The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-31

been loyalty adhered to and ablded by
in every case we can now recall in
which international issues have been
submitted to the decision Of arbi-
traitors. The decision may not have
been satisfactory in all cases; some of
the judgments reached may be viewed
by US as unjust; but that is not mat
ter involved in the question debated.
Has international arbitration, when
ever appealed to, secured the nations
concerned, in peace in amity, and have
the terms of the DEGREES of Boards or
Arbitration between nations been ad-
hered to? The answer must be given
in the affirmative. If, as is true, these
DEGREES have been Loyalty carried out,
then arbitration is not failure, no
matter what elements of justice may
have been abused.
The shrewdest thing to be credited to
President Clevland yet was his refusal
to fall into the English net by insisting
upon the Monroe doctrine as part of
the law of nations, as being section, so
to speak, of the international code. The
President, however, held to what is de-
feasible, that the doctrine is an Ameri-
can declaration only, and that it Is not
incorporated as yet into the interna-
tional code. Had he based his claim on
the ground that it is international law,
Lord Salisbury would have had no diff
Guilty in showing that he was in error,
and thus scoring a point against the
United States.
Just as a reminder, not by way of
suggestion at ALL it is now gently
limited to chronic swear-offs that this is
the last day of the year, and that to-
morrow is their first opportunity-since
the last.
The new Board of Trustees cannot be-
gin their new year better than by direct
ing investigation into the suff1clency OF
exits from public buildings in this city
For instance, we know of one church IN
which if a panic occurs when the audi
forum is full of people, the entire BODY
of those attempting to pass out IN haste
will be plunged into a narrow hallway
down a concentric fight of steep steps
a most unsafe and dangerous exit. In
the case of another church, into when
sometimes a thousand people are
packed, the aisles are often cluttered
with loose chairs. In case of pane
there, these chairs would prove instru-
ments of death There, too, the exits
are wholly insufficient. In the case OF a
theater. such filling of aisles and use OF
narrow doorways would result IN ar
rest and conviction of the offenders.
The Government of the United States
has demanded Of Turkey the sum OF
500. 600 for the benefit of American
missionaries whose property was de-
stroyed in the riots and outrages in
Asia Minor recently. 1t is too small
sum. The Porte should have been
made to pay smart money as well as
compensate the sufferers for actual
losses suffered.
New York City is after the National
Democratic Convention and one news
paper has subscribed $4,000 as a
starter. To date there is announced no
competitor. Here now is another
chance for San Francisco.
If some of the unthinking press is to
be taken as authority the establishment
Of a State Bureau of Highways should
have been followed at once by the con-
struction Of good roads in all the coun-
ties of the State, and because this has
not resulted, after seven months
work, the charge is made that the Bu-
reau is useless and q fraud. Let us
call a halt there. The creation Of the
bureau as expressed in the bill, was for
the purpose of getting at the facts con-
corning waste of road money, the causes
for bad road administration, the gather
mil
work to be better promoted by law, to
ascertain how far spirit of road i'm
provement can be awakened among the
people by the dissemination Of informa-
ton and official inspection and meet
ings in all the counties, and so on. No
one having any knowledge of the pur-
pose of the bill and of road Improvement
work in other States, ever expected
the bureau to build roads. 1t has no
power to do so, no money to do it with.
1t appears to be following out the exact
purpose of it's creation. Without pass
ing upon it's work, whether it is i'll or
good, common decency demands and
common justice insists, that the bureau
should be given time to make its official
inspection and report before Judgment
is passed. After forty years of malad-
ministration in road matters, reform is
not to be effected in a twinkling, nor by
any commission.