The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-20
What the Editors Say

s What the Editors Say !
Some of our respected exchanges affect
surprise at Tawney's statement that tariff
revision Is not to be thought Of Such
papers don't know Jim.-Minneapoli
Times.
Such papers know Jim" quite as
well as the Times knew Fletcher, whom
it persistently and vehemently support
ed knowing that he was as much OPP
posed to tariff reduction as Tawney,
and as well as the Times knows Roose-
welt whom it wants to continue as
president in the full knowledge that
Roosevelt opposes tariff reduction or
even tariff agitation, and yet the Times
processes to be opposed to a protective
tariff, and in favor of reciprocity with
Canada, which the Republican party
leaders, including Roosevelt, do not
favor. The abject partisan slavery
that reelected Tawney to congress last
fall under the false pretense that he
would favor tariff reduction, which he
now says is not to be thought of, and
reelected McCleary after his bold de-
f1ance of such Republicans as favored
the removal of the lumber tariff, en-
courages the Eastern controlled Mime
sofa congressman in the belief that
Republican voters are too blind to see
their interests or too cowardly to pro-
tect them.-New Ulm News.
The German military duel received
an unexpected blow the other day
when waiting party at the field of
honor received a letter from the wife
OF the challenged party saying that
she had put her husband to bed and
that under no conditions would she al
low him to take part in a duel. Thus
the German wife, learning from the
determination and spirit of her Ameri-
can sister, does more to bring the code
OF honor into disrepute than even his
majesty can accomplish. Possibly 1t is
trlf1e humiliating at first to go to bed
instead OF to glory, but the Germans
VIII soon get used to it and thank their
intelligent preservers. Crookston
Times.
One Of the subscribers on the Ken
yon rural telephone line appreciates
that system. The other day a friend
OF ours walked unexpectedly into one
OF the farm homes near-well near
some place-and discovered a lady sit
ting in a rocking chair-busily sewing
with the telephone receiver tied to
the back of the chair, where she could
hear all that was being said over the
line. She was provoked when censur-
ed, adding by way of defense that she
PAID for what she got and was bound
to get her moneys worth. Say, but
wouldn't she be an important member
in ladies' sewing circle-Kenyon
Signal.
People may think that the Star
News is devoting good deal of space
10 discussing state Politics in an off
year, but we are merely endeavoring
to keep the public informed upon cur
rent issues. and as this is the time
sentiment is formed, it doesn't seem
to us at all out of place for a newspa-
per to give the public all the informa-
ton at its disposal-rather it is a duty
the paper owes to it's constituency, and
1t is to be regretted it is a duty only
TOO often neglected.-Elk River Star
News.
1t is said that Frank M. Eddy will
make his campaign for governor ON his
little reciprocity plank. In fact. he is
now making it, and has been so max
ing it some twelve months or more.
At the present time the people of the
state in general have little interest in
reciprocity and the outlook for making
reciprocity a live question in the cam
paign is not a good one.-Crookston
Times.
Abandonment of a wife is no 1onear
an extraditable offense under the laws
or Minnesota and Gov Van SAINT has
refused to issue request upon Gov
White for the extradition of a man
VINO abandoned his wife and fled to
North Dakota. Can it be that North
Dakota is about to become an asvI1,m
hPnnankn6 oh J-,O, r,:--
Tribune.
Wonder how much of the objection
to a third term for. Gov. Van SAINT is
pased on a real aversion to the third
term idea, how much of it is caused by
a belief that he is to small a man for
the place. and how much of it is in
sp1red by those who want the place
hemselves.-Morris Sun.
From the color of recent dispatches
from Macedonia it seems that the sick
man Will have his hands full again
soon. The uprising predicted several
weeks ago is assuming alarming pro-
portions This is only another step in
the disintegration of the Turkish en-
p1re.-Austin Register.
The Granite Falls Tribune thinks
that since Heatwole won't and Eddy
can't, l might as we'll make f.
unanimous. For all such delicateIy
turned compliments Bob Dunn should
be duly grateful-Ortonville Herald
Star.
The United States is not making
much progress towards building the
Panama canal but the salaries are go
ing on all the time so that some people
are entirely satisfied.-Morrison Coun-
ty Democrat