The record-union., 1897-10-03

often only few weeks ago, and where
are all those people who were going
about saying that they could nowhere
see any signs of better times? After
all, there is no better proof of the
wonderful Improvement that is taking
place than the fact that it is strong
enough to end the sneers and silence
the croakers. And to any one who is
familiar with the American calamity
shrieker it is plain that something bor-
dering on the miraculous must have
occurred.
ANOTHER REFORMER.
Oakland Enquirer: 1t had been sup
posed generally that DR.. c. C. O'Donnell
of San Francisco had played his role
and was about ready to retire from
the stage of politics. 1t was hoped so,
at least. for the credit of the metrop-
oils, but now we have the doughty doc
tor strutting before the public in the
character of municipal reformer,
through the medium of a suit TO re-
move the Board of Education. 1t does
not matter how bad the Board of Ed
ucation may be- it must be more pleas
ing than O'Donnell and we are curious
lists will treat the situation should
.ODonnell perchance succeed in having
the board removed Also would there
be another mass meeting, and if so
would Congressman Mcguire stand by
the side of O'Donnell as one of the or
atOrs of the occasion?
MAKING FACES.
Santa Cruz Surf: American politicians
who indulge in bluster toward England
and encourage i'll feeling among our
people toward England make a great
mistake. Buster is contemplate. II
any grave issue between this country
and Great Britain should arise, there
would be no occasion even then for
buster and violent talk The presenta-
ton of our case is moderate. and pa
c1ilc language, such language as we
should never be called on to recede
from, would be all that was necessary
AT present when we make faces at
England we forget that that nation, our
own kindred, takes nearly half the
goods we export from the whole United
States every year. In exact figures, she
takes 1887 per cent. of our exports. In
return II per cent. of all the goods we
import come from Great Britain to US
British and Americans would fall out
with their own bread and butter if they
quarreled.
WOULD BOUNCE HIM.
Alameda Argus: If we were running
metropolitan daily newspaper, and
had correspondents stationed at the
great news centers of the earth and
one of these should under his black
typed name, send US such a fake as
that cabled the Examiner from Ma
drid-to the effect that Minister Wood
ford had issued an ultimatum that
the Cuban war must be ended by No
vember 1st-we should work the cable
again and relieve the fakir. There
used to be big newspapers that en-
joined upon their correspondents the
necessity of being careful and accu-
rate. There be those now, apparently,
whose sole admonition is, Send spicy
stuff" Not only do such journals pub
lish the fakes, but afterward exercise
their ingenuity to bolster the fakes up
and keep their readers fooled as long
as possible.
IN BAD TASTE.
Bakersfield Echo: The calling of a
recent mass meeting in San Francisco
to ratify and applaud the decision of
Judge Wallace in ousting the Super
visors was in very bad taste. Such de-
clsions ought never to be influenced by
the whitns of the populace. The Judges