The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-27
What the Editors Say

jim Martln, who went over sudden
~ INTO the Dunn camp as manager of
Dunn In the past election, has been re-
warded. He has been rendered the po-
sition OF postmaster at st. Cloud, po-
sltlon that pays a salary Of $1,000 per
year. Getting into the band wagon at
the right moment often brings its re-
ward and-the threatened bolter often
gets there when the loyal fellow who
comes home from the convention with a
determination to support the candidate
that he opposed in the convention must
still continue to be the newer of wood
and the drawer of water for the party.
-Wabasha Herald
Every officer who draws a salary
from the state receives fair compen-
Satlon Tor his services, except the mem
Ders of the legislature Why not pay
our representatives and state senators
Tor their services? 1t would be econ
omy in the long run. Minnesota is
rich enough to do SO, and it would only
De right and just. The present pay of
legislator is not as much as the aver
age county commissioner receives, and
the county commissioner can live at
nome, while members of the legislature
nave to live at high priced hotels while
serving the state.--Warroad P1aindeal-
er.
The st. Cloud Journal-Press objects
70 the statement that the opposition to
sClapp came from the same source that
the opposition to Dunn came from.
leaving Hennepin county out of con-
s1deration." With this qualification the
sJoufnaI-PresS comes somewhere near
the truth, but as the Little Falls Tran
script remarks: 'Hennepin county de-
Ieated Dunn, although he carried the
rest OF the state. The same crowd tried
10 defeat Clapp after he had the in
dorsement of two state conventions, but
did not gain a second victory."-Brain-
erd Dispatch.
Inc Republican senators will make
mistake in refusing to confirm John e..
King as the state librarian, because he
aggress1vely supported the ticket of
winch ne was candidate, and said
some severe things against two of the
republican candidates. There are some
tnlngs which should be forgotten. The
sooner the Republicans turn their faces
toward harmony and clean politics. the
petter 1t will be for the party Pri-
Vate grievances never yet made a good
foundation for party prosperity-St
Cloud Journal-Press.
1t is probably best that the university
anu normal schools should be removed
by the legislature from the authority
OF the state board of control except in
the matter of the custody and heating
Of the buildings There appears, how
ever, to be no sufficient reason why the
schools for detectives at Faribault or
the school for indigents at Owatonna
should be taken out from under the SUI
pervision of the board-Freeborn
County Times.
Many look upon the proposition to
create the Office of county assessor as
move to extend the political machinery
OF the state administra ton. This Office
would be filed by appointment in every
county and the several appointees
would be expected to become devoted
disciples of those bestowing the po-
sitions.-Appleton Press.
Some picturesque things are said by
Western governors. Gov. Hoch, in his
inaugural address in Topeka, Kan,
said: Kansas is not Western, but
Central state. 1t is the rich, Juicy
meat in the national sandwich
Northwestern Chronicle.
Gov. Johnson should receive hearty
support from all over the state for rec
onnmendfng separate training school
Tor girls, and it is to be hoped fhfs Iay-