The record-union., 1897-07-15
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

the mast week that is worth smiling
at. The Sacramento Record Union,
a very conservative, stralght-laced pa
per. has been preaching TO the san
Francisco dailies about printing somuch
filth in their papers. 1t had been writ
ing editorials preaching to them TO let
up with their sensational nastiness
while the Christian Endeavorers were
in the city 1t said, for heavens sake
give the Eastern Christians an idea
that your city is not a den of vice
Well. where the laughable part came
in, Mrs. Bradbury and her paramour
struck the city the same day the Chris
tian EndeaVorers did or little before.
The papers at once devoted several
pages to her, and one of them ha' her
picture in five different poses.
WHAT HE WANTS.
Tacoma Ledger: Lawrence Gronlund,
the Socialist is urging Debs to bring
his colony to Skagit County in this
State, as locality where they will find
all conditions and resources for home
building and the enjoyment of life,
most abundantly and easily acquired.
The recommendation is a good one. but
it has not apparently occurred to Mr..
GrOnlund that these are not what Mr..
Debs is seeking. The object of his
scheme as he himself declared, is to
make a social revolution-to take ''alI
the rot'' out of present constitutions,
and make new system of government.
He and his colonies will do far better
to go to Kansas. CrankS are already
numerous in that State and there is
more rot to be disposed of. BY
adding another hundred THOUSAND un-
der the control and management of
Debs to its population, they could cas-
lily have a revolution every year, and by
adopting the referendum, as they prob
ably would to start with they could
have one every day and be entirely
happy.
HOW 1T LOOKS.
Mail of Woodland: The high salaried
engineers are still boring the Newtown
| shoals. but nothing is said of the
dredger 1t looks as though Budd has
not released the Commissioners from
their pledge to spend little if any of
the appropriation.
ALWAYS SO.
Santa Rosa Republican: From the
| newspaper reports we conclude that the
people of Sacramento did themselves
Christian Endeavor excursion parties
as they passed through there on their
way to San Francisco. In recent years
the Capital City has been prominent
IN hospitality and enterprise
THE HEAT.
Stockton Record: The heat has
touched all the Eastern cities with
death. Sunstroke is not a new aff1ic
ton. There have been prostrationsand
deaths from the effects of heat every
year within the memory of the present
generation. But years agone, when the
population was in the country instead
or the city, the prOstrations in the har~
vest held We're not telegraphed across
tAe continent, TO appear in every morn
ing paper A quarter of a century ago
the neat was so distressing in Mime
sofa that the farmers adopted the gen
eraI practice of working in the fields
at hlght instead of day to protect man
and beast
MlSDlRECTED PATRIOTISM.
Stockton independent: Misdirecte,1
patriotism caused a crowd at Monterey
to tear down and burn a Portuguese
flag on the Fourth. A Portuguese in
The ancient Capital displayed the flag
Of his native country side by side with
Old Glory and the crowd demanded
that the first-named colors be placed
beneath the American. The Portuguese
was obstinate and the crowd unreason-
able. AS usual when folly of two kinds
meet pugnacity and power triumphed
for the time being, and Governor Budd
has been requested by the State De-
partment to investigate the folly. Gov
ernor Budd should ascertain whether
the Portuguese is still a subject of that
Government, and if he has been natu-
rallied the Portuguese Government will
have no claims for an apology If he
is still a Portuguese subject an explana-
ton and apology will be in good taste.
If the display was by a Portuguese SUBJ
ject it would look more like a compli-
ment than an insult but if he has been
naturaliZed it would indicate that he
had disregarded his sworn renunciation
of allegiance to his native country. In
any case the incident but shows that
the Monterey mob was composed of
fools and this answer to Portugal ought
to abundantly satisfy that Government.
Having it's full share Of that class of
people it should appreciate the affiiction
of other countries and be satisfied
Americans ought to be so confident of
the strength Of their Government as not
to take offense at the display of foreign
flags beside the American.
THE FATE OF POPULISM
Fresno Republican: The Populists in
their national conference at Nashville
declared in effect that the silver ques-
tion is Of less Importance than several
others to which that party had hereto
fore declared its allegiance. In making
such a declaration the Populists either
| were entirely right or they have been
entirely wrong throughout the history
of the party, for this declaration is but
reassertion of their constant doctrine.
From the birth of the party until now it
has issued no platform in which the free
| coinage of silver held other than a
minor place. Even the emasculated
platform of 1896. cut and twisted to
fit the politicians pleasure, as it was,
did not venture to put free coinage
among the foremost of living issues. 1t
could not do it, though the politicians
so desired Such a course would have
been absolute disqualification, for the
party orators and papers had never
ceased to assert that Government con-
troll, direct legislation and annihilation
of trusts were the supreme needs of the
hour nor had they failed to assert that
| there is no argument in favor of the
creation of a deIar from fifty cents
worth of metal which is not also an ar
gument in favor of fiat money, pure and
simple.
TARIFF PROTESTS.
Yrelxa Journal: "Protsts' coming