The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-25
What the Editors Say

This paper quite agrees with the
dawson Sentinel in its demand that if
tne salary of a member of the Iegisla-
ture is raised to $1,000 we should have
thousand dollar men, There is. or
shouId be, were 1t not for the scramble
Tor the place, degree of honor attach
ing to such positions which ought to
uoe considered as part of the compen-
sation- We are confident that the SEN
ator from this district cares very little
ABOUT the salary he is drawing. and
our representative cannot be classed
among those who have shown any
greed In money getting. In fact we
believe both these gentlemen appreci-
ate fully the honor that has been
piaced upon them and they would work
just as hard, having accepted the posi-
lions they hold, for the present salary
as they would for a larger one. The
ldea that large salaries secure the best
men is mistake. This is true in pri-
Vate as we'll as in public business
Madison Independent Press.
Inc newspaper men have a griev-
ahce OF their own against the pro-
posed code. Where libel is charged the
publisher is assumed to be guiltless of
malice, provided he makes haste to re-
tract, although the injured one still
mas right to recover for actual dam
ages. The law as revised wouId take
from him the right to publish a re-
traction AS the Minnesota law has
Deen used as model in other states
IL snouId not now be changed without
good reason.-AleXandria Post-News.
Inc right kind of an editor never re-
tracts In the first place ne has no
business publishing anything he is not
prepared to stand by to finish. If
ne is right in his statements then he
is due to stand by them even if he
tnereoy becomes the innocent victim
or malicious and dishonest prosecutors.
Midway News.
Representative Blocks bill. to sell to
the farmers of Minnesota binding twine
manufactured at the state prison in
saltwater a ( cost suggests a number
of possibilities which might result. If
the state can furnish farmers binding
twlne at cost, there is no reason why
IL cannot buy the shoe plant and fur
nlsh them shoes at cost or put a squad
OF the prisoners at work manufacture
ing Sunday suits for the farmers at
cost or establish grist mill in the
back yard of the prison for grinding
their flour at cost, or setting out
spring hats for the farmers wives and
girls at cost.-Two Harbors News.
The test of the American peoples
intelligence is now at hand. Will the
subterfuSe of the senate to escape the
consequences of its intended failure to
pass upon or adopt the railroad rate
legislation avail with the people or will
they see through this hoary political
trick and wither with scorching ty-
phoon of popular disgust and indigna-
uon the blind assumption of the sem
ate that 1t can override the peoples
wishes with impunity? 1t will be in
teresting to note from more complete
reports what the attitude of Senators
Nelson and Clapp was in the natter
Owatonna Chronicle.
Tams Bixby's~ esteemed Red Wing
Republican solemnly observes that
Destiny never calls any man until he
is needed. The question of his future
reputation depends entirely upon
whether he knows enough to answer
promptly" Current report has it, by
the way, that Mr.. Bixby will be on
hand to answer promptly if destiny
happens to need him in the senate as
one of the first pair from Oklahoma
Duluth News-Tribune.
Ihe- editor of the Long Prairie Lead
er is out in a denunciatory article upon
Public Examiner Johnson and his pre-
election tactics, and opines that if
eiecUon were held tomorrow Dunn'S
plurality would rival that of Roose-
Welt" The Long Prairie Leader man
would find plenty of boys in the Re-
publican camp to take the other end of
any bet offered on the hypothesis
Virginia Enterprise.
Minnesota will soon be In a position
10 supply everything for the table with
the best in the world. 1t has the best
Hour. the best butter, the best beef
and now Minnesota macaroni has re-
ceived the gold medal at the st. Louis
fair as the best manufactured. AS
Lake Superior produces the best fish
Minnesota is already in a position to
supply the best from soup to pie
Duluth Herald.
A bill has been introduced in the
Minnesota legislature to reduce the
size of the milk measure from 2S2 to
231 cubic inches. The beer "growler"
Will remain the same size as of yore.
It's wonder some. one doesn't pro-
pose a bill to abolish the fog on the
top of the 'can."-Fargo Morning Call.