The record-union., 1897-09-22

TREAT ALL ALIKE.
East Oakland Mail: If all the prop
erty of the rich men in all of our towns
could be gotten at and assessed at
fair yaluation--the same valuation that
is placed on the poor mans property
the grand total of taxable property
would be so greatly increased that the
tax rate would be reduced to an in
significant figure and the rich men
would not have to pay any more than
they do now, by reason of the increase
in the total while they would lift
big burden from the shoulders of the
poor, who now pay more, in proper
ton to their ability to pay, than the
rich men do.
GOOD IDEA.
Los Angeles Express: The suggestion
that Memorial Day be changed from
May 30th to the last Sunday in May
has much merit. May Both has
come to be more sporting day than
day set apart to honor the memory of
our dead soldiers. If the characteristic
ceremonies of that day are held on the
Sabbath, the existing painful incongru-
tiles would vanish. If a sporting holi-
day at that time is essential it can be
!
EXASPERATION AND LYNCHING.
San Diego Union: The lynching OF
five men in Indiana is only another in
stance Of popular evaporation over
the lax administration of criminal laws
in the United States. The people OF
this country, except perhaps those in
a few counties of the Southern States,
are as law-abiding as those of other
nations Yet nobody ever hears of
lynching in England, Germany or
France. The reason is simple. In
these countries when a man commits
crime, the law is very apt to reach
him, provided he is caught. In the
United States the criminal has a thou
sand lOop-hOles for escape, especially
| if he has money. When lynching
takes place in a State like Indiana,
whose people are ordinarily law-abid-
ing, it means that their patience is
completely exhausted through the fail
ure of courts to reach offenders. 1t is
useless to deny that, except in a few
of the older Eastern States, the people
are becoming more and more distrust-
full of the criminal courts. Across the
line, in Canada, lynching is almost un-
| known, and yet the Canadians are not
any more patient than their brethren
on this side of the border. The differ
ence is that over there British justice
| is adequate to cope with wrong doers,
while here the courts constantly fall
! Until the time shall come when Grim
| inals are more certainly brought to
| justice than is now the case, it is very
| doubtful that there will be any diminu
| ton in the number of lynchings in the
United States.
| COMMON ENOUGH.
| San Jose Mercury: The public is duly
Informed by the progressive press with
an accompanying picture) that the Arch
Duke Franz Ferdinand has made
morganatic marriage. Why so much
fuss and feathers should be INDUCED in
over this particular fracture of the NOR
al law when similar instances are of
almost daily occurrence in every State,
city, town and community Of this lowly
| Republic the progressive press does
not deign to explain
PURE AIR IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Los Angeles Herald: A plea for pure
air in public buildings constitutes a
timely editorial in a recent issue of the
| Medical Record" While the article in
| question lS IilGHQG0 " diLCCl Tire DOelA0 u
of Health of the city of New York. the
facts commented on are worthy of the
serious consideration of the Health
Board of Los Angeles. and apply with
equal force to the ventilation of our
public buildings, halls. libraries.
churches, theaters, etc. We have known
instances in which men and women
have been virtually driven out of such
. hxr Of ha wifi a ait
therein. Scores of people have declined
to attend church services for the same
reason.
AS a rule, the role of the kicker is not
a desirable one, and, as the managers
of public buildings viii, generally, at
tempt nothing in the way of securing
good ventilation for such edifices unless
reminded Thereof by a vigorous protest
the evil has gone from bad to worse and
is at last accepted by the public as one
of those inevitable annovances apper-
tanning to good society which men
and women must endure in silence.
A CAUSE.
Inyo Register: Not a single American
name is found in the list of men killed
or wounded By the Deputy Sheriffs at
I.atimer Pa, last Friday, the mob hav-
ing been COMPOSED of Huns, Poles, and
so on. AS remarked at various times
before now, the foreign element is the
main cause of trouble in that region.
Had labor of that class been excluded
first. last and all the time, wages could
not have fallen so greatly. America
will probably never be free from indus
trial discomfort, but the greatest cause
of it will be removed when our public
men heed the wish of most Americans
and put an effective check on such inn
migration.
! HEDGING.
Tulare Register: 1t is amusing to see
how the yellow papers. and some not
quite so yellow, which have been urging
on the Klondike fever are hedging now
that trouble is coming upon the deluded
miners who have been excited into ven
turing their lives in search of gold. For
tunately the Register" has clean rec
ord on that score. It advised strong
men who are footloose to go If they
wanted to. but to wait until spring,
when a summer and not winter would
be before them and starvation would
not be a probability. But then 1T pays
to enfiame the passions and cupidities
of men, and yellow journalism makes
the most of every such opportunity.
NO OPPOSITION.
Fresno Expositor: California raisin-
growers have practically no opposition
from abroad this year. More than
1900 carloads of Spanish and Grecian
raisins and currants will be barred out
of the country this year, and whatever
demand there may be for these pro
ducts will have to be supplied by the