The record-union., 1897-12-13
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EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

unlenI. AFTER redulnS IL the %AiHeiiSsiii
people will conclude that our common
country is sure to enjoy peace and
prosperity while he is at the helm OF
state. He does not believe in rushing
blindiy into foreign entanglements, yet
he shows by his message that he
dignity and honor of our great coun-
try Will be preserved at all hazards.
The President dwells upon the evils of
our present monetary SYSTEM and
makes some wise suggestions to pro-
tect the Government against future
bond issues. He says: when receipts
are sufficient to pay expenses it is
recommended that when any United
States notes are redeemed in gold such
notes he kept and set aside and only
paid out in exchange for gold. The
Government should be relieved of the
responsibility of providing all the gold
required for exchanges and export. Ma
tional banks should be required to re-
deem their notes in gold Altogether
the message will meet the approval of
the American people.
BELLIGERENCY RECOGNITION.
Oakland Enquirer: Upon first state
ment, a proposition to recognize the
belliSerency of the Cuban insurgents
looks wonderfully taking. 1t seems
ito be proposal to pay proper tribute
to the bravery of the insurgents with
out cost to ourselves. The idea of the
belligerency advocates is to give the
Cubans cur moral support, which might
help them to sell their bonds. But on
close examination, such as President
Mckinley gives it in his message, it is
discovered that he inside of this hpf-
| ligerency proposition is different from
its outside. To declare the insurgents
| belligerents would give the Spaniards
the right to search our ships when not
protected by the shelter of our own
ports and would make it considerably
more difficult for the Cubans to get
arms and ammunition. 1t would also
enable the Spaniards to disavow re-
sponsi5ility for the destruction of mill
/ ions Of American property in Cuba
IMPORTED VINES.
Fresno Republicans: The Farmers
| Club is advocating wise action on the
part OF the Supervisors when it asks
| for the passage of an ordinance pro-
hibiting the Importation Of grape
vines, rooted or in cuttings, into Fresno
/ from any other county in the State.
/ The alarming fact that the Anaheim
disease, which practically destroyed the
vineyards of some of the southern
counties few years ago, has appeared
| in he northern part of the State. is
| sufficient cause for the proposed ac-
| ton. There should be no unnecessary
delay in the matter, ais the planting
season is near at hand, and the plant
| ing or single diseased vine might re-
suit in giving the plague a foothold.
NOT HEARD FROM.
Alameda Encinal: Those thirteen for
| eign nations whose representatives
! made protests against certain features
OF the Dingley bill during its considera-
| ton by Congress have not yet made
good their bluff" to exclude American
products. On the contrary, their pur-
chases from us have increased % per
cent. since the enactment of the Ding
! ley law, While that measure has been
Followed by reduction Of % per cent.
in our importation from those countries.
DEMOCRATIC VIEW.
Los Angeles Herald: A chief recon-
mendation in the financial part of the
PRESIDENTS message is that gold shall
be paid only for greenbacks and that
- ANN4iCe~NNf7 Siidll We pd1u OUIy 1Of gold.
If the Treasury Department can do
TINS, why could not Secretary Carlisle
have exercised his discretion and Maid
out silver coin" instead of gold, and
thus have stopped the drain on the
Treasury reserve that necessitated the
issue of bonds?
Under the Presidents proposal a bond
issue would be necessary for the pur-
/ Of lz-
gold. There are 1916, 000. 900 in green
backs in circulation. The recommended
| tion-if it is made-will be recognized
as part of the conspiracy to fasten
still more firmly about the necks Of the
American people the yellow shackles
of the single gold standard
THE IONE OUTRAGES.
| Stockton Record: If there is another
State in the American Union that has
! a Governor who would not have taken
prompt and effective measures to in
vestigate such outrages as are charged
against the management of the lone
School, we do not know what State it
is. Nor do we believe there is another
| Executive among the forty-fve who
| would be so Indifferent, so callous. 50
derelict in a matter involving the treat
ment of helpless children 1t is an out
rage against the boys there confined. a
disgrace TO the State, humiliation to
all the people in the commonwealth.
There is evidently a way to reach and
punish every accuser, every witness
whose evidence is material in establish
ing the truth of the charges, and there
is a way to reach OBrien, if the Gov
ernor, who created him, so desires.
REMARKABLE.
| Santa Rosa Republican: 1t is rather
remarkable that anybody would stand
up before Santa Rosa audience and
declare that the wages of laborers in
the United States are not being in
| creased, when the dispatches of al
most every day tell of thousands who
are getting better wages All over the
Eastern and Central States factory and
railroad employees and miners are re-
ceiving better returns for their work
than came TO them q year ago, and
thousands are now employed that Were
in enforced idleness then. The tele-
grams that tell of these advances in
compensation are not falsehoods.
THE INDETERMIN SENTENCE
San Jose Herald: Spalding, the en-
bezzling Chicago banker. has been con-
victed. Under the indeterminate SEN
tence system that has been adopted in
Illinois, he may serve a sentence of any
where from one TO fifteen years, ac-
cording to the judgment of the Board
OF Prison Commissioners.
The idea of such q sentence is to
punish or rather discipline a prisoner
so long as may be necessary to make
a worthy member of society of him and