The record-union., 1894-09-12
VOICE OF THE PRESS
Clippings From Home and Eastern
Editorials in Leading Papers.

lNeW 1Ofk Herald.
AS part Of the tariff bill Congress
passed what its champions boast is 'the
most stringent law against trusts ever
enacted in this country" Why not
begin by trying 1t on the sugar trust? As
everybody knows, that is popularity re-
garded as the most plutocratic trust in the
country and the entire people are victims
of its exactions. But if any evidence is
needed to establish that fact it may be
found in the testimony Of President
Havemeyer before the Senate Sugar
admitted that the purpose Of the trust was
TO control production and prices in order
to make money. That it succeeded in
this purpose is shown by the further adj
mission of its President that the profits
under three years of Mckinley protection
aggregated the enormous sum of from
thirty TO thirtyfive million dollars.
NEW GOSPEL.
Calaveras Prospect.l
The financial gospel Of the Populists
can apparently be summed up thus:
We are the people; we want money; the
people are the Government and the Gov
ernment alone has power to make money.
Let us collectively as the Government,
make plenty of paper money and lend il
to ourselves, as citizens, at nominal
rate of interest. We will only owe it to
ourselves, and as creditors, will not be
hard on ourselves as debtors; therefore
we will never collect the debts due from
ourselves TO ourselves. We are the peo-
pie, we are the Government; and we are
out OF soap.
NOT QUITE FOOLS.
Riverside Press1
The talk INDUCED in by the men who
favor the citizens movement, is such as
throughout the county distrusJ a ticket
put forward by them. Men who openly
urge a course that will make taxes heav-
ier, in the hope that such burden viii
help them to get the management o.
affairs, are counting upon a lack of in
telligence that does not exist. A major
ity OF the voters of Riverside County arG
not quite fools.
CARELESS.
Napa Register
James II. Budd was careless enough t.
say to the Democracy of Sacramento il
his speech Saturday night that he joineC
the GOOD Iemplars when q boy.
THEIR KICK.
Fresno Republican.7
Some of the San Francisco dailies
whose property is assessed at about one
fourth OF their actual value, continue tC
kick about the little raise of l5 per cent
on the assessment of that city by The
Board of Equalization. From the stand
point of taX-shirkers they ought to b.
thankful that they did not get som methine
approaching justice, which would have
been raise of about double the amoun
which was made.
EXCLUDE THEM.
[Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Men who feel that it is their mission tt
teach socialism have no business in oul
universities, and the public will see to i
that they be excluded.
THEY DID WELL.
n. Y. Post.
The Populists OF Colorado have done
we'll to renominate Governor Waite. since
nobody else could so we'll represent th,
party. The sole issue in the campaign il
Populism, and Waite is its perfect EN- bod
iment. For the same reason it is fortu
nate that Governor Lewelling has beer
renomlnated in Kansas, as he is the bes
representative of Populism in that State
While the friends of both Waite ant
Lewelling profess to feel confidence, Their
seems no reason to doubt the defeat O
each.
FACE THE MUSIC.
Buffalo Express
The Chairman Of the Democratic Stat
III OeOTRld has requested cam
paign orators to confine themselves t,
State issues. Even in Democratic Geor
gia the party does not care to face th,
voters on the record OF the National Ad
ministration.
TRY MARY.
Louisville Courier-Journal.l
Why all this speculation and discussion
as to the best plan for answering the sup
posed signals of the inhabitants of Mar.
to the inhabitants of the earth? Why no
take Sister Mary Yellin' Lease out on tn
roof and let her answer away?
A RESULT.
Oakland Tribunel
During the first seven months of thi
year there was a decrease in the business
of the United States amounting to Owe
$4,000, ,000,0 900, as compared with the frs
seven months in 1892. Such is the repor
Of the bank clearing houses. A most dis
astrous result of Democratic statesman
ship.
EXPLAIN,
LCincinnati Gazette.1
While Colonel Breckenridge snorts II,
and down the Seventh Kentucky Dis
trlct cbattering about virtue and vindi
cation he ought to take the stumn Ions
enough to explain why he doesn't vindi
cate that $4,000 judgment.