The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-03
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1905
The BABY ACT

Did an unhappy fortune and a la
mentable political relation oblige h e
G o b e to be an advocate instead of
an opponent of the Horton capitol bill.
it would endeavor to make some more
Intelligent and less infantile apology
for that measure than those which the
Republicans have to offer. They mere
ly turn around the exposed and adj
mitted facts of the Republican organ
ization and charge upon wicked Dem
ocrats the offense Of which Repub-
licans have confessed themselves guilty.
The people were advised through
he Clio e, of the openly stated
facts, circulated generally by Repub-
licans individually and asserted at
the Republican caucus where united
action was secured. The original pre-
tense that some such action was neces-
sary for the proper care or preserva-
ton of the capitol building was en-
tirely abandoned. 1t was too absurd
to maintain. Instead of that it was
frankly confessed that this bill must
be forced through as a means of re-
uniting the still discordant and warning
Republican factions. If by any posi-
bility Republicans could be convinced
that an issue had been made between
the Legislature and the governor it
might help to efface the recriminations
and acrimonies of the last campaign.
For this reason and no other the cap
itol bill was prepared and passed.
1t is supremely silly, in the face of
this, to talk about the Democrats as
instigating a party fight 1t is merely
the tactics of the foolish youthful cul-
prit who, when plainly caught in false
hood, has nothing to say but you're
another" The proof of this lies not
only in the whole character of the pro-
ceedings and in the statements of Re-
publican leaders of the legislature.
but in the frankly expressed dis
gust Of self-respecting Republicans
throughout the state, and in the itera-
ton at this time of the original plea
that has wholly lost it's force.
Thus we are told once more that a
dual control of the capitol building
is impossible. 1t would be unjust to
Dust the commission before it's work
is done, and therefore it must remain
for the next two years capitol Pooh
Bah. Nobody ever suggested a dual
control. Just as well say that no man
can manage factory unless he goes
down personally into it's basement and
becomes the, acting engineer of it's
plant. The construction of the capitol
and its maintenance are two distinct
and separate things. The construction
is practically finished. What remains
to be done is all, we believe, under con-
tract. The capitol commission could
and should have charge of this work,
together with such identifying of the
grounds as remains to be done, and
here would be no slightest possibility of
interference between it and the execu-
tive authority properly charged with
the care and maintenance of the build
Ing, and employment of persons neces-
sary to do that work. There is
no connection between the two what
ever
There was no demand and no wish
that the capitol commission, which
has done admirable work in its way.
should be shorn of the smallest iota of
its power until the last stroke OF work
about the building and its grounds had
been done. Neither could there have
been or honest grounds any least de-