The record-union., 1897-08-18
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

/ Modesto Herald: Thirty seven High
Schools heretofore accredited to the
State University have been discredited
because of deficiency in English. The
cause Of education will be advanced by
this radical action upon the part of the
University faculty. English, above al
other studies, should be maintained at
a high standard. We note with pride
that the Modesto and Oakdale liSh
Schools remain on the accredited list.
YOUNG MINING MEN.
Nevada City Herald: There is prob
ably more demand for young men who
are practical and scientific miners than
in any other profession. Nevada Coun-
ty boys of this character are scattering
all over the world under favorable con-
tracts for salary and expenses, ana the
demand is increasing every year.
No intelligent miner who understands
his business need be idle very long. But
| mine owners are more exacting than
formerly. They wifi give preference to
men who understand civil and mining
engineering. They expect the Superin-
tendent to be able to do his own sur
veying, mapping and blocking out. Re-
alizing this fact many young men wao
are doing regular labor are nightly
studying subjects that will fit them for
any branch of the business. Such
young men are going through a course
of instruction by correspondence with
! Eastern schools that make a speciality
Of that line of work. The young fell
| low with a fair education who will put
in two or three years of evening work
while learning the practical part Of
the business will at the end of the time
be competent, and will not lack en-
gagements.
1t is the workers that win.
A GREAT MAN.
Grass Valley Telegraph: Senator
Tillman is a great man because Tillman
says he is. In speaking at a Farmers
Institute at Ableville, South Carolina.
he told his hearers that he was the only
farmer in the Senate and that he rep
resented the 100000 farmers in the
United States. He declared that his
speeches were as popular in the Sem
ate as at home. and told how, when he
arose to speak. the cloak rooms always
emptied and the galleries filed.
THERE ARE OTHERS.
Sacramento County Ledger: General
heutg- the man WHO leu the DluuSI1l3l
/ % army to the East has come to the
conclusion that there is nothing in il,
and has retired to private life a wiser
and much sadder man. Now, if Debs,
and a few other men like him, could.
by some hook or crook be made to see
how perfectly worthless they are, and
how little labor needs their counsels.
perhaps they would take a tumble to
| themselves and drop back into private
life. If they do We hope they will new
er be seen or heard of again until their
funeral notices are sent around to their
| friends.
ITS OPINION.
Dixon Tribune: The Record Union
thinks it excruciatingly funny that
while a majority of Democrats are op-
posed TO the annexation of the Hawaii
an Islands that Mr.. Bryan should have
proposed a resolution favoring annexa- =
ton in the Trans Mississippi Congress.
The opposition TO annexation is not a
matter of politics, but of individual
opinion. and we wager that it win be
far more prevalent within a year than
it is now.
IDLE RECRIMINATION.
Los Angeles Herald: The sealing is
sue between the Governments of Great
Britain and the United States is about
! to be settled The Washington confer
ence which is now practically agreed
upon, is expected to take jurisdiction of
| the whole question and remove every
cause for further irritation between the
affected parties. This prospect seems
to give fairly general satisfaction on
both sides of the Atlantic, there being
only certain jingo newspapers on either
side that take occasion to indulge in
adverse criticism of the situation.
Fortunately a struggling newspaper
antagonism of a wise purpose is gener-
ally held to be about as ridiculous as
the unanimous newspaper condemna-
ton of an evil purpose is known to be
powerful. Either case reaches the ex-
treme. Upon this side We have the silly
declarations that Great Britain has
been coerced; that she has been COM
PEELED by our dictatorial stand to sur
render while unconvinced to our de-
mands On the other side we have the
jingo London press declaring that the
pr0mptings of common honesty on the
part of Great Britain by which she
agreed to submit certain international
questions TO arbitration. are acts OF
weakness that will so tend to nourish
our self-conceit ever here that our dis
honest exactions Will ultimately imperi
the very integrity of the British EN-
pire, and that England should therefore
take a hostile attitude.
SPECULATION.
Pasadena Star: The wheat grower is
"onto his job" The Fresno 'Repub-
!
a Stockton dealer and offered him son
sacks at So The price was high, but
the wheat was good and the dealer
agreed whereupon the farmer backed
out and thought he could do better
Talk about speculation There is nc
more confirmed dealer in futures thar
the average farmer. 1t does not always
turn out as he expects; but he has his
fun, all the same
A REST CURE.
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