The record-union., 1895-12-11
VOICE OF THE PRESS
Expressions From the Newspapers o
Interior California.

Interior California.
Oakland Tribune: When Speaker
Reed made his famous decision that
those present as shown by the roll-call
or otherwise should be counted to make
a quorum, the opposition party threat
ened to take the mater into the courts.
That decision made an end of con-
spiracy to block all legislation. The
rule is now generally accepted as a
just one. But the Kentucky Court Of
Appeals has just decided case grow
ing out of the proceedings Of the Pa
ducah City Council to the effect that
chose present, as shown by the roll
call, or otherwise, may be counted TO
make the quorum, but if they do not
vote they must be deemed to acpuiesce
in the action of those who do vote.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
| Los Angeles Express: Mr.. Cleve-
| lands last message, like the six or
seven similar documents that have pro-
ceeded from the same pen, is magnifi-
cent exhibition Of his ability to say a
great deal about a very little. When
| the reader has lots of time on his hands
! and has waded through the eleven
columns of ponderous verbosity, he will
have found that his knowledge is but
/ very little augmented, and that all the
| things that Mr. Cleveland has said and
|
are but the repetition of what has been
said in the newspapers and on the
stump by the goldbug press and the
cuckoo Democrats for the past year.
IMMUTABLE LAWS
Fresno Expositor: People who think
| foreign trade is ruinous to a nation
ought to study history little. Then
they would learn that the rich cities of
the world are those which do the most
trading with foreign nations, and that
when they import more than they eX-
port they are gaining in wealth.
England is a good modern example of
a nation that prospers by foreign COM
merce, and that isn't afraid to have the
| so-called balance of trade" against
her. During the ten months of 1879,
ending with November LIST, the imports
| exceeded the exports from England by
$513, 100000.
Englands imports exceed her exports
! every year. She gets more value than
| she gives, estimated at her ports of
entry, and that's why she prospers. or
| course. this is all contrary to the Re
publican theory, but it is true just the
same.
PAYING OUT SILVER.
Los Angeles Times: Senator Mills
bin directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to pay out silver when gold is
demanded, would, If made law, de-
base the silver coins destroy eon1l-
dence and unsettle values throughout
| the country. The fact that Mr. Mills
denies that these inevitable results
would follow the enactment of his bill
| furnishes a striking illustration of the
extent to which the fiat delusion can OBJ
scure the mental vision of an otherwise
| fairly intelligent man.
| GREAT BRITAIN'S POLICY.
San Jose Mercury: Whatever may
| be the nature of Salisburys reply to
Mr.. Olney's note, it may be foreseen
| that Great Britain's policy in the COM
plications arising from her attempt to
grab Venezuelan soil will be one of pro-
crastination. Great Britain is not In
position to invite war with the United
States, and if it were, it could better af-
ford to abandon all pretensions to
ownership of the territory in dispute
than to lose its vast and profitable COM
mercial business with this country
| Stree the new tariff went into effect,
Great Britain has made more money
selling goods to the United States than
all the land in question is worth, and
there are millions more to be made be-
fore there can be revision on protect
i've lines.