The record-union., 1896-07-10
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTERIOR CALL
FORNIA NEWSPAPERS.
Comments Upon Things Local, Gov
ernmental, Practical, Theoret-
ical and Current.

san Diego Union: 1t is not surprising
that France can hold expositions whose
splendor fairly dazzles the world. The
managers of these undertakings appear
to have solved the problem of raising
the necessary funds. 1t is stated that
the visible resources for the exhibition
OF 1910 already amount to S2O,OOO,OO0.
and the promoters are ready to begin
building operations at once. Much of
this money is provided by popular sub
scription, which lottery feature makes
SO attractive that, although the books
have not yet been opened, its success is
assured by the preliminary applications.
1t is characteristically French way of
doing things, and would not be tolerated
in countries with a stricter code of
morals, but as mode of raising money
il has its advantages when compared
with the tedious and unpleasant meth
DDS in vogue in the United States But
for all that, the next time this country
gets up big exposition, it will not re-
sort to the lottery method of raising
the necessary money. And when the
United States undertakes the conStruc-
ton of the great Nicaragua Canal, the
Government will not adopt the garnb-
ler's tricks that preceded the collapse of
the Panama undertaking.
EVIL BEGETS EVIL.
San Diego Tribune: Medical men have
decided that it is not advisable to make
suicides items of news and are taking
steps to put stop to the publication of
such matter They have observed that
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Immediately follow The same is true
of all kinds of crime. The manner in
which they are committed is no sooner
announced than other similar deeds of
atrocity become known.
We want the light of day upon evil,
that we may know where and how to
fight it, but when newspaper reports
become text books of immortality; when
the minds of our people are fed on the
sickening details of horrible crime;
when, in fact, 1t is about all that the ig-
norant have to read, we need not be sur
prised at the terrible results.
Evil begets evil just as truly as good
begets good, and it ought to be impos-
sible for the so-called sensational news
papers to exist.
WELCOME CHANGE.
Alameda Telegram: Peary is contem-
plating another journey to Arctic re-
gions, this time to bring back forty
ton meteorite he discovered last year.
This will be welcome change from the
usual purpose of seeking the Pole. An
expedition armed with derricizs will in
spire greater public confidence and in
sure more speedy success to the relief
party in locating it later.
STRONG INDICTMENT.
Fresno Republican,: A contemporary
remarks that the Democratic party is
one of the most colossal shams that
ever fiaunted it's false colors before the
eyes of the plain people. That is pretty
strong indictment, but when the party's
fearful protestations of sympathy for
the common people are compared with
the record it has made during the past
three years, the facts appear to justify
the assertion. Never before IN the his
tory Of the country did political party
appeal to the plain people so artfully
and with such consummate hypocrisy as
did the Democracy in the campaign of
1892; never in the history of this coun-
try has an administration been SO SER
vile and shameless in its servitude TO
money power of the country as the ad-
ministration now approaching its dis
honored and disastrous end. That the
party has the hardihood to again appeal
to the masses of the people for their
confidence and support is fact so as
founding that its counterpart could
hardly be found outside the realm of
politics.
WHOOPING HER UP
Riverside Press: The country has
been nearly ruined so far as business
is concerned through the acceptance OF
the tariff for revenue doctrine four
years ago. The "rich growing richer
and the poor growing poorer" was a
plausible appeal to ignorance and envy.
To-day we have this topic dropped by
the Democracy, for the results CT ex-
perience have demonstrated its foolish
ness. But the same old set are now
''whooping her up" for new theory,
the most effective argument being that
its adoption will ruin the bankers. 1T
will be well for ordinarily intelligent
| people to stop and inquire If silver mo-
rometallism, which will be the outcome
| if Altgeld, Bland & Co shall effect the
end they seek is not dead sure to ruin
everybody else as well as the bankers.
/ In pulling down the magnificent finan-
| cial policy of this country there is every
reason to believe that not only the
| bankers but everybody else will be
| crushed in the ruins.
| A DEMOCRATIC VAIL.
| Petaluma Courier: Ever since its or
ganization the Republican party has
profited by the blunders of Democracy.
And now. on the eve of one of the most
| important campaigns of their forty
] wears of antagonism. when the outlook