The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
What the Editors Say

~hen the legislature adopts the new
code, with its $50 or more amendments
ana changes. the people will find that
tney nave engraited upon our statute
DOCKS laws that could never pass a leg
lsiatiye body in any ether guise. In
tact' the members are asked to take
the whole thing virtually on trust. The
5udie iafy COMMITTEES has pretended to
look into the whole thing, but in point
OF TACT their examination has -neceS-
sariiy been superficial and casual The
tifne necessary TO review the code has
not been theirs and they have slid over
IL as best they could If it has taken
the commission two years or more to
reach their conclusions. what sort of
an investigation could the committee
give II In forty days. 1t is absurd
upon the face Of it TO expect that they
could give it proper examination. If
the state has not gotten itself into
snarl that win be expensive and dan
Serous. then the ordinary laws of
cause and effect win have to be sus-
pended--Le Sueur Sentinel
What is wanted is straight out pri-
mary law that will give the people an
opportunity to vote for whom they
wish as candidates for state Offices If
In doing this party lines are obiiter-
ated they viii have been wiped out of
N%NASNNNNO ny NAC NOltc VI Int people,
and what the people want the politi-
clans had better grant. 1t seems to us
that entirely too much importance is
given this matter of party. anyway
let's pass that matter up for a few
years and see if it does not benefit the
state A reading of the political his
tory of Rhode Island will give an idea
of what party or organization has done
for that commonwealth and Minnesota
Will do we'll 70 cd
to the degree that they are in Aldrichs
bailiwick--Bemidji Sentinel.
Those who are forecasting possible
candidates for governor next time are
wasting their time. In the light of the
present agitation for control of cor
porations the lines of political promi-
nence are likely 10 be entirely recast
and those who have the courage and
the initiative TO lead the fight will be
the choice of the people in the next
convention, and il will be the peoples
choice who will be nominated the next
time. Within two years every cor
poration owned man with political as
pirations viii bear the brand Of Cain
publicly applied.-Cannon Falls Beacon.
Laboring people will not indorse the
bill which has been introduced in the
house by Representative NJ. ID. Flower
providing that minors wages are to be
made subject to attachment for a pa
rents debts. This is rather a drastic
measure, and would work an untold
hardship on many a young man who is
endeayoring to support himself. his
parents having thrown off the burden.
A bill Of that character should not
paSS.-Mankato Free Press.
Talk of an extra session of the legis-
lature to be held next winter is now
being discussed. Get action. repre-
sentatives and senator's, and finish up
your business at the present session.
Special sessions are expeDsive.-Vir-
ginian.
Wouldn't it be much better to let
the revised code wait until the next
session of the legislature, than TO
adopt it row, while it is so full of err
rors dorchester Post and Record.
An artist is going to do" John d.
Rockefeller in oil. Well, that is the
way John has been doing the rest
of us for many years.-Sioux Falls
Argus Leader.
The Kansas legislature has. adj
journed, but the beef trust and the
Standard Oil are still in executive ses-
sion-"-Faribault Journal