The record-union., 1896-05-23
VOICE OF TIE PRESS.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTERIOR CALI
FORNIA NEWSPAPERS.
Comments Upon Things Local, Gov
ernmental, Practical, Theo ret
ical and Curre mt.

date? Did they forget tnat OF ulu It,
drop through one of the numerous
holes left in the platform!
BOER JUSTICE.
Modesto News: There is something
in the stern yet shrewd attitude or
Paul Krueger and his African Dutch
men that recalls Cromwell and his
Covenanters. There is probably more
of the simple. severe old Covenanter
spirit to-day among the Beers than
anywhere else on the globe. No wonder
the hard sentences-death for the five
leaders of the so-called Reform Com
mlttee. a fine of $4,000 each and two
years Imprisonment followed by three
years banishment from the TranSvaal,
for the sixty minor conSplratorS-ralse
a feeling of CONSERVATION in England.
The sensation is a stunning one to the
British mind.
CULTIVATE OTHERS TO OFFSET
THEM.
Tulare Register: New York City mas
a millionaire who entered college WITH
out a dollar, took the full course ana
came out with a good educatlon ana
thousand dollars in cash to start IN
business WITH and he made every DOL
lar of it while attending school. NOW
he is head of an ice trust which makes
ice cost New Workers. more than IL
ought to cost in the tropics. THESE are
hard men to manage. That they are
robbing the public cannot be disputed,
but a million ShOrt-headed men can
never circumvent any man whose head
is as long as that of the self-made anu
self-educated gentleman above men
toned. The only recourse OF the people
is to set over against such man an
other man with as long head as he
has got, and this can only be done py
leaving the avenues open Tor other
long-headed men to rise and contest
the supremacy of the first. Government
can't do it,
LEANING.
San Jose Mercury: 1t is not surpris-
ing that South Carolina is leaning more
and more toward Republican1sm ana
protection In Charleston alone there
are now 10S manufacturing industries,
which give employment to o,5OO people
and produce S14,000O00 worth Of goods
annually.
NO USE.
Vallejo Chronicle: Newspapers have
little regard for persons desires. Their
business is to supply news, and they
furnish what people will buy. One can
not regulate the newspaper world in re-
gard to oneself. No matter how much
a man or woman likes to appear in the
public print such desire will not bring 1t
about. On the other hand it is just as
hard to keep it out. For instance, in
spite of the aversion of Nine. Duse, the
great actress, to being talked about in
= hav. al
there appeared during her short time Of
eleven weeks in this country more par
agraphs than about any other star,
either American or foreign. In all,
2,SS6 news clippings were sent to her.
A WAY TO PROSPERITY.
Fresno Expositor: Seldom is the nail
of reason struck more squarely on the
head than in the following from the
Hanford Sentinel: Don't set 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
ernment policy and the men that form
that policy. That will bring investment,
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 invested in business"
There is more money in the world to-
day than ever before, and a dollar will
purchase much more than it ever would.
Return it to the channels of trade and
the whole world will be prosperous.
GRAND JURY REPORTS.
Oroville Register: The prosecution of
the foreman of the Sacramento Grand
Jury for criminal libel will probably
bring about a much needed reform in
the methods of those bodies. The privi-
lege of making wholesale accusations
of crookedness, without following them
with indictments, has been abused to
an unbearable extent. A Grand Jury
| has no right to make such charges, and
| it is to be hoped that this will be en-
| phasized by a legal decision.
THE NAVY.
Stockton Independent: The remark
that there must be some radical defect
| ir the navy is correct and the defect is
rot hard to find 1t is the system which
offers so little inducement to American
| youth to enter it. No ambitious Amer
lean youth will care to enter a service
| in which the chances for promotion are
| so small and the promotion limited to
| mere warrant offices. In the army the
chance is not 50 small for fairly edu-
| Gated man. In that service it is Dos
sble for him to win commission by
| excellence of conduct and ability to
pass an examination, for preparation
| for which a soldier has ample time. but
in the navy even that small chance is
| rot offered. A graduate of the Uni
!
| friends couple Of years ago by en-
listing at the Preside, and a few
| months ago he successfully passed the
examination for a commission as Sec
ond Lieutenant. If he had hope of
getting a commission he must have
been dismayed to learn that West Point
will this year graduate more cadets
than there are vacancies to fill, and
he may have to serve out his full five
years in the ranks and then not get
a commission Mourning over the con-
dition of the navy is idle as long as the
| causes are tolerated.
TEMPERANCE AND THE WHEEL.
| Alameda Telegram: The bicycle IS
now proudly posing as a promoter of
temperance. 1t hong since won recogni-
| ton in business circles as the foe of
horses, seriously damaged the carriage
builders, cut into the earnings of
street railways, diminished the box re-
ceipts of theaters, subtracted from the
| attendance Of churches, and more re-
| Gently forced itself as free baggage on
all the railroads in New York and Ohio.
Now it is winning distinction as the
enemy of another branch of business.
| that OF the saloon-keeper And as the
| distiller and brewer stand behind the