The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
What the Editors Say


dates for governor continues with in
creasing fury. If the half that has been
said of Dunn and Collins and the meth
DDS Of campaigning by their friends is
true, neither of them could be trusted
as governor The campaign has been
on for several months, and will be con-
tfnued for three or four more months.
The bitterness engendered and the eff
fort to slaughter each other must
demonstrate to the average reader that
the Republican party in this state Is
too large to be healthy organization.
us machines ought to be broken-New
Ulm News.
Taken in all fairness, the campaign
put up by Jim Martin and the Collins
d1sorganizers" has been one of the
dirtiest We ever heard of.-Waeonia
Patriot.
This should be made more specific,
on the same theory as in law general
allegation of fraud will not hold, but
must be made specific. We ask, there
lore, Ii there are too many microbes on
the bills, or whether the bills them
selves are assumed to be, extremely
dirty because invisible even with the
aid Of a powerful lens.-St. Paul Her
aid.
The peeping cry by the Dunn papers
Lhdt CouSS OOllIuS Is lOOhlIl5 lOI anu
expecting Senator Nelson's seat is the
most gauZy pretext that has been in
vented by desperate gang. Mr.. Col
Inns Is not, has not been and will not
be candidate for United States sena-
tor. The recent Hon. Joel p. Heatwole
is the fellow that Is brushing his whis
kers for seat in the United States
senate and he is wild and woody
Dunn supporter. The Dunn busting
brush had better be busted before try
ing to raise so much dust.-Mankato
Free Press.
We don't know the age Of Judge
Collins. but thirty-one years is a long
time to hold Office. His record is ten
years county attorney, four years dis
trict judge and seventeen years on the
supreme bench. The question is how
long will he be governor ?-Le Sueur
News.
The judge is modest and, If elected
at all, will be satisfied to hold that po-
sition until he can exchange 1t for a
seat in the United States senate.-St.
Peter Free Press.
There is said to 100000 Of bogus
$40 bills floating through the country.
On this counterfeit the Indian has a
smile on him about "a yard long"
while in the genuine he looks as mad
as March hare. Editors of country
newspapers are advised to cautiously
examine every SO bill paid in on sub
Scription before issuing a receipt, lest
their office safes should be OVERLOADED
with bad money.-Lake City Repub-
lican.
There is still good deal of doubt in
Minneapolis as to whether the Lowry
and Shevlin ambitions intersect or run
HI H. -
that they telescope.-Duluth News
Tribune.
If it should be decided that the par
allel proposition is correct, a vigilant
eye should be kept on the proceedings,
so as to head off another possible
merger.-Winona Independent.
The Winona Herald and Republican
says that In spite Of the most solemn
declaration by Joel Heatwole that he
will accept nothing in the way of pub
lie Office 'he will have to die to make
some people believe it." That's the
sort of reputation people get by but
ting into politics.
Joel was once a poor and truthful
editor like the rest of us.-St. Cloud
Journal-Press.
AS we are informed Gov. Van SAINT
SdVcQ lLS SldLC clllO lllo
glory descends to- Judge Collins. On
the other hand, Bob Dunn was its sole
discoverer, inventor one might say, so
there would hardly have been any Min
nesota but for his eight years as au-
ditor. 1t will be seen that whichever Of
these heroes Is nominated, a. mere
Democrat has no earthly show against
hfm.-Goodhue County News.
Tams Bixby has decided not to re-
sign from the Dawes commission, but
rather to comply with the presidents
instructions not to mix his official work
with his private business. Mr.. Bixby
is not accustomed to yielding his judg-
ment to that of his superiors and it
comes hard.-Sioux Falls Daily Press.
While Dunn is fighting Collins and
Collins is fighting Dunn, Eddy Is busy
about the state making speeches on
reciprocity and shaking the hands of
all Northern Minnesota.-Bemidji Pho
neer.