The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-10-10

book in the schools of Arkansas, is said
! to contain a mention of California that
will make our Native Sons proud. 1t
occurs in describing the battle of Bun
ker Hill, wherein it appears that the
British were having a walkover when
George Washington came up at the
head of the Virginia and California
Volunteers and reunited the red coats.
| This important bit of revolutionary his
tory does not appear in our State his
tory series And it behooves our Revis-
! ion Committee to at once put itself in
| communication with Mr. Shinn. that
! the Golden State may prove its title to
d section of Bunker Hill
| THE STRIKING COAL MINERS.
| Calaveras Prospect: The press of the
country seems to be divided in regard
] to the justification of the shooting of
striking coal miners by a Sheriff's pos
| Sc in Pennsylvania a short time ago.
Without discussing the question of
/ whether the mine owners We're right or
wrong, or whether the cause of the
| strikers was a just one or an unjust
| one, there is one thing certain, the
! strikers did not obey the officers of the
| law who were out in the performance
of their duty, else they would not have
| been shot down. 1t is claimed that the
| officers were too hasty in using their
arms, and that they had no legal right
| to interfere with the strikers at the
! time and place they did. Whether that
was the case or not, we do not presume
| to argue, as it matters not. The law
and its representatives should be obey
| ed and respected. When the police or
militia is called out to quell riot, all
| laW-abiding citizens should give way
| before them because, out upon the
street in the midst of tumult and pas
sion is not the proper place to settle a
legal dispute or change an unjust law.
HAS NO FAITH IN IT.
! Alameda Argus: Henry George in
Inmates that the fight is as good as
over, and that he is on the throne as
| chief magistrate of Greater New York
| Georges following is the free silver ele-
ment in all political parties, yet he is
at the pains to declare that he doesn't
care for, nor particularly believe in,
| free silver himself. He would prefer
greenbacks or any old thing for money
that doesn't cost anything to get 1t
is a striking Illustration of the sincerity
of the Democratic silver cry and plat
form that the party, in the greatest
contest of the year, refuses to reaffirm
it's faith of one year ago, and accepts
as champion of silver a man who
wants greenbacks.
A BOOSTERS TAIL.
Fresno Republican: 1t might be we'll
to remind the politicians who are reck-
oning on the combined forces that
there is peoples party in this State
a party of principle, even though the
place-seeker seek and find not. This
party will decline to adorn as tail
| feathers the Democratic bird.-Tulare
County News
| If the Populist party were actually
used to deck forth the tail of the Dem
ocratic rooster, it might be content, but
even that doubtful honor has not been
accorded it. Up to date the mission has
been to scratch up worms for the DEM
ocratic fowl And it is pretty hard
| scratching, too.
DIPLOMATIC COURTESY.
| Humboldt Standard: 1t was only
short time ago that the Government of
Great Britain was finding fault with us
| for not being sufficiently courteous in
our diplomatic intercourse, and now
that Government has given out for pub
| LEGATION in London a long answer to
| Secretary Sherman's much talked
| about note on the Behring Sea sealing
question, although that answer had
not at the time been received by our
State Department. If that be a speci-
men of diplomatic courtesy, from a
British point of view, every American
will be glad that our Government
doesn't make use of such.
THE GOOD NEWS.
Oakland Tribune: Still the good
news pours in. The total number of
business failures in the United States
for the nine months of the year end
| ing last week was thirteen per cent
smaller than during the corresponding
period last year. Business in New York
| has increased pa per cent. and the
| Western States are fourishing from
commercial point of view more than at
any time in the past four years
COLORED OPERATIVES.
Portland Oregonian: Southern cot
| ton mills have hitherto had only white
|
| dustry in which negroes are not adj
mitted. Strikes have been rare, and
wages low, but the negro is cheaper la
| Dor, and he dare not strike, for this
would be made the pretext for one of
! those race wars whose dead and
wounded are always made up entirely
of the colored race. The Charleston
mills, in Charleston, S. c., have lately
started up with colored operatives, en-
ploying about 800 persons. The change
| is likely to breed trouble and to in
crease the social and political hostility
| between the races.
WILL IT HELP.
| Reddfng Free Press: We cannot see
how the change in the Spanish Cabinet,
or even a new Captain-G General to sue
| coed Weyler, will help Cuba in any
way. Cuban patriots are determined
on freedom, and will not be willing to
accept any terms from Spain less than
absolute independence. Weyler's sue
| cessor may not be such brute but he
may be a better fighter
II Whacked So Hard"
| We uuarreled for that I refused to kill
| A bold mosquito that had ta'en his fill
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