The record-union., 1897-11-08

or Wnere the alternative OF backing
down from position involving her
supr---d national prestige presents it
self.
craftsmanship amounts to little il it,
IN any given instance, fails to subserve
the common good Of the people in whose
/ behalf 1t is exercised All the diplo-
matte subtility and red-tape finessing
that was ever put forth by Ministers of
State. since the Machiavellian period
until this good hour. has been valuable
only in proportion TO the real, substan-
tial good conferred thereby on the ma
ton immediately interested therein, or
that indirectly resulted therefrom to
other States or nations.
With all due Difference to Spanish ma
t1onal pride, and with an open and
aNoWed respect for the historic glories
that halo her name, not only as THE
1eudal realm of our romance" but as a
once great maritime power that found
ed colonies IN almost every land under
the western sun. and in whose name
ana under the protection of whose flag
TINS American continent was discover
ed and added to the heritage of all the
nations of Europe-witb all and more
than this to her credit kept in clear
view. it must still be confessed that
SPAIN in her treatment of her Ameri-
can colonies including with emphasis,
the unfaithful isle" of Cuba. has not
acted either wisely or well.
THE LIQUOR DEALERS.
Oakland Enquirer: The disband-
ment or the California Protective Asso-
cation, as the State Liquor Dealers AS
sociation was called, appears to be a
case of inability to agree on methods
President Edoff was to some extent &
man with theory. He believed that
large part of the discredit into which
the liquor business has fallen was due
to the way in which it was carried on,
and that If the worst class of men could
be restrained. or shut out. and if the
saloons could be made more amenable to
law and public opinion, the interests of
the more legitimate liquor dealers
would not suffer, but would rather be
improved. He met with some success for
time in carrying out this idea, but the
Inevitable differences of opinion arose.
majority of the liquor dealers could
not see.the advantage of sacrificing tenn
porary gains for future ones, and upon
this rock of disagreement the associa-
ton has gone to pieces. The most con-
elusive evidence that President Edoff
took a large view Of the situation was
the fact that he advocated strongly the
increase of the liquor license in San
Francisco from the present small
amount to one several times larger.
KEPT HIS WORD.
San Jose Herald: The Greek Indian
who was executed yesterday for muir
der in accordance with the laws of his
tribe. has been knocking about the coun-
try this summer with d baseball nine
when he had plenty of chances to es-
cape Yet he let them all go and volun-
tarily returned to be executed, as he
had pledged his word he would do.
This Indians untutored mind had evil
IDENTIFY never been able to comprehend
the higher civilization. The white man
who would not break his word to save
his neck would be considered a fool by
the whole civilized community, Let US
be sufficiently thankful for the light
that civilization has shed upon US. We
know good from evil. and it is a very
evil thinS to be hung or shot.
AGRICULTURAL.
Tulare Register: The report of the
Secretary of Agriculture is turned in
and reviews the operations of the de-
partment for the year. The most i'm
portant advance which has been made
is the stationing of agents OF the de-
partment at foreign Embassies to OBJ
tain information on crops and prices,
as we'll as to obtain seeds and plants OF
products not grown here but which may
be likely to take kindly to any section
of our country. In other words, prac-
tical work is being done abroad as we'll
as at home. Efforts are being made
here to increase the diversity of prod
ucts as we'll as to seek an outlet in for
eign markets. This will surely result
in benefit to the farmers of the country
1t is a glad day which finds use FOR
Secretary of Agriculture other than SIT
ting up in an office and writing ponder
ous political ESSAYS for the newspapers