The record-union., 1897-10-20

cen01afy conduct is allowed to go TOO
far before steps are taken to suppress
it. Being a free country. the asylum
Of the oppressed, and all that, every
blatnerskite feels especially licensed to
go around and stir up row. This
would do heretofore when most Of the
population were Americans and of a
fair degree of intelligence; but it won't
do now, that a large element is sprink-
led in that is not American and not
intelligent. and the safety of the coun-
try demands that seditious conduct be
more closely watched, and suppressed
in its incipient stages. The right of
free speech is a good thing; but it has
been shamefully abused, and that
abuse should be stopped.
STATED SQUARELY.
Fresno Republican: The Stockton
Mail" says, concerning the recent Jail
breaking expedition of the New York
Journal;
If Spanish or an Italian or an
English newspaper should organize an
expedition to invade our territory and
snatch by stealthy violence from pub
lie prison an inmate held for trial un-
der our laws, we would sink our last
ship, spend our last dollar and lose our
last man before we would cease the
quest for vengeance for the insupporta-
bic insult to the nation and to the flag.
And as we would demand that Spain
should do unto us, so it behooves us, in
fairness and decency, as a justice
loving people, to do unto her in this
case. We think that the men who Of
fered Spain this insult and violence
should be punished with unsparing Sc
verify"
This is stating the case strongly, but
not more strongly than it justifies.
This country would never submit to
such outrageous treatment by the citi-
zens of any other nation, and if this
country escapes the responsibility for
the act of it's newspaper banditti, 1t
will be for no other. reason than the
inability of the assaulted nation to de-
fend itself
There is a dignifed and decent way
for g. nation to intervene when the IN
terests of humanity demand such
action, but to be put upon the defen-
sive in a case of this kind would be hu-
initiating indeed. The Government
would be compelled to take the posi-
ton of an apologist or bully, and in
neither role would any credit be re-
flected upon the nation.
Yellow Journalism is bad enough in
itself. but when its unparalleled impu-
dence places the Government in COM
promising position 1t is time to call
halt. These yellow Jail breakers should
suffer the penalty of their criminal
folly.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
Colusa. Sun: It is good that every
man shall feel some personal interest
in the Government, and next to the
ownership Of a piece of land, a deposit
in the hands of the Government is the
best way to give it to him. 1t has
seemed to us that certificates of de-
posit in multiples of ten should be is
sued. dated on the first of January and
July of each year, and a limited num-
Der given to each Postmaster of the
fourth class and above These should
be payable to bearer and should draw
a low rate of interest-say per cent.
The certificates given out between jan
uary and July should be dated July
so as to begin to draw interest on the
half yearly date after the deposit. For
sums less than so the Postmaster
should issue non-interest bearing GER
tificates and redeemable only at the
office of issue either in coin or in the
interest bearing certificates. One could
then deposit small amounts until he
got so and exchange his smaller GER
tificates for a larger one bearing inter
est. No postoffice, it will be seen, need
carry enough money to redeem these
larger certificates. for as they would
always be worth par and interest, they
could be made payable at any sub
Treasury. If the banks did get to
shaving them arrangements could cas-
lily be made to redeem at some of the
larger Offices. But as matter of fact,
they would hardly ever be presented
for redemption until worn out and pre-
scented for a new issue This ought not
to interfere, to the extent of closing,
with good savings banks paying a
larger rate of interest, but interfere or
not, it should be done.
1T ALL APPLIES TO SACRAMENTO.
San Jose Herald: The San Francisco
Board of Trade is taking steps to have
a creditable California exhibit at the
Paris Exposition in 1900 In that ex-
ing place Our packed goods have be-
gun to make their way in Europe
Three years hence our shipments will
have largely increased. But the whole
product of the Santa Clara Valley could
find market among the hundreds OF
millions of Europe. And all those run
dreds cf millions will be represented at
the Paris Exposition and several mil
lions Of them will be personally pres
ent
Our exhibit has made good impress
sion at the Hamburg Exposition, which
is a small affair compared with the
Paris affair. a proportionate impress
sion made at Paris will give a proper
tonate impetus to our trade. BY 1900
it is likely that there will be at least
signs of reversal of our ridiculous ex-
elusive commercial policy which will
tend to improve our European mar
kets. Before the exposition closes its
doors there will probably be a Demo-
cratic administration and Congress at
Washington. We can invite Europe to
trade with us with a better face than
now when we tell its people in effect
that we will not buy of them, and do
not care for their trade any way That
is not the way a sensible man conducts
his business.
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