The record-union., 1896-06-14
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EXPRESSIONS OF INTERIOR CALL
FORNIA NEWSPAPERS.
Comments Upon Things Local, Gov
ernmental, Practical, Theoret-
ical and Current.

Tulare Register: Populist living in
Tulare County for whom the writer has
a good deal of respect recently confess
ed to friend that he would not have
Joined the Populist party had it not
been for the fact that he was a good
deal in debt and he thought that a
| large volume of money would enable
him to sell out to good advantage and
to square up and have something left
| over. In other words, initiation and
temporary boom would help him while
| it would hurt the man he owed. A
great many no doubt feel as this man
felt, but it really is not temporary
| imitation that the debtor wants. 1t is
a solid foundation for confidence and
the coming of times which will encour-
age people to go slowly and build sub
stantially. Those who want a boom
want it merely that they may unload
upon someone else and that feeling is
not real honest. 1t would do credit to
Shylock, but is scarcely becoming
in a friend of the people"
RATIFICATION.
Kern Echo: In some parts of this
State arrangements are already making
for ratification meetings next week on
| the evening of McKinley'S nomina-
tion. The idea is a good one. The CAM
paign should be started off with a
bound. The people are in a humor to
make this the most aggressive cam
| paign that has been witnessed in many
| years and promise to return the nearest
| to a unanimous vote that has been
thrown since .'72. The people are anx-
| ious for an occasion to give expression
| to their enthusiasm for the great pro-
tectionist, and for the party of the
truest American ideas, and such an oc-
casion should be presented in every vii
lage, town and city in the country.
A MAGNETIC MAN IN POLITICS.
Modesto News: When a political boss
has great power without any easy way
of explaining why he should have it.,
the common explanation is that 1t is
because he is so magnetic.
The word magnetism covers multi
tude of things. A man may have no
great intellectual ability. The mag
netic man seldom has, yet he holds men
in his grasp as in a vice. Few dare to
disobey his commands because he is
| so very magnetic. The magnetic man
usually has an off-hand way with him
and a practiced art of remembering
| faces. He hatters each man in his
weakest spot and makes magnificent
promises which he keeps or not as he
chooses when the time comes.
| None of this, however, explains po-
litical magnetism. The true source Of
it is kept in the background. The
front name for political magnetism is
really cheek; it's last name, dollars
| The magnetic leader makes a contract
with certain rich men that he will see
| that no legislation is passed which shall
affect their moneyed interests, no mat
ter what kind of a fraudulent or COM
munity robbing scheme that private
business may be. In return they con-
tract to secure for him on election day
votes enough to send him and his
henchmen anywhere he desires they
| shall be sent
| FRUIT-CREDIT FAILURES.
| Riverside Press: One phase of the
past fruit season that deserves remem-
brance is that the indiscriminate credit
granted by the New York bankers to
the importers Of foreign fruit for the
purpose Of encouraging shipments has
resulted in heavy losses. One i'm
1
S150,0OO, very large part of which is
now due to the New York bankers for
advances made to Sicily lemon-grow-
ers, representing about a 81 per box in
Sicily.
| WANTS CONFIDENCE.
| Hanford Sentinel: Don't sit down in
the road and yell free silver" If it
was free as ocean waves what would
bring it to the people just now? The
country wants confidence in the gov
ernmental policy and the men that
form that policy. That will bring in
vestment, industry and plenty of
money. The idle millions of gold are
good enough if we can bring them out of
the timid pockets and have them in
vested in business.
THE SECRET F THE NATTER
Vacaville Reporter: 1t is simply ter
rible, and we do not see how some peo-
pie are going to stand 1t, on the eve of
wild-eyed campaign for a high pro-
lection tariff. But the Japanese have
placed more orders for steel rails with
| Cleveland, o., mills, and have, more
over, contracted with a wire nail fac
tory there for 100000 pounds of its
|
plac ced in Europe? Simply for the rea-
son that paying to-day higher rate of
wages we can compete successfully
with Europe. The secret of the matter
is that an American mechanic, while
paid a higher price per day, is, relative
to the quality of labor, he is able to do,
and amount of finished product he is
able to turn out, the cheapest skilled
workman in the world.
WAS 1T BLIND?
Los Angeles Times: The Philadelphia
Ledger" rises to remark that Mark
Hanna's latest scheme is to stampede
the convention to Mckinley. Bless the
innocence of it's dear old soul, but where
have it's eyes been for the last several
weeks not to have discovered that the
stampede is now on, having been started
| by the people a couple of months ago.
and they do not propose to stop it until
they have their grand Republican round
up at ST. Louis next week. AS for Mr.
Hanna, he has had to do some tall
hustling to keep out Of it's way.
| SACRAMENTO JUSTICE.
| Stockton Independent: Two Sacra-
mento ruffians suffered just penalties
on Monday. one by operation of law,
and the other by operation Of muscle
The first was sent to Jail for ninety days
| for insulting women, and the other was
sent to grass by a blow from the fist Of
Charles Morgan, for insulting women.
Morgan did wiser than those who
caused the other fellows arrest, because
the women he defended were not COM
PEELED to go into court and be stared at