The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-21
What the Editors Say

At an expense of many thousands
tains department for the inspection
of illuminating oils. The consumers
of the oil pay the bills and the money
goes toward paying off political debts
In the shape of salaries for loafers
and curbstone politicians, most of
whom don't know. Illuminating oil
from liquid manure when they see 1t.
And what do the people who pay the
bills get? If the oil which they are
forced to buy could be any poorer or
any worse without inspection by this
department than it is with it, 1t would
be interesting to find it out. The al
legged inspected oil which is retailed
in Minnesota at present is far inferior
to anything that ever appeared in the
market when sold on fits merits pre-
vious to the Introduction of the in
spection farce.-Anoka Free Press.
The Republican party is a progress
sive party and the stand patters will
eventually be relegated to the rear.
The farmers of this district are no
doubt aware of the fact that there is
but little timber left in the state, and
If the tariff of 50 per thousand was
taken from lumber it would be great
ly to their interests, and the agricul-
turists also no doubt are aware of the
fact that the Minnesota millers are
importing millions of bushels of wheat
from Nebraska and Kansas, and If
there was reciprocity with Canada
they would not import any more
wheat than they are from the states
mentioned, besides the farmers in
this part Of the state are rapidly
changing from wheat to stock raising,
| which they find great deal more
Embellishments Star
Judging by the number of reports
that the state dairy and food commits
sion has made upon the adulteration of
strong drink, it is not probable that the
employees of the Office have been spend
| ing their time in the diaries and gro
Gerry stores of the state. These learned
dissertations upon the mortality rate
| of the different kinds of forty-rod
| whisky are extremely interesting to
| the persons who desire to purchase
| pure milk and other necessaries of life.
| What does the commission do with the
| samples ?-ZumbrOta Independent.
1t looks as if Warden Wolfer of the
state penitentiary was up against a
little Investigating stunt himself. One
| Jordan, a former prison labor con-
| tractor, has made claims that Wolfer
| is now interested in a shoe contract
| that has been recently awarded to r.
| H. Bronson. of saltwater. This Wolfer
| emphatically denies. but as Jordan is
| a man Of some standing, it looks as if 1t
would lead to an investigation, which
| Wolfer, If he is innocent of any such
| duplicity, cannot very well object to-
| The Morris Sun.
| 1t matters little where the RESPONSE
4 - ~
| Gunder rests, whether with Manager
| Martin or Bank Examiner Johnson. 1t
| is distinction without difference
| Alexandria Post-News.
| The latest indications are that the
| cause of the reflection of the comet
| Gunder was the attraction of the con-
| stellation Dunn, which left only the tail
| of the aforesaid comet as a warning OF
how cratic bodies go wrong.-St. Cloud
Journal Press.
While some of the politicians are
| laying their plans they should not for
| get to remember that Mr.. Frank M
| Eddy has on gum shoes and is quietly
] tiptoeing over the state. A politician
| who is known for his aStuteness in
| formed us confdentially that Mr.. Ed
| dy is liable to get more votes in the
| state convention than Judge Collins
1t IS just as well TO keep DilHkerS OPEN
Mortified News.
| 1t looks as though, when the senate
| committee, which has before it the in
vestigation of the marital life of Sena-
tor Smoot, of Utah, and his fitness to
represent that state in congress, shall
| get through it's work, it will find the
| Edmunds law of 1882, prohibiting po-
| lygamy in the territories went into in
nocuous desuetude," as soon Utah
| became a state-The Glencoe Enter
| prise.
Congressional influence may have
| been carried too far in some cases.
but the attempt to stamp so many OF
| the congressman as grafters is wholly
wrong. If the line is going to be
| drawn so closely who will escape be-
| ing Overwhelmingly Union.