The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-08

conventions. mat Will De une most lH-
portant result of the convention.
HAMMOND.
Riverside Enterprise: On second sober
thought a great many American people
are not SO very much inclined to dis
pute the justice of the sentence imposed
upon Hammond and his partners by the
South Africans for his bumptious inter
ference in the Transvaal. If some for
eigner should enter United States ter
ritory with a filibuStering expedition
attempting to take possession of and
overthrow our Government he would
soon be similarly treated.
TOO MUCH ELSE TO DO.
Winters Express: The California
Press Association wants the State
Board of Trade to take up the matter
centennial anniversary of the discov-
| cry of gold in California and of the
signing of the treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo, under which the State was ac-
| CURED by the Americans. The two dates
come close together in 1898. The Eek
press favors such celebration, but is
| moved to ask, Why doesn't the Press
| Association take up the matter itself?
WHAT M'KINLEY IS.
| Los Angeles Express: 1t is sought
| now to draw parallel between Blaine
and Mckinley. There is none, and
| Blaines experience is not likely to be at
all repeated by Mckinley. Blaine had
many bitter enemies; Mckinley has
| none. Blaine was more brilliant than
Mckinley. He was a diplomat rather
| than a statesman; a man who would
have been much greater in Europe than
| he could possibly hope to be in the
United States, except under very eX-
| traordinary circumstances. The result
was that many prominent men had an
| intense personal hatred of Blaine,
| which is not true Of Mckinley. Even
those who are opposing his nomination
do not hate him; they simply prefer
| others.
ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS.
San Diego Union: Newspapers all
over the East are sounding a note OF
alarm in regard to the enormous influx
| of Italians to this country. The nam
| objection to their coming is Of course
that a very large proportion of them
| are pauperS, and not a few belong 10
the criminal classes. But aside from
| this, there are other very strong rea-
| sons why these people are not wanted.
Assuming that the greater number of
| them are wage-earners, the question
| may we'll be asked, What is to be done
with them? 1t is all very we'll to say
| that the country has not yet half the
population it is capable of supporting,
and can maintain many millions more
| inhabitants. But the fact remains that
| for years past the supply of labor, both
skilled and unskilled, has been much
greater than the demand. In the West,
| where immigrants are commonly sup
| posed to be desired, it can be stated
| generally that there is not State or
Territory where unskilled workmen
| are likely to find employment, and there
is no scarcity of artisans. The condi-
| lions in the East are certainly not more
| favorable to the newcomers. Conced-
| ing, then, that these immigrants are
| honest workers without means, it is not
even kindness to them, to say nothing
of the injustice to our own wage-earn
ers, to allow them to land and become
| charges on the country. The Eastern
press has taken this subject UP and
is handling it with vigor. It's efforts
| thus far, however, do not appear to
| have produced any effect upon Com
| greSS.