The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-26
What the Editors Saw

minnesota has proved a nroftabIa
tieIu Ior the promoters of wildcat ooJd
copper and gas companies. and r9o1,1
investors IN every section of the STATE
tios small sums of money securely
1ied up In companies that promised hio
dlvldends, but somehow never came mn
~, ~ their neatly printed prospectuses.
1here is now bill before the IepisIa
| ture protecting the eager investor fror,
tnese wildcat schemes. The bill re-
lures OIL, gas and mining companies
oHerlng their stock for sale in Mime
sofa to file statement with tba san,.e
tary OF state. This certificate will IN
ciude statement showing the condi-
tion and location of the well Or mina
the amount of work done and the con
! 0tion Of the plant and machinerv
1hls Is regulation that should keen
u' tl1e unreliable companies, but there
IS hotnlng about it that will in anv
way interfere with the operations of \
legitimate Observation-Disclosures Jour
nal. ''i
Ex-senator Knatvold of Albert Lea
mas been appointed national bank ex-
amlner. He is an excellent man FOR
the position. A few years.ago he made
a hard fight to defeat Congressman
1awney for denomination but was
| sloetraeked by a cyclone Tawnev is
ooo wise a man to make an enemy of
;pupular opponent, and he had the
Htoetoin Eot'l TO take care of them With
for ''eN3lo S support Tawney is good
St r q uoZen more years in congress-
| 81. Cloud Journal-Press.
me minnesota timber outlaws ara
particularly desirous to be investioataI
lneIr friends There are few mon
not az IoaNt III elther party who has
not at least number of friends amonts
me me tllnoer outlaws. Were it not for
| lhls unfortunate circumstance ana +ba
aoollonal fact that it seems to taka
| more time than is allowed bv tba
Statute of limitations to discover tim
per trespass, we would not have So
| many nor so influential timber ont-
laws.-Midway News.
Allhols is likely to pass primary
law. 1t has opposition from various
sources One judge opposes it he
tduse II would transfer large powers
10 the newspapers. When you find q
Iiio'n no Is AFRAID of the newspa pers,
watch hlm.-Red Wing Republican.
| member of the Illinois legislature
having asserted that that body is for
| sale, Mr.. Addicks, of DelaWara ia
| thlnklng seriously of moving his resi-
| uence there in hopes of finding a big
| Cloud Times 81
The political handshake should he
prohibited by law. certain Mr.. Tor
dan got into trouble by shaking hands
with California legislators and leaving
roll OF bills in the grip of each states
une.
Ihere should be no objection to pri-
Vate banks being placed under strict
supervision of the state. While they
are Just as necessary as state and ma
tlonal banks they should be regulated
Dy the same law.-Rush City Post.
"Bocl!" exclaims the paragrapher
OF the Boston Herald at the close of
MS stunt. Can it be possible that
spring has come SO early in Boston,
Duluth News-Tribune.
1t will be an interesting experiment,
Kansas being essentially an interest
ing state. and in the long run there ia
no question but the people are bigger
than Mr.. Rockefeller.-Red Wing Daily
News.
If the present legislature refuses to
pass the anti-pass law. the members
thereof should be passed into Oblivion
at the next election.-Perham Enter
prise
Car Nicholas says he needs some
new generals. He doesn't seem to real
lie that new czar might help out
quite bit.-Des Moines Register and
Leader.
The FairmOnt Sentinel heads an ar
ucle Frank Day Does Duluth" 1t is
evident Duluth didn't see Frank first
Red Lake Courier