The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-15
What the Editors Say

Judge Collins example seems to have
had disquieting influence upon the
supreme court, and the latest report Is
that the April term will be of the brief
est in order that the candidates for
election to the supreme bench may get
time to inspect their fences. It would
be novel spectacle to see the entire
bench hustling for votes at the state
convention. The story, however, is
quite credible. The exhibition that
Judge Collins is making of himself
would be sufficient warming to the
others to avoid a like nistake.-Fari-
bault journal.
d. C.. Lightbourne, of the Ada Index,
and who holds the position of deputy
insurance commissioner by the grace of
IS. r. Van SAINT. has had the nerve to
tell his people through the columns OF
his paper why he believes r. G. Dunn
should receive the Republican nomina-
ton for governor. The word nerve" is
used advisedly, for every appointee Of
the: state administration who has dared
to support Bob Dunn for governor so
far has been sufnmarily fired.-Bfain-
erd Dispatch.
Minneapolis is talking of .electing as
delegate to represent it in the national
forged note and mortgage defrauded a
relative of large sum of money, said
to be ,000-tfle fact is notorious,
and his reputation as a politician and
otherwise is correspondingly tough.
And then, there is holy Ray Jones.
minneapolis seems to delight in setting
the pace in the peculiar character of
It's candidates, for the rest of the state.
t-Freeborn County Standard.
I Uncle Loren Fletcher, in a letter to
| the Minneapolis Journal, says he wants
Just one more nomination to congress;
! that he does not like to round out his
useful career as a statesman by de-
feat. But suppose he should be de-
feated again-upon which we wouldn't
mind venturing few copeks-w1l he
then be satisfied, or is he forever to be
| the tsold man of the sea" on the back
| of Hennepin Republicans? - Cannon
Falls Beacon.
The United States supreme court has
I handed down a decision to the effect
that a passenger riding on railway
trains on a free pass cannot collect
| damages for any Sinjury sustained.
When we read of that decision and
| read Of the ever-recurring- railway ae-
cident, we are glad we are not in the
| legislature. In fact, there are many
other reasons, but one is enough at "a
| tine.-St. Peter Herald.
| There is some talk in Minneapolis
| of indicting Mayor Ames again, and
putting him on trial once more. Wouid
| it not be better to let the affair rest
/ lust where it is? What good will 1t
do Minneapolis, or Minnesota, or So
ciety, to keep the doctor longer before
the public gaze?-Wabasha Herald
| That editors get into politics some
times is again demonstrated by the
appointment of Paul Ewart, editor OF
| the Pipestone Review, to be assistant
attorney general. When good man
is wanted in any of the professions
some newspaper office is raided.-Or-
| ton1ille Herald-Star.
/ What's the use in holding a state
Republican convention. The four
delegates at large are already selected
| by the few who always manipulate
| these gatherings as they please, and the
other delegates look foolish and ask,
.sWhat the ell am I here for ?'-Anoka
Union.
! The government ought to take those
rural route and postal robbery tines
| and apportien them among the free ru-
| raj carriers, who are rightly named for
! they practically do the work free
Princeton Union.