The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

InurSQay noon or eaCn week, 1T convenient,
as it saves time and trouble for both parties.
We reserve the right to positively refuse
any notice Of whatever nature after 20'clOck
p. m. on Thursday.
The criminal libel action brought
by Will A. Thomas against Bro.
Talboys, of the Chisholm Herald,
will be on before the municipal
court at Hibbing today. Bre'r Tai
boys does some talking in his last
issue, but we fear Mr.. Thomas is too
old hand at sorting "pi'' to miss
the latter end of good thing.
: The vehemence with which dirt
is being thrown by the respective
gubernatorial contingents would
indicate that for the preservation of
party harmony the Republican con-
vention will yet be forced to seek
a man for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation-some man who has not
worn out both himself and the peo-
pie by his insistence that he is at"
THE United States is now "it," or
what there is of it. On Saturday
Secretary Shaw signed a warrant
for $40,OO0O0O which was on Monday
delivered to J. p. Morgan & Co., at
New York, as disbursing agents of
the government on account of the
Panama canal purchase. The war
rant is several times larger than
any warrant ever heretofore issued
by this government.
THE announcement is made that
former Probate Judge Bonham will
not again enter the race for the
nomination for that position, leav-
ing clear field to date for Judge
Middlecoff, present incumbent. 1t
is unlikely that Mr.. Middlecoff will
have any opposition for the nomin-
alton, insuring his reelection.
Pleasing news to his many friends
throughout the county.
BRO. ATKINSON. of the Mesaba
Ore, shoots few warm ones into
County Attorney McClintock in last
Issue, in connection with the recent
grand jury investigation of public
affairs in the township of Stuntz.
Far better to relieve your pent-up
feelings in this manner, Claude,
than to get an attack of spring few
err; perhaps not much more satiefac-
tory, but certainly less expensive.
JOSEPH B. COTTON, of Duluth, has
been honored by his selection as
one of the delegates to the national
convention to deliver one of the
speeches supporting the nomina-
ton of President Roosevelt. The
selection was made upon the earn
est solicition Of Congressman Bede
who has rightly assured members
of the national committee that Mr..
Cotton's speech will be second to
none in the convention.
THE gubernatorial squabble is
becoming more serious from day to
day, and charges and denials OF
past corruption are as thick as flies
around the bung-hole of a malasses
jug. 1t is improbable that the state
will in any manner benefit from
any of the threatened investiga-
tons, while the united Republican
party is being placed in a position
where it will for many years here.
after be compelled to battle for any
recognition accorded it by the vot-
ers of the commonwealth.
w. A. HOLGATE, who will be zone
of the bunch" in county politics the
coming. campaign, was in the city
on Wednesday sizing up the politi-
cal fences of the present county
treasurer. Mr.. Holgate says i, is as
yet trifie early to open an active
campaign, but that he is after the
treasury this year and intends let
ting every voter in St. Louis county
know his wants prior to primary
election day. In his past connec-
ton with county politics Mr.. Hol-
gate has formed many friendships
on the ranges, a point destined to
be of material assistance to him in
the coming contest.
THE DULUTH NEWs-TR1BUNE of
Saturday contains a heart-rending
editorial in which it AYERS that for
years the paper has supported the
candidates. and official actions. of
Samuel r: Van SAINT, but that the
paper feels that the desperate at
tempt of this ADMINISTRATION, to. pre-
petuate itself deserves the severest
criticism, and that allowance can
no. longer be made for Gov. Van
SAINT himself" And in consideration