The record-union., 1897-06-06

Demo Populist parties have assaulted
the position of the Republicans in this
matter, but with very unsatisfactory
results. They dread business stability
and prosperity. and this is their reason
for asSaulting the Republican pro-
gramme-a policy that is almost sure to
give the people good returns if rigidly
| followed
THE ANNUAL CRAZE.
Santa Rosa Republican: Some time
ago the Republican remarked that
| the usual annual craze over some propo-
| sition or other had not afflicted this
country the current year. Since that re-
mark was made a few people in Cali
fornia have passed through mad spell.
We refer to the San Quentin trouble
! The men who made the trouble there
/ had nothing TO complain of. They were
among the best treated convicts in the
the world. They enjoyed privileges that
We're notable in prison management. 1t
was to the interest of every one of them
| to be decent and to behave himself. But
| they were seized with crazy sDell, as
| is often the case even with people and
! communities enjoying freedom They
/ went OH d Sll1he anu QGltd III lSOll du-
thority with scarcely any two of them
giving the same reason for their action.
| Now they are back at work again with
their credits gone and their lot harder
! than it has been heretofore. They get
the usual result that comes from crazy
| spell, whether it is over business,
| finance politics. religion or anything
/ elce.
SAFETY IN TROUSERS.
| Stockton Record: A Paris woman has
| petitioned the authorities to allow
/ women to wear trousers. so that in case
! of another bazaar fire the women will
at least have the same chance of escape
| as the men in proportion to their
strength Much ridicule and popularity
have been produced by this appeal, even
the New York Tribune" attempting
humor on the subject. But the petition
of this sensible Paris woman after all
carries the most serious reproach to the
men in that fire that has been uttered
I The frantic males took advantage Of
! their more convenient garb, crowding
through where ladies could not drag
their skirts, trampling on the dresses OF
the women and finally on the women
| themselves-in fact, acting the complete
| brute, as cowardly and weak male man
kind will in the presence of death. Nc
wonder that the women of Paris want
the privilege of wearing trousers! Skirts
were a hindrance in many ways in such
a scene, and the handicap is enough tC
convert almost anyone to the bloomer
| habit, or worse.
WAR AND PEACE.
San Jose Mercury: Two notable ad.
dresses were delivered on Wednesday,
one by President Mckinley at the open
ing of the International Commercial
Congress at Philadelphia, and one by
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roose-
| welt at the opening of the Naval Wai
! College at Newport Rhode Island. The
| President, with the common sense and
sound business judgment that charac-
terize him, said: "In order that the new
| markets may be opened and a larger
trade profitably conducted the man
| ufacturer must have the opportunity OF
becoming familiar with the character OF
the goods desired by the consumer. And
so, too the consumer should have the
opportunity to examine the goods which
the manufacturer is anxious to dispose
of to him."
1t is a well known fact that the manu-
facturers and the producers in the Uni
ted States fail to control Central and
South American markets for numer-
Gus products because they neglect to
conform to the usages and to adapt
themselves to the conditions that pre-