The record-union., 1894-08-14

the Government cannot overcome the OBJ
stacle of first mortgage. amounting TO
nearly $50, coo, 900. in any other way than
to pay either with cash or the issuing of
bonds as an equivalent. Thus to acquire
title to the roads the United States would
have paid SlS5, 900, 600 for property which
could be duplicated likely for less than
S60, 600, 900. It is even claimed a parallel
line might be constructed for 1000. 900.
or at the outside $50, 100000.
POPULAR SENATORIAL ELECTIONS.
Hamburg (Pa.l Patr1ot.l
The fathers of the Constitution and the
fundamental laws were wise and able in
their day and generation, but it IS I'M
possible for Constitution and funda-
mental laws to survive unchanged the
conditions which have altered men and
manners during the past hundred years.
They did not foresee that Legislatures
would be colored By partisan apportion-
ments or filled by the power or political
machines. They did not foresee that
seats in Congress would be purchased OF
Legislatures or elections directed by the
machine boss and unwilling legislators
whipped into support of the boss nomi-
nee. They could not foresee that the
Senate would develop from a barrier
against ill-advised legislation into an OBJ
struction TO necessary and healthful laws.
into the hands OF the people, who would
then alone be responsible.
GO SLOW.
IColusa Sun.
"Hasten slowly" is a very good motto
when great questions are being dealt
with. The man may reason clearly and
conclude that it would be better for the
Government to own roadbed, bat he IS
not acting the part OF a good citizen when
he puts it in the power of an unnscrupu-
lous. unpatriotic press to use his name
for bad purposes. The Grangers used 10
put it ''go slow and drive in the middle
of the road" There are many questions
involved in this public ownership that
must be discussed and settled before Call
fornia should be willing to jump into it.
The majority would control 1t. Would
the majority want to run California fruit
into the Eastern market to compete with
Eastern fruit? There is no tyranny so
CALLING as the tyranny of the majority.
"a mere bodkin' will sometimes rid
country of single tyrant, but the ma
jority has neither lie nor soul. At least
it is not a question to be settled on the
coupon plan.
ELECTION OF SENATOR'S.
Petersburg (Va.) Index-Appeal.1
Representative Tncker's resolution to
elect Senators by the direct vote of the
people Is of unusual interest just now in
view of the fight between the two
branches of Congress, and the claim OF
the Lower House that it is entitled to
more consideration in the enactment of a
tariff law because it is body more truly
representative of the people than the SEN
ate is. 1t requires the approval of
thirty-three States, or three-fourths of the
whole number, to make the Tucker reso-
luton valid as an amendment to the
Constitution. If within ten years the
requisite number of State Legislatures
vote for the resolution, then the amend
ment becomes operative. 1t is not
thought that there will be any consid-
cradle difficulty in securing the required
number of votes.
y WISE CONCLUSION.
Red Bluff News
President Debs OF the American Rail
way Y nion is reported to have said in
two or three speeches lately that he would
never again be connected with any strike
organization, but that in future he should
advise all workingmen to seek redress
by the ballot. This is a very wise con-
clusion and patriotic as we'll. The late
strike has shown Mr.. Debs the folly of
that mode of redress He sees that strikes
and lawlessness must go together to be
successful, and that the sentiment of the
country is against the combination.
while the Government must enforce obe-
dience to the laws.
THEY ARE NOT ANTAGoNIsTIC.
[Santa Barbara Press
The people are slow to learn the lesson
that labor and capital are not antagonis-
tic forces struggling to get the better of
each other. In right connection they are
interdependent forces and it is only when
they are out OF their natural relation that