Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-31
A NEW EAND AZ THE BELLOWS.

The Examiner, in one of its periodic dia-
tribes upon railroads, has employed a
prentice hand, and the result is amusingly
painful The journalist who takes pride
in his profession always feels come concern
as to the style employed by contempora.
ries. ANY thus sensitive will have their
literary tastes outraged by perusal of the
Examiners article defining its position as
an anti-monopolist. It is, it says, it has
been, and it will ever be the limiting of the
yield of the business of railroad companies
to 8 per cent, clear ef all expenses, on the
present value of their property. This is
ErGmi1ler- anti.monopoly. 1t does not, it
will be seen, extend to the possession by
the Examiners "boss of 5000 acre
tracts Of land. We had supposed anti
monopoly to refer to opposition to the en-
joyment of exclusive privileges, but the
Examiners per cent. standard, which it
so arbitrarily sets up, disabuses US of that
idea. Or, at least, it will, until some bet
Ter anti-monopolis! comes along and goes
the Examiner 2 per cent. better. That re-
former must hold the palm until he is out
done by some still more ardent philanthro-
pist, who shall propose / per cent. limit
indeed, we incline to the belief that it
would he well to reserve our enthusi-
asu for the anti. menopolst who shall de-
bne anti-monopoly to be the carriage of
passengers and freights at cost, with
chrome thrown in as premium. But
after defining the extent OF its anti
m0aopolism, with rash fOrgetfulness that
the disclosure will give the Chronicle the
advantage Of outbidding it, the Examiner
proceeds to regret that while the ostrsges
perpetrated by railroads ought to make
the blood of freemen boil, il in fact does
not boil 1t then charges these sasne sov-
ereigns with ignorance, forgetting that the
average citizen is as jealous of his
rights as the average journalist. These
ignorant freemen refuse 10 come
up to the boiling point, for, Gays
the As. 900 acre organ, the 'lethargy of the
people us astounding, andit is perplexed
to see that they do not rise up in an in
furiated Cyclone and wipe the long line of
traitors from the face of the earth" This
is weak-excepting only the Infatuated
cyclone-it is not up to the Examiners
own standard of vituperation- besides it is
old, and other dealers in scurriity have
the prior right of discovery and invention
of that form Of expression. However, it
is singular that the people do nos gather
in Infatuated cyclones or something else as
bsd, and throw things hitherwise at the
bidding of the demagogues of the press
and rostrum. But there is hope. En-
thusiasm and passion are the successors Of
knowledge, says the Examiners appren-
tice, and this knowledge, like the sap in
a great tree in the warm days of spring
will rise" But it is needless to pursue
the halmingIy verdlnt smile further, for,
seriously, this method of discussing matters
of public concern is childish, and even the
Eramiaer must feel ashamed of it. We
pity it sincerely that its editorial columns
should have fallen into such hands during
the "resting spell OF its moIe vigorous
and practical railroad cursor.