The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
EASILY FRIGHTENED.

EAoIL1 FRlGdIENED.
Tulare Register: Claiming that Cleve-
land had been in office only three months
when he had accomplished a panic and
general financial disaster a number of
impatient newspapers are finding fault
with President Mckinley because, in an
equal length of service he has not cured
the evil times that We're left him as a
heritage by his illustrious predecessor.
They forget how much easier it is to get
frightened than to get over the fright,
to produce a panic than to restore conf
dence, to burn house than to build one.
SACRAMENTO THE PLACE.
San Jose Herald: The question of cell
ebrating the semi Of the dis
covery of gold in California seems to
be already swallowed up in the more
exciting question of where the cele-
bration should be held. Los Angeles
claims it for no reason that can be
alleged except that she wants it. San
Francisco may urge her claim with
some better show of reason as the me-
tropolis of the State. There may be
some other aspirants in the field.
If this is to be a free for all race
San Jose should get in. The first Capt.
tai of the State of California has a bet
ter claim than any other city with one
exception.
Of course we allude to Sacramento.
All things point to the site of Suffers
Fort as the proper place to celebrate
such a semi centennial. That was the
point to which all steps were turned
in 1913. The old fort is still in exist
ence to serve as the fitting central point
of the ceremony.
But if there is to be a contest over
the place, then San Jose should as
suredly take second place to Sacrament
to. The old Capitol building on the
east side of Market street has disap-
peared in the march of progress, but
we have among our citizens the de
scendants of those who took an active
part in the stirring events in this val
ley accompanying the American occu-
patton and ante dating the gold discov-
cry, and San Jose would be an ideal
place for such a celebration.
But justice demands that Sacramen-
to should be the first choice After
her our claim will come.
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
Oakland Tribune: Three years and
onehalf ago the Hawaiian message of
President Cleveland was delivered to
Congress, but the position he took on
the subject met with no support or en-
enlargement. So long as he was to
remain President, it was we'll known
that no treaty could be concluded to
annex Hawaii to the United States,
and the friends of the measure in both
countries We're forced to adopt wait
ing policy. With the success of the
Republican party and the readoption
of a national policy the hopes of the
friends of annexation revived and have
now eliminated in the signing of the
new treaty.
With Hawaii annexed. the economic
questions involved in a mere treaty of
reciprocity will become eliminated, and
trade relations will be reduced to the
basis of interstate commerce. The
subject thus becomes a political IN
stead of financial one. 1t is generally
conceded that the United States will
never consent to the islands passing in
to the possession Of any European or
Asiatic power, and yet it cannot with
dignity occupy the dog-in- the-manger
policy of forbidding others to take what
itself declines. 1t might from certain