The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-10
What the Editors Say


Ben Anderson went out to Minot
Tuesday evening to prove up on his
claim. He viii be back in a few days."
says Cooperstown paper.
viii be back in q few days"-back
home. That tells the story. That is
what 1t means in a large percentage
of final proofs. 1t means the holding
OF land for speculation. 1t means the
depriving OF some thrifty farmer with
family of the opportunity to secure a
nome. Few people like to contest
they don't want trouble. So they go OH
Weston to the Pacific coast, and the
prairies are left bleak and bare and
neutrality-suspicious. far from each 9TH
er and school and other advantages
delayed. All on account of speculation.
A man should not be allowed to pos
sess any portion of Gods soil that he
cannot utilize for the benefit OF hui
mainly. These are the cases the gov
eminent is after. Here is meat for the
special agents in the f1eld.-Bismarck
Tribune
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, the wealthy and
gentle mother OF the presidential can
d1date, has felt compelled to give notice
to the University of California that
owing to the great demands made upon
her purse she is forced to omit her
benefact1ons to that institution,
amounting annually to some $4,000.
This is much regretted at the college,
and several teachers have resigned.
Some uncharitables imagine that her
sons tapping of the family barrel at
the bung has caused the mother to turn
Off the golden stream at the spigot
Possibly after the st. Louis convention.
Mrs. Hearst will again see her way
clear to resume her gifts to the many
worthy institutions she has founded
Eau Claire Leader
From Winnipeg is sent a warning to
the country that that section of the
Northwest is overcrowded with skilled
mechanics, there being as many as five
| men for every available job. Thou
sands of unemployed men are walking
the streets with no chance of securing
employment, bricklayers, printers and
plumbers being the most numerously
| represented among the iCilers. The i'm.
migration department is largely re-
sponsible for the misfortunes of these
people, having doomed Winnipeg be-
yond its capacity to care for 'immi-
grants.-Sioux Falls Press.
According to a published affidavit
Col. F. p. Wright, defeated Repub-
llcan candidate for mayor of ST. Paul
spent but $3.50 for campaign expenses
Col Wright is at the head of the we'll
known paper firm of Wright, Barrett &c
SStilweil, and if the North Dakota,
| newspapers had supposed that he
would have spent but $3.50 in that cam
paign they would have placed heavier
orders for stock. But, with emphasis
on the but, the Bismarck Tribune
doesn't believe the $3.50 story-Grand
Forks Herald.
The weather UP the Duluth way may
be trif1e chilly even Gin the good old
summer time" but the climatic condi-
tons can in no way affect the warm
hearts possessed by the citizens of the
Zenith city. The Duluthians are pre-
pairing a feast of good things for the
delegates to the Democratic state con-
vention. Republicans and Democrats
alike have joined hands to the end that
the visitors shall be given good time
-Mankato Free Press
If Minnesota trots forward a man to
second Roosevelt's nomination, we hope
1T will not be Joe Cotton, who is the
| representative of the Rockefeller inter
ests at Duluth. Mp. Cotton may be all
right, but his environments are bad,
and the Republicans would have to do
a lot of explaining during the cam
paign If he made the nominating
speech.-Wadena Pioneer Journal.
A suggestion of delegate to the Ne
braska Democratic convention that the
| delegates to the national convention be
pledged to support the nominee of that
convention was turned down. Bryan
did not care to have his hands tied,
and the suspicion that he will bolt if
the Kansas City platform is not in
dorsed is growing stronger
News.