The record-union., 1893-06-30
PRESS VOICE.
Expressions of Some of the Coun-
try Press
On Topics of Current Interest, Pub
lie Thought and General
Concern.

lie Thought and General
Concern.
San Jose Record: Some of the sensa-
| tlonal newspapers have never tired tell
! ing ABOUT the courage and cOol-hea1ed-
/ ness OF the Sontag Evans gang in des-
4 perate situations when pursued and
attacked by the officers. There is now a
good opportunity for those papers to COM
ment 1avorably on the part that Frank
! Brlarre, Lieutenant OF the guard. PLAYED
! IN the affair at the Folsom Prison yester-
/ day. Surrounded by the most desperate
men Imaginable, and with guns and
knives aimed at him, he seized an oppor-
tuhlty TO engage in a scuflle at the brink
/ OF cliff, and roll down out of the Iyav 60
as TO give ire other guards a chance to
/ begin work with their guns. This be did
at the imminent risk of having his brains
! plOWn out by one of the cOnVicts whose
ann was made uncertain by the sudden
ness OF the attempt. According to all ac-
counts all the guards at Folsom per
| formed their duties splendidly, but the
/ palm must 90 to Briarre for the part he
took In getting the battle open.
! Oakland Times: The pardon of Field
1 en-, Schwab and Neebe, the anarchists. bv
| Governor Altgeld of Illinois is uniyers-
| ally condemned by the American press.
/ 1t Is generally understood that the effect
| OF this action on the part of the Governor
! VIII be to encourage the dynamitard ele-
/ ment and put new life into radical social
/ ism and the anarchism that was coWed bv
| the vengeance of law and order upon Par
sons, spies and the other leaders of the
/ Haymarket affair. That the pardon of
Flelden, Schwab and Neebe was the result
OF direct bargain between Governor
Altgelu ana the Chicago anarchists con-
] ditIn11nd an hp Il ~
the AItgeId interest is not even denied.
The fact that these assassins yvielG a noIiti-
cal power, thus demonstrated, must have
a most demoralizing effect in the cities of
Chicago. ST. Louis and New York, where
SO many Of these miscreants herd and
plot.
/ Bakersfield Cdt9olWjdn: The Governor
OF illinois has pardoned the three an
archlsts who were sentenced to life i'm
| prlsonment for completely in the Hav-
| market massacre. He gives as his reason
/ mat he does not believe the men had a
lalf trlaI. 1t necessarily follows that il is
MS opinion that the anarchists who were
/ executed Tor the same crime were nut TO
death without cause. The mistake of
committing the sentence Of the three men
| now pardoned is thus made apparent
Had they. been hanged with the others,
as they should have been, there would
never have been an opportunity for
a weak or corrupt Governor to make
political capital by releasing them. 1t is
morally certain that these men. with re-
neWed contempt for the law which thew
nave violated with impunity, will renew
their murderOus course. 1t is to be
hoped that when they again come within
the shadow OF the gallows, as they as
suredly Will, no leniency will be shown
them.
Palermo Butte County, ProqresS:
| meeting was held at Oroville last Satur-
day afternoon to consider the project
which has been agitated for some time
past OF bonding the county to the extent
OF 100000 to secure better roads. The
press has without exception been favor
able 10 the movement, and it was gener-
ally thought that majority of the tax
payers held similar views SATURDAYS
meeting, however, would tend to show
that reverse order of things existed i'm
the pubic mind, as the bonding PROPOSE
tlon was crushed under resolutions that
one would expect to hear from the half
civilized tribes Of Africa or the ignorant
red men that roam our American plains
rather than from the intelligent citizens
OF Butte County. There certainly were a
number of intelligent men in Saturdays
gathering, and the only excuse we CON
| hnd for their action is that thew
either forgot themselves or paid no atten-
ton to what was going OF. Tho
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people OF TINS county to-day are as
anxious as ever to have good modern
/ roads, and those who have favored issu
ing bonds for the purpose will continue
10 40 so IN spite OF what may appear to
be public rebuke.
Santa Rosa BcpHbHcnn: There is M
mystery in regard to the low price tof
wool this year. 1t is caused by the pr0h-
ability that this product is to be put on
the free list, and thus to be placed in
sharp competition with the cheap wool of
certain foreign countries. BUYERS look
ahead and purchase on such basis only as
they are assured will be safe Thov
know that when our wool product il
brought III competition with that Of the
whole world by the removal of the dutv
on the Imported article prices are sure 10
pe lower. Ihus the injury is done even
before the blow is struck, is done hv the
threat which 1t is believed will be carried
INTO elect. Inc party in power has de-
clared war on the wool-grOwer and has
thus reduced the value of his tlocL, and
the mountain lands on which his flock
feeds by reducing the value of his nro-
duct.
Grass Valley Telegraph: A State Road
Convention is to be held in Sacramento
on September 7th. There is much to he
discussed in this matter, and if the con-
VentiOn can find some practical wav of
good, the taxpayers OF the several conn
lies Of this State will be very gratifed.
At present there is considerable mona1,
spent on road work, but after each yintcJr
the roads are as bad as ever, no repairing
being OF any permanent value. We have
had road overseers, but that worked ~
satisfactory conclusion. At the present
time the supervisor is the Road Overseer
for his district and has charge Of the
work. re want some practical Wav of
having the roads always in proper con
dltlon, and thus relieve the burden Of
both beast and man. "
Tulare Register: Oakland is located ~,
as healthful spot as there is on the face
OF the globe, but the best endowment by
nature may be corrupted by the beastIy
reeIling with filth and don't know VI
they get sick. Cows would exhibit more
judgment, if at liberty to exercise discre-
ton. y mixture OF the stagnant surface
water, whisky and sheepherder formed