The record-union., 1897-10-25

| deemed to be beyond the resources o
any two or three first-class nations O.
Europe in the same length Of time. Dur
| ing the seven years war OF American in
| dependence England sent less than 5O,
600 troops to the United States, and IL
the two and three-Quarter years of the
war of 1912 a smaller number of troops
We're shipped by England to Canada
and the United States. The number o.
soldiers transported to Russia during
the Crimean war by England, France
and Sardinia, although the average dis
tance traversed was only about a th1ro
as great as that Travelled by the Span
ish troops and the physical obstacles
encountered were much smaller, was
far less than Spain has sent to her two
colonies during the instructions And
yet, compared with the great nations OF
Europe, Spain is feeble ana bankrupt
country which has been thought toe
insignificant to be invited to join any
alliance, bund or other combination
into which the important European
States are leagued.
HE HATED SHAMS.
San Diego Union: BY the death OF
Charles A Dana journalism of the best
type has lost one of it's ablest and most
fearless exponents. Mr. Dana's news
paper career embraced a period of
forty-f!ve years Fifteen of these were
spent on the New York Tribune" and
during that period he was the efficient
lieutenant of Horace Greeley in the
latters splendid crusade against negro
slavery From 1867 until his death
yesterday, Mr.. Dana has personally
controlled the New York Sun" and
has made that paper a power. The
warmest friends of the dead editor will
not claim that he has always been on
the right side, but even his opponents
will probably concede that he has never
taken a position which he did not be-
lieve was right And whichever side
he took he was always honest, fearless
and outspoken. Mr. Dana hated shams,
and has probably done more than any
other man to drive them out of jour-
nalisr. His patriotism, too, has never
been questioned. and this recalls the
fact that while people for over a quar-
ter of a century have been wont to
think of him merely as an editor, his
services to his country have by no
means been limited to what he could
accomplish through his writings.
THE SHAME OF IT.
Los Angeles Express: There are some
very ludicrous phases in the suit in
stituted by J. NJ. Brooks against c. A.
Barlow, but the case has now pro-
gressed beyond the funny stage.
Mr.. Barlow said in one of his charac-
teriStic letters to Mr. Brooks:
Il am sure of some fine business op-
portunities during my term, and shall
be glad when the session opens"
What did this fledgling Congressman
fresh from the people," elected as an
honest man to serve their interests,
mean by that? He explains that a land
case was pending against the Govern
ment. and that he expected to be re-
tanned in the interest of the claimants
Think of it. A member of Congress
seeking to be retained in the interest of
a claim which the House of Representa-
tiyes would be called upon to decide.
Yet Mr.. Barlow, according to his own
confession was innocent of any intent
to do wrong. ''Do you mean to say"
Judge Shaw asked him, that you didn't
know it was illegal for member of
Congress to advocate a claim against
the United States?' Yes" responded
our guileless Congressman; and the an
swer stands.
The Express" considers Mr.. Barlow's
answer more in sorrow and shame than
in wrath. Yet Mr.. Barlow had held pub
lie office before he was called, a latter
day Cincinnatus. from his windmill to