The record-union., 1897-04-28
VOICE. OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
OF the State and the Coast on Sub
jects of Living and News
Interest.

Fresno Republican: The Spanish
| claim that Cuba is really in state
of subjugation, only lacking formal an
nOuncement to end the war, is not eX-
actly in accord with the latest report
of victories by the revolutionists. From
this distance it looks a good deal more
as though Spain was hauling off her
forces for repairs while looking for an
opportunity to throw up the sponge
with as little ostentatious display as
| possible.
! BEET SUGAR INTERESTS.
| Healdsburg Enterprise: The farm
ers in this district desire a beet sugar
factory, and they are going about Sc
curing it in the right way, over fifty
pounds of beet seed have been planted
| by as many farmers in this vicinity,
and later in the year we will be able
to convince the most s<eptical that we
can grow the sugar beet to the Queen S
taste. Not alone that, we viii also
! have demonstrated that we are ready
to engage in the industry if a factory
I be established. God made Healdsburg
the best site for such an establishment,
but we propose to go right to work and
set forth our advantages. If we had
the push and energy of other localities
! in California, with our natural advan-
tages, Healdsburg would be a lively
| little city with twice its population.
| RESENT THE INVASION
| Santa Rosa Republican: A number
of the interior towns resent the action
Of San Francisco in trying to unload
! large numbers .of the unemployed on
! them. AS all of the interior cities
have their own unfortunates to look out
! for they very naturally object to as
Stunning the care and protection of those
| belonging to other places. 1t is not
from any lack of sympathy or inhuman
! feeling that the interior cities are pro
testing 1t is simply q matter of self
defense If there was great industrial
activity in them it would be different.
! But when great numbers of men can
not obtain employment in the large
/ cities a corresponding number in the
| smaller places are in the same cOndi-
ton, and the smaller places must see
! to the necessities of their own people
| first. The only hope ahead for the
the thousands Of deserving citizens
who are now denied the right to earn
their daily bread is in the return of
the boom of prosperity which has been
promised.
| THE FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT
FORECLOSURE.
| San Diego World: Months have
rolled past since the Government com
menced its foreclosure proceedings
against the Union Pacific Railroad.
! Time has conclusively proven that the
! people of the nation have gained moth
| ing thereby. the Government will lose
nearly fifty per cent. of its claim, and
that foreclosure is entirely in the in
terest Of the private parties owning
railroads that are indebted to the Gov
ernment. Hence we still are in favor
of the plan recommended by the Con-
gressiOnal committee permitting an ex-
| tension of the Central Pacific indebted
ness provided payment is made in full
/ one hundred cents on the dollar, with
| interest added for time extended and
| with more security being furnished
| over what the Government now holds.
Such plan Is fair and honest to all,
and by it will Californias welfare be
| enhanced
A BUG ITEM.
| San Jose Mercury: The orchardists
of Santa Barbara are rejoicing in a
war dance. They assert that the lin
nets and the pewees We're kind enough
net to eat all the apricot buds this
spring, and the lady bug has knocked
the stuffing out of the black scale in
the olive orchards 1t is only d few
months ago when lady bug colonies
were ridiculed.
! SCHOOL BOY LEGISLATION.
Placerville Nugget: There is a great
deal of tangle in the minds of the
! Supervisors over the State as to what
road laws are to be obeyed. Then,
again, when some one says "all OF
them,' the tangle becomes more intri-
cate. There was good deal of school
| boy legislation in this road business
this winter. The county government
Act which received the signature of
the Governor, leaves the roads in
charge of the Supervisors. The Clark
road law, also signed by Budd, pro-
vides that the roads shall be put in
! charge Of trustees, to be elected every
! May. AS this Act does not go into
effect this year until June. that means
no trustees this year. SO the conflict
will not take place just now.
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW.
Calayeras Prospect: The last Leg
islature made a great change in pri-
mary election methods, in the passage
of the Primary Election law 1t looks
! like pretty cumberous piece of ma
! chinery, but as the penalties for its
| non-observance are very severe. and
| largely self enforcing, it is likely to be
pretty generally observed The feat
IRE of keeping the polls open all day.
will he quite an innovation, as will also
the fact that the officers must be legally
appointed, and must serve when so APP
| pointed or be subject to severe fine.
! The compensation is freedom from jury
duty for year. The whole law is a
! complete revolution of the present
methods.
DEATH IN THE RING.
| Les Angeles Express: The slaughter
I of one pugilist by another yesterday
while it may call for no particular sym
pathy to be extended either to the dead
man or the live one. as they both de-
! liberately took the chance of death
when they entered the ring. calls at
tention anew to the dangerous and de-
/ grading nature Of prize ring contests.
In the official interview given recently
! by Pugilist Corbetts trainer, that ex.
pert becomes authority for the state
ment that had the final knock out blow
been little stronger or delivered at
less of an angie it would undoubtedly
have proved fatal.
The affair at San Jose which termi-
mated in the death Of one of the par
/ finirAa r1fs vfa-f ord o " r,.nr -. L.. Il.