The record-union., 1896-12-27
Voice OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
OF the State and the Coast on SUBJ
jeCtS of Living and News
Interest.

lone Valley Echo: Our Republican
friends have expressed themselves as
| in favor of civil service reform during
the Democratic Administration But
new because there is talk of extending
civil service so as to include fourth
class Postoffices they are bowling like
life at the end of the lash. Why is
this?
THE CLERICAL CRUSADE.
San Bernardfno Times-Index: 1t will
be very hard for the clergymen engaged
in the crusade against vice in Los An
geles to convince the general public
| tiaa1 any good or viItuous end has been
| served by their visiting bagnios and
| bars at all hours of the night buying
and drinking beer and other intoxi-
cants, and paying "soiled doves to ex-
pose their persons, kick high and give
| hula-hula exhibitions for their informa-
| tion, if not for their delectation. The
| experience of mankind is that not even
all wearers of sacerdotal robes and
| those consecrated with holy oil and the
laying on Of apostolic hands are ST. An
| thongs or Josephs.
! A REASON WHY"
Santa Rosa Republican: It is false
doctrine and an illogical assumption
| that the manufacturers Of the East
| have anass d colossal fortunes by the
| workings of protection, o., that they all
| belong to the millionaire class. The
| Great fortunes of the Atlantic sea-
| board have been made not so much in
| manufactures as in the towns where
| those manufactures are located. Put
| the wages OF American labor upon the
| same scale as those of France, Germany
and England, and no protective legisla-
| ton would be needed. That is why
| the advocates of protection advocate a
| tariff-because they want to see every
| boy brought UP to be more intelligent
| than his father, thing that cannot be
accomplished under European condi-
| tions.
HOW TO LOSE.
| Oroville Register: It viii now be in
| order to abuse Horace Davis, whose
name has been mentioned as a suitable
| candidate for Secretary Of the Interior
| from this State. The California dele
cation in Washington fndorse him, so
now is the chance for us to lose an ap-
pojntment by the usual deriding and
| belittling of our Californian.
REVIVAL OF PATRIOTISM.
Los Angeles Express: The address of
the Patriotic League Of America may
be said to fairly reek with patriotism.
Every line of it breathes the fervor Of
love for the starry flag and causes the
~ -.
through the body. The Patriotic League
Of America is not a secret organiza-
ton, having for its aim q few special
purposes, but it is organized to renew
the old sentiment that animated our an
cestorS to combat tyranny and strive
for manly independence and self gov
ernment. 1t has no restrictions Any
American can belong to it. no matter
what may be his creed or color. It's
doors are wide open to every American
and it's chief object is to incite all cit
izens of this republic with the patriotic
spirit that appears to have been subor-
dinated to commercial zeal and the
pursuit of the elusive dollar.
COOPERATION.
Colusa Sun: The late Senator STAN
ford had dream of the cooperation
of labor and capital. but it came too
late in life for him to put it in operation
but the Illinois Central Railway has
evolved a plan of having it's employees
take stock in the company that is meet
ing with success, and it is likely to be
followed by other roads and other great
| corporations. 1t is thought that this
is a sure way to prevent strikes. or at
least the destruction of property during
a strike 1t will certainly encourage
a spirit of economy, and economy is
the sure road to prosperity. When a
family has one share that is paying a
nice dividend ii will struggle for an
other and another until real wealth
| comes.
LEGISLATIVE ATTACHE EXTRAV-
AGANCE.
Fresno Republican,: What is the
cause of this -plentitude of at
taches for which the freeholders grudg-
ingly and unjustlypay? Only this: Fogg,
the sapient legislator from the steenth
district, is under certain obligations "a
| a worker in the Fifth Ward; Bef0ege
the laWmaker from the stieth district
is under similar obligations to a worker
in the Mudville deestrict. So Fogg and
Befogge and all Of their kind stand in
together in rewarding the workers with
attache places. So it goes from ses-
sion to session. and the taxpayers NAV
like 1t or not like it, as they please.
TRY THE OTHER TACK.
Antioch Ledger: The next LeeisIa-
ture might just as we'll repeal the law
prohibiting prize-hghting. It is a dead
letter. In fact. why not inaugurate a
regular Saturnaha for two or three
years, and see how that would work
1t seems impossible to prohibit those
things which outrage decency, ther
Why not give the people a fiji OF what
! they seem to want and sc. If q surreit
@l -t.e titns Won't cure them. We have
been unable to stop gambling, pugilism
and kindred delights of the tenderIoir
quarter by law, SO why not try the
other cure-make them so common as
to be tiresome. There is a screw loose
| somewhere in our method of handling
or regulating these evils.
ELECTING POSTMASTERS.
Sonora Union-D Democrat: If the sug-
geStion that Postmasters be selected by
communities which they are to serve
was crystallized into law, it would be
more satisfactory to the public, end
more than likely result IN greater eff
| cheney in the Postal Department
THE RICH VS.. THE POOR.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: The oft-re-
| peated falsehood that the financial leg
islation OF the past thirty years has been
in favor of the rich and against the
poor, has come to be very generally be-
| lieved. It is the chief stock in trade OF
j ohnara tor