The record-union., 1897-09-28
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EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects of Living News
Interest.

San Bernardino Times-Index: 4
learned professor has discovered that
all disease germs in water may be ster-
ilized by a few drops of bromin, and
that in turn neutralized by the addi-
ton of a. little ammonia If other cit
les had as good water as the city Of
San Bernardino there would be no
need of these precautions.
ARE WE ION THE vERGE?"
Los Angeles Herald: Assistant Sec
retary Of the Navy Roosevelt has a
reputation as a reliable news source.
Therefore, when he declares that the
United States is on the verge OF q war
with Spain it must be SO, or pretty
nearly so. At the same time it would be
well to have confirma tory advices from
the State Department before beginning
to polish up the old musket.
What have We done? For, Of course,
it is Spain that threatens to precipitate
trouble. The United States has no oc-
casion to declare war against any ma
ton. Is Minister Woodford going
around with a Mckinley administra-
ton chip on his shoulder? One rumor
is to the effect that he has notified
Spain that it must suppress the Cuban
revolution by the end of next October,
else the United States Will feel called
upon to interfere.
The Herald" is a Democratic paper,
but it is a patriotic paper first, and it
would be glad to see the administration
take a firm stand with reference to
1rr6n oh, i - i.
taken last winter, when the question of
recognizing Cuban belligerency was be-
fore Congress. That was the proper
manner in which to display our SYM
pathy and make known our convictions.
Such a step could not have been dis
torted into cause for declaring war on
the part of Spain.
WILL THEY?
Contra Costa News: Speaking of
the growth of exports of manufacture
ers under free trade will the Demo-
Gratis claim the recent foreign sales of
American tin as due to their non-pro-
ductive theory?
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
Chico Record: A press telegram sent
from Indianapolis, says the reports
from all parts of the State to the Su-
perintendent of Public instruction re-
garding the working of the new com
pulsory law of that State lead him to
believe that the new measure has al
ready added from $4,000 to 10000 to
the schools. In some cities the School
Boards have been compelled to enlarge
the schools and in others new houses
b9
date the increased attendance. More
than 1000 pupils have been placed in
school in Indianapolis under the new
law.
BOO-HOOS.
Tulare Register: There are some
men who, when they fall i'll, boo hoo
like bull calves and say: 81 will sure
ly die. 1 never can survive this Ahl
me, woe, woe, Woe" If there be much
the matter with man he does die
sure enough. but if there is not he gets
we'll in spite of himself. And there are
just such boo-hoos in the business
world. Instead of trying to remedy
their i'll fortunes they ache and ache
and finally bust when they need not
have done so.
EflAN N OAIICN.
Kern Echo: A conference of clergy
men at the bay have been discussing
the question as to whether a minister
is superannuated at fifty years of age.
There seems to be little room for dis
cussion on that A man or a mind that
cannot continue to improve beyond
that point ought not to be found in any
of the learned professions.
THE SCOURGE IN THE SOUTH.
San Rernardino Sun: The advances
made By yellow fever in the South are
beginning to cause some feeling of
alarm in California With passengers
and freight trains coming into South
ern California every day, coming di-
rectly from the infected districts. il
really becomes q serious question as to
whether We shall entirely escape. This
feeling is heightened by the torrid
weather which has been the distin-
guished characteristic of the week
So much attention has been directed
TO the situation, that the State Board
of Health meets to-day to discuss it.
and possibly to take some steps. The
Southern Pacific people say they bring
neither passengers or freight from
quarantined cities, and that their busi-
ness is transferred at Algiers across the
river from New Orleans But with the
panic which has tsruck the South, and
whole towns being depopulated by the
fleeing residents, it viii be great good
fortune if none of the deadly germs
are brought across the Colorado.
NOT A BULLY.
nation cannot afford to be bully or
to try to be one. If we represent the
highest civilization of our time, as we
claim, we will be able to accomplish
more by peaceful negotiation than by
warlike demonstration. The negotia-
tions with Spain could not be in better
hands. WoOdford was not sent there
to declare war, but to put an end to the
struggle in Cuba by employing the arts
of Diplomacy. Mckinley picked his man
for this specific work and what has
been undertaken will be accomplished
mot by spilling the blood and wasting
the treasure Of our own people, but by
the employment of intellectual and
moral force. yellow journalism would
like to have war for its own profit,
but the good sense. highest integrity
and best civilization of our country viii
accomplish all that is desired without
a resort to arms.
MUNICIPAL GROWTH.
Tlllare Times: Municipal bonds are
being issued now in the United States
at the rate of $1,000, 900 per month.
This would indicate that the American
cities are growing rapidly. and that the
standard of comfort is being raised. 1t
also indicates that money can be easily