The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-01
What the Editors Say


Minnesota. Republican as well as Dem
ocratic, is radically opposed to the
present high tariff and believes 1t I'M
justly EFFORTS money from the West
ern producer for the benefit of the
Eastern millionaire trust magnates.
Yet the president of the United States
upholdS the gamblers insolent stand
pat" doctrine because he wants the
support Of the money power in the
coming election.
No man ever made a more complete
surrender to corporate interests than
the present occupant of the White
house.-Martin County Sentinel.
William Henry Eustis, who enjoys
the distinction of being the only Re-
publican candidate for governor who
was ever licked by Democrat, Is hes
itating about getting into the guber-
material game again. He is not fully
determined yet as to what he will do.
Now William Henry don't hesitate. In
the first place to hesitate, for either a
woman or a politician, is to be lost.
In the second place they can't do q
thing to you worse than they did be-
fore. Get into the game William Hen
ry quick or you may lose some of the
Sport.-Le Sueur Sentinel.
G. A. Smith, of Minneapolis. denies
the report that he is a candidate for
United States senator, to succeed
Moses E. Clapp. Mr.. Smith is a rep
resentative Swedish American, but he
probably realizes that it would be in
vain to aim so high. While Mime
apolis is after the senatorship good
and hard those juicy plums are re-
served for other parties and when Mr..
Smith refuses to permit his name to
be connected with that position he
simply submits to conditions over
which he appears to have no CONTROL
st. Peter Free Press.
The suggestion has been Eade that
the state board of control ought to eS-
tablish a crematory at the insane hos
pital here. There are 400 or 500 graves
at the hospital burying grounds, and
as time goes on the little white marble
slabs are going to cover quite a farm.
Cremation is the sensible, sanitary
method of dispOsing of bodies, and
physicians are almost unanimously in
favor of 1t. The state ought to set a
good example by establishing a crema-
tory here for unclaimed bodies.-Fer-
gus Falls Journal.
The city election is on in st. Paul,
and if the Democrats win we will all
be afraid to go to that city for two
or three months afterwards, until we
forget the awful painting given to "the
gang" by the Republican papers. And
if the other fellows win we are likely
to get an experience on our first visit
sufficient to keep us away from the old
town until they go out Of power. Bet
ter stick to Bob" Smith and take nc
chances.-WabaSha Herald.
Five judges of the supreme court Of
the United States hold that the 'merg-
er" is something damnable; four
judges of that same court hold that it
is not even an unlawful organization.
The average citizen, in view of the
stand taken by these eminent men,
may, therefore, adhere to his original
position. and find justification for so
doing, in the supreme courts opin-
ions.-Wabasha Herald.
It is quite noticeable that the Re-
publicans are growing 'scarcer" and
"scarcer" every year in this neck of the
wood. Roseau county last week
couldn't scare up enough of them to
hold a convention to choose delegates
to the state convention and had to
call a mass convention and one or
two self-appointed delegates repre-
scented the county.-Kittson County
Enterprise.
w. H. Eustis has returned from
Cuba, but up to date no utterance has
been made relative to the gubernatorial
contest. Doubtless Mr.. Eustis is out
of it. His only chance lies in a possible
deadlock. But unless Eddy shall come
to the front more rapidly than here
tOfOre that contingency seems very re-
mote.-Janesville Argus.
Why not hold the next Republican
state convention at Duluth? 1t will be
held in hot weather, the political con-
dition will be hot, and the people will
need airing off. Then the lake affords
excellent facilities for drowning-trou-
bles. And from appearances somebody
will need drowning.-Windom Re-
porter.
We don't know how the old soldiers
feel about it, but if we were one we
should like that "old soldier preference"
law wiped out. It is only a handle for
a political whip, and an advantage to
the incompetent and unworthy. The
real old soldier don't need any boost
ing to get his share.-Annandale Advo-
cate
Isn't it just a little singular that the
Seventh congressional district is the
only one out of the nine that can be
classed as a stand-patter? The state
convention last week which strongly
Endorsed reciprocity, must be badly
out of joint with the said district
Lamberton Star.