The record-union., 1896-07-17
VOICE OF TIE PRESS.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTERIOR CALL
FORNIA NEWSPAPERS.
Comments Upon Things Local, Gov.
ernmentaI, Practical, TheOret-
icaI and Current.

Fresno Republican,: Whether such
| bargain will be ratified by the represen-
| tativeS of the Populist party ait ST.
Louis is another question. If the wishes
of the rank and file of the Populists of
| California regarding the question of
fusion or of surrendering their organ
| ization to tine Democracy is accepted as
an indication of what will be done, the
agreement will be overwhelmingly re-
pudiated, for it is a notorious fact that
| vast majority of Pacific Coast Popu-
| lists hold the question of free coinage
of silver far more lightly than other
| principles advocated by their party, and
| they are not willing to sacrifice the
greater for the lesser principle, to say
nothing of abandoning their party or
| ganization. However, it does not fol-
| low that Populist sentiment is every
where the same as it is here, or if it is,
that it will find expression i'm conven-
fion to which delegates were elected be-
| fore this proposition had taken definite
shape. The sentiments of political par
| ties are not always honestly represented
| in conventions, and in this instance
very powerful influences will be brought
to bear to make the ST. Louis conven-
tion the funeral of the party, at which
| it's delegates will be the voluntary pail
bearers of the Omaha platform. This is
| the programme, and if the obSequies do
not take place as arranged it will not be
| the fault of the politicians who have
| been dickering with the Democracy in
| Chicago
ADVICE GRATIS.
Alameda Encinal: The British Admi-
ralty Court has decided that steamship
companies need not provide for wrecked
passengers and are not liable for their
wants or transportation to their des-
tinations. Our advice is that before
| leaving their homes shipwrecked pas
sengers on British lines should provide
| themselves with ample means for all
such contingencies.
QUITE A UNIT.
| Oakland Tribune: The intelligent
Democrats of California in the Kearney
craze of 1879 joined hands with the
| sensible Republicans and saved the
State from the commumistic craze of
that year; and they will act as sensi-
| bly, in the present emergency and help
save the State and country from the
| evils threatening it in the emergency of
1896. AT the present writing there are
| thirtysix leading Democratic journals
| in the United States which have al
| ready denounced the Chicago conven-
tion and its ticket, and in active support
of Mckinley for President. The German
press of the country are virtually unit
for Mckinley
A LAND SLIDE.
| Oakland I,orty
dailies in twenty-five cities in more than
dozen States abandon the party to
which they have given, heretofore, allie
glance, and declare their Endorsement of
the platform and nominees Of the ST.
Louis convention. 1t is landslide, and
is a sure omen of the disaster which will
overwhelrn the Democratic nominees
next November. The request tele-
graphed Eastern Democratic editors by
the San Francisco Examiner" Satur-
day for information as to whether or not
they would support the ticket is indi-
cative of the fear entertained by the
party leaders that grave mistake had
| been made by the convention. That this
fear is we'll grounded is shown by the
| fact that out Of twenty-three inquired of
only seven gave an affirmative answer.
AN OBJECT LESSON.
Oakland Tribune: Maryland a year
| ago was burdened with debt, and the
| people concluded to make a change and
| placed the Republican party in power
| To-day she is out of debt and her paper
worth one hundred cents on the dollar
| in gold. Turn the incoFnpetents out of
| the National Government and put in
| Mckinley with a Republican Congress,
and there Will be no bond issues to meet
! deficiencies, and the wheels of business
will again commence revolving, and the
sunshine of prosperity will take the