The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13
What the Editors Saw

dSucally predicting that President
hooseVet would indorse the Iowa
!dea, and that tariff revision along
just and sensible lines would become
the policy of the Republican party, are
no longer in evidence. The Iowa idea"
Is as dead as a good Indian, and the
president has gone into the camp Of
the "stand-patters." He jollies and
praises the West, but takes counsel
with the East. The great protected in
terestS, which are enabled to squeeze
billions of unjust profits out of the
American people annually, are not go
Ing to- release their grip. The famboy-
ant rot INDUCED in by Gov. Cummins
and his friends had no more weight in
the councils of the party than a feather
would have in cyclone. The Repub-
ncan party will go into the next cam
paign on platform built by the trusts,
and its candidates will be "stand-pat-
ters." Relief from tariff denominations
will never come through the Repub-
| lcan party.-St. James Journal.
"A. F. Foster, of Litchfield it is al
ready announced will contest with c..
B. Buchanan for congressional honors
In the Sixth district next year"-Du-
| luth News-Tribune.
MI. Foster may contest honors with
Congressman Buchanan, but it REQUIRES
dough" to buck the Republican ma
chine in this district and Mr. Buchanan
has the dough-" and therefore has the
| machine to his back-Wadena Star.
Yes. and dough" and the machine"
not only elect Republican congress-
men, but Republican presidents.-St
Cloud Times.
The Dawes Indian commission,
among other officials in Oklahoma and
the Indian territory, are accused of be-
ing implicated in q fine scheme to blk
ont p -
ments. Tams Bixby Is specifically
named among the accused. However,
Commissioners Jones thinks they have
done nothing criminal but have only
been guilty OF bad taste" The bad
taste accusation against Tams will find
ready credence. 1t would stick to any
! man formerly so intimate with Dave
Clough's political career.-Owatonna
Chronicle.
when In doubt, tell the truth" No
! town or neighbOrhood has ever gained
| anything by deliberate misstatement.
| Ii crops are good, say so, and crow all
you wish. If crops are poor, state the
plain facts. but do not harp upon the
painful subject everlastingly and make
all your readers feel As though they
We're on the straight road to the poor
house. A newspaper can do much to-
| wards making the community take an
optimistic view Of a bad situation
\
In addressing the crew of the Kear-
| sarge at the naval review, President
Roosevelt. for the third time in a
public address used the epigram, The
| shots that hit are the shots that tell"
Merely for the sake of variety why
not change it next time to "The shots
that tell are the shots that hit?" After
| trying it that way three times, per-
haps something new can be invented
to serve the same purpose-New York
| Daily News.
In a speech made at public dinner
in this city in 1898 to celebrate the
| Spanish war victory Col. Theodore
| Roosevelt said: In Gen. Miles the
| hero of the Civil war, do not forget
/ Gen. Miles, the hero of the long and
weary campaigns against the Sioux,
the Cheyennes and the Blackfeet."
| Why did President Roosevelt forget
this admonition in debating the order
retiring this hero of two wars New
York World.
With wheat at the present prices the
| Red river valley will this year reap
one OF the richest harvests in it's his
| tory. The crop is not a bumper one
| but falls a good many bushels short
Of that point. But the prices now pre-
vailing are better than We have en-
| joyed for some years and the total
| amount of money which the present
| crop viii realize will be larger than for
some years. while the proportion OF
profit will be larger-Crookston Times.
Republican state politics is more and
more tangled as time wanders on.
| Frank Eddys aVowed candidacy, r. c..
! Dunn's daily expected, and Van SAINTS
| tacitly admitted ambitions for a third
| term, are stirring up the animals to a
premature activity that may mean a
| Democratic governor for Minnesota be-
| ginning with Jan. l. 1905.-The Ma
| Zeppa Tribune.
The Sank Rapids Free Press says
| that with dollar wheat staring them
| in the face to be a Democrat
| these days means a great deal OF 10y
| atty" That Is just on par with most
| Republican logic. They have the as
surance to claim credit for the sun
shine and the rain"-these are what
make the price of wheat.-St. Cloud
! Times.
The ST. Cloud Journal Press. discuss
! ing Dunn and other possible candi-
| dates, says If Van SAINT is a candidate
| there will be a different story to tell"
| Maybe, but the tax raise on farm
| lands stands and Tom Lowry will still
| fix the assessments on Twin City street
| railways, will he not?-Freeborn Coun-
| ty Standard.
Gov. Van SAINT is laying the wires
| for another term as governor. The
| third-term idea is not popular in this
| state, and there are a great many stall
warts Of the G. o. p. who will see that
| the governor is relieved Of any mora
! political responsibility after his pres
| ent term expires-Waverly Star.
/
| A new man for governor and new
men il all the appointiYe offices would
be good thing for the people. The
| trouble is that lot of Republicans
have been holding these positions so
| long that they know the ropes too well,
and pull them for all they are worth
Anoka Union.
The fleet which Great Britain is
sending to Turkish waters could not
properly be called flying squadron"
but 1t is nevertheless expected to make
| the fastest time possible consistent with
the dignity Of a neutral power.-Chi-
| cago Inter Ocean.
Frank Eddy announces that he IS
candidate for governor. The enthusi-
asm awakened by the launching OF
| Franks boom has not uprooted any OF