The Saint Paul globe., 1904-02-29
What the Editors Say

Representative John Lind made a
good fight If not winning one in op-
posing the appropriation for the gov
ernement free distribution Of seeds,
and asking that the amount be trans
ferred to>the various agricultural col
leges. where 1t will be Of vastly more
service than in the present distribution
by the party in power as a sort of
peace Offering. The cost to the gov
ernment is four times greater than the
seeds are sold for at seed houses and
the bulk of the appropriation goes to
the Brown Paper Bag company. While
in the beginning the custom may have
had its merits but. like the log cabin
of the early pioneer it must sooner or
later give room for more modern
methods.-Le Sueur County Demo-
crat.
The administration crowd who have
been yelling SO loud and long for Bob
Dunn'S statement got it a few days
ago and they haven't got through rub
bing the sore spots yet. He showed
that he was no artful dodger, but met
every possible issue iina a straightfor-
ward manly way-just the way his
friends knew he would when he got
ready to do it. Since that statement
there has been a big lot of hustling
among the Collins, advocates to head
IIldQGs
They can't do anything, however, as
the people know Mr.. Dunn and taffy
or abuse will have no influence with
them In shaping their opinions
Litchf1eld News-Ledger.
1t is learned from unquestionabIe
authority that the large corporations
as well as the retail stores of st. Paul
and Minneapolis are opposing the can
6idnnNy SNf Az D n g.,
because he insisted when state auditor
upon higher assessment Of the prop
erty of the large taxpayers. This is
undoubtedly true. Mr.. Dunn was in
favor of equalizing the taxes and 1t is
not surprising that he should be op-
posed by the people who are affected
by higher taxes. That his policy was
right cannot be questioned by any fair
minded citizen.-Faribault Journal
In few more months candidates for
Office will circumnavigate with their
c1rcumIocut1Ons and we will be cir
cumvallated circumstantially by their
circumrotary Recommendations They
will circumscribe themselves without
circumspection, as circumventive cir
cumforaneans and the circumgyrations
of their decomposition will cause a
circumligation so that our Uranium
will become circumfiex and be scatter
ed circumferentially and we will be
circumvented by their Recommendations
around the circumpolar deposit next
ovember.-Mallard Call.
Some politicians in Minnesota are
arrogatfng to themselves a sublime,
exclusive sort of civic virtue. 1--WE
are the only original and simon-pure
antl-mergerites," they aver, "and all
others are base limitations. Beware,
We people, of all but us. The rest are
in Office, or your blood-bought iber-
ties are lost."-Duluth NeWs-Tribune
BY his speech against Canadian rec
iprocity Congressman Volstead, Of the
Seventh district, has invited a contest
over his denomination at the primaries
this fall. M. J. Bowling, of RenviIle
county. who gave him the fight OF
his life two years ago, is said to be
more than willing to try 1t over
again.-Sauk Center Avalanche.
What has Secretary of State Peter
e. Hanson ever done to entitle him
to another term In office? If he has
made a good officer he has done his
duty only, but we have had many 9TH
ers just as good and perhaps better
Let Peter Hanson retire with Van
SAINT and others who have held office
two terms.-Dawson Sentinel.
Those papers that are pledging GER
tains quarters of the state to any par
ticular candidate are talking through
their hats. Sentiment hasn't develop
ed sufficiently in the rural communities
to judge accurately the way people are
going to yote.-Springfield Advance.
The Owatonna Chronicle has Just
discovered that the lumber tariff is q
conspicuous fraud on the American
people If the Chronicle will pursue
its tariff Investigations a little further
it will find plenty Of other ''conspicu-
Gus frauds. Red Lake Courier.
One of the chief objections to the
naval bill programme is the meek sub
mission to the armor plate graft of the
steel trust. No other nation on earth
permits itself to be fieeced in this man.
ner.-Sioux City Tribune