The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01
What the Editors Say


Waft Republican paper that it is. can
stand 1t no longer, and demands a new
ueaI,, ehange of political bosses in
this state. It wrathfuIly exclaims: If
there was ever q boss-Fidden state IL
IS Minnesota; and if ever a lot OF
oosses died hard they live in this
state" All Of which is true. "2 tru.p
as Josh Billings used to say, but why
seek TO trade one lot of bosses for an
otnerZ Better join the Democrats and
nelp 10 turn all the bosses out and once
more restore the state to the rule OF
the people.-Albert Lea Standard
The Times is not disposed to nut too
me point on the matter, but it is
worm the space to call attention
70 the fact that Senator Dietrich OF
NEBRASKA, and Senator Burton, of KAN
ssts, VINO have been indicted and tried
o1i grave charges, and Senator Smoot,
OF otah, Who has been under protract-
~ nlVeStlgatlon as theoretical polyga-
! .' are all Republicans. No doubt it
just happened that way, but If that
LildIiy democrats had been hauled up IN
d single session OF congress what an
o oA Deatlng Of the VirtuOus TOM
GINS 1Ulns mere would have been.-St.
Cloud Times.
The talk Of Van SAINT for vice nras-
ident is sheer moonshine. In the first
pace Minnesota is too soIidly Repub-
iican and secondly, Van has neither
the length. depth nor breadth to make
wee presidential possibility. He
would be as much out Of place nresid-
ing over the United States senate az
he was when at the head Of his brass
bedecked staff of tin soldiers he made
himself the laughing stock of two ma
lions by punching Prince Henry in the
stomach.-Preston Times.
The decline and fall of congress may
be explained in a single word-"com-
merclallsm says an exchange. There
used to be public interest in congress
sional debates. The beginning of the
decadence may be pretty accurately
dated from the time In the sos when
the Republican party ceased to be a
party Of moral ideas, with tolerance for
divergent views on the tariff, and be-
came the undisputed property of the
protected intereSts.-MOrrisT Times.
Harmony means oblivion to some
people. They are lifted from obscurity
by strife and discord and would go
back again with dull thud If harmony
were to prevail. They are like the
man who sets fire to the town with
the hope of stealing a suit OF clothes
IN which to appear respectable, while
the good citizens are putting out the
blaze. Ne, that class Of reformers do
not want harmeny-Long Prairie
Leader.
The Dunn managers assert that it is
scandalous the way that the Collins
men are spending money in this cam
paign, and the Collins men scornfulIy
call attention to the fact that the Dunn
forces are Carrying on the most expen-
sive pre- convention campaign in the
history of the state. Both sides tell
the truth. Their supply of veracity is
not large enough, however, to back up
all their campaign statements.-Sauk
Center Herald.
And there are those pessimistic
enough to believe there is danger of
becoming snoWbOund, in the event that
the Republican convention is called to
meet at Duluth. And there are also
those who believe that there will be
plenty of weather in July. There'Il be
a hot time at the convention. ALI are
agreed as to that.-Pipestone Review.
1t is said that Lemuel p Hunt, the
Mankato politician, has his lightning
rod out for railway commissioner. It
is cold day when Lemuel does not
want some snap-Fairmont Sentinel
BRO. Hunt has always had his light
ming rod up. The sign on it frequent
ly changes, however, to suit the Occa-
SAoII' --EoAeepy Eye Herald.
We have never been superstitious or
taken much stock in the supernatural,
but the fact that Albert Berg is a cam
dtdate for the legislature makes us be-
lieve that ghosts are roaming at large
up in Roseau county. Albert has been
dead for some years, and he ought to
be Ossifed by this time-Red Lake
Courier.
Wouldn't it be a queer twist Of the
political wheel should Eddy slip in be-
tween Dunn and Collins and pluck the
Republican nomination for governor p
Houston Signal.
1t only takes a few years to make a
millionaire in the grain business. And
if they don't steal it from the farmers
where do they get it?-Winnebago City
Press News.
John Lind is just as good a con-
gresham as he ever was-and a good
deal more so.-F'reeborn County Stand
ard.