The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-23
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
OF the State and the Coast on Sub
jects of Living and News
Interest.

Santa Ana Blade: Of course prize
fighting is wrong, and should not be
encouraged by the people and press of
this country, but when it comes to sup
pressing all accounts of the result of
a priZefight that is another story. The
elder Bennett said that he thought
he should print an account of whatever
the Lord allowed to happen"
THE REASON WHY.
Salinas Index: Nine-tenths of the
women are glad that Fitzsimmons
whipped Corbett. They say that he
wasn't true to his first wife, and that
he abuses his second wife. Mrs. Cor
bett number one was a Santa Cruz girl,
known as Ollie Lake, before she mar
ried '-Pompadour Jim"
BOOKS.
Castroville Enterprise: Many books
are exquisitely fashioned in this, that
they find us out. 1t remains with us to
decide whether or not we have the cour-
age to stand and look bravely at the pic
ture. The peculiar personality of
books is attractive to US. Some vol
umeS make US reSolute, daring; others
are hope giving; yet others are quietly
convincing and we set about new habits
silently but with determination.
KEEP 1T GOOD.
Los Angeles Times: Now that we
really have a modern navy, it should be
our aim to keep it up in good shape. We
do not need one as large as those of
England or Germany, but it would be
sound business policy to build every
year one battleship like the Oregon and
two good cruisers like the San Fran
cisco. This year England will spend
ST., 100000 on her navy, while we will
spend $34, OOO,O 900, or little less than
one-third of England's outlay, and it
will be a good investment. Whatever
faults may have been found with war
vessels built elsewhere no complaint
has so far been made against anything
turned out by Pacific Coast shipyards.
HIS SISTER-IN-LAW
Santa Rosa Democrat: Congressman
De Vries has made his sister-in-law his
clerk, which is no worse than if he APP
pointed his brother-in-law. The time
has been, though, when, nepotism was
deemed an indecency. Nowadays there
are few men in office who are ashamed
sisters, their cousins and their aunts."
FOR GOOD ROADS.
Portland Oregonian: The organized
wheelmen of the State of New York are
laboring to secure the passage of road
Improvement bill now pending before
the Legislature. It is not unlikely that
the personal interest of bicyclists, per-
sistentIy urged viii accomplish more
for the good-roads movement than all
the arguments that have been adj
vanced for years in support of the prop
osition that good highways are among
the best and most profitable of public
investments. Much may be forgiven
the promoters and disciples of the bicy-
Gle craze if this should prove to be the
case.
WILL HESITATE.
Orovilie Nugget: The advanced jour
nalism is falling in such difficulties that
its progress up to the universal vogue is
likely to be delayed The Examiner"
has achieved such imperfect success in
keeping it's managing editor and cor
respondent out of Jail on account of a
charge of bribery it promulgated
against the State Senate that others
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the realms of new Journalism are
likely to hesitate.
THE ADVERTISERS ALSO.
San Jose Mercury: The crusade that
is being directed against yellow jour
nalism by the respectable press of the
East is resulting in a heavy loss not
only of subscriptions but of advertising
to such faring sheets as the New York
World" and Hearst's Journal" which
are endeavoring to outVie each other
in scraping together for their readers
the yilest and most suggestive stuff that
can be found in the news of the day.
The New York Times" says that ad-
vertisers are beginning to inquire
whether newspapers which have lost or
are in process of losing their respecta-
bic readers-their readers who have the
means to purchase goods-are any long
er valuable mediums for their business
announcements. They begin to see
clearly that the newspapers which have
and hold the attention of intelligent
and respectable men and women pos
sess the highest value for the adver-
tser. The Press" says that when yell
low journals are denounced from the
reading rooms, schools and other Or
CARNATIONS which value their reputa-
tons, ii is easy to judge the class of
mind which advertisers in yellow jour
nails reach.
HAWAII.
ColuSa Sun: There would seem to be
but one mind among public men and
writer's in the United States upon the
proposition that the control of the Ha-
waian Islands should never pass from
that nation.-Honolulu Bulletin.
That is just what is the matter. Be
cause a number of American citizens
went over to that little kingdom, ousted
their monarch, formed an oligarchy,
is no reason why the United States
should sustain such actions. The only
reason such fellows don't go to the
islands of Great Britain and Ireland
and do the same thing is because they
are afraid. The Bulletin argues the
great sugar interests which will bring
us a revenue. 1t did not sweeten Cleve-
land into doing a great wrong, and it
will not make Mckinley supporter of
those carpet-baggers.