The record-union., 1897-08-16
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects of Living News
Interest.

one thing. Even the Democrats are be-
ginning TO admit that times are improv-
ling. The cause of the Improvement Will
be settled later. But While they are
denying all credit to the Republican
policy and asserting that it is entirely
due to the law of supply and demand, .
! let US assure them that the Republican
party has never pretended that any
other law could be invoked safely. 1t
has simply said that in certain lines of
products and within certain limits the
supply will be limited. The demand
being in no way controlled, it is but nat
ural that times improve" l. e. prices
advance.
THE STATE PRINTING OFFICE.
San Diego Union: Lack of funds to
run the State Printing Office at Sacra-
mento may be attended with variety
of complications There should certainly
/ be some way provided to meet the
emergency. The plan, however, for the
Regents of the State University to ad-
vance the necessary money out of the
funds which they hold as trustees, even
/ if ii can be legally carried out, would
seem to be highly Objectionable. 1t is
possible that no harm would come di-
rectly from such a procedure. The
money would probably be replaced in
due time But if the Regents of the
I University can loan their funds TO one
State institution they can apply the
money to others. The result might be
that whenever there was a shortage in
one direction or another, the regular
course would be to borrow from the
University funds. 1t is the duty of the
State Government to provide money fer
running the State institutions. To
draw upon the University funds in case
OF a deficiency, would simply encour-
age bad finaneiering on the part of the
Legislature and Governor.
PAID HIS FINE.
! San Jose Mercury: Bradbury, the
San Francisco millionaire expectorator,
has paid his little fine for violating an
Ordinance which every citizen should be
glad to obey, and although he will not
feel the loss of the money, it cannot be
a very pleasant reflection for him that
he has earned the contempt of every
decent man and woman in the State.
WARRING FACTIONS.
TuIare Register: God is good, and es-
peeially good to Republicans In fact
it is more fun to be a Republican just
now than it has been for good. many
years Harmony dwells in the Repub-
lican camp, but in the camps OF our
political enemies there abides discord
and contention black eyes and blasted
reputationS We are not able at this
ljuncture to determine wherein the
! hatred is most bitter betWiXt the
| Brvanite and Indianapolis Democrats
or betwixt the fusion and middle-of-the-
road Popuhsts Both factions of both
parties hate each other heartily and
with much justification. The Populists
of Ohio held a State convention the first
of the week which soon resolved itself
into a slugging mill and the police of
Columbus had to be called in to restore
order. The middle-of- -the-roaders ac-
cused the fusionists of being tools of
millionaire John R. Mclean and the
fusionists returned the compliment by
accusing the others of being the paid
hirelings of Mark A Hanna, and then
they aft." The Registers" sympathy,
and no right minded person or paper can
refuse to extend sympathy to a deluded
or diseased lot of fellow mortals, is with
the middle e-of-the-roaders for they real
ly have principles (or maladies) that
they are willing to stand by ana hght
for, although they are bad principles ana
Iyery improbable for political doctrine,
but bad principles are better than no
principles, and the pessimist has no
principles We are glad to say that the
Imiddle-of -the-roaders finally captured
the remnants of the convention, Will
put a full ticket in the field and stand
up this fall and be counted.
Santa Barbara Press: The Democrat
ic press. Judging from their tone. are
| disturbed less the Republican party
be credited in the eyes of the people
with the prosperity arising from a large
crop. and a shortage on the part OF
our rivals. They need not worry. The
last campaign was fought in defense
of the pro position that supply and de-
mand. and not legislation, regulated
or could regulate, the prices Of our To-
cal commodities, and that money and
prices alike were subject to the action
of the whole commercial world. Inc
tariff will cut little figure for some time
owing to heavy advance importatlons
The better feeling in commercial CIR
cles is due primarily to- the certainty
that the financial question IN unlimited
coinage of silver at 16 TO l, is no longer
| a factor in the situation, and in a Sec
ondarv degree to the settlement of the
tariff giving a stable basis for trade
for a specified period at least The bic
I crop and the shortage of our competi-
tors. comes at a most opportune time
to back UP and prove many PROPOSE
tions considered as axioms before THEN
questioning by the Bryanites. and to
relieve a local situation among agri-
culturis,s. suffering from a succession
of 'lean years
WILL BE PROTECTED.
Sierra County Enterprise: There has
been some apprehension expressed by
newspapers and goid-seekers to the
Klondike that robbers might wayiay
the traveller at Chileoot Pass and alone
the overland route to the gold fields, be
ing as it is through a country of desc
lation, inhabited only by few wilo
animals. But all those wishing to make
the trip can make their minds easy on
that account. They will remember that
most of the route is through British
territory. and that their protection viii
come under the head of the British Wal
Department In all the British posses
sions that army is the greatest pre-
server of peace in the world. It is ir
every cline, and, whatever we may
have against the English Government
in other respects, we must admire tbs
discipline of an army and navy thai
has played such a wonderful part il
the civilization of the world in the last
four or five hundred years. The navy
has driven the pirates from the higf
seas. and the army has tanned the free
hooter on land, even to the wild man Of