The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-23
What the Editors Say

The old soldiers had a meeting at st.
Paul last week In order to give the
candidates for governor a chance to
say how they stood on certain ques-
tons. At thi meeting the fact was
brought out that each of the candi-
dates had been standing at the public
! trough for a good many years. Mr..
Dunn served two terms in the legiSla-
ture, two terms as county attorney of
Mile Laos county and eight years as
state auditor. Judge Collins was coun-
ty attorney Of Stearns county for ten
years, district judge four years, SUI
preme associate justice since 1887. Mr..
Eddy was clerk of court of Pope coun-
ty for twelve years, court reporter four
years and member Of congress for
eight years. With these facts In view,
it is safe to say that we will not hear
anything about turning the rascals
out" during the campaign for the nom
ination.-Fergus Falls Free Press.
The suggestion has been made that
the state board of control ought to es-
tablish crematory at the insane hos
pital here. There are 400 OF 500 graves
at the hospital burying ground, and
as time goes on the little white marble
slabs are going to cover quite farm.
Cremation is the sensible, sanitary
method of disposing of bodies, and
physicians are almost unanimously In
favor of it. The state ought to set a
good example by establishing Gre
n1atory here for unclaimed bodies
Fergus Falls Journal.
Letters and affidavitS are being pub
Hshed in the daily papers from Wash
ington mixing Congressman McCleary
up in postoffice scandals at New Ulm,
Sleepy Eye and Sanborn, and there are
other deals, such as the one at Tyler,
Walnut Grove and others yet to be
heard from. IF George W. Somerville
could only see it that way many now
think it is the chance of his life to get
into the game and stand good show
of knocking out the Mankato peanut
poIitician.-Lamberto Star.
One of our exchanges gives Public
Examiner Johnson great credit be-
cause not a single state bank closed
its doors last year. How In the world
did Johnson manage it? Did he ad-
vance funds to the weak or neglect 10
close them up? His admirer has left
the causes which entitIe him to credit
in a condition of bscurity.-Wabasha
Herald.
England's warning to Japan not to
undertake to bite off more Of Russia
that she can chew is probably unnee-
essary. The fate of other invaders VIII
probably be sufficient warning to the
Japs to confine their operations to de-
Tense of their own territory and ko-
rea-DuIuth Herald.
AS a stock company. the Farmers
Exchange does not seem to be making
very rapid strides in public favor. The
principle may be all right, but the ex-
periments so far made with hail 1nsur-
ance companies, ETC., have I.foved that
I it does not work well in practicable
Intosh Times.
It is no use for us editors to try to
save money any more, so long as some
of our high officials in Washington
have under contemplation the intro
duetion of a bill which will limit for
tunes to $4,000, 0e0-Scott County Ar
gus.
IF those three Republican guberna-
| torial candidates do not soon cease
deIving into ancient biographical his
tory, the voters may become wise and
| elect a Democrat.-Sauk Center Ava
lanche.
| Never in the history of the state has
| a more desperate game of politics been
| played than is being played right now,
| and yet the people are cold and In
| different.-Anoka Union.
| Frank Eddy has clear case of libel
| against the st. Paul paper which stat
| ed that he came. to town looking
| fresh and Immaculate. Red Lake
| Courier.