The record-union., 1897-12-30
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EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub.
jects of Living News
Interest.

jects of Living News
Interest.
Bridgeport Chronicle Union: That the
wave OF prosperity has struck Cali
Iornla is shown in the fact that, accord
lng TO the Record Union" eighty-one
mortgages We're paid off in Sacramento
County in November. and very few new
ones nave been filed, showing that money
is getting plentiful, and that the people
are more prosperous. Very few mort
cages We're paid off under Cleveland s
Administration, but an immense amount
Of property had TO be mortgaged to keep
the Wolf from the door.
WHO SAID IT?
Marysville Democrat: The. esteemed
contemporary, the Record Union" de-
plores the fact that up to the present
Tune no steps have been taken in the
erection of closing the breaks in the
levees on the Yolo side and in river i'm
provement OF course there is an err
| ror in this, as the Democrat" under
stands the situation. There may not
have been any steps taken in the right
direction. but the inlprints on the his
tory of time show that the dredger law
| was passed and signed and $500, 600 Of
the peoples money appropriated. Since
that time there has been path We'll
worn by the footsteps of the Commission
er of Public Works and his officers be
! tween their homes and this money, in
| drawing down salaries. Who said
Three cheers for Budd," for signing the
dredger bill?
THE WOLF CRY.
| Pasadena Star: The Sacramento Rec
| ord Union calls attention to the mis-
representation of the Southern Pacific
Company by the Examiner" That
matter is so we'll understood by the pub
lie as to need little explanation. Every
body knows that the Examiner is the
bitter foe of the road, and misses no Op-
] pOrtunity to attack it-right or wrong.
But the virulence of the opposition is
It's own antidote. The papers attitude
is SO we'll known that its statements on
that subject have little weight; and,
Furthermore, if it should at any time
have real cause to condemn the road
nobody would believe it,
THOUGHTFUL WOMAN
Seattle Post Intelligencer: The
| thoughtfulness of the Sacramento Wo-
man who decided not to awaken her
husband, but to shoot the burglar her
self, is to be commended That woman
properly appreciates the natural mascu-
line desire to slumber through such
emergencies.
MORE CABINET SECRETARIES.
Fresno Republican: We doubt the ex-
pediency of adding to the number of
Cabinet officers. They were intended
to be the advisers of the President, and
this being the case, we believe that care
should be taken that he is not given
too many counselors. The Cabinet al
ready has eight officers, and we believe
that two of these might well be dis
rensed with. OF course, we do not mean
by this that their departments should
be abolished. These should be contin-
ued, but their heads should not be enti-
tied to seats in the Cabinet. When it
becomes necessary to add new depart
ments to the Government, let it be done
by all means, but do not make those to
whom their management is entrusted
members of the Presidents council. 1t
cannot add to the efficiency of the de-
partment, but may detract from the
usefulness and dignity of the Cabinet
YOUNG EDISON'S IDEA.
Oakland Tribune: Young Edison, who
claims to have discovered method of
photographing thought, says that the
reason he obtained but a vague shad-
owy outline of the subject experiment.
ed with was because the individual in
question was thinking about a 25-cent
piece and did not place much value on
it, If that is the only thing that stands
in the way Of success he can get su-
perb reproduction of a twenty dollar
man and promise to give it to him direct
ly the test is over. Due credit must be
given to the wizards son for his inge-
nuity in even attempting such expert
ments, but the absolute imposslbility Of
any permanent or useful success is APP
parent when it is remembered how fast
the brain works when a man is think
ing There would be about 10000 dis
tinct pictures to reproduce each second
and there is nothing in the world that
could catch them.
CRUSH IT.
Oakland Enquirer: Up in the lynching
district of Nevada they are now talking
Of hanging newspaper correspondents
who telegraph unfriendly reports. The
spirit of mob murder needs to be crush
ed out by the strong hand when it dis
plays itself SO defantly as this, and we
are glad to observe that there is a de-
termined minority (or perhaps it is a
majority which is calling for the en-
forcement of the law.
PARTITION OF CHINA
Alameda Argus: There is a great deal
of talk in the newspapers about the par
tition of China by ''the powers" This
startling proceeding may be about to
eventuate, but to the mind who gives it
q thought it would naturally be led up
TO by a series of threats, demonstrations
and wars The partition of Poland was
not a circumstance to what the partition
Of China would be, yet that was the re-
suit of long years of intrigue and fight
ing. The idea that one nation is say
ing to several Others Come and have
a piece of China with me- is not reason
able. though of course it is not impossi-
bic. Newspaper CORES spondents in for
eign lands, as we have often seen, are
not always taken into the inner conf
dences of potentates and Ministers, and
are thus left to guess, and their guessing
is often wild
lone AND O'BRIEN.
Stockton independent: If DR.. O'Brien
is satisfied with the exoneration given
him by the Directors of the Preston
School OF Industry other people should
not complain on that score. The peo-
pie who have read of the many scam
dals that have surrounded the school