The record-union., 1896-05-12
VOICE OF TIE PRESS.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTERIOR CALI
FORNIA NEWSPAPERS.
Comments Upon Things Local, Gov
ernmental, Practical, TheOret-
iCal and Current.

Marysville Democrat: The Democrats
live in hopes that Mckinley may yet get
left on the nomination, like Blaine,
who lacked so few votes Of winning in
1894. Such a result, however, would
not be of much benefit to Democracy,
for whoever is nominated will be elected
just the same, as when Garfield came TO
the front as a dark horse.
WHEELWAYS
San Diego Union: In the East the
good roads movement is supplemented
IN some States by efforts to obtain what
are known as cycle paths. These are
available for pedestrians as we'll as for
wheelmen. Cycle paths are really side
walks, some six feet wide, and built OF
cinderS rolled and beaten to a smooth
hardness. On them pedestrians can
travel comparatively dry shod in the
worst kinds of weather, and bicyclists
can journey in comfort along what
would otherwise be almost unridable
reads. The New Jersey Legislature has
made these cycle paths a legal insti-
tuition, and other Eastern States are
preparing to do the same. But out here
i'll the West people can only envy and
wish that a substantial beginning
toward better highways could be made,
leaving such luxuries as cycle paths to
the efforts of road enthusiasts in the
future.
RESTRICTING IMMIGRATION.
Stockton Independent; Nearly every
Republican State platform demands
legislation for the better restriction and
limitation of immigration, and the Ma
tional Convention will, in all proba-
bility, do likewise. To SO declare and
to keep the promise the declaration
implies will be at once justice to the Ia
bOrerS of the country and completion
of the protective principle The manu-
facturer is protected by the Republican
party whenever it is in power, and why
not the wage-earners? Beside, the pro-
lection of the wage-earner will protect
the republic.
A CABINET PLACE.
Kern Echo: There is a general desire
on the part of the people of this coast
that Californians be represented in the
next Republican Cabinet. OF course if
such a hope is to be entertained, Cali
fornians must stop their childish bick-
ering and make up their minds to give
and take or to join in the Endorsement
of some strong or available man. We
have fooled ourselves out of several
good things by our tomfoolery; suppose
we be decent awhile now and see what
the result will be.
A DEMOCRATIC VIEW
Los Angeles Herald: If anything
should doom the ST. Louis nominees to
defeat it is the raid that the manu-
facturers and coal and iron barons, who
desire to become tariff beneficiaries to
a still greater extent than they are at
present, are organizing on that body.
They will get what they demand of the
conventional pledge TO allow them in
the event of Republican victory in the
next election to write the tariff
schedules of an Act to succeed the pres
ent tariff law. Any party that will cove
nant to deliver the taxing power of the
Government into the hands Of a few
should be buried so deep that ten thou
sand trumpets of the Gabriel band
would be impotent in it's resurrection.
ABOUT ENOUGH.
Riverside Press: The San Diego
papers are kicking because the Congress
sional Convention of this district didn't
go out of it's way to vote an expression
Of opinion as to the choice of delegates
at large In view of the recognition
San Diego men have received every
where at the conventions it looks as
though they were hard to please. They
have Bowers renominated unanimously,
Grant delegate at large by hand
some vote, and Gibson given the most
important Craftsmanship in the conven-
ton. Isn't that about honor enough
for an ordinary county?
AN ABUSE.
Stockton Mail: 1t is fragrant abuse
Of the proxy in politics to recognize the
right of a delegate to put in his place a
man who resides in another district or
county. A rule ought to be adopted re-
quiring all holders of proxies to be
residents and voters in the same terri
tory with their principals. The abuse