The record-union., 1897-07-21

suming in manner, yet firm and prac-
teal in all dealings with his fellow
man. This writer knew him personally
| from boyhood days and has watched
| his course in the most trying times
J since he succeeded his father as a dl-
rector of the Southern Pacific Com
pany and became one of the most active
members in the management or the
affairs. During all of these years his
acts, public and private, have beer
| above criticism, and many of them have
| challenged our admiration.
A GOOD MOVE.
Amador Record: The old soldiers who
have found themselves baff1ed at every
turn by hostile examining surgeons ID
their pension claims during the past
four years are not threatening to vote
the Democratic ticket because Presi-
dent McKinley's Commissioners of Pen
sions has dismissed about 500 of that
class of office holders.
THE HALF-HOLIDAY AGAIN.
Los Angeles Express: The Saturday
half-holiday suggestion Will not down.
The Sacramento Record Union says
that in California on Sunday fifty CLUBS
or organizations of citizens-good cltl-
zens too-played baseball to large au-
diences. Fuller a hundred lesser or
ganiZationS in the State engaged in the
same sport In every case II these men
and youths refrained from the use OF
Sunday for their outdoor sports they
would not be able to enjoy them at all.
So the Record Union proceeds log
ically to assert that if all business
ceased except that which necessity re-
quires, Saturday afternoon would De-
come the holiday by preference, in sew
en- cases out of ten; and thousands OF
people who would like to see athletic
sports would be able to see them, but
are now precluded by conscientious
scruples and the hold Sunday observ-
ance has upon them.
This is another interesting phase OF
the Saturday half holiday question and
as usual it is entirely in favor OF the
movement Indeed, it would be hard
to urge a valid objection to the reform.
FULFILLING ALL PLEDGES.
| Los Angeles Express: The Republi-
cans promised that if Mr.. Mckinley
was elected they would reform the rev.
enue system of the country, afford ad-
| eouate protection to the American
manufacturer and the American labor
er, and, while preserving the strict in
| tegrity of our finance, reform the exist
| ing evils of our currency system. In
| cluded in the latter promise was the
| extension of all proper aid to silver and
| the promotion of international bimetal-
| lism. Let the intelligent and fair mind
/ ed citizen weigh these promises and es-
innate the gigantic labor involved
| Could these things be accomplished in
four short years?
The Mckinley Administration has
been in power four months. During that
| time a new and adequate tariff law has
| been brought to the closing stages; an
International Bimetallic Commission
appointed by Pre- sident Mckinley has. it
is authoritatively reported, obtained
very important concessions friendly to
| silver from the British Government,
among them being the promised re-
opening of the India mints.
President Mckinley has decided to
send a message to Congress recon-
mending legislation providing for a
commission to adjust the currency
questions of the country.
| The message as outlined in the press
dispatches is terse and to the point.
/ Our money is all good now, but its
value must not be further threatened, -
| is the keynote, and surely the country
has had enough of panic and deprecia-
ton
If Congress takes the negative course
1t is fair to assume that such an unfor-
1 ta n M 1eas1 1-i1 nn1iau will mr. ~
be chargeable to the Republican Sena-
/ tors and Representatives If the free
silverites in the Senate obstruct such
necessary legislation the responsibility
for future disasters arising from our
defective currency system will be theirs
alone.
The commission if it is authorized
will be made up from both the great
| parties and that it will be competent
| to deal with the problem so far as
/ human knowledge and ability will GO
need not be questioned. President Nc
Kinley has in his appointments made
as few mistakes as any President, if,
! indeed, he has not made the fewest
He is a practical man and he knows
men. The Republican administration
has the right to the opportunity to
show what it can do, because it ac-
cepted the responsibility for our finan-
cial system when it assumed the reins
| of government.
CONCEIVABLE.
San Bernardino Times-Index 1t is
entirely conceivable that Abraham Lin
coin did say, as asserted, that the
! Southern planters should be paid for
their slaves. He was a pre-eminently
just man, and he understood very well
that the Southerners had received the
| Endorsement of the Federal Government
in their ownership of black humanity
If he said it, he said a just enough
thing, however different the final deci-
sion born of warfare may have been,