The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-16
What the Editors Say

If high tariff between the United
States and Canada is good thing,
why would not the same law be a good
tnlng between Minnesota and Wiscon-
SIM for instance? AS matter OF fact
there ought to be absolute free trade
between this country and our neigh
Dor on the north. 1t would help both
and injure neither, but in our selfish
ness and greed and shOrtSightedneSs
We have SO often insulted the Cana
dams and repealed their friendly adj
VanceS that they have come to regard
us as commercial swine whom they
mad better stay away from. Mckinley
Ioresaw all this and Roosevelt knows
lt, but the trusts and combines which
now rule the. Republican party are
needless of McKinley's warning and
have got the strings on Teddy SO that
ne dare not speak without calling IN
Aidf1ch and asking what he may say
Martin County Sentinel.
1t has gradually leaked out that for
many years lumbermen, mostly of the
Twin Cities, have been persistently
stealing timber from the state in
wholesale quantities, but the people
cannot be otherwise than astounded at
the extent Of the robbery and the
enormity of the offenses that Repub-
Ilcan officials and politicians, contending
against each other for the spoils of Of
f1ce, are now revealing. They show by
the records that the big lumber thieves
have stolen millions of dollars worth OF
timber from state lands, which was re-
served for the sacred uses of the school
fund; that most cases, when any at
tempt was made to call them to an
accounting, they settled for a fraction
OF the value of their stealings-and
that not one of the scoundrels was an
dicted and sent to states prison
Freeborn County Standard.
Joel (Heatwole) is an artist in oiling
the machinery of politics. He is the
past master mechanic and can adjust
the loose fitting cogwheeis so that they
VIII tit each other to nicely. No part
or complicated political apparatus is
beyond his comprehension. Let joint
become looSened and he will quickly
tighten 1t with his own fine italian
hand, performing the feat so cleverly'
that his ardent admirers will stand in
awe and amaZement. Once Joel is in
control of things political in Minnesota
he will give the people a real exhibit
ton of what a political boss is. And
some people will stand for it-Man-
kato Free Press.
1t is gratifying to note that other
offices than that of governor are re-
CelfInS IHe dlCenIlOn or the noWSpa- =
pers of the state. 1t is always a good
idea to have tail to the state ticket
as We'll as head-and it is possible
that in the present condition it is a
good deal more So Another good thing
about the balance of the ticket is that
the office has sought out a good many
of the candidates. And another thing
that ought to interest the people is
that none of the mud balls are getting
past Collins or Dunn.-Graphic Senti-
mel.
Democrats in Wisconsin have hopes
of again electing a governor in that
state, and If they did SO it would be
serving the Republican politicians
right. The greed for office and spoils
for a few has caused split in the
party that cannot be harmonized by
any truce that may be patched up 1t
will take time for the old sores to
heal-Tayiors Falls Journal.
All honor to Gov. Dockery of Mis-
souri,. who had the backbone to forbid
Spanish bull fight from taking place
at the exposition grounds last Sunday,
June 5. This nation has full enough
of brutal exhibitions of it's own with
out importing any from Spain or any
other foreign country. Glencoe Regis
| ter.
The American people make q great
fuss when one man is kidnapped by a
bandit, while they permit their govern
ment to kidnap seven millions and de-
| prive them of their natural rights and
political liberties.-Duluth Herald.