The record-union., 1897-07-31

gathered facts and data that must
now be laboriously prepared by Con-
gressional Committee and could have
made recommendations that would
have served as a basis of action by
Congress at its next session. But Con-
gress, either because it was wearied
by tedious extra session or because
it preferred to handle the question of
tariff reform itself from the beginning,
neglected to act, and thus the matter
stands. But delay win possibly do no
harm. The country is on the up grade.
The prospects are Frightening on every
hand. The present Congress has al
ready accomplished more than any
other Congress during a similar time,
and when it approaches the subject OF
currency reform next winter its MEM
berS viii be in a condition physically
and mentally to give it the time and
attention which a subject of such great
national Importance deserves.
THE WORDEN CASE.
Los Angeles Times: Mrs. Mary G.
Jones is on the way from California
to Washington to intercede with the
President for the pardon of Worden,
HO IIuIQGGGu pun NocllAi SAe'tI NJ 49,
Southern Pacific engineer, and a num-
Der OF soldiers by saving a trestle
across a slough near Sacramento in or
der TO ditch train. This man Wordeh
had d full and fair trial. and was con-
victed and sentenced to execution. AL
ready the law in his case has been
made a byword, and now to grant hlm
d pardon would be an outrage OF the
most fragrant character. The PRESIDENT,
who is a respecter of laws, Will, we
do not doubt, see to it that the judg-
ment in this case is carried out, by re-
fusing to interfere. Any other course
would be a premium upon murder, ana
murder so dastardly and cold-blooded
as to make one shudder to think or II.
For poor Sam Clarke and the soldiers
who went down to death with him IN
the waters never harmed Mr. Worden
nor any of his kin. They were all men
at work III the line of their strict duty,
and their murder should be punished as
the law directs. Already too much
foolish dallying has been indulged in,
in the case of this man Worden, ana
justice demands that he shall pay the
penalty of his coWardly and crue!
crime
THE GOLD FEVER is CONTAGIOUS.
Los Angeles Herald: 1t is an inter-
esting and undenable fact that one
event incident or discovery leads to
others of the same nature. Perhaps
this holds more true with respect to
mining than with anything else. The
development of Cripple Greek led to the
development and discovery of half
Il J%a1 Ia 20 1rlS
in Colorado Randsburg, in Southern
California, is an offspring of the Grip
pie Creek idea. The South African
craze, too, stimulated the development
of gold mining all over the world.
A curious and interesting illustration
of this feature of gold production is
seen in the Clondyke discoveries and
their influence upon mining every
where. 1t is scarcely two weeks since
the news of the discoveries came from
Alaska, yet already dispatches have
been printed from various points in
California and Colorado announcing
new and rich gold discoveries.
To be sure, these discoveries are, in
a measure, of the nature of cOinciden-
ces. Perhaps. taking the cue from the
Clondyke region stories. they are more
or less exaggerated Nevertheless, it
may be set down as an incOntroVert-
ibe proposition that the Clondyke dis
coveries will greatly stimulate the min
ing industry all over the country.
1t would doubtless be in the nature
of a surprise to nine-tenths of the peo-
pie of Southern California to know the
great extent to which mining is being
carried on in this section. There are
hundreds of mining enterprises, some
of them of no small magnitude, that
are making large profits for their own
ers. They are not heard of through
the newspapers every day, but they are
here, nevertheless. The latest develop
ment in this line is the discovery of
a rich ledge up the San Gabriel, and
people of Azusa have worked up quite
a furry over it.