The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-31
What the Editors Say

The Duluth Evening Herald is put
ting UP a hot fight against the robbery
of the fire insurance trust. 1t, wants
the state to go into the business and
furnish the people protection at cost.
Such a move would save the people of
the state many thousand dollars yearly
but we do not believe the legislature
will take any step in that direction.
While such a plan would be sensible
solution, yet If it were adopted, 1t
would lead to other reforms and this is
not what the wealthy people desire.
There are many lines of business that
should be taken up by the people, in
their own behalf but, as they are un-
organized, it will take years to bring
about a desired change. When our
farmers started their mutual compa-
MES. every capitalist in the country
tried his best to discourage the move
ment, claiming, among other things,
that the idea was a wild one and that
the insurance would cost them much
more than the trust companies were
then charging. Every one now knows
the result-the cost of the insurance
does not exceed one-quarter of the old
rate.-Fergus Falls Free Press.
John A. Johnson is Swedish only by
ancestry. He was born in Minnesota,
is married to an American lady and he
speaks Swedish indifferently and does
not write it at all. The people elected
him because they admired him and
wanted him. We admire him. We op
posed him and will continue to oppose
him just as long as he continues to af-
filiate with that political organization
that tries to accomplish things crab
fashion, by travelling backwards, but to
say that John A. Johnson was elected
because his ancestry happened to be
Swedish is as SenSeless as to claim that
Roosevelt's phenomenal majority was
due to the solid vote of the Dutch be-
cause his ancestors came from Holland.
-Sauk Center Herald.
'Usonia" sounds like a Battle Creek
patent to usona breakfast table, but
1t is as a matter of solemn fact the
name proposed by his British nibs, Sir
Edward Clarke, for the country of I'm
Gle Sam, having been constructed from
the initials of United States of North
America Even if John Hay should
approve of il and write poem about it,
which is likely enough, the people of the
United States will still bitterly resent
being christened with any such insane
culinary pseudonym.-St. Cloud Times.
The legislature will soon convene and
our representatives fond wish ''to spit
in the beautiful silver cuspidores of the
new capitol by the light of the golden
chandeliers" will soon be gratified.
Representative Houge promised before
his election to do this for his district
and this being the platform upon which
he was elected his constituents will ex-
pect him to keep his promises and ex-
pectorate tobacco juice with the preci
sion becoming a representative of the
great F'ifty-SiXth diStnict.-Appleton
Tribune.
The Republican machine and the su-
preme court of Colorado appear to be
working had to steal the governorship
for Peabody, and since the supreme
court seems to be the creature of the
machine it may be that they will be
successful. There seems to be some
genuine trouble in store for Colorado
yet.-Duluth Herald.
Minneapolis is putting up a great
tight to secure the admission of wheat
from Manitoba, and every step taken
by the millers shows that the tariff
does not result in benefiting at least
the farmers of the Northwest by
enabling them to obtain higher prices
for their grain than their brethren just
across the line.-Fargo Forum.
If Rockefeller really has quarreled
with Rogers for speculating under the
| Standard Oil name, the results Of the
breach will be a public benefit. We al
ways thought it was not like Rockefel-
Ter to speculate; he would rather bet
on sure thing.-Red Wing News.
1t is hoped that Gov. Van SAINT will
not allow his anger to stay with him
during these days of good cheer.-Man-
kato Free Press.
That Mormon oath business shows
that not all pipe dreamers'' are news
paper men.-Red Wing Republican.
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