The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-04
What the Editors Say

NO maItef VINO IS nominated IOr gov
|erner by the Republicans his election
is dead sure. No wonderAthe battle for
the nomination ever wakes warm
Anoka Union.
And because of the dead sure cinch"
which the Republicans have on the Of
fees in the state of Minnesota there is
an abundance of machine and graft
work in politics. The man who secures
the nomination for office on the Repub-
lican ticket knows that he is dead
sure" - accidents barred-of being
elected. He knows that in order to be
elected that he has got to hustle be-
fore the candidate is named. He knows
that he has got to make promises to
friend and foe. He knows that he has
got to spend money like a prince and
close his eyes to conditions. But he is
not to be wholly blamed for all this.
The peOple-the voters-have educated
him up to this method of warfare. They
have stood around idly and allowed the
machine to call the lucky man to the
fore and place him in the official chair.
They have stood idly around the pre-
cincts and allowed the ward heelers to
manipulate the results. They have ac-
cepted the order and spent the eandf-
dates money. So long as the people
accept these conditions so long will
politics be peculiar and PERSONAL
Graphic Sentinel
It is rather amusing to see the polit-
ical forecaSterS determining how the
complexion of the various parts of the
state Is changing in regard to Dunn
and Collins. Some of the papers Of
the state cook themselves UP In heat
ed arguments to prove that they are
right, when the truth Is they don't
ErT1ay nh 6oY
else. The men who seek to be prophets
and seers in the political world are
just as numerous and far more fncom-
petent than the prophets and seers in
the religious world. None Of them have
honor in their own country and few
abroad. The man who is able to say II
know" is the man we are all looking
for.-New Ulm Review.
Despite all that has been said against
the government free seed distribution,
Uncle Sam is this year going into the
business more extensively than ever
before. Something over, 1000 tons of
garden and field seeds will be made up
into something like 100000 pack
ages and then the dear folks will re-
ceive a treat CD It is chi1dest business
and reminds one of nothing so much
as old folks making up Christmas
treats for lot Of ungrateful kids. Talk
about "free" seeds! Where does the
$4,000 which goes to purchase and
distribute them come from ?-Perham
Bulletin.
There is much talk Of holding the
next state convention at Duluth. To
be sure, the distance from Southern
Minnesota is considerable, but it would
be worth the cost for the Southern
ers to go UP there and get an idea of
what really great metropolis Duluth
Is. Neither st. Paul nor Minneapolis
has any special advantages to offer, not
even decent auditorium, and then
Duluth has the lake breezes which
would have a soothing effect ON hot
headed politicians and result in better
nominations. BY all means let the July
convention be held at Duluth.-Preston
Times.
Not only In Iowa are the tariff and
trust issues the principal topics of dis
cussion, but these are the topics upper
most in the public mind throughout the
country. The people are coming to I'M
fderstand that protective tariff fosters
trusts, and any attempt of the Repub-
1ican party to sidetrack the trust issue,
will OImsted County Democrat.
Notwithstanding the report that the
Collins people had told Congressman
Buchanan, of the Sixth district, to keep
out of the governorship scrap or he
would pick much trouble, he came
home, looked over the field and then
went to st. Paul and boldly declared
himself in favor the Princeton man.
Crookston Times.
Windy Johnson, the administration
bank examiner, will have to resort to
some other method to convince the
public that he is working in the in
terest of the people. His chief ambition
is to bring Bob Dunn into dfsrepute
which he will be unable to do.-Granite
Falls Tribune.
It is said that when Public Examiner
Johnson read the interview In which
Manager James A. Martin repudiated
his Dunn Investigations and its unfor-
tunate results, he struck an attitude,
and exclaiming, "Et tu, Brute!" burst
into tears.-Faribauft Journal.
The administration candidate must
be supported by offieeholders Or their
heads go into the basket. Two off al
ready.-Anoka Union.
IL Collins wins there will be no po-
1itfeaf pie to pass. It has already been
disposed of.-Breckenridg Telegram.