The record-union., 1896-01-22
sAoRANENTo REooRDUNIoN. WEDNESDAY,


the debts due by the Pacific railroads to
the Government, then, of course, the
present ownership will be maintained
OF these propositions we favor the lat
! ter. The funding proposition possesses
the merit of being sensible and straight
forward, and is, in short, a proposition
looking 70 the recovery of the money it
has expended. No one would deny the
right of the railroad company to pay
the Government what it owes it now if
it had the money. and an extension of
time is simply grace afforded to a
debtor who is at present unable to pay,
but who will be willing to pay. and who
| is willing to pay interest on the amount
he owes for the time he is unable to
meet his obligations We favor the
funding bill as the most businesslike
proposition and as the method most
likely to render to the Government the
amount of money it has loaned to the
Pacific railroads.
PROTECT THEM.
Fresno Expositor: If the United
States has no diplomatic right to inter-
fere in the protection of her citizens in
Armenia, she has no right to protect
! those in the Transvaal If her flag
means anything it should not pale be-
| fore the crescent any more than before
the union jack, the tricolor, the Maltese
Cross and eagle, or any other ensign
that floats or standard that waves.
MR. JOHNSON'S SPEECH.
Folsom Telegraph: Representative
Johnson of this district evidently does
not believe in emergency measures, and
Pa a17h1
agree with him. LET us be consist
ent," he says, 'slet US stand by the rule
| which we adopted many years ago
that we will not issue bonds in time of
peace, but that we will pile UP reve-
nue. even if we have to re-enact the Me-
Kinley tariff bill until the receipts ex-
ceed the expenditures"
RESULT OF BOSSISM.
Stockton Independent: Tacoma is
threatened with the closing of her
schools in consequence of the system Of
political brigandage tnat has been prac-
| ticed there. It's debt is UP to the consti-
tutional limit and its treasury empty.
Those who favor keeping the schools
going are agitating for the issue of bonds
to raise the means but these can only be
| legally issued after the people vote to
authorize them. There seems to be
great doubt about gaining public con-
sent to the bond issue, and if it is not
given the schools must close unless the
teachers are so public spirited as to
work without pay. All this misery is
the direct result of bossism in politics,
by which rogues were elected to Office
and pIundered the people.
THAT IS ABOUT 1T.
Colusa Sun: The railroad should be
forced to pay its debts and it's taxes
jnst as an individual But if an indi-
vidual was heavily mortgaged and still
brought in a. large amount of business
and money into our country, would it
be wise, while he could pay the interest
on his mortgage, and keep the business
enterprise going, giving hundreds en-
pIoyment, would it be wise to close him
out and put his estate in the hands of
persons at distance who would carry
all the money, all the business possibly
from us and give the places and salaries
To people from the other side of the con-
tinent. That is about it.
MADE NO MISTAKE.
Placer Argus: The people of the Sec
ond Congressional District made no
mistake in the selection of Hon. Grove
L. johnson. His trite remarks on the
bond bill, his prompt introduction of
the bills proposed by the Legislative
Committee of the Miners Association,
and in fact his public acts thus far are
meriting and receiving universal ap-
plause. Mr.. Johnson, though young in
Congressional experience, has shown
himself fully equipped to take part
with the grave and reverend seigniors"
of that body. The fact is, that the do
main of intellect is not confined to four
walls, and the man that shows himself
a force for public advancement in other
fields, comes readily into the line of Con-
gressional labor as an enlarged field of
action. We naturally expected a good
deal from Mr.. Johnson, and there is no
Indication that we will be disappointed.