The record-union., 1897-12-11


| he absolutely controls the policy, the
! thought as it were, of the great engine
of enlightenment or destrucuVeness.
| which is as likely to make for one as
the other The metropolitan press mas
! influence, but it ofttimes works more
| harm than good.
KANSAS.
Salinas Index: The mortgage indebt-
| ednass in Kansas will be reduced TO
the extent of $30.OOO.OOO this year
Sleek cattle and fat hogs are bringing
| the best prices for years, and the crlps
are buging with corn. What is the
| matter with Kansas? Nothing, Tor
| though prosperity is crowding things,
| she will pull through. Kansas IS Re-
publican by 5000.
WANTS THE EARTH.
| San Diegan-Sun: 1t is now reported
that England wants to secure the Pan
/, anna Canal Whether the report is
| true or not just now, it may be de-
pended upon that sooner or later Eng
! land will make an effort to secure con-
troll, officially or through some recog-
nized private corporation, of either the
Panama or Nicaragua Canal. That is
trolling the earth But the game can
be stopped if the United States Will
carry out its programme promptly and
build the Nicaragua Canal, for there
is no need of more than one good ship
canal across that isthmus.
A LIE IS A BOOMERANG.
Fresno Republican: 1t is refreshing
to occasionally read something in a
partisan paper that places truth and
honesty above political deception. A
Porterville paper, the Enterprise re-
Gently printed the following paragraph,
which is fairly characteristic of the
kind of stuff which has appeared in
many Democratic papers since the Cen
trail Pacific foreclosure sale:
''The action of the SHARK Hanna Ad-
ministration in carrying out the cor
rupt and infamous deal of it's prede-
cessor, for the steal of the Union Pa
cifc Railroad, against the universal
protest of the whole country, is the
crowning evidence that the Govern
ment as at present administered is deaf
to every instinct of right and justice
and is under the absolute conrtol of
the enemies of the people"
Commenting upon this disgusting ex-
hibtion of blackguardism and dishon
esty, the Maltermoro Keystone" a
Populist paper, says:
The falsehood implied in the above
clipping is an injury to the calumna-
tor as well as the party he represents.
The Government received every cent
due it under the law in the sale of
the Union Pacific, and it is no credit
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insinuate otherwise. The Republican
party has enough sins to answer for
without ascribing one to it of which it
is innocent The Examiner" of San
Francisco started the lie, and all the
small fry of the country is repeating
it in various forms of their own We
would have much preferred that the
Government should have bought the
railroad but a Democratic Congress
failed to pass the law authorizing it,
and when the bid for the road included
the full claim of The Government it's
representatives We're compelled to ac-
cept it. A lie is a boomerang to any
party that utters it.
SUSTAIN THE LAW.
Santa Rosa Republican,: The primary
law of California may be imperfect in
some respects. In fact, we think it
cumbersome in some of its details, but
it is a step in the right direction 1t
is an effort to take the control of con-
ventions, especially in the larger cities,
| out Of the hands of the bosses and to
give the mass of the people greater in
fiuence in the making of nominations
So far as the rural counties are con-
n i,x zry,11 acsl Mf
laws. Their conventions are generally
fairly representative. When delegates
are chosen by precincts in the outside
counties, If they do not represent popu-
lar sentiment, the voters are alone to
blame. But, as is we'll known. it is
| quite different in the large cities. There
the voters have been powerless in the
past. The bosses in all parties have
| been in the haMtof naming whom they
pleased as delegates and counting the
votes cast in primary elections to suit
themselves. Under the new law they
are shorn of this power, and fair pri-
| mary elections are not only possible but
probable.
A JOB LOT.
| Santa Cruz Surf: Los Angeles. at the
last election, chose a job lot of men to
the offices of School Directors, and now
she is reaping the consequences. 1t
has been discovered that a part of the
Directors attempted to make the Prin-
c1pals buy their places, and one OF
them, man named Adams, has con-
fessed and resigned. Adams is a Pop
uiist, and belonged to the minority of
| the board, but this seems to be a case
where the minority did not hold a mo-
nopoly of the virtue of the board.