The record-union., 1897-12-30

the added advantage Of having copied
the best praises Of modern forms Of
government and manufactures.
THE WAY OF THE SEX.
Modesto Herald: And now a girl
cashier has gone wrong in San Fran
cisco. She went wrong just as men
cashiers do--saint by day in the Office
and sinner by night about town. The
only distinction between her misdoing
and taat of the ordinary male cashier
who gees wrong is, her shortage is but
a few hundred dollars; a mans would
have been thousands. In this respect
she showed the usual feminine regard
for the value of money, investing a dol
lar with more Importance than man
attaches to V or an Y.
FRANK AND BOLD.
Los Angeles Express: Secretary
Cages letter to Gompers has a little
of the flavor of some of Mr. I.incolns
epistles to his critics in the first years
Of the war. Its evident honesty and
its simplicity and familiarity of style
will compare with the War Presidents
communication to Mayor Wood. 1t has
that in it which will go convincingly to
the minds and hearts of multitudes of
people.
SHOULD LOOK OUT A LITTLEi
1rella Journal: Although the United
Stases continues to adhere TO the ira
ditional policy of hands OFF" with re-
gard 70 the partition of China. un
doubtedly the Government views with
concern the attempt TO divide up the
floWe,y Kingdom. With Russia. Ger
many. England and France controlling
the coast of China the United States
IS threatened on the west by five pow
el1ul nations. The State Department
mas not taken any official action vet
out the position Of China will probably
cause Congress to increase the naval
representations on the Pacific Coast
and fortify more harbors there.
FACTS AND INCOME
Santa Barbara Press: Painful as the
TACT may be to the croakers who are
lhdlng fault with the operations Of the
DlhSIey law, there is prospect that it
VIII produce surplus during the pres
eht month. Its actual earnings. omit
ing the sums received on account of
the PacIfic Railroad sale were. during
Inc hrst half of the month, just about
equal to the expenditures, and it is
probable that when the December fig
ufeS are made up they Will bring a
New Years present of surplus for the
month Of December
RELIEF TO KLONDIKE.
Los Angeles Times: There are some
persons-not many-who argue that the
sending Of relief TO Klondike, under
Government auspices is ill-advised and
unWarranted. These men, they say.
went into the Arctic region at their own
risk, and with full knowledge of the
dangers which awaited them: and that
the Government is under no obligations
legal or moral, to rescue them from the
consequences of their own folly. AS an
abstract proposition all this may be
literally true. But the obligation of
humanity is higher and more impera
tive than all other considerations. Some
thousands of American citizens are in
danger Of starvation in a region re-
mote from the centers of civilization.
ana the dangers of rigorous climate
are superadded TO the dangers of star
walton. The fact that these men are
IN imminent danger is enough to war
rant the sending of an expedition for
their relief. 1t is no time for parlev-
ing over the question of responsibility
Tor the predicament in which they find
themselves. The true and humane
policy is to relieve the suffering as soon
as possible, and 10 discuss the respon-
sibility afterWard