Mower County transcript., 1904-07-20
OTHER EDITORS OPINIONS

OTHER EDITORS OPINIONS
Buffalo Lake News: There are now
three parties in Minnesota, viz. Demo
cratic, Republican and Great Northern.
Store News: The merchant who
cannot afford to do little advertising
cannot afford to be in business. Good
advertising is not an expense.
Preston Republican: The Pioneer
Press expressed wonder how it came
that Judge Lovely failed of nomination.
Bless your sonl, King Jim decreed it
thus.
Anoka Union: Thousands and thou
sands of dollars were spent to gain the
republican nomination for governor Of
Minnesota and it is shame, measly
shame.
Pipestone Review: When you are
fairly beaten surrender, that is good
politics. Don't attempt to overthrow
the universe because it did not tip your
way. There are others, and another
day.
Fergus Falls Journal: Judge Doug
las was defeated because he assisted in
the anti-merger suits. If the conven-
ton had nominated high-class jurist
to fill the place there would have been
some reason for defeating him.
Midway News: The fellow who
writes lies from LeSueur for the Pio-
neer Press is not as much to blame as
the paper is for printing them. He
gets little pay, while the paper lowers
itself each time in the estimation Of
all sensible readers
Albert Lea Tribune: John A. Love-
ly has made an upright and excellent
Judge and whether he came from the
first, second or ninth district his defeat
in the manner it was secured was a
calamity to the people and the Repub-
lican party of the state.
Lime Springs Sun: We can show
you man who has sold eight hay load
ers and thirteen binders that he says
he can trace directly to an ad in the
Sun costing him only Is cents q week.
y ct there are men who try to do busi-
ness without advertising.
Red Lake Courier: Mary McF adden
wants to know: "Did you ever feel
the thrill of telepathic kiss?" and
adds feelingly: "Well, you can keep itr
The natural inference is that Mary pre-.
fers the homely, fashioned way
without any neW-fangled thrills.
Faribault Journal: According to the
list of Assessor Laufenberger there are
exactly four hundred dogs in the city
of Faribault Several of these are good
dogs of considerable value to the own
ers, but there are far too many good.
for-nothing, valueless ours proWline
about the city on which the owners pay
no taxes and city license.
Winona independents: A paper that
will debauch its reports for the doubt.
ful benefit it may give to party or a
faction of a party, is little deserving
OF being called newspaper. We re:
gret to say that there are several such
in Minnesota, but of those the St. Pau
Pioneer Press furnishes the most motor
ious example. From it's lofty situation
as one Of the most reliable of North.
western dailies the Pioneer Press has
fallen lower than the lowest.
Albert Lea Tribune: The people of
OWatonna have advanced an excellent
plan for spending the 500 appropriat-
ed by the county commissioners and
the 5000 set aside by the council for
improving the public highways to
the county seat. They propose to have
the work of grading and grayeIing the
several stretches of road to the lowest
responsible bidder, complete specitica
Hr0y 1o1
tractor will be bound to follow rigidly
Moorhead independents: The people
OF Clay county regret the defeat of
Justice w. b. Douglas for personal rea.
sons as we'll as because he was oppos-
| ed by corporate interests for having
| done his duty as attorney general in
| endeavoring to compel them to obey
the laws. Justice Douglas desires tc
| express his appreciation of the kind
ness of his Clay county friends for:theil
! loyal support. It is probable that he
will return to Moorhead at the expira
tlOn OF his term as associate Justice OF
the supreme court.
| Albert Lea Times: Minnesota state
politics are drifting unmist IKE ably int
the same channels as those of Pennsyl
vania. In the Key Stone state tn,
steel trust and the Pennsylvania rail
road control In Minnesota it is tn
steel trust and merger railroads. [,
Pennsylvania Matt Quay has been an,
Senator Penrose now is the corporation
political manager. In Minnesota Joe
| P. Heatwole aspires to thke charge O
the operation of the political machin
| for the corporations.
| st. Peter Herald: In these days pub
| lie office has become charity, crime
or a mistake. Some hold office thr1
pity and because they couldn't earn
decent living anywhere else. Som
| buy their way into Office, either witt
cash or the sale of their birthright an,
when they getinto Office sell for enough
cash to keep in. Others because tn
intelligence Of the constituent has no
| hpQn awaEono1