The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
What the Editors Say

andrew Carnegie has offered to give
halt million dollars to the Roosevelt
campaign fund, and more if necessary
NOW the question is will Mr.. Roosevelt
or his managers accept the offer made
by the iron and steel magnate? Will
Roosevelt consent to the use of money
from this source for campaign pur-
poses? If he does there will be thou
SANDS who would otherwise have given
MIN their votes that will be forced to
vote for his Democratic opponent. Car
negle may pose as a philanthrOpiSt and
all that, but the fact remains that his
millions were piled up at the expense of
thousands of poor Workingmen in his
employ and their half-Starved families
and children. President Roosevelt is too
ShreWd to accept the proffered gift
Blackjack American.
The lobbyist is the same the world
over. They all practice the same tricks.
We have heard that in Minnesota dur
ing sessions of recent legislatures
members have been known to have
large bills slipped into their hands, or
left IN convenient places about their
rooms in the hotel. There have been
| ugly rumors to the effect that in secret
conference members have agreed for
sums ranging from $500 up to look
after special interests of large public
Money has been, and will be this year,
furnished to elect men to the legisla-
ture in this state, and if the people do
not defeat these candidates backed by
this money, the lobby will own them
after their election.-Wadena Pioneer
Journal.
There will be the usual moralistic
deductions from the fate of the car
barn bandits, but if less prominence
were given such crimes and the grue-
some details of the executions the pub
lie would reap far more material bene-
fit. The blood and thunder features
are fast being eliminated from the bet
ter class of journals. The yellow
backed nickel novels can furnish all of
the Numbering Mike, or Tracked to
His Doom" literature we require with
out the efforts of a supposedly fntelli-
gent press.-CrookstOn Times.
The Midway News, rank Repub-
lican sheet, is at least honest in it's adj
vice to those Republicans who desire
the success of reciprocity and tariff re-
form measures. 1T advises them all to
get out and stay out of the Republican
party. In this however, it is not Sec
onded by the party bosses. The latter
know that without the reform element
they would be in a hopeless minority
I ana Luey therefore 1eoQ I1eHl on E1edA-
ingless sops and praise their party 10y
alty.-McIntoSh Times.
Some of our Wisconsin friends, both
Democrats and Republicans, are much
afraid of a primary election law. They
remind us of the boy who refused to
take his medicine until his father
forced it down his throat. Then he
liked it so we'll that he humbly re-
OnaStQH Tprr1i SSiOn tn lick the SnOOn.
If Wisconsin will only try a primary
election law she will be as much
pleased with it as was the small boy
with his medicine. 1t is a law that no
state should be without.-Wabasha
Herald.
John Lind is for Parker and will
soon come home to head off the Hearst
boom that the Democrats have started
/ in Hennepin county. Well, John can
do that, for he has the ability to deal
body blows to those he engages in
combat with and it should not require
much persuasion to sidetrack the ''yel-
low kid."-Granite Falls Tribune.
The sprinkling of macadam with
I kerosene oil is said to be an effective
means of laying the dust and COM
parativeIy inexpensive because it does
away with the necessity of sprinkling
with water. It is also with oil that
| Mr.. Rockefeller raises the dust.-Du-
Iuth Herald.
An express messenger pleaded in
court that he had to steal in order to
live in Chicago and the judge gave him
a stiff sentence. 1t is not k nown
whether it was for his dishonesty or
his bad taste.-Sioux Falls Argus
Leader.