The record-union., 1896-04-16

country is not drained of gold by free
trade or an approach to it the relative
value of that metal with silver will not
be so great and silver will find double
the employment it now has.
CUBA
Tulare Register: The Cuban war is a
cruel thing for Cuba, but it is none the
less cruel for Spain. The flower of the
nation has been sent to fight Cubans
and the fever, and there are not enough
young men left at home to till the farms.
This will work disastrously for Spain.
No nation can afford to have all its
buoyant, capable youth slain, and Spain
can afford a thousand times better to lose
Cuba than to lose an army of its young
men, and she is likely to lose both.
SINGULAR LOS ANGELES.
Santa Ana Blade: Losing sight of the
| fact that the expenditure of some $500,
GOO in the improvement of one Of the
harbors adjacent to Los Angeles would
he very great help to that city, some
Of the good people Of Los Angeles seem
TO have become demented. Undr the
leadership of El Mahdi Otis, whose long
experience in the practice of harikari
has made him an adept, a number of our
Los Angeles neighbors are engaged in
the pleasant pastime Of cutting off their
noses to spit C. P. Huntington. Their
war cry is ''San Pedro or nothing" and
judging from the choice they have made
of leader they are mighty liable to get
nothing.
PROTECTION.
Concord Sun: Protection Protection
| Protectionl for what? The capitalist
| principally, of which number the mill
| ionaires are to be made multi million
aires by legislation, and the mass of the
American people-the mechanics, labor
ers, "hewers of wood, drawers of water
are to be brought into competition
with the labor marts of the world with
out protection! Protect American labor
| by making a compulsory law that only
American laborers and none other shall
| be employed in the workshops of this
country, and then the word protection
will have true patriotic ring.
THE BICYCLE VOTER.
| Stockton Independent: The election
| in Milwaukee on Friday last showed
that the wheelmen are a power in poll
| tics when they take a hand in such bust
ness. In that city they defeated sew
eral candidates for Councilmen who hat
| taken stands against the riders of BIZ
| cycles, and the results were quite sur
prising to many who did not take into
account the power of organized sports.
men. The disposition to enter politics is
shown in California, and it is believed
that the strength of bicyclists will bt
impressed on candidates for city and
county positions at the next election
| Bicycle men are acting together in 9
league which has hitherto given mos,
attention to racing, but hereafter the
organization will have something to say
in the selection of the men who are tc
legislate on the road question and make
orders for pavements.
ILLUSTRATION RUN MAD.
| Tulare Register: Illustrated journal.
ism run mad had fine illustration ir
Sundays Chronicle" wherein Mr.. Har-
rison and his bride We're represented as
dancing under grandpa's hat. Mr. Har.
| rison being clothed in nothing but 6
| short-sleeved, short-tailed shirt Sucf
a cartoon is disgrace. to the artist: 6
disgrace to the paper. and an insult Il
Mr.. Harrison and his bride. They hae
as good a right to marry as anyone, ant
a man who has once been President O.
| the United States and well enough
| thought of to be given the nominatior
by his party for a second term is en-.
titled to respectful treatment at the
hands of his own party at all events
|