The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-30
CriSt Of the
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Interested parties are telling with
no little gusto that the conference be-
tween the board of control and the
board of university regents commit
tee at the Aberdeen the other day was
| a love feast of the first and cIearest
water.
A few other gentlemen in excellent
position to know what they are talk
Ing about deny the love feast story
and insist that the meeting was In
the nature of a setto and that the re-
gents committee won a signal victory
by threatening to go into the courts
If the board of control insisted on
transferring the dormintory appropri-
alton to the general institution fund.
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The fact that the governor of Min
nesota may not be able to get much
comfort from the legislatures refusal
to tinker the board of control law does
| not prevent the people of the state at
large, outside of the institution towns,
from congratulating the legislators for
their stand against making favored
! distinctions between the states insti-
tutions. Not a few legislators who
| are heartily opposed to the board Of
| control scheme, as demonstrated by
! the Leayitt bureau, voted against the
| Comstock-Perley bills.
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Anent that same board Of control
| legislation recommended by the gov
| ernor, Editor Green, of the New Ulm
News, voices the sentiments of thou
sands of intelligent voters and tax
| payers:
| zone of the good things that the
/ late legislature did was to hold the
authority of the state board Of con-
| troll as it was given when the board
| was created two years ago. and refuse
| to divest it of financial control of the
| normal schools and the university. The
| board may not have met all public ex-
pectations, but there is a growing con-
| Viction that 1t was needed to destroy
| at least in some measure the steadily
! increasing concentration of influence
| of the educational charitable and 9TH
| er institutions of the state in matters
| of legislation in their behalf, which
| combination was also felt in nearly all
| important legislation. The creation Of
| the board of control has at least Civ
| en- the people chance to take a sec
| ond breath, and to look about and take
| new bearings instead of plunging head
long ito the grasp of selfish locally con-
trolled institutional boards. each hav-
| ing a great local nav to fill.
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That imposing and gorgeous adjunct
| of Minnesota's military department, the
! governors staff, has a new grievance
| and one that looks as real as that given
| birth by the governors neglect Of the
| staff during the presidents visit a few
| weeks ago. According to some of the
members of the staff, His Excellency,
| the commander-in chief, is disposed to
give his military advisers and support
ers the short end of it in the matter
of expense accounts.
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The grieved warriors say that the
governor has a large contingent fund.
He also has a military staff, which con-
sidered from any point Is second to
none in the land. The communicating
| chief is not averse to taking his staff
| along when he goes out to punch a
| few princely ribs or open worlds fair,
| but to date he has signally failed to
make good on the expense tab. Trans
| portation is furnished members of the
staff, and that's all they get. But since
| their commissions are expensive in the
| first instance, transportation is not all
they want when called upon to uphold
| the dignity Of the North Start State.
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Editor Hannaford, of the Virginia
Enterprise, pays justihable tribute to
hard working legislator and bespeakS
pleasant treatment for p. E. Bowling,
Of Eveleth. Representative Bowling
has withall made a commendable rec
ord as a member of the state legisla-
ture, and while trifle early to spring
1904 possibilities, perhaps, Mr.. Bowling
will assuredly receive the Endorsement
of the people of the district should he
desire to become a candidate for re-
election"
Joel Heatwole has returned to the
field Of journalism in person and prom
ises to add much to the interest and
humor Of current political literature In
the last edition of his Mortified NeTH
Heatwole pertinently remarks: Can
didate Samuel r. Van SAINT occupies
rather ticklish position. In case the
Hon. Samuel T. Johnson permits him.
self to be persuaded and the Hon. Bob
Jamison listens to the siren voice Of
his friends, Van SAINTS chances for
that third nomination will be seriously
unused. Nobody doubts che ability of
either Sam or Bob when It comes to
turning political somersauhs."
George A. Van SMITH.