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The record-union., 1895-05-27
THE IRON OF INGRATIrUDE

The very iron of ingratitude has en-
the wisdom to realize that Japan could
not resist the demands Of the European
Powers that Manchurian territory must
not be occupied as one of the terms Of
peace with China. He was not alone in
this; all of the Cabinet except Mutsu
stood with him, and the Mikado himself
advised that Japan yield. While it is
certain that she could have stood out in
war for year against the allied Powers,
yet in the end the latter must have won.
1t was. therefore, the part of statesman
ship to avoid hopeless conflict.
But now comes Count Ito's bitter re-
ward. For serving his country to its
best advantage he has incurred the hatred
of the people, and his Ministry is doomed
to overthrow. After a long time he may
be forgiven, but the difficulty ia that it
will always be held as theory that Japan
could have withstood Russia, France and
any one other Power; that Ito and his
friends cannot absolutely prove the con-
trary will always be their weakness
They can advance only reasons. but the
mob will respond. "Why did you not try
it? ?'' Of course it will not listen for an
instant to the suggestion that had trial
been made followed by failure, the con-
sequences would have been enforced
terms upon Japan that would have been
Illuminating, and possibly have robbed
her OF all the fruits of her victory over
China. But with the mob this kind of
reasoning will not go down.
In the rage of the people Ito will fall
and his name be fairly execrated. The
masses will forget or ignore the fact that
his mastery craftsmanship won Japan
with China. That to Ito and his Minis
try the nation is indebted for a promi
nence in the world that it would not have
had for a score Of years to come. That to
him and his colleagues Japan owes a
debt of gratitude it can never pay. ALI
this must go down before the mad heat
of people having taste of blood and
not satisfied with the ample triumphs
they have won. History will justify the
Ministry of Ito; it will record for it the
truth, and that will be sufficient to place
it among the annals of the wisest, most
successful and farseeing of political bodies
and Governmental agencies.
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II is not to be supposed that the appli-
cants for hydraulic mining permits un-
derstate the efficiency of the restraining
works which they propose to construct.
Hence it Is not unfavorable to them, at
least, to be judged by the evidence con-
tanned in their applications. The record
is of their own making. Up to March
10th out of 113 dams described by the ap-
plicants twenty-eight. or about 25 per
cent, are to be made entirely of brush;
thirty-four. or 30 per cent. of all. to be
made of brush combined with other ma
terials, such as dirt, gravel, logs and
rock. This means that over so per cent,
of the whole number of dams proposed
would be constructed either entirely or
partly of brush. Sixteen dams of rock
are promised. The remaining thirty five
are to be old pits, cribs, gravel, stone and
gravel or nondesoript. This gives some
idea, from the record, of what the rehabil-
itation of hydraulic mining under re-
straiut means
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gered
ENGLISH CELEBRITY IN TRIALS.

Oscar Wilde's conviction calls attention
with peculiar force once more to the
broad distinction between the American
and the English methods of trial of those
charged with crime. The most striking
difference relates to celebrity. In England
the accused is brought to trial while the
witnesses are still fresh Of memory, and
while it is possible to perpetuate their
testimony. There is no haste, and yet no
delay in getting to trial. II there is disa-
greement of the jury, and the prosecution
resolves to try again. there is no putting
off of the second trial for months, but 1t is
brought on within few weeks or days.
Thus Oscar Wilde was examined and
held for trial within a week after his
arrest; tried within the fortnight, and
the Jury failing of verdict, he was put
upon his second trial within ten days.
and is now convicted, at once sentenced
and. enters upon his punishment within
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WOMAN again proves herself to be an
by Providence, and incapable of occupy
ing that judicial attitude absolutely es
sential to the doing of exact justice. By
certain of her sex she responds to the
RECoRD-UNIoN's criticism upon the
'Woman's Congress women that they who
are old maids are incompetent to speak
of any home but the theoretical one; that
the ticket of admission labeled mother
hood has never been placed in their
hands, and that they are therefore incapa-
BILE of advising mothers how to order
their homes. though that is just what
they have been attempting to do, in
manner at once illogical and ridiculous.
We ridiculed such effort, whereupon
woman rises up in her emotional injus-
tice and begs the question that satire and
ridicule are unfair weapons. though man
has always from the time of the appeal to
the priests of Baal recognized such in
struments as legitimate. No, the REC
oRD-UNIoN reasserts. and thinks it al
ways will, that the loftiest seat for woman
is the home that the third degree Of the
rites Of womanhood Is conferred only
upon a mother; that the widest possible
sphere of usefulness for woman is the
home aud its wise and economic admin
istration, since within its sacred precincts
government and all good.
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A PHENOMENAL MOB.

We have no sympathy with mob law.
At its best it is brutality masking in the
cause of justice. It is an output of the
passions and not of cool judgment. It is
cowardly, because it moves in the shadow
of large group and lacks individuality.
There is no member of mob, and never
has been, who did not after the heat of
anger subsided, excuse himself on the
plea that there were others engaged, and
that the inspiration for it's deeds came to
the mob through numerical strength.
But here is case in Illinois that is
surely exceptional. It did not lack in
passion; like all mobs it was angry and
brutal; but unlike most mobs it rea-
soned not SO much against the criminal
or supposed criminals with which it dealt
as with the Executive Of the State. 1t
had not so much distrust of the effective
ness of the law as of the cold -blooded de-
fance Of the law by the Chief Executive.
A young lady had been brutally out
ragged and the perpetrators, believed to
be such, were taken fairly in the act by
group of citizens who had never
taken any action in violation of the laws
of the country. Indeed, we are told that
the mob WAS made UP of staid farmers,
the more peaceful class of any order of
citizens perhaps, though not always the
most conservative.
After the prisoners were lodged in Jail
the mob reassem bled and coolly resolved
to take the men and hang them. We say
coolly, for while there was passion there
seeming of reason. The chief judicial
officer of their county appealed to them
to avoid bringing the disgrace of lynch
law upon that community, the record of
the county being to that date clear of all
such lawlessness.
And what was the response of the mob to
the pleading to let the law take its course?
Simply. that while they. the farmers of
Vermillion County, had confidence in
the law and its judicial executors, while
they were confident that the criminals
would be convicted, they were Of belief
that the Governor Of the State. AltReld,
would pardon them. and thus they would
60 unwhipped of justice. They did not
propose that the Governor should have
that opportunity, and therefore the men
must die by violence. ''If any other man
than Altgeld was Governor we would not
lynch these men," Whereupon they
were hanged and in manner described
rs horrible in the extreme.
Here, then, was mob that in large
degree was characterized by the spirit
that fired the Vigilance Committee of
San Francisco in 1856. which was excep-
tional also. In both cases there was
something more than mob spirit, and
much of the spirit Of revolt. Neither are
to be excused, because any excuse or
apology for violence short of organized
revolution is criminal. and destructive OF
orderly social systems. But. we repeat
that the action of the Vermillion County
lynching party was SO phenomenal in the
reasons actuating it, that the friends of
order and of lawful procedure are stag
Oered
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NOTE AND COMMENT.

Folly has not had its full run as yet evil
IDENTIFY. Here we we have news that lot of
men s'in the interest of labor" are plotting for
another great strike OF wage earners, and at
the very time when the larger manufacturing
employers of the Nation are voluntarily rails
ing wages and beginning to enlarge the field
of their operations.
Governor Altgeld of Illinois has been in
Office but about two years. In that time he
has granted $50 pardons to criminals in
commentaries and of these twenty-three were
murderers and forty-eight burglars. Really
the VermillIon County farmers VINO applied
lynch lnw the other day had some reason to
The record-union., 1895-05-27
NEW TO-DAY.
Memorial Day Proclamation.

ONCE MORE THE CYCLE OF TIME,
" brings us to the day sacred to the loyal
American heart.
Pursuant to custom and general orders
from the Commander-in-Chief, the G. A. r. of
Sacramento have made arrangements to
properly observe the day MAY 3Oth) by exer-
ciseS at the @. A, r. plat in the City Gene
terry, followed by an GRAFTON and literary ex-
ercises, to be held in grove at the south end
of the City Cemetery.
The N. g. c., State, county and city officials,
all civic societies, Boys Brigade, school chill
dren and citizens generally are invited to
unite with the q. A. z. in the proper observ-
ance of the day.
Citizens are earnestly requested to place
their flags at halfmast, and a general suspen-
sion of business in the afternoon is also
earnestly requested.
The record-union., 1895-05-27

The REcoRD-UNIoN and WEEKLY
UNION are the only papers on the Coast.
outside Of San francisco, that re-
eeiUe the full ASSOCIATED Press Dis
patches from all parts of the t0orId. Out
side Of San Francisco, they haze no COM
petitorS, either an influence or home and
general circulation throughout the State.
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Doing Noble Work.
From the Rio Vista News. I

IFrOm Ine Mo Y lsta NeWs.I
The RECoRD-UNIoN of Sacramento has
been doing some noble work of late in
behalf of the valley by its sound argu-
ments against hydraulic mining as it
would be carried on were it not for the
vigilance Of such earnest workers as the
RECORp-UNI
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ROUTE OF MARCH.

Seventh and ], Seventh to ], to Second, to
K. to Tenth, to Cemetery.
All participating in Parade will report to
the Grand Marshal at Foresters' Hall at 1
O'Clock.
Parade will move at O'Clock, sharp
School children and all who have flowers
to spare are requested to bring them to For
esters' Hall, i street Seventh and Eighth
where the Grand Army of the Republic Floral
tee will call for floral contributions where it
is convenient for the donors to deliver them,
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PARADE.

The Parade will form on 1 street, right rest
ing on Seventh, extending east. Formation:
National Guard California.
Uniform Ranks of Civic Societies.
Civic Societies.
Boys Brigade and School Children.
Grand Army Of the Republic and Auxiliaries.
State County and City Officials and Citizens
in Carriages.
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w WeatherForecast.

Northern California-Fair; nearly station
ary temperature: brisk westerly winds.
Hight of river, az feet inches.
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genius who mistakes his desire to get dol
lars for patriotic devotion to California has
set up in Chicago the "'49 Mining Camp
that disgraced civilization and slurred the
State at the Midwinter Fair at San Fran
CISCO This man Love has no love for Cali
fornia or he would not be guilty of bIacking
the eye Of the State with his low, gambling
show abroad, in The name of the early civil
izatiOn of this State For here it was little
less than a gambling he'll. There was no play
at gaming but the genuine thing, and OF the
rawest kind at that. The fellow actually Sc
cures use of the press to say that the camp
will do more to advertise California and in
duce immigration to it than any other means
that can be employed What Stiffness. What
a libel on the intelligence OF the people of the
East. Such exhibitions will not only not in
vite, but repel. They offend decency, good
taste and civic pride. They confirm the false
estimate some people have that this is as YET
a backwoods country, where every man car
ries revolver on his hip and dirk in his
bootleg.
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pRoGRAMMK AT CEMErERY.

Services at Grand Army of the Republic
plat:
1. Band
e. Invocation. on...................R Rev. S. M. Martin
8. Remarks by George w. Ficks,
President of the Day
4. Extract from Abraham Lincoln's ad-
dress at Gettysburg November 10,
1868 ...................B Blanche Ficks
D.
6. Grafton. Hon. Judson G. Brusie
T.
g. Recitation Mrs e. Dorhman
9. America" chorus of one hundred
school children from the Sacra-
mentO Grammar rSchoOl.
A. u. HURD, Grand Marshal.
O. p. DODGE, Chief Aid.
The record-union., 1895-05-27

MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
mothers tor their children while teething with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, sOftens
the gums, allays pain, cures wind collie, regu-
lates the bowels, and is the best remedy for
diarrhea, whether arising from teething or
other causes. For sale by druggists In every
part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Winslows Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five cents
bottle.
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think that the only way to put bit in the
mouth of Altgeld is to give him the chance to
pardon dead men only.

think that the only way to put a bit in the
pardon dead men only.
Miss Shaw the Boston spinster who is out
here telling married women with homes how
to run them. and mothers how to raise chill
dren, of whom Miss Shaw has only theOreti-
cal knowledge, said on Saturday in the
Woman's Congress in San Francisco that
generally whenever a man does his duty it is
a woman who prods him to it. What insult
ferable rot. Generally when man goes
wrong it is some woman who prods him to 1t.
The one charge is as true as the other. and
proves as much.
The New York Sun was asked what outlook
there is for electrical engineering as pro-
fession, and it replied "Good." OF course it
is. Electrical engineering is one Of the most
hopeful of scientific industries. The demand
already exceeds the supply for thoroughly
educated, broad-minded and inventive electri-
cal engineers. There is q class that knows
enough of the science to do speciality work to
follow the books, and to operate as they have
been taught But the electrical engineer that
is to be, and who is already coming to the
front, is the man wellgrounded in principles,
with wit enough to keep pace with all
that is new in electrical discovery and to
utilize his knowledge in experiments for fur
ther discoveries. Such men are needed, and
there is no danger that the supply will ex-
ceed the demand.
The record-union., 1895-05-27

Our local columns have reported that land
lords of lower l. street are now convinced that
the time has come when they must move out
their tenants. One was heard to say that he
would have cared nothing for the movement
to convert IL" intoa business or manufacture
ing street if it had originated with the city
authorities, for he could ''count on a couple of
years delay and q lot Of red tape, and the set
tling down to old things after the first squirt;
but when the residents of the south end and
the citizens generally are beginning to move,
L know that he is fool who thinks he can
win by fighting the people of the CITY," That
man is sensible. but he may misjudge the city
authorities, who are disposed to aid the people
in this matter. Now let the people follow up
their advantages, and long before summer
opens lower l. street will cease to swarm with
men and boys and low characters mingling
with the prostitutes and gutter truck of 1.-The
Quarter" And when the new electric power
comes in, small factories will dot the street,
and the passage to the city's Art Gallery will
be as decent as is Ninth street south from X
to the High SchoOl-and it ought to be. :
The record-union., 1895-05-27

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Vehicles-BAKER& & &HAMILTON-Hardwa
Carts, Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Balm Farm
and Header Wagons. Wholesale Hardware.
Send for Catalogue
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

FIRST-CLASS PASTURE at ranch Of late
Peter Burns. Horses 50 so, cows 81 month.
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Eastern Business Off1cesS
4s Tribune Building, New York,
6o9 THE Rookery." Chicago
q C. Beck with, sole agent foreign advertising
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Record d-Unfon-Telephone No. 49.
For Editorial Rooms, ring one bell.
For Business Office. ring three bells.
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Entered at the Postoffics at Sacramento as
seeon d-class matter.
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THE DAILY RECORD-UNION
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-22
EAST PROVIDENCE.

Yesterday was a busy day for the police
as well as for the court. in the morning
the Riverside police made two raids, one
at Lookout Cottage at Camp White and
at the Fishing Club. At the first place
the officers found some liquor and ar
rested the proprietor, Albert Carrigan.
AT the Fishing Club the bartender
jumped out of the window and ESCAPED
when he saw the officers. The manager,
Albert McLoyd, was arrested. In the
court Carrigan pleaded not guilty and
paid his fine which amounted to s43. 80,
and went to jail for 10 days. McLoyd
pleaded not guilty and furnished bail.
There were two arrests here Saturday
night for drunkenness, one near Broad
way Six Corners, the other at the square.
Both offenders paid their fines This
morning there were seven brought up
from Riverside by sergeant Munroe.
Charles Sampson, an Indian, Patrick
Shea, David Cary, Mathew Storm, Peter
Martin, James Sullivan were all charged
with being intoxicated and pleaded
guilty. David Cary and Peter Martin
settled. Minnie Grant pleaded guilty of
being lewd and wanton person.
Yesterday, about six in the afternoon,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-22
So McGregor Committed
Suicide.
he Couldn't Pay the Fine and Was
Despondent.
Plunged Into Crompton Pond While
Under the influence Of Liquor.

William McGregor, 80 years old, mar
ried, and the father of six children, was
drowned yesterday In Crompton pond,
either as the result of accident, or a
design to take his own life. The victim
was somewhat under the influence of
quor when he entered the water for a
swim, and he had been trying for several
hours without success to-rajse- enough
money to get his wife out of the Center
vile lookup, where she had been placed
the evening before for drunkenness. His
failure to do this had made him suffi-
ciently respondent TO threaten suicide,
and 1t was shortly after that when he
was seen going into the pond. His cries
for assistance few minutes later were
heard by the occupants of the mill
boarding house, but nothing could be
done in time to save him. The pond
was dragged, and the body recovered late
in the afternoon.
Mrs. McGregor was released from jail
by Judge Warner when he learned of the
fatality, and she went at once TO the pond
and threatened to follow her husband in
the same way. The couple had been con-
tinualiy engaged in drunken quarrels,
but the woman's grief was nevertheless
very violent, and her son was obliged to
exert himself to the utmost to restrain
her from entering the pond. There are
Six children In the family.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-22
His Objections.

One Of the best men In Stafford county.
Va, was running for supervisor there,
and, as usual when a really good man runs
Tor Office, there was vigorous opposition
to him. Some of 1t was expected, but when
one ignorant but influential old fellow
came out against the candidate the friends
OF both parties were surprised, and one of
the candidates supporters Immediately
went 10 sec the old man
Is IL actually true that you are against
our man for supervisory" asked the friend
when hc had led up to the point.
In course i am" responded tho old
man firmly.
but he is ono Of the best men in the
whole county" argued the friend.
II amt doubtin that at all, only can't
vote fer him."
why notf"
Cause won't vote fer no man under
them circumstances"
Under what circumstances" inquired
the friend In tho greatest astonishment,
for up to that timo no circumstances"
had appeared In the campaign.
why, wantin two offices at once, like
he does, explained the kicker. "I'm
willin to vote fer him fer super, but I'll be
derned ef IN goin TO vote fer him fer vi
sor, and you can tell him so ei you want to-"
Thercupon the friend OF the candidate
organized an individual educational cam
paign, and by delicate diplomacy brought
The old man up 10 the trough In good
shape.--New York sun.