The record-union., 1897-01-02
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
VI the State and the Coast on SUBJ
Jects Of Living and News
Interest.

bakersfield Californian: The Span
I0i US appear to be in a perfect blue
Aoiih OF lmpotent rage. They have just
soout reached the end of their means,
YET with two wars ON their hands they
are ciamoring for still another. Wars
are cosniy luxuries, and it is the longest
purse that generally wins. 1t remains
"fph the bankers of Europe to say
"heuher the demand of the Spaniards
LOT war with this country shall be graf
Aneo, but as the outcome of such a war
would never be in doubt for a moment,
the action of those bankers can readily
De predicted
GOOD IDEA.
Santa Barbara Press: The wisdom of
President-elect McKinley's course dur
ng the campaign is now shown by the
entire sef-control shown by him in a
particularly trying period and by his
excellent health as reported ON all Sides
instead of making a spectacular, the
atr1cal canvass, the nominee remained
at home, received his visitors by the
thousand, made short speeches daily
and friends all the time. AS a conse-
quence, he is not exhausted and will
bring his best to the delicate task of
selecting Cabinet officers.
PREACHING AND PRACTICE.
Los Angeles Times: 1t turns out now
that William Morris, the socialist poet,
Who died recently in London, left a
fortune of f52,O00 to his wife and chill
dren, and did not bequeath a. single
dollar to relieve the wants of suffering
humanity. 1t is one thing to preach
and another to practice what one
breaches.
THE FUNDING BILL.
woodland Democrat: The Federal
supreme Court has decided that the
Government must recover.its debt from
the property against which the mort
gage is held, and cannot, as in the case
of individuals, have recourse against
any other property of the debtor. 1t is
now generally conceded that the roads
could be paralleled for a sum about
half as large as the original cost. so
that If it is decided to foreclose and
operate the road as a Government line
1t will first be necessary to pay nearly
as much as the road is worth. These
conditions render it impossible for the
Government to realize much If it should
sen Its equity OF redemption.
Under these circumstances it seems
to US that there are but two courses left
open to the Government. It must either
pay all the road is worth to satisfy the
first mortgage and then foreclose the
second mortgage and operate the line,
or it must accept some kind of a refund
ing scheme and extend the time of the
payment of the debt.
RIDICULOUS.
Fresno Expositor: 1t has been stated
that certain BARRIERS in San Francisco
propose having introduced before the
next Legislature a bill providing for a
State Tonsorial Commission before
which all BARRIERS shall pass an exami-
nation and demonstrate thorough
knowledge of contagious skin diseases,
before being permitted TO practice the
profession. A more absurd or ridicu-
louS proposition was never evolved in
the line Of legislation. Why BARRIERS
any more than merchants, plumbers or
dairymen, should be subject to State pa
ternalism is by no means clear. The
commonwealth has too many matters
of grave Importance to attend to to
have the added annoyance of petty de-
tails in the trades and professions to
contend with.
A NEEDED LAW.
Redlands Citrograph: Will the Leg
islature please pass law that no kind
or sort of a marriage ceremony will be
deemed valid unless such marriage is
published and recorded in the public
archives? We are getting old as well
as rich, and the number of wives rich
t.
No contract business or high seas
racket ought to be binding or valid. If
the law was that way it would prevent
much crime. trouble, and in many cases
dishonor Everything about the mar
riage law should be toward openness
and honesty. Sneaking, underhanded
marriages should be frowned upon and
wholly discouraged.
ON ROAD IMPROVEMENT
Marysville Appeal: The stone roads
of Canandaigua County, n. Y, cost only
5000 a mile. This is not much more
than 1o cents an acre for lands lying
within one mile on each side OF them
The source Of supply of stone was con-
venient, and the circumstances gener-
ally favorable for cheap construction,
but ii is not improbable that good hard
roads narrow but sufficient can be built
in Yuba County for somewhere near the
same cost. The source of supply of
stone is not near. as in Canandaigua,
but the railroads, in their own interest,
will doubtless haul it a merely NOM
inai rate, and the cost OF labor Is less.
The benefit of good roads is not con-
fined to lands lying in one mile of them,
but is widely distributed, and it would
be equitable to distribute the cost of
constructing them over wider area :;
hut who can doubt that, even II this
were not done, the investment would be
a profitable one in nearly every part of
the State to owners of the land within
the limit? Bad roads are an almost
comnlete bar to the prosperity of farm
ars Taken the country over, and the
nrosperous farming communities are
tbosa which have good roads.
The movement for good roads is a
genaral one throughout the country,
and II seems to us that it should be en-
couraged. We are bidding for immi-
grants to take up our unoccupied lands,
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