The record-union., 1894-09-25
VOICE OF THE PRESS
Editorial Expressions from California
Newspapers.

VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Editorial Expressions from California
Newspapers.
[Chico Chronicle-Record.l
The general tendency toward lunacy
that is so characteristic Of our Populist
friends has never been made more mani
fest than in the nomination of Harry
Knox for Sheriff of Yolo County. This
action cannot but causo POpulist stock to
sink very low in the estimation of the
majority of people. and great many
votes Will be lost To the party by reason
Of it. 1t was done simply as a vote
catching scheme, and while the party IN
\ olO may elect their man it will cost
their State ticket many ballots. Knox
may be entirely innocent of the charges
against him, but be IS out on bail ana
will shortly be called upon to stand trial
for the highest crime knnwn to our GRIM
nal laws. This is doubtless the first in
stance on record where man awaiting
trial for murder has been nominated for
prominent Office by political party and
it is simply in keeping with tho usual
policy and actions Of the Populists. II
the POpulists like this sort of thing and
choose to cut their own throats. we sup
pose it is all right.
GOOD FOR THE WOMEN.
LSanta Cruz Sentinell
Inc result OF the heDiucky cOnllIcI LAS
not only disclosed tine great power for
public good which resides in the women
of the nation. but has also brought out IN
strong relief the responsibility which
goes with that power. The battle between
morality and indecency, pure politics
and slum politics, which has been raging
in kentuky during the past few months,
has been fought all over the Union. Ii
the Kentucky women had lost the fight,
the womanhood OF the whole country
would have been defeated. The victory
OF the Kentucky women is the triumph
of women everywhere. if they properly
appreciate and rightly use their triumph.
the women of every State III the Union
will keep the same banner waving that
was borne to victory by their Kentucky
sisters.
ABOUT THE DUCKS.
[Los Angeles Herald.l
A writer in a field journal complains
that the beautiful California wood duck.
the most eXquisitely plumed OF all our
American birds, is becoming scarce.
Perhaps these birds might be preserved
from extinction by legislation similar to
that of Holland. There the game ward
ems hang baskets on the trees along the
dykes, and the wood ducks make their
nests in the baskets. To disturb one OF
these baskets during nesting time is TO
Incur fine of $50. which goes to keeping
up the game and fisheries funds. Wood
d1cks sell for 81 pair in New ork dur
ing September and October, as against 40
cents per pair in Antwerp, Utrecht and
the other low wland cities.
EQUAL RIGHTS.
The Mail of Woodland.l
The Republican party in California this
year took an advanced position OH the
equal rights" question. The civil liber-
I,-
US broadly and generously. a Repub-
lican with sneer on his face at the prop
osltiOn of nominating lady for School
superintendent does not look very pretty.
PoPULIsM AND PROTECTION.
Santa Cruz Sentinel
The national Populist platform, which
is indorsed by the California Populist
platform, contains plank which is
against protective tariff and embodieS
the essence of free trade. This embodies
the Democratic revenue only" doctrine,
which everybody knows is precisely the
same as the English free trade doctrine.
Every Populist indorses the proposition
that 'all national and StaGe revenues
shall be limited to the necessary ex-
penses OF the Government" No poli:i-
clan who is not dishonest or charlatan
will deny that this proposition, which is
in the Populist platform, virtually COM
IllllS IDdU party " OH HpOStIlOIl " bLt pOlLCy
of protective tarit1s-such tariffs as the
protectioniSts we are talking to profess
TO indorSe. 1t is IN pursuance of that
plank that the Populist members of Con-
gress voted with the Democrats against
protection. Every intelligent man knows,
or ought to know, that every Populist
elected to Congress this fall will stand
shoulder to shoulder with the Democrats
III Congress in their fight against pro-
tective tariff and for free trade under the
gulse Of "a tariff for revenue only"
PoPULIsT IDEA OF WAGES.
lFresno Republican.
The average farm hand works from
twelve to fourteen hours per day at labor
as hard as that done in any mechanical
industry, but the Populist nominee for
Governor has not only expressed the
opinion that wages i'll general are TOO
high in this country, but that the farm
laborer is overpaid when he gets 81 q day.
This is very fair illustration of the
good faith of the party which claims 10 be
the only friend Of The toiling masses in
this country. The character and senti-
ments of their leaders and candidates
fatty contradict their claims of sympathy
for the wage earners. They want their
votes and want them so bad that they
have the unspeakable gall to ask them to
vote Tor man who says that 81 is too
much for farm laborer and that wages
are too high in this country.
ROUGH on PoPULIsTs.
Red Bluff Sentinell
We don't mean to say but what there
are thousands OF good and true men ana
patriotic citizens in the new party, but
every man of anarchistical tendencies.
every man in the United States tinged
with the daInnable doctrine taught in
Europe of tear down the high, destroy
the prosperous and kill the great, has
joined this party. There is danger in
this association from the presence OF
these men. and until the best men of the
new party purge it OF this detestable ele-
menL the Popuiists will not have the
confidence of the Nation.
The cranks, the inpracticable, the fault
finders, the sore heads and the chronic
Office seekers are too numerous in the
new party for public good, and the re-
suits in Kansas and Colorado. where the
Populists came into power, have been
disappointing TO the worthy men of the
new organization.
PoPULIST INTOLERANCE.
TFresno Republican
The Merced Su7t says that Estee was
Kissed at Oakland because of his ont
spoken utterances against the Populist
movement. We do not question the truth
of the assertion. Kissing public speaker
who attacks Populist theories or the
methods of the party managers is exactly
what might be expected. 1t is directly
in line with the spirit Of intolerance and
bipUtry-the trule or ruin;, Doliov-