The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
What the Editors Say


poses. but Van SAINT should grant the
same privileges to Dunn and Eddy. Nor
should other candidates for state office
be refused, and to be entirely consist
ent, the Democratic, Populist and So
clallsuc candidates, as they shall ap-
pear. should be promptly assigned
headquarters. The state is building a
new capitol anyway and the turning
OF the old brick pile into perpetual po-
ht1cal 'roosts" will solve the often re-
peated inquiry, what to do with the
old building. A good idea-push 1t
along.-The Preston Times.
Our Gov Van SAINT has modestv to q
fault. He does not want his friends to
think he is trying to hold office the rest
of his life, while he silently leaves him
self in their hands and sets the ma
ch1nery Of politics in motion, that shall
give him the seat of James A. Tawney
In congress. We have no particular
fault to find with our states executive.
but honestly think that in James A.
TaWney the state has a better man
Tor It's representative in congress from
the First district than our governor
could be, and his blushing modesty
that now would retire him from fur
ther political honors ought to have its
Way.-Glencoe Enterprise.
Gov Van SAINT has all along MAIN
tanned that he is not using his station
and influence in the interests of the
Collins campaign, but his action in
giving the Collins managers free office
room in the capitol building destroys
the last vestage of doubt on this point.
Ii is the first instance in this state
where candidate for the nomination
has been given free use Of rooms at
the state capitol and it verifies the
contention of the Dunn and Eddy
FORCES that the administration with its
long list of chronic off1ceseekers is
moving heaven and earth to further
the Collins interests.-Lester Prairie
News.
There will be a lot of second hand
furniture for sale in this state imme-
d1ately after the Republican state con-
Vention-bureaus, you know. There's
the press bureau of Robert Dunn, of
Prlnceton; the machine bureau Of
Judge Collins; the bureau Of economic
education which Congressman Eddy
Is supervising; not to mention the
chair Of anti-merger cultivation in the
state capitol and the Republican state
committees chest. Every bit of this
furniture except one article will go
cheap Who knows which piece will
not be sold under the hammer
Wheelock's Weekly.
GOV. Van SAINTS fool friends are try
ing hard to kill him, politically, too
dead TO skin. After having been en-
phatlcally told by the Republican Vo-
tiers of the state that there was no
demand for Van SAINT as a third term
candidate, they now are attempting
to induce him to run for congress in
the First district. We earnestly hope
he will not listen to them, for he Is
too good a man to be killed off by the
of ore f,%%
upon his easy and obliging admin
1stration.-Blue Earth Post. u-
The report sent out from st. Paul
that the Great Northern headquarters
had received from the Dakotas 5000
protests against the use of a bottle or
champagne in christening the steamer
Dakota was largely erroneous. Three
protests, instead Of 5000 were sent in,
the ctphers being added to make the
news worth the telegraph tolls. There
are hardly 5000 women in the Da-
kotas whose notions Of economy would
induce them to object to the splitting OF
a bottle of champa gne.-Sioux Falls
Daily Press.
Speaking about lawyers and news
papers pleading any old cause for
money it might be remarked that the
two do not come under the same cate
SoIys 1neI6 Is no crime or criminal
that cannot find a defender in the per-
son of some lawyer-for money. OF
course; but let the same crimes or
criminals seek for some newspaper to
espouse their cause, the difference be-
tween lawyers and newspapers will
then be discovered.-Anoka Free
Press.
Another merger has appeared that
requires investigation by our governor.
Room Is at the capitol has been merged
with Jim Martins Improvement COM
pany. Here is a snap for the board
Of control. Jake wants to butt in and
collect some rent. But it Is a handy
place for Collins headquarters this cold
weather. Cheap. too. The hotels may
get lonesome and raise a kick, but it
won't do any good. Wonder if Dunn
will get room?-Rush City Post
The great interest which is being
shown in the selection of members OF
the board of railroad commissioners is
one of the favorable signs of the times.
The personnel Of no state board so i'm
mediately affects the interests Of our
farmers and it is of the greatest i'm
portance that the best men In the state
be selected for the positions.-Alexan-
dria Post News.
In stating that it looks like Roose-
welt or nobody" we believe the Mime
apolis Journal is wrong. Roosevelt is
probably a good man, but when he has
passed away we have no doubt that the
ship of state will glide along just as
smoothly as 1T does at present. Roose-
welt seems to make a good deal of noise
but you have heard Of the barking
dog.-Norman County Herald.
We hardly think that any Of the
gubernatOriaI booms have anything to
do with the senatorship, and are very
sure that the Collins and Eddy candI-
dacies will not affect either Nelson or
Clapp. 1t is also certain that any can
didacy which openly threatened these
two men or either Of them, would "die
bornin'."-MOrris Tribune
The amount of information a Mime
sofa man can get from Washington lie
he listens real hard about things at
home is really surprising. But not
more surprising, however, than the
character the information frequently
assumes.-Faribault Journal.
II Princeton furnishes Servia with
a king and Minnesota with a governor
the Union will be the only newspaper
on the beach. At present both seem
possible.-Windom Reporter.
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