The record-union., 1896-03-12

last degree. They are little better than
groggeries and houses of prostitution,
and are degrading and miserable in
every respect. By building good struc-
lures keeping them free from grog
geries and putting them into the hands
of good people a great service will be
done to morality and for the comfort
of the poor. The larger one of these no.
tells will accommodate 1,500 guests, and
will be fire-proof and ten stories high,
and both hotels will be in the slum dis
tricts of the great city. What a world
of good a rich man can do with his
money, and he need not give it away
either. And, too, it is better for the
cause Of philanthropy that the princi-
pal should not be given away and so
lost to future beneficence but be pre-
served and added to that it may never
cease to do good. "He who lends to the
poor Cat 5 per cent? gives to the Lord.
If the quotation does not read just that
way it ought to.
THE BEST WAY.
Marysville Appeal: The best way to
solve the silver question is to keep such
stanch advocates of the metal as
Grove L. Johnson in Congress and let
ganizations. Silver is the coin of the
masses and its universal use will yet
be forced upon the nations of the world.
THE RATEN CASE.
Stockton Independent: Simon Raten,
the Russian who killed ex-Sheriff Ian
sing of Sacramento and was pardoned
about year ago, has been identified as
the tramp who was in company with
the two Japanese who were murdered
near Gait last Tuesday. AS the last of
the Japanese who died said he had been
shot by Russian, no doubt is left that
Raten is the murderer. Now is will be
interesting to learn what influence was
brought to bear to effect his pardon.
1t was said that the Governor was con-
vinced that he did not willfully kill Lam
sing, but the history of the case shows
that he was running to avoid arrest
when Lansing appeared and not as
purSuer, and that Raten shot him His
latest crimes show that he should not
have been pardoned and those who in
f1uenced the Governor to release him
are in a measure accessory to the muir
der of the Japanese.
THE STANFORD SUIT.
Calaveras Prospect: The people of
California will not be sorry to know
that the Supreme Court has decided the
suit of the Government against the
Stanford estate in favor of the latter
The suit, which was begun through
malice and partisan prejudice never
had any merit in the first place It was
easier to fight the dead than the living
hence this estate of all the stockholders
Of the railroad was selected for attack
There is no question but that the late
Senator Stanford made vast fortune
out of his connection with the Central
and Southern Pacific Railroads, so did
many others. The money came as the
legitimate result of gigantic operations,
which few men had the courage to un-
dertake. AS to the methods by which
| it was acquired, men of course differ,
| but thare is no question but that the
wealth came under the sanction of the
law, and as a result Of keen business
/ foresight.
When the project Of building the road
was first started, men stood aghast at
the magnitude of the proposition The
most courageous hesitated. Stanford
was not daunted. He took great risks
and reaped great results. He devoted
his vast wealth to the good of mankind
and the development of the State He
paid back to the nation thousandfold
all the money he received from it,
/ HERE FIRST.
Los Angeles Times: The new woman
of Cuba appears to be able to hold he1
own with the tongue, the shooter or
the even more deadly machete. The
American article, however, confines her
time to chin music, and she proposes to
break loose in California shortly with
renewed vigor. Well, let her come, we
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