The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-20
What the Editors Say

What Lodge wittily calls the worlds
fair industry" is advancing by great
strides. The senate has now given ten
millions to the st. Louis exposition;
jamestown, Va, has asked for three
millions to celebrate Pocahontas; SEN
ator Mitchell fOr.) says he wants two or
three millions to celebrate the trip
which Lewis and Clark made hundred
years ago; Senator Elkins wants a
lump sum for Wheeling; New Orleans
is holding up its platter, and the May
flower pilgrims want a finger in the pie.
Meanwhile, the deficit is increasing
splendidly.-Belle PLANE Herald.
We pity J. Adam Bede. Think what
1t must mean to a congressman to arise
In his seat to make a learned and Sc
r1ouS speech on the Destiny of Man"
or some other like topic and then see
every one in the house lay aside his
work and with an anticipating grin
on his face lean back as though pre-
pared to enjoy a humorous dissertation
on why / Wear Birch Bark Breaches"
This business Of being professional
humorist is not exactly a sinecure-
Faribault Journal
Things have been looking somewhat
dull for a few weeks because no Chi
cago professor has said or done any
thing to make himself notorious or
ridiculous. The calm was becoming op-
pressive ana something had to be done
to maintain the reputation of the
Windy City's educational lights. Prof.
Moulton, of the Chicago university, de-
ivered a lecture recently in which he
characterized the Bible as q divine
scrap book. Red Wing Republican.
And now the hair-trigger administra-
ton at Washington is mixing in the
far Eastern muss and no one need be
surprised If Roosevelt's irrepressible
hankering for sensation does not in
volve this country in great war with
one or more of the involved foreign
countries. 1t has been well said that
mo man can tell when he goes to bed
at night what the administration may
be up to in the morning. "-Freeborn
County Standard.
If the Democrats decide to follow the
suggestion of John Sharp Williams in
abandoning their contention for radical
free trade and in adopting the policy
of reciprocity, and still further by ad-
vocating policy of internal improve
ments, with special reference to road
building, they will have taken long
steps toward getting the approval of the
whole country.-Morris Times.
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Harper, that the professors Of the Chi
cago university can criticise the univer-
sity's benefactor, Rockefeller there
seems to be no rush on the part of Har-
per's associates to jump onto the Stand
ard Oil magnate.-Fargo Forum.
1t is not often that grocers or meat
dealers desire to open their places of
business on Sunday But if they do, it
should be nobody's business but their
own. The observance Of Sunday should
be voluntary, else it is of no benefit
Duluth Herald.
We believe in protecting the game.
but the action of the chief warden and
his assistants the past year gives color
to the belief that they consider the
laws made and the game produced for
| their exclusive benef1t.-Benson Times.
1t would suit the Union mighty well
to- have the Republican state conven-
ton held In Duluth. Duluth may be
bad, but not quite so bad as st. Paul
Anoka Union.
Before Hanna died the Ohio politi-
clans commenced to fight for his seat In
the senate. The indecent haste is with
out parallel in American politics.
| Sioux City Tribune.