The record-union., 1897-07-05
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
iects Of Living News
Interest.

Marysville Appeal: Had our ships
been protected when iron began to
supplant wood and steam sail for the
construction and propulsion of vessels,
we would have kept pace with the
times, developed our own resources
used our own abundant materials, em-
ployed our own skilled workingmen and
continued to own and to operate our
own ships in our foreign carrying.
PATRIOTIC.
Tulare Register: 1t is surmised,
and somewhat more than surmlsed,
that a new tariff system will soon
characterize the British empire. All
colonies will impose pretty nearly unI-
form duties against all the world ex-
cept the mother country and other
British colonies, but will have low
er scale of duties for countries belong
ing to the empire. This is good sense,
patriotic and the rest of the world has
no particular right to squeal-
GREATER TEMPTATIONS.
Fresno Expositor: Mr.. Moody names
bicycling, the trolley cars and Sunday
papers as three great temptations for
young men. If the average young
man doesn't meet with any greater
temptations he won't find life so very
serious But he will, and so it would
be a good thing to leave off fighting
windmills, to the end that young
man might have confidence in the
worlds teachers when they point out
genuine dangers.
KEEPING PLEDGES.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Can any stat
istician of American political history
point out an administration which has
made more rapid progress in carry
ing out the pledges aof the platform
upon which it was elected than that
of President Mckinley? In the six
teen weeks since his inauguration, he
has called Congress together and pro-
cured the framing of and practical
completion of a tariff measure; has ap-
pointed commission to treat with for
eign nations for international bimetal-
1ism; has prepared the draft of mes
sage to Congress recommending a cur
rency commission which will devise a
plan for general currency reform; has
redeemed the pledge of the platform
with reference to the annexation of
Hawaii and is taking such steps in the
Cuban matter as will soon make it ap-
parent that he has been equally prompt
and faithful in regard to this pledge of
the platform.
THE NAVAL DISPLAY.
Tulare Register: 1t was a tremen-
dous naval pageant which took place
off Portsmouth, England, on Satur-
day. There were 200 grim, cruel, muir
derous men of war in line, 1876 of them
belonging to Great Britain, and the
rest to other countries. There have
been naval reviews in which more YES
se1s took part, but the war ships on
parade on Saturday would have blown
TO the bottom of the sea the entire 24O
war ships on parade in 1856 with a
single volley, and that, too, at so safe
a distance that the modern vessels
would not have suffered a scratch
from the biggest guns then known
Think of the great 12-inch wire guns
that Will throw a solid steel shot eff
fectively for fifteen miles, a distance
which makes first class man-of- war
only speck on the horizon, and vet
that solid shot can be made to hit that
speck at that distance. War is hardly
question Of valor any more, but Of
cold calculating science, exact as
mathematics and relentless as fate
There will be a storm on the face of
the waters if ever such an armament
as that on parade Saturday last meets
In hostile array, and a deal of finely
wrought steel will find a grave in the
deep.
A FOOLISH ACTION.
Los Angeles Express: The Democrats
arc trying to revive the rapidly diving
public interest in the silver issue by
frantic denunciations of the ill-consid-
cred action of the trustees of Brown
University who censured President An
dreWs on account of his free silver SEN
tlments generally, and particularly be-
cause they thought those sentiments
had influenced John D. Rockefeller from
making a liberal bequest to the Uni
versity.
No direct testimony is at hand to
show whether there was any tangible
ground for the foolish action of the
trustees, but there is the best of indi-
rect evidence. President Harper of the
University of Chicago, upon hearing of
the action of Browns trustees. CEN
sured it in the plainest of plain English
He said, among other things:
Even in the sacred circle of the Uni
versity, where, if anywhere, there should
be opportunity to think and express
ones thought, not infrequently is felt
the iron hand of authority, moved by
suspicion and self-interest. In free and
fair New England, the very ground on
which freedom of opinion was fought
out, an old and established institution
only yesterday censured its head be-
cause, forsooth, he had the courage to
think for himself and to speak what he
thought This censure, ordered to be
administered by a committee of the
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that honored college which a century of
prosperity will not wipe out. Even the
world which does not think is now loath
to grant the exclusive privilege to the
thinking few"
In saying these brave and manly
words President Harper killed two
birds with one stone. The University of