, and 1t
was no trifiing amount. Upon this ad-
vice. with never word in it why the
Twin City Rapid Transit COMPANY
should not be assessed for more than
one-tenth of its valuation the board at
once proceeded to raise assessments as
returned by the assessors. in some in
tances as much as one-third This is
one Of the devious ways where the
farmers and country business man nav
the freight and the capitalist and big
corporations get the easy end of the
tax lever.-Renville Star-Farmer.
1t would seem that Roosevelt has
enough to do to push the conviction of
the postoffice and other thieves, who
have not thus far been punished,
though many months have passed. in
stead of preaching a sermon to Gov.
Durham, Indiana, on furnishing
lynchers. Roosevelt has talked and
written much, but after all his precept
is not followed by example in acts.
The newspaper f1unkeys of the Repub-
Hcan press, however, are busy in noting
every small as well as large thing
Roosevelt does or says in his praise.
overlooking all deserved condemnation.
But the people in time will see through
the thin gauze that now covers him.
New Ulm News.
Senator Hoar said in a speech, on
Sept. 10: "a revision of the tariff is as
necessary as it is for Massachusetts to
revise the statutes" That sounds
statesmanlike. but he spoiled it by
adding: 1.-The time for making these
changes is not in year before a presi-
Dental election" This reminds us of
the man who excused himself from
mending his leaky roof by saying that
he couldn't fix it awhile it was raining
and it didn't need fixing when it was
not raining. If the tariff is unjust and
burdensome to the great mass of the
people, and Senator Hoar knows that 1t
fs-why not revise it at once mobiles
County Democrat.
William j. Donahower, assistant at
torney general of the state, is being
generally doomed by some of the lead
ing Republicans as a candidate for at
torney general Mr.. Donahower has
made splendid record while in Office
and the Republicans of the state might
do great deal worse than to select
him as their candidate for this Office
Glencoe Register.