The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-25
What the Editors Say

The contest for the nomination of
governor is costing a great deal Of
money. 1t is certain the candidates
are not furnishing the cash, so it
must be contributed by rich corpora
tons or men. 1t would be interesting
to some of as common people to know
what the contributors of these funds
expect to receive for their money. In
general elections it is not uncommon
for corporations to contribute funds for
both parties, the theory being that the
successful party leaders will be under
obligations to them and incidentally
will be glad to extend faVors when
the opportunity presents itself. There
seems to be no way of stopping this
practice and the voter can only rea-
son out for himself which candidate
will probably best serve the interests
of the whole people.-Buffalo Journal.
We do not believe in mergers. We
believe in parallel lines being and re-
naming competitive. We are opposed
to a consolidated control for parallel
and competing lines of railroad. But
we are still more opposed to the
Northwest being any further at the
mercy of Mr.. Rockefeller and his mon
opolies than he is at present, and be-
1ieVe that if the result of delivering
us from the NAV of the Northern Sc
curities company will be to deliver us
over to the tender 1nercies of ROckefel-
Ter our last state will be much worse
than our first could be.-Northfeld
News.
The man who brings up his boys to
be honorable men does more for So
ciety than he who secures q law and
order plank in the platform. And the
woman who rearS her girls in maldenly
modesty advances the cause of moral
ity far more than she who leads a
wOman's club pell NELL against some
notorious political offense or offender.
1t is an undeniable symptom of our
time that the duty of home training
is being neglected for the more spec
tacular functions of social and semi
political life.-F'afibault Journal.
The fact that the United States
Saddled themselves with a Philippine
problem involving perplexing racial
question, Notwithstanding that the ne
gro problem at home is no nearer So
luton than it was at the time of the
acknowledgment of the black race,
tends to destroy popular faith in the
axiom that experience is the best
teacher.-St. Cloud Times.
To hear Sam Fullerton talk one
man against whom his own party as
sociates made such serious charges
some three years ago. By the way,
wouldn't it be a good idea for Sam
Johnson to expend some of his sur
plus energy in the game warden S
Office Wright County Times.
1t seems difficult to arouse very
great popular interest in the fight for
governor. Meanwhile the impression
is daily gaining supporters that the
governorship is largely an honorary
position in which the incumbent is
able to appropriate big hunks of fame
from the achievements of his subordi-
nates.-Appleton Press.
We wonder if Sam johnson would
Investigate the state game warden
books if some one called his attention
to it? Yes, about the time that he
sees hen take delight in swimming
This is a case of Two Sans with but
| a single thought, two hearts that beat
as one.-Staples World.
About the only advantage some OF
the city papers that taunt the St
Paul G OF about its ownership have
over that journal is, that while every
body knows who owns T h e G. b e.
| nobody knows who owns them.-Wa-
| basha Herald.
Hearst will probably not be able tC
| buy his nomination from the Demo
Gratis, but he will own a lot of things
when the convention is over that he
won't know what to do With.-Duluth
News Tribune.