The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-22
What the Editors Say

IL seems to our dull vision that Com
missioner Garfield's report will be
competent and convincing evidence for
tne defendants when they are ar
IdIshed for crimes and misdemeanors,
the government will not be permitted
20 dispute or discredit its own findings.
Win some seer kindly tell us where
investigation and prosecution will end
ana when we are likely to reap some of
the fruits OF the long and strenuous
ltlsation that has been with US so
long? Perhaps the freeze outs" which.
the great trusts are said to practice to
get rid of competition is not crime
after all, but in our innocence we alb
sorbed such an opinion and the ques-
tlon is now open to the courts to cor
rect us if We have gone wrong But
the beef steak, the juicy roast, the pork
chop and the palate tickling sausage
is still dear to the heart of the man
who tolls, but it hangs too high for his
short arm. If the meat trust is not to
blame, who is?-Cass Lake Times.
Representative Babcock of Wiscon-
sin. chairman of the Republican con-
gressional committee. one of the recog-
nized leaders of the great Republican
party, stanch advocate of trusts and
monopolfes, opposed to tariff or rail-
way legislation. introduced a resolu-
tlon In the closing hours of congress
allowing the saloons of Washington to
keep open on Sunday following inau-
guration day so that the visitors might
nave good time" The e. o. ID. has
some great leaders. - Wright County
Times.
Can the legislature say to the voters
or the state you cannot vote for any
citizen except the ones named by the
state convention? Hardly. Stump
candidates ad libltum can seek indorse-
ment at the primaries If they comply
with the primary law and neither the
legislature nor state convention can
conStitutionally say nay-Winona Re
publican Herald.
People in the small cities and towns
complain bitterly because the people
on the free rural routes send so much
money to the supply houses in the
cities. We. wonder how the farmers
and their wives found out there were
such things as supply houses. 1t could
not be because they advertise.-Sauk
Center Herald.
The New York Sun has been analyz-
ing the modern newspaper and finds
that II 1t did not contain little of
everything 1t would not have much of
anything in the line of circulation in a
short time.-Duluth News-Tribune.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago says that
private ownership OF public utilities
breeds municipal corruption. And it
Will be generally conceded that Mayor
Harrison is in a position to know
whereof he speaks--Duluth Herald.
Minneapolis is presenting Loren
Fletcher as a candidate for governor.
Rather fresh, il would seem, for a
town that gave 5000 Democratic ma
jority at the last election.-St. Peter
Free Press.
If Frank ]. Cannon happens to re-
turn to the senate, he can have lot Of
trouble by putting his certificate Of
expulsion from the Mormon church in
his inside pocket.-Duluth News Trib-
une.
A Colorado girl has eloped with an
Indian. Don't criticise her until you
have thought a moment about how the
white men in Colorado have been be-
having for a few years.-St. Cloud
Times.
"Stationer to the legislature ought
to be better thing than being sta
toner to his majesty King Edward.
1t seems to be a good graft at any
rate.-Hector Mirror.
1t will be fun to see Mr.. Rockefeller
on his knees begging obdurate Kansas
for mercy. Will he get it? Not if Kan
sas knows herself.-Goodhue County
News.