The record-union., 1897-04-06

terms to say that this is not the exer-
else of force, says the Bulletin" Tne
great Powers are simply seeking to
starve the Cretans into submission, and
are giving the job a nice name.
PLUCKY YOUNG PEOPLE.
Oakland Times: It is found that a
surprisingly large number of students
at the State University are dependent
upon their own labor for support Wnlie
taking the course, and that some OF
them manage to subsist on 80 month.
Professor Rising cites one case or a
young man from the southern part OF
the State who was unable to pay the
required deposit in the physical depart
ment. The President was communicate
ed with and satisfactory arrangements
We're made. Upon investigation it was
found that he was not only supporting
himself, but was carrying a room mate
as well, to a large extent. The two were
living about as cheaply as possible. do
ing their own cooking. They cooked a
little in the morning, and only had
cold bite after that. The case OF a
student from Oakland was mentioned.
His mother teaches or does any other
work she can secure, from sewing to
still more laborious work The boy is
ready to do coaching or manual labor
of any sort, and in this way the two
live, while he carries on his college
work. The Professor adds:
From my own knowledge 1 can
say that some of. the stories sound
more like romance than truthful ac-
counts of college life. The strugglers
are of both sexes, and surely they are
deserving of held Often there occur
instances in which it seems that some
assistance must be rendered or the eff
fort would have to be abandoned and
the boy or girl forced to leave college
without getting the coveted learning.
There are students at Berkeley that do
do not get as much as So month
There are workers in college who just
keep body and soul together Of course
such are very much Handicapped in
their college duties One who has to
do so much outside work cannot give
the necessary time to study Moreover.
a students mind should be free and
clear, not full of financial and other
worries and of anxiety for the uncer-
tainty of the future"
1t strs the blood and gives one an
increased respect for human nature to
read of these experiences.
HAWAII
San Jose Mercury: The act of the
Hawaiian Government in refusing to
receive japanese immigrants is liable to
provoke hostilities between that coun-
try and Japan. In such an event an
appeal for protection to this country
from our island neighbor would meet
with hearty response and serve to crys-
tallize the sentiment in faovr of a polit-
ical union
A QUESTION.
Woodland Mail: When one sees the
leading nations of Europe firing on a
Christian nation that is trying to pre-
vent assassinations at the hands of
barbarous, blood thirsty Turks, one is
led to ask: Is the hand of practical
Christianity becoming palsied?
A CRITICISM
Tulare Register: The jackals in the
Legislature were ELECTED by jackals to
represent jackals, and it would be I'M
reasonable to expect them to vote to
pay for scalping members Of their own
geological family without being given
something to feed on. The jackaSses
We're elected by jackasses to represent
jackasSes, because no one but jack
ass can represent a jackass in an ad-
equate manner. And what could the
few capable and honest members Of
the Legislature do? Do not blame the
Legislature for the folly of the last
session. Blame the people who sent
them. So long as a legislator is re-
garded as a failure by his constitu-
ents unless he succeeds in gouging the
State out of something for their ben
fit, so long viii legislation be farce
and each Legislature disappointment,
if not a disgrace. The fact is that
California will not have a better Leg
islature than the one just adjourned
until there is a higher standard of po-
litical morals among the people.
AN AK.
San Diegan Sun: 1t was not prun-
ing knife but an aX-and a big, wide
ak at that-that Governor Budd applied
to the general appropriation bill. 1t
is we'll enough known that he had to
do it in order to keep down the ex-
penses and hold the tax rate within
reasonable limits. 1t was we'll enough
known that he was going to cut, and
the only question was as to where he
would cut, and that was all there was
about it. The Legislature run expenses
away above anything like decent linn
it's Money was spent on the Duck
worth steal and on other steals, which,