The record-union., 1896-11-07
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
u the State and the Coast on Sub.
jects of Living and News
Interest.

MaTySV1lle Appeal: The races OF the
sheep men hereabouts bore bright ex-
preston when the fact became apparent
that William Mckinley would rule over
the destinies of this nation for the COM
ing four years. Already that assurance
mas commenced to bear fruit. On
Wednesday Mr.. Hale Of West Bear Pre-
clnct purchased a band of 6,5OO sheep
from the Cones of Red Bluff at price
agreed upon to be paid in event OF a Re-
publican victory. Thus it will be all
along the line, and from now on quick
ened pulsation will be noticed in all
those arteries of industry in which our
Golden State is interested. Good times
are at hand. 1t is in the air.
DEMAGOGY.
Tulare Register: Demagogy is always
dishonest, but demagogy is as old as the
human race, and we have it with us al
ways. It is not with the voters. People
do not go into their booths and there
prepare demagogic ballots for the ball
lot-box Once in their booths voters
vote as they feel. Demagogy is the Pc
culiar weapon Of those who seek to con-
troll the votes of others, and that wea-
pom was worked for all it was worth in
the recent campaign. Demagogy has
been the ruin of the world, and If hell
is not full of demagogues it is either be-
cause there is no hell or because hell is
a very large place.
A GREAT VICTORY.
Riverside Press: 1t is a great victory,
and the moral effect of it is the more
because Of its decided character. There
IS no mistake as to the verdict Of the
people. The revolutionary utterances
of the Chicago platform have been re-
buked by East and West, by North and
by South.
TIMELY.
Stockton Record: President Cleve-
lands Thanksgiving proclamation call
iDg upon the people to devote a day to
thanks for having escaped disaster is
very timely, coming Immediately after
election, and recalls the people to the
fact that the seasons go and come with
the same regularitYas though there had
been no election in the United States.
A LOST CAUSE.
Santa Barbara Press: Silver is a lost
cause. The verdict of the commercial
class of the civilized and ulciyilized
world has been accepted by the -Ameri-
can people after a canvass of the ques-
ton unexampled in it's length and ear
neStness. The campaign was peculiar
in that the old lines of contest between
the great parties Of the United States
were for the time obliterated Old line
democrats voted with the Mugwump
on the Republican side. The number
Of old men who on November Sd for the
first time in their lives voted the Re-
publican ticket was very large. All
sorts and conditions of political feeling
united to make McKinley's election
certainty.
BLACKBOARD JOURNALISM
San Jose Mercury: The people have
had a good opportunity during the
campaign to determine what papers in
the country are worthy Of support
Never was there a more defined line
drawn between decent journalism and
biackguard journalism And the result
CT the election means, among other
things, that newspapers which have
stopped to all sorts Of low devices 20
libel and to vulgarity in their attempts
to elect their candidates are absolutely
without influence, because they have
neither the respect nor the confidence of
the community.
The two papers which have been the
most notorious in the falsity Of their
assertions, in the vileness of their car
ICONS. and in the savageness of their
attacks upon Republican nominees and
leaders are the San Francisco "Ex-
aminer" and the New York journal -
both owned by Mr.. Hearst, the large
silver mine owner. Now, as the 'Cau'
gays, 1.-The defeat of the men who were
advocated by these two great exemplars
Of fake journalism will be understood
by the people as a condemnation Of that
journalism as much as of the candi-
dates 1t supported. Certainly the de-
feat was so intended by the people.
The overthrow of Bryanism Is the re-
ludiation of degenerate Journalism"
REPORTED AS CAST.
Pasadena Star: Organism was tricky
TO the last. Its expiring dodge was to
try to get election officers to report
Iopulist votes as Democratic For in
stance, the PopuIist candidates for
Electors were Of the same name as
those on the Democratic ticket, and the
Democratic leaders sent out instruc-
tions to their followers to have these
votes counted as all Democratic. This
oincts tried 10 do, but so far as we
know were unsuccessful. The Repub-
lican officials knew their duty and re-
ported the vote as cast. This was the
case in the Seventh precinct Of this
city, and the Democratic officials signed
the returns under protest
THE RESULT is NOT CLOSE.
Los Angeles Times: 1t would have
70
IL the result OF the national election had
been close. While a majority of one
or two votes In the Electoral College is
no less decisive. legally than a ma
tority of 100. so far as giving the reins
Of government to the victorious party
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