The record-union., 1896-03-14

opposed to it would vote as we'll as those
who favor it.
SHOULD HAVE ALL.
Wheatland Four Corners: Sacra-
mento will have the Republican State
Convention to take care of, and she
should have all other State Conven-
tions. This convention will be attended
and participated in by delegates chosen
from Congressional Conventions rather
than from County Conventions. This
is an innovation, but the new plan may
work. Above all things California
wants to see that free silver delegates
are chosen to go to the National Con-
ventions.
AN AMERICANIZED CHURCH.
Tulare Register: That any number
of Catholics will be bound by the re-
strictions the Pope has put upon their
affiliating with secret societies is an un-
thinkable thing and nothing has been
done at the Vatican in recent years
more calculated to weaken the power
of the Pope in this country than this
petty interference with Individual lib
erty on American soil. But the invita-
tion to come to America and breathe
icanism will not be accepted and would
be unayailing if it were accepted. The
Pope would be so surrounded by kow-
towing sycophants that he would get
never a breath of the air of liberty, but
would go home convinced that America
is his own-which it is not. AS good a
thing as he can do will be to remain at
home and attend strictly to his own af-
foi 10 oIo - ~ A
canized Salvation Army and we ought
to have an Americanized Catholic
Church. Some progress has been made
in this direction and a few more mis-
takes like the one above referred to
will bring about a genuine schism.
SPAIN.
Amador Dispatch: The people Of
Spain seem to be highly indignant at
the United States because Congress has
passed resolutions recognizing the
Cuban rebels as belligerents. Some of
the Spanish students in Madrid and
other places went so far as to insult
the United States Consuls and trail the
American flag in the dust, in spite of
the efforts of Government officials and
police authorities to stop them. If they
continue this kind of work until Uncle
Sam gets his mad up they may not be
able to see so much fun in that kind of
business. The Government officials of
Spain are in reality, it is thought. as
hostile as the common people, but they
have sense enough to make at least an
appearance of trying to stop such silly
and insulting demonstrations.
CHILD SLAUGHTER.
oakland Tribune: Since the slaugh-
ter of the two Booth children by troll
ley cars on Eighth street the commu-
nifty has been inquiring if such casual
ties as this cannot be avoided. As
general proposition it may be said that
no accident of the kind need occur on
any public street in this city. Such ac-
cidents cannot occur without some neg
lect of necessary precautions. Trolley
roads have right of way through the
streets. But this right of way is sub
Ject 10 the contingency that hundreds
and thousands of people will be on the
streets; that many viii be crossing the
streets; that children win sometimes be
just where they can be killed if no ex-
ira care is taken.
There are now safety devices attach
ed to street cars so perfect in their way
that it is almost impossible for anyone
to get under the wheels. There was no
such device on the trolley cars that
killed the two children on Eighth
street. That is the cruelty of the cir
cumstance. These children ought not
to have been killed, and they would
not have been if all possible precau-
tions had been taken against such
dreadful casualty