The record-union., 1896-01-15

pies, makes his support natural i'm
pulse. American citizens are the shin
| ing examples Of the world in their pa
triotism, so it is not necessary, as some
of our journalistic friends seem to think,
to spur the Americans on to their duty
as citizens, as that is an mate principle
which will characterize Americans as
long as the race exists.
The very principles on which the
foundations of our Government depend
show the American citizen his plain and
simple duty in upholding and defending
his Government. The representatives.
regardless of political color or COM
plexion, are his guides, and their actions
must be ratified in matters of such vital
Importance as the present one.
1t is highly improbable that actual
hostilities will ever occur between two
countries whose commercial interests
are SO closely allied, but should war
culminate the present dispute, there
will be no necessity of pointing out the
duty of the American citizen.
ELECT SENATORS.
Petaluma Argus: There are two bills
now before Congress providing for the
election of the President and United
States Senators by direct vote Of the
people, and the experiment is well worth
trying. 1t would do away with buying
and selling and aid in the work of MAX
ing the State Legislatures more re-
spectacle. There is no reason why the
people should not be given an oppor-
tunity to vote direct in these matters.
STICK TO IT
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Stick to it; this
is the great secret of success in what
ever undertaking you may engage.
Work early and late; never give up;
always have full confidence in yourself
and you will be pretty sure to come
out on the top of the pile. stick to it,
is exemplified in history The Greeks
before Troy stuck to it and they took
the place; the allied forces stuck before
Sebastopol and the supposedly i'm
pregnable fortress fell into their hands;
Grant stuck to it, and his sticking to it,
and his sledge-hammer blows caused
the strife among brothers to cease when
nearly everybody had begun to give UP
hope.
CHURCH SCANDALS.
Alameda Telegram: The eagerness
with which people read of scandals
in religious circles and among members
of churches is a tribute to the holy in
stitutions, says an exchange. The de-
light on account of such things comes
from those who are arraigned against
the gospel side, and is caused by the
discovery Of weakness in places where
they know it has no right to be and
where it is not sanctioned by any
teaching or by any example. Scandals
in churches do not injure religion;
they only furnish materials for scoffers
to excuse themselves with. Pages are
given by the newspapers to the trouble
in which Rev. G. o. Brown of San
Francisco has found himself, simply
because the great mass of readers de-
sire it and cry for it, while hundreds of
far worse things happen before our very
eyes and are scarcely commented upon
by mouth and not at all in print
FISCAL YEARS
the fiscal and calendar years COM
mencing at different times should be re-
moved by a. constitutional amendment.
Both should commence on January Ist
Now the fiscal year comences on July
1st, and for five months (untiI taxes are
paid our State and county govern
ments are run on credit and without
definite knowledge as to the revenues
for the year With the fiscal year COM
mencing on January 1st there would
be less friction over State and county
finances, and claims could be paid
promptly.