The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-06-12

wages during the busy season. The
large farms can only he cultivated in
q large way. The labor force swarmS
one month and disappears the next.
The lack of steady occupation discour-
ages home-making. There are few
houses, no villages, and consequently
no social gatherings. The schoOlhouse
is not built for lack of pupils. A 10
cality divided into ten or twenty acre
farms may combine all these elements
of pleasant home life.
COXEY AND POPULISTS.
Tulare Register: 1t is certainly st
ting that General Coxey should lead the
Populist campaign in California this
year. He is the one man needed to
fire the popular heart. The hero of the
greatest fiasco of the decade, a man of
infinite gall and lungs which never tire,
he is the man of all men to escort the
peoples party to that inglorious obi
WON which awaits it. There are good
men in the Peoples party, hosts Of
them, and if anything were needed
more than has yet transpired to make
good men see that they are in bad com
pany and ought to get out it is to have
this mountebank General assume lea
dership of Populism as he did of the
'commonweaP' army. Let us hope,
however, that he will not lead his fol-
lowers on this coast through such hard
ships and such humiliationS as were
visited upon the misguided dupes who
trudged from Omaha to Washington
and then trudged back again. That
was pitiable farce and most un-
merited. General Coxey is welcome to
the tents of Populism in California,
and if there is anything of heartiness
of welcome lacking on the part of Pop
uhsts it will be more than made good
by the joy that Republicans and Dem
ocrats will manifest in seeing Coxey a
the head of the Coxey party as he was
at the head of the Coxey army. Are
children's crusades never to end?
A HISTORICAL INCIDENT.
The Oregonian: Approach of the fiji
tieth anniversary of the occupation of
California by the United States Pacific
squadron, in the early days of the war
with Mexico, invites larger attention to
most important incident in the his
tory of that occupation which has spe-
cial personal interest for many citizens
of Portland, as well as for many Off
GERS of the army and navy in this gen
GRAFTON. The incident is part of the
record OF history of the time, but never
has been given the prominence it's in
fluence upon great events warrants.
Truth is that, but for the sagacity and
daring of a non-combatant of the
American navy in 1916, the United
States might have been anticipated in
the occupation of California by Great
Britain, might have missed that valu-
able acquisition entirely, or been OBJ
liged to contend for it with Great Rri-
tain at sea at the very time we were
fighting Mexico on land
OUR PEOPLE ABROAD.
Fresno Expositor: While every Amer
lean citizen should receive the protec-
ton Of his Government while in for
eign lands, it is not the duty of the
Government to go further than to see
that fair treatment is received. In no
case should the interest shown amount
10 interference when fair trial is guar
anteed. Senator Morgan's speech in
the Senate concerning the imprisoned
Americans in Havana has added moth
ing TO his reputation for good Judgment |
The United States was assured by the
Spanish authorities that the Americans
captured on board the Competitor would
be given trials before a civil tribunal
and in every respect be accorded fair
treatment. AS yet there is no evidence
IL support of any idea that Spain will
not keep good her promises, and the
warlike utterances of the Senator ap-
pear to be decidedly out of order and in
bad taste. We desire that all Ameri-
leans have proper protection when
abroad, but when instances arise where
in they have violated the law, they
should no more escape proper punish |
ment than does the foreigner in this
country.
WILL FOLLOW THE FLAG.
Los Angeles Herald: Appearances in
dictate, the Herald" regrets to observe.
that the believers in the free coinage
OF silver at the ratio Of sixteen ounces Of
that metal to one Of gold will be in con-
troll of the National Democratic Demo-
cratic Convention to assemble next
month in Chicago. If, as it seems prob
able, such control obtains, the conyen-
ton will undoubtedly adopt platform
ana nominate candidate in harmony
with the majority's views. The Her |
aid" is constrained to- believe such a |
course to be a mistaken one and in vio-
lation Of cardinal Democratic doctrine. |
but If it be the will of the party to take |
that course it is the bounden duty of
every individual member to acauiesce. |
he preservation of the gold standard |
in the United States under existing con-
ditions is important, highly So but it |
is not as essential as the preservation |
OF the Democratic party, which stands |
to-day as the only effective barrier |
against the rising tide of Republican |
Capitalization, special privilege and
monopoly.
JURIES IN CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Stockton Independent: The striking
fathers of San Francisco are likely to !
escape the penalty of their crime of |
murder because the jury who tried them |
persisted in returning an absurd YER
dict of "manslaughter, not of felony"
While the law says manslaughter is a. |
felony. What to do with the convicted |
men is puzzle that the lawyers and
the courts seem unable to solve. The
ahsurdity suggests that some legisla- |
ton is necessary to prevent the escana
OF men thus convicted by a jury of |
sympathizers with crime. When courts
are so sensitive about their dignity If |
seems wonder that the jurors in this
case were not arrested for contempt. |
They persisted in returning the absurd |
verdict after being Informed by the
court that 1T could not be received, and