The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-22
What the Editors Say

The great amount of space being
used by the state press in discussing
the question of a successor. to Gov.
Van SAINT is premature and will all
have to be gone over again next sum-
mer. And then those scares of Hill
Heatwole-and Lowry-Thomp-
Son-Van SAINT combines that are being
sent out out are hard on the nerves Of
the average man. Just think of it,
there is abundant evidence right here
in our own truthful Republican state
press that the commonwealth Will go
to ruin under any of these conditions.
The Times Messenger intends to re-
serve it's powder until the legal gum
ming season opens.-Wadena Times
Messenger. = i 49,
Minnesota Republican editors are
busily engaged in killing off leading
be candidates for governor or other
state offices next year. That's right,
boys. You are doing noble work-for
us. Some Of your editorials will make
excellent reading another fall. We are
preparing a scrap book of them which
it will be our3cpIeasure to reproduce
when the campaign wakes hot next
year. 1t will beta delight to see some of
you crawfish, as you are bound to do.
with real relish when the man you
have maligned comes out on top at the
convention.-Le sSueur Sentinel.
There is no, city or town but what
can well dispense with the ,knocker. He
is worse than nothing, because he is a
minus squantity working in the wrong
direction. He is always the 81 told you
So" who was never shown to aid in
averting catasprophe, but rather
brought it on. He is the fellow who
pulls the other way, and becomes the
dead weight in the community. What
town needs is a generous supply of
men of the strenuous type, who will
pull together and pull hard-St. Peter
Herald. "a.
A strange looking team appeared on
our streets the other day. One horse
pulling all the load the other ones
whipple-tree running on the wheel. The
driver was whipping and urging the
willing horse in a vigorous manner.
oblivious to the fact that there were
two horses in the team. One of the
county fair managers informed us that
1t was float gotten up to represent
the state board of lequalization's meth
cd of dealing with the personal prop
erty ssessmentsALong Prairie Leader
The state board of equalization visit
ed the state fair the first week and the
second week it raised taxable values
on watches, clocks, pianos and sewing
machines.-Le Sueur News.
But We haven't heard Of the Twin
City street railway yet. Last year the
board raised most everything in sight
except the taxes oof the street rail-
way corporations and from present ap-
pearance abouto the same course will
be followed this year.-st. Peter Free
Press. I"
The prejudice among the people of
this state against giving a governor
third term is so strong that even
If Van SAINTS office seeking friends
succeed in forcing him upon the state
convention, 1t is. more than doubtful
if he could be elected again if the
Democrats put4a-up a strong man
against him, even if there was another
Republican landslide like that of 1902.
-CrookSton Times.
Now that Kaiser Bill has led a
charge OF cavalry in the field ma
neuvres. it viii be up to President
Teddy to lead charge of the entire
army in order to keep up in this great
"strenuosity' business.-Grand Forks
Plaindealer.