The record-union., 1897-10-08
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXPRESSIONS FROM VARIOUS
RELIGIOUS NEWSPAPERS.

The Religious Thought of the Day
as Expressed in the Sec
tartan Press.
Portland 0regonian: Mr.. Bryan es-
Inmates himself a genius, and came
very near establishing his claim the
other day. Having received $3.50 as
his share of the gate receipts" for a
lecture at lola. Ia, he was asked if
that was not a pretty steep price to
pay for such an address as he had de-
llVered, whereupon he replied: ANY
TOOL can sell coat for one-seventh of
its value, but it takes a genius to sell
1t for seven times its value" Astute
Bryan. But in attempting to apply this
estimate of his powers to the silver out
put or the country, he has been COM
peled to reckon with an intelligence
that overmatched his particular gen
lus' in finance.
MAN AND JOB.
Redding Free Press: The idea of
Or. ODonnell bringing suit to oust the
school Board of San Francisco is an
insult to the people of the State. no
matter how corrupt the board NAV
nave been.-Woodland Mail.
Ii makes no difference who brings
SUIT, If it is brought in accordance
with law. DR.. O'Donnen may be lust
the man for the work. A dirty man
Tor dirty job every time. There is
nuch truth in the old saying that "it
'ahes a thief to catch a thief"
MADE ENOUGH.
humboldt Standards: Mr.. BRYAN has
made enough money by preaching free
shNer 10 enable. him to engage in some
business outside of politics and make
good living, if he isn't foolish enouoh
10 spend it all chasing another Demo-
una'ic nomination for the Presidency.
ms IS rather more than may be ex-
pected OF him. When a young man gets
the Presidential bee in his bonnet there
Is no power save death which will sion
the buzzing.
WHAT FOLLY.
Alameda Encinal: What folly If is
Tor any one to say that Mckinley will
give the Union Pacific Railroad S25.
oOO,OO0 or any other sum. When the
lunolng Dill was beaten and Govern
ment ownership defeated. there was
nothing left but to do as the people an
parently Observation-Disclosures Just as
any money lender forecloses when. de-
fault is madeein the payment of a mort
gage. If the millionaire newspaper
owners who are busy accusing McKin-
ley OF bad faith think that there are
SO many millions to be made by buying
the Union Pacific in at the foreclosure
sale,; why do they not form a syndi-
cate and buy it themselves? The
whole thing is a bad business, but it
is not fair to charge it on the present
administration any more than the pre-
ceding. But so far as we can see.
there is nothing or at least has been
nothing, TO prevent more than one per-
son or syndicate from bidding on the
property at the foreclosure sale.
PLENTY OF ROOM.
Oakland Tribune: Religion is one
of the few things in this world that
cannot obtain the protection of trust.
The split-up a year or so ago in the
Salvation Army that resulted in the
forma ton of the Volunteers of Ameri-
ca shows, however, that there is plen-
ty of room for everybody and material
galore to work on. Both organiza tions
are succeeding and are not interfering
with each other in any way.
INCENDIARY SPEECHES.
Humboldt Standard: A great mass
hal in
Francisco, which was addressed by a
lot of one-horse lawyers and political
agitators for the avowed purpose of
"bracing up the Supreme Court to
decide the case between the old and
new Board of Supervisors according to
the wishes of the people, regardless of
the law. One speaker went so far as
to threaten the Supreme Court by in
uendo, if it should dare to decide the
case contrary to his liking. Such a
mouthing blatherskite is unworthy of
notice. The Supreme Court will decide
the matters brought before it acord-
ing to the law, and will not be swerved
from it's duty by the railings of such
a mountebank.
1t is becoming the fashion for sand
lotters," both here in California and
elsewhere, to denounce the courts and
call for the impeachment of Judges
when they do not decide cases accord
ing to the clamor of the rabble. Alt
geld and Tilman in the East are the
arch-agitators in this line; and, should
the people follow their leadership we
should have anarchy and lawlessness
everywhere. Citizens of good sense and
51rIe L-
by the vaporings of such agitators
Laws are made to be enforced, and the
Federal and State constitutions have
lodged the authority to interpret the
laws in courts, which, if they do not
always do right, are much safer to
maintain the laws and the liberties of
the people under our written constitu-
tions than mobs of hot-headed and ILL
informed people, led on by self-seeking
demagogues, who inflame their pre-
JUDGES and endeayor to cow down the
courts to do their bidding, regardless
of the law. While we hope that the de-
cision of Judge Wallace will stand as
the law of the State, because it will
strike wholesome terror into evil do
ers and office holders who disregard
their prediction pledges, we know
that the decision is not regarded as
good law by some of the best attor-
neys of the State. Let it be remem-
bered that these Supervisors were re-
moved on technicality, for not fix
ing water rates during the month of
February, and not for any other cause
or crime.
NEAL DOW AND OTHERS.
Dow, the great prohibition leader. has
come to an end. The world is better
because he lived He may have been