The record-union., 1897-10-26
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects OF Living News
Interest.

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Interest.
Alameda Argus: The late Charles A.
Dana will be variously written OF. lie
was a good hater, and man VINO aio
not seem to attach much Importance
to consistency. He reserved the flghe
to change his mind His enemy OF yes
| terday was likely to be his eo-WorKer
of tomorrow. His honesty has been
assa:led by enemies, though never with
| definite success. What Dana was Ia
nous for was the publication OF
bright, sparkling newspaper, whose
contents. very carefully edlted anu
cleared of verbosity and commonplaces,
invariably nit the mark. Dana also
withstood the tendency to freak anu
yellow journalism that has spread over
| the land in the last five years. The
Sun" contains no pictures nor scare
heads, yet every point of news IS Gov
cred fully. It's special Sunday issue IS
as intellectual and as well written as
a. magazine, wholly escheWlng tue
wretched trash of physical deformities,
unnatural crimes, and the other trashy
subjects that go to make up the bulk
of the ordinary Sunday issue. Dana
was hater of cant, sham and hum
bug, and an exposer Of demagogues
and hvpocrites. He never ran after
the mob to take up its shout. He was
a sturdy character, sure of himself,
and whatever the fad of the hour hap
pened to be mattered not TO him. He
was the last Of the great editors.
NEITHER SIDE FULLY PREPARED
FOR WAR.
| Portland Oregonian: In the event of
war between Spain and the United
States, neither side is fully prepared
for war. in the European sense OF
proper preparation. Spain is without
doubt our inferior in ships-of-war and
general naval resources. She is badly
off for battleships, having devoted her
self to unarmored cruisers and gum
boats, and she would be obliged to
cross the Atlantic and fight our ships
within their own waters; we should be
close to our base of naval supplies.
while she would be 5000 miles from her
naval base. Spain has a revolt in Gu
ba, which has thus far resisted the i'm
pact of 200, 900 men, and never was so
strong as to-day. Under these circum-
stances Spain would soon lose Havana
and the whole of the Island of Cuba,
and, once lost she would never get 1T
back. The fleet of one of the great
powers of Europe could doubtless in
fiict great injury upon our seaboard
cities but the unarmored fleet of Spain
could work us little injury. Nor could
! Spain hope for any effective European
intervention in her behalf. Even the
public sentiment of England is clearly
with the United States The London
Spectator says: Spain has not only
made no progress in putting down the
rebellion during the last four years,
but has actually lost ground. To pro-
long the war any further and to for
bid the return of peace to the miser-
able island is a crime, and if America
| chooses to undertake the work Of put
! ting a stop to the hideous cruelties
practiced in Cuba, all Englishmen
should applaud her" The "Westminis-
! ter Review in a recent article says:
For the present Spain is a country Of
Europe, but not of Europeans; the Moor
and the very worst and most savage
part Of him, is still predominant in the
desp6ts who, by sheer exercise of ter
ror, aided by a complaisant and feeble
monarchy, an army an armed police,
a suborned clergy and suborned court,
abuse the loftiest attributes of gov
ernment and power"
As to war with Spain, we have Moth
ing to fear except the money cost,
which would probably be 81 100000 a
day in this period of very expensive
modern methods of war, and the shock
! to business, which in the unsettled
state of our finances would be severe;
but if we were pitted against a first
class European power, instead Of weak,
ll-arIned and bankrupt Spain, we GER
tainly should suffer from our present
| lack of preparation for war. General
| Howard admits that at the best, for
the 429 guns on our naval vessels, re-
quiring 12,S70 pounds of powder for
one discharge we have only powder
reported to enable the guns to be fired
twenty-five times, or about enough
powder for one engagement This is
! antiquated powder too, not cordite,
with which the European navies are
supplied and of this. according to Gen
eral Howard we have about enough
in stock for week or two Of active
operations, including in this a pitched
battle.
THE MORMON IN POLITICS.
Alameda Encinal: Those who have
any personal knowledge of the Mormon
character are, not at all surprised at
the latest outgiving of Apostle Wood
ruff, who has been telling his followers
that they must have none of political
! parties, but that all Mormons must
stand together on all political matters
and vote as a unit. This is just what
was prophesied would be the result
when Utah was begging so hard to be
admitted as a State. When it was
suggested that the history of the Nor
mons had been such as to lead to the
belief that they would be controlled by
their leaders and voted by them in a
mass like SO many cattle, the idea was
| Indignantly repelled by the Mormons
| themselves and by their sentimental
Eastern sympathizers. Now that they
are secure in Statehood they have
| thrown off the mask and come out in
their true colors. 1t will be strange
indeed if the time shall not come when
this country will rue the fact that
Utah is a State
ENTERPRISE IS ASTIR.
Oakland Tribune: San Francisco IS
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