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

No Stree! The Democratic and Re-
publican parties have nothing in COM
mon. They are the two extremes Can
we prove 1t? Well we guess. Here
are a lot of Republicans in Minnesota
spending their money for a chance to
run for office, while it is not unlikely
that the Democratic party in the state
may be obliged to hire candidates to
make the race. Subside, We Re-
publicanS. Ye are the venal; we are
the pure. We chase the nomination in
droves; We wait until the nomination
seeks us out and then frequently re-
fuse 1T. But wait a moment. You and
we have something in common, after
all. We are both pretty good citizens
and we are both pretty extensively
proud of MinnesOta.-Wabasha Herald.
Fenton G. Warner, state oil inspector
at St Paul. is posing as a great polit-
1cal boss and claiming everything for
Collins. 1t is said that he is Offering
TO bet all kinds Of money that Collins
Will get the delegation from Ramsey
county He and his deputies with Col.
Trowbridge, who is custodian at the
state capitol, with such aid as they can
get from the machine, may be able to
manipulate Ramsey county, but some
Of the best workers in the county do
not agree with him, we are told, and
e@o POAeAS0A anu OOSS0S are
not always able to do what they want
to, we would advise him to attach a
good strong string TO his money when
offering to bet.-Delano Eagle.
The Backus News has an idea that
the political situation looks more like
Judge Collins; perhaps you are right,
Brother Gam, but before Judge Collins
can corral the vote of the big woods
he must assure the voters that "SIip-
perry Sam will be retired forever. The
man who totes his pork and fresh meat
twenty or thirty miles on his back
through swamps, over logs and wind
falls, and dare not kill moose or deer
because Of giving offense to the game
commission, will never vote for a man
who even tolerates such men.-Cass
Lake Times.
Considerable is being said through
the state press about John Lind being
possible candidate for governor Of Min
nesota on the Democratic ticket this
year. Lind is the only congressman in
the Minnesota delegation who has done
anything during this session and his
recent speech on reciprocity with Cam
ada has made him thousands of new
friends among all parties. Should Lind
really become a candidate, there is but
little doubt but that he would win out
at the general ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
County Herald.
Lemuel p. Hunt, the Mankato poll
tician and capitalist, is at heart Eus-
It's man, but he admits that by the
time the Minneapolis statesman gets
back home his show Of winning will
have vanished. The intensity of the
campaign between Dunn and Collins
will have a tendency to line up voters
In one camp of the other, leaving no
room for dark horse or compromise
candidates. Fairmont Sentinel.
Gov. Van SAINTS repeated pilgrimages
to the East would indicate that he still
has hopes of being tackled onto the tail
end of the Republican national ticket,
9or IS trying to get some encouragemen
to get into another game where a
steamboat 'lampaloma" will beat
royal hush.-Redwood Gazette.
jacobson is making public some nice
"con" talks as to what may be expected
during his administration of the state
board of control. When a man sacri-
fees his business to assume a saIaried
political appointment, the public lose
confidence in his protestations for their
welfare.-Taylor's Falls Journal.
Strange as it may seem the railways
have had to adopt new methods to pre-
vent the good preachers from abusing
their half-fare permits. Perhaps the
good brothers consider it a part of
their duty to beat the railroads.-Lu-
verne Journal.
Why should Manager Martin sponge
Collins headquarters expense out of the
state? Why not use some of the 81, 900
which was squeezed out of state Of
f1ceholderS ?-Wadena Tribune.
Minnesota seems to be fairly swarm
ing with politicians these days but
statesmen are as scarce as ever.-Be-
midi Pioneer.