The record-union., 1897-07-27

father go out to lead the battalionS of
labor over mountains and deserts to
the most decisive industrial victory of
the civilized world. And when the for
lorn hope had become an accomplished
triumph, lin the bright lexicon of
youth there was no such word as fail.
| Then and in after years. to be true
son and representative of the Golden
West, was for him to rank with the
tall grenadiers of the Central Pacific
Company and to be, in the language
of William H Mills, the most un-
spoiled of millionares."
1t was thus by faithful service in his
company that he honored and served
his State Graphing from youth to
/ manhood with its most exacting re-
quirements of brain and Drawn, he was
equal to its most responsible admins
trative and executive trusts. With the
honor and capacity for large affairs, he
comprehended, conserved and promot-
ed the mutual interests of his company
and the public In the vast and varied
service of both, his watchwords were
those of his father, good manage
ment." This was the chief study and
work of a life, the untimely termina-
ton of which is a public calamity, from
which only an inscrutible providence
can evolve blessing in disguise.
NO LONGER CHUMS.
Stockton Record: The peculiar ac-
tion of wheat getting up so high just
at time that silver is quoted the low
est in the history of the world is very
confusing. 1t was 50 thoroughly dem
onstrated during the last campaign by
the exhaustive Thoughts on Silver"
published by a contemporary that
wheat and silver are chums that go
dancing up and down the schedule to-
gether that Stockton people do not
know what to make of this counter
demonstration from present market
quotations. 1t looks now as though
the Bryan forces will have to revise
all their literature, the organs destroy
all their files. But it will be very
much like the Democracy of the old
school, when they have to again re-
pudiate themselves. Let the dead
past bury it's dead" is their convenient
motto.
CALIFORNIA FARES WELL.
San Diego Tribune: Ranchers in this
county and producers generally in Cali
The rate of l cent pound on citrus
fruits is a matter for cOngratulation
especially to the horticulturst of
Southern California. 1t is believed that
this rate will stimulate the great fruit
industry at this end of the State and
be means of increasing the fruit acre
age Grape and raisin producers will
rejoice in the duty of cents per pound
{ or ns0ta
wines is 40 cents a gallon, with other
duties as follows: Olive oil, 30 cents
gallon; brandy, 81 % a gallon; apples
and other deciduous fruits, % cents
buShel and when dried cents
pound; mustard, 10 cents a pound: al
monds, and cents for shelled and
unshelled, while the duty on filbers is
) and ) cents, the 81 rate on white
pine has been restored. Sugar beet cul-
ture will be stimulated by the sched-
ules of the bill, and the possibilities
of a bounty of n of cent in winter
is yet hoped for. These are but a few
of the items in the bill that promise
to help increase the prosperity of the
people of this coast
SPELL 1T WITH A *"
Los Angeles Times: 1t appears that
the confusion regarding the word Clon-
dyke is to be settled by the spelling
used in this sentence The word is de-
rived from a combination of Indian
words, and the use of the "C' is unau-
thoriZed, although that appears to be
the way many of the miners from the
region have chosen to spell it. William
Ogilvie, Chief of the International
Boundary Survey, confirms the use of
the X" and says Kiondyke is a mis-
pronunciation Of "Throndyk," which
means plenty of fish 1t is marked
Klondyke on the Canadian maps but
in some of the American ALIASES it is
spelled with a &c" But the prepon-
derance of evidence appears to be in
favor of Klondyke, and Klondyke goes
at least until the photographers go
back on us and spell it some other way.
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS.
Los Angeles Express: THAT not all of
the Democratic party has been carried
away by Organism and the free silver
craze is shown by the strong gathering
of National Democratic committeeman
from all over the country, at New York
City this week The National Demo-
Gratis supported Palmer and Buckner
last fall, upon sound money platform.
While they did not cast very large
vote, the moral effect of their stand
was great and their influence has in
creased rather than diminished since
last November
This is an off year, but the sound
money Democrats propose putting
themselves in evidence whenever there
is a battle to be fought. Michigan,
Kentucky and Ohio will he heard from
and a campaign of education will be
vigorously prosecuted all over the coun-
try. Nowhere will the free silver Dem
ocrats be permitted to win Democratic
honors or to set up false Democratic
principles, by default.
That the gold Democrats very rea-
Sonably take an encouraging view of
the situation is shown in the case of
Michigan. In 1896 that State gave Pal
mer only $500 votes, but few months
later the gold Democrats polled over
$4,000 votes. Kentucky and Iowa, too,
are claimed to be debatable ground so
far as the relations between the two
factions of the Democratic party are
concerned.
1t is apparently the programme that
no support shall be given the Republi-
can party this year, and the Republi-
cans, of course, have no direct interest
in the policy of the National Demo
Gratis. Still, it is gratifying to see such
strong and influential faction in the
Democratic party maintain it's stand
for sound money and an honest cur
rency system.
Mrs. Commonstalk (soberly)-Are