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Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-20
BridQeD0rt.

Bridgeport.
Dnia % pazdziernika. Tow. Ira.
matyczne spiewu ..Zoua",
Przedstawienie i bal w hall
Kaisera 29SS-90 Archer v
Odegrany bedzie melodrama,
p. t. Trojka b~ultajska.
Dnia 22 pszdziernika. Tow. Swie
tego Krzyza, or. 800 I'm. P
Drugi roczuy bal whali OBJ. Sko.
raszewskiego, rog Morgan str.
33rd Place.
IOscn OF Lake.
Dnia Ii listopada. Tow. sp iewr
,,Lutnia". Wielki koncert i bal
w hall Columbia, rog As i Pau
lima al
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-20

wany Przez P~ublicznose entuzjastycz'
ME. Prezydent z~atrzymai sic w ho.
telu Auditorium. Uniwersytet chi
cagoski mianowa} 60 honorowym
doktorem praw "a rozwage i znajo'
Nose Praw miedzynarodowych, Okla.
zana pcdczas ostatniej wojuy z Hisz
panja.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-20

Jsdnem . tych asdsh jest, aby Stan.
zjsdn. albc sabraiy ws.ystkie wys
py Fllipi6skie pod uwoj prOssktorst,
slbo ME brady aadnsi. w katdym
,szis tsdaja fIipih ,syOy .upefosj
niepodlsgiosoi.
Dslsj os "iadosa Agonoillo, ae mai
wisksrs PLACE wysp F,~lipihskioh by
ty ! a. .akony. Pod kaadym rss
dem spok6j byaby moaebny ma wys-
paoh FlNpinskich. gdyby 1~cstaiy
tam .nissioue sakony Dcm'niksn6w
1 innyeh muich6w, kt6r.y prsss swe
uadu.ycia ! uci .mieaanis ladu. saw.
s1e byli Pr.yc.yns powstsh.
anglia.
w oaiej Aaglji woias trivia jes.o.e
wojowniczy ~animuss. skisrowany
Prssoiwko Francji W sprawis Fasso-
dy. Ola rradu angielskisgo ME
uotebns jest obsonie r.eo.s oofnsc
sfe wobec oswise cssnia loria Sails.
bury, to tel wszystkis arsenaly r,s
dove ssjets - gorliwis pr.ygoto
wywaniem broni 1 smunioji, tatae
f.bryki broni " Manchester otr.y
ma'y. IsPytAnie, csy beds " moanos
OF wyrsbiac 70 tysisc karabin6w ty
godniowo. Ws.ystko ,alsty obso-
ME cd majora Marchand. kt6rsm1
rad f'snouski ro,ka.ai pr.ybyc do
Psryfa Faszody ola o.obistsgo
wyjsfnieoia prstensyj angislskioh do
Gornsgo Nilu i stsnowiska lud.
oosoi tamtsjszej.
Stang Zjednoczone.
Ws.ystkis wieks.e miasta swieca
" Obecnsj chwili uroOzystol6 poke.
jowS ohet pokoj . His.panjs ME
.ostai jeszc.e .swarsy form alnie. Pre-
zydeut Mo Kinlsy uozestnic,y W tycb
urocsystosciaoh osobisoie. Zwiedsil
ju. St. Louis, wystswe m~iedsynaro
DOVE " o naha l Chicago, .ksd po-
dssy jeszcrs do Pittsburgh. Podro.
ia bs.watpisnia wpiynis takas ma
wybory, ktore rapowiadajs sic ws.e.
dsie gorsco.
KOmisjs iledo.a, ..kt6rsj .adaniem
ma bye sbsdauis nadu.yc " admin
straoji woj,kowej podosss wojny,
dotychczas jsssose ME .d.iaiala mic
s1cssg6lnsgo. WsrysOy s~iadkowis
.eznajs, se tyfas | roans fsbry pano.
waiy " wojsku, ale ME . wlnv admi
nistraoji. Csassm dostawaio sic vol.
sku steohis mieso, ale podo.as wojoy
s~sossyjnej misso take uwaaanoby
IA PrIysmak (rsznsnis kspitaDa Col.
vsr). toinierze wieo ME misli sic ore.
go sksrtyt. De konssrwy i slonins
byfy 9 sspsuts - jest prawda,
ale take zepsute r,sczy natyohmias,
wyrzuoano; wyb6r miejso ma obo.y
takte byf odpowisdni 70 ludsis
ohorowali l um!erali sstkami, to jua
nile wilma adminissraoji voj,kowej
! {. d. bss kohoa, jskssmy to pr.swi-
dsieli. J~sdynym rerultatsm tel 10.
misji bedsis wydatsk kilkunastu ty
sisoy dolar6w ola pokryois jsj kos.
TOW.
Dnis IL b. m. wysps Puerto Rico
przessis formalnis M wlasnosc Sta.
now Zjedn. w miesois San Juan,
stOlioy tel wyspy. odbyis sis ia osre.
monjs skromnis, bes Aadnsj parady,
Z powodu wislkisgo upaiu i ohor6b
~irod wojska. 2 bsteryj portowych
dsno A strzsiy srmatnis, orkisssry
wsry'tkiOh puik6w .sgraiy hymn
nsrodowy i flsgs amerykafska "a
vista mad paisoem gubernators. Otto
wssystko. Gubsrnatorsm wyspy mia
nowsny sostai tymosssowo jsn.
Brooke. dop6si kongres ME sadsoy.
DUE fOrmy rzsdu Ola tel novel 20
siadfOsoi smsrykahskiej. Jsk done.
sss, wislu ursednik6w hisspsdskioh
"a Puerto Rico stara sic jut o pspis-
~ obywstelskis amsryksfskie.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-20
Kalendarzyk
zabaw i ObchOd6w.

Dzieinica pofaocno =ochodnia.
Dnia 22 pazdzierniks. Tow. Pol
skich Robotnik6w. Wielki bal
W hall czeskiej, 81 Emma str.
Dnia % pazdziernika. Tow. Har
monja, gr. q. n. p. Bal W
hall Szulca, r6g .Blackhawk i
Noble. ola uczczenia 20-letniej
roczuicy ~zaiozenia.
Dnia % pazdziernika. Tow. Kr6la
Mieczyslawa L. Wielki bal W
hall Walsha, r6g Noble i Emma
ul., ola uczczenia 10 ~rocznicy
z~a}ozenia.
Dnia 30 pazdziernika. Tow. spie.
WI Ignacego Padere wskiego.
koncert i bal w hall Walsh'a,
r6g Noble i Emma.
Dnia 6 !.stopada. Tow. spiewu pa
MEN Echo Polek", Choir XXIII
q. s. P. Wieczorek wokalno-
muzykalny, ~polaczony zzabawa.
Hala Schoenhofena, rog Mil
waukee i Ashland aves. Pocza-
TEX o y wie,z.
Dnia ii listopada. Tow. Kol rskie
M}odych przemysiowcow. Wiel.
ka zabswa W hall Szulca, roy
Blackhawk i Noble str.
Dnia 1890 listopada. Dwor Kobiet
mr.. 113 sw. Trojoy, bal W hall
Walsha, rog Noble i Emma ul.
Dnia p l:stopads. Obchod Listopa-
dowy, urzadzony staraniem de-
legatow obchodowych, W hall
PREY kosciele sw. Trolley.
Dnia 81 grudnia. Soko1 Polski No.
III. Bal Sylwestrowskii 6wicze-
MIA gimnastyczne W hall Szulca,
rog Noble i Blackhawk.
Dnia l stycznia. Stowarzyszenie
Polskich Drukarzy. Przedsta-
wienie teatralne i bal W hall
Walsha, rog Noble i Emma str.
Dnia : stycznia. Tow. Polskich Ro-
botnikow. Przedstawienie dra
matu nNihilisci''. Pc przedsta.
wieniu bal. Hala Walsha, rog
Noble i Emma str.
Dnia 10 styczuia. Tow. Oria i Po-
goni. Przedstawienie teatralne
bal W hall Walsha, r6g Noble
Emma, ma rzecz Skarbu Naro-
dowego.
Dnia % stycznia. Tow. Polek Gwiaz-
da Zwycieztwa No. l.. Wielki
roczny bal W hall Szulca rog
Noble i Blackhawk.
Dnia G lutego. Komitet dslegatow
obehodowych. Przedsta wienie
bal ma rzecz Biblioteki Il. n. p.
Dnia IL lutego. Tow. spiewu SEQ
pena. Przedstawienie teatralne,
koncert i bal W hall Walsh'a,
rog Noble j Emma ul.
Wojciechosoo.
Dnia 20 listopada. Koncert i bal
tow. spiewu ,,Moniuszko", W
hall Pu}askiego, 800 So. Ash
land ave.
Dnia % listopada. Tow. Ochotni.
kow Puiaskiego. Wieozorek ia.
neczny W hall OBJ. NJ. Porozyh.
skiego.
Dnia l stycznia. Komitet Pan, zaj-
mujacyoh sic sprawieniem sztan.
daru ola Zwiazku Soko{6w. DIVA
zywe obrazy j wielki bal W hall
Puiaskiego, 800 S. Ashland ave
Dnia % s~tycznia. Piaty Oddzia} wv.
M. Pol. Przedsta wienie i bal
hall Puiaskiego, 800 S. Ash
land ave-. =
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-20
Kronika m~iejscOwa.
" Szkofy ,~cieczorne.


w dzielnicy polnocno- zachodniej, W
szkole Wellsa, ma Ashland ave. po-
miedzy ulicami Cornelia i Enma,wy-
klada stale p. +. III. Jab}ohski w sail
No. 3. Korzystajcie z tel sposobno-
Sci.
Posie7zeaie komitttu.
Komitet ~zajmujaoy sic urzadze.
MEM przedstawienia ma korzysc BIZ
blioteki Zwiazkowej ma posiedzenie
przysz&a sobote o godz. 8 wiecz.
W domu Zwiazkowym. T. Barto-
szewicz, prezes.
= Wystepv Nodr=ejerskiej.
w Grand Opera House zacze}a W
b~iezacym tygodniu szereg wyste-
pow slynna nasza artystka, pani Mo.
drzejewska. Program ma bieAacy
tydzieh jest nastepujacy: Poniedzia.
lex, wtorek i sroda wieczorem-A An
t%ouiusz j Kleopatra .Sroda po polud
dniu Maria Stuart. Czwartek i
piatek wieczorem - Maria Stuart.
Sobota pc po}udniu - Autoniusz i
Kleopatra. Sobota wieczorem -
Makbet.
Zapewne ma tenn skohcza sic tego.
roczne wystepy p. Modrzejewskiej
w Chicago, lubownicy wiec teatru
powinni ME ociagsc sic, jezeli chca
zobaczyc znakomita gre niezrowna-
mel artystki.
Zo6awy.
w przysz}a sobote ma Brid1epor-
Gle wielki bal tow. Swietego Krzyza,
grupy zwiazkowej, ma kt6ry wybiera
sic, jak slyszelismy, wiele publicz-
nosci. Bal odbedzie sic W hall oh.
NJ. Skoraszewskiego, rog Morgan st.
33 Place.
w przyszia niedziele zas zawita
ma Bridgeport - Tr6jka H~ultajska.
Wystawi ia tow. dram. i spiewu
,,Zorza" W hall Kaisera, p. n. 29SS
PREY Archer ave. Jak wiadomo
,Trojka Hultajsxa" jest wesola STU
ka Przeplatana spiewami i tahcami,
kto wieo ohce sic zabawi6 MECH spie
sly do hall Kaisera. Pc przedsta-
wieniu bal. Komitet ma nadzieje,
re rodaoy re wszystkich dzielnic
popra ,,Zorze".
w dzielnicy polnocno zachodniej
tow. Polskioh R~obotnik6w przygoto-
wuje ma przysz}a sobote wielki bal
W hall Czeskiej PREY ulicy Emma.
Tow. to ma wielu zwolennikow i
przyjaciol wsrod miodszego pokole.
mia, ME ma wiec w~apliwosci, re Ia
bawa bedzie ozywiona i tlumna.
Nowe to~ aoojskoee.
Zostalo zalozone MOVIE wojskowe
towarzystwo pod nazwa L. Oddzial
Polskich Krakusow pod opieka sw.
Jana Kaotego w tejse parafji. Ma
pierwszem posiedzeniu, ktore sic 3D.
byio dnia q wrzesnia, wstapi}o %
ozlonkow. z ktorych by} obrany "a
Rad ~cywilny, a m:
J6zef Belihski, prezes; Jak6bSur
ma, ice-prezes; Karol Litwioki,
sekr. prot; J6zef K~urzyhski, kasjer.
Rada gospodarcza: Autoni Lewinski
i Pawei Dubiel. Franciszek Osio{,
marszaiek hall.
Zarzad wojskowy: Jakob Surma,
kapitan; J6zef Belihski, ofcerI; Ka.
rol Litwicki, waohmistrz: Franciszek
Osio1, chorazy; Wojciech Kosik, pod
chorazy; J6zef Leohowicz, trebacz.
Wszystkie correspondence, doty-
czace tow, prosze adresowa6: Karol
LitwiSki, sekr. prot, mr.. 8 Greeley
Place, Chicago, Ill.
Nocy barber shop.
Oh. Stanisiaw Ostrowski, czlonek
or. 244 u. N. p, ~zaiozy} nova bal
biernie p. q. 100 No. Ashland ave.
ma wprost Blanche str. i poleca sic
swoim rodakom.
potityki.
Oprocz wymienionych W poprzed.
nich nnmersoh, nastepujacy jeszcze
rodacy nssi ubiegaja sic o urzedzy
PREY nadcbodzacych w~yborach:
A. Czekata ma komisarza powia-
towego county commissioner jake
kandydat demokratyczny. Ma urzad
ten giosuje cafe miasto
The record-union., 1898-10-19
ANTI-DEBRIS ASSOCIATION.
Business Transacted at It's Meeting
Yesterday

The Anti-Debris Association held its
regular monthly meeting at the rooms
or the Board of Supervisors yesterday,
+. b. Hull of Sutter County presiding,
and Robert Cosner of Colusa acting as
Secretary.
From the reports of the watchman
and manager it appeared that the
Campbell mine at Smartsville is being
operated by ground sluicing, badly dis
coloring the waters of the Yuba River
The operators have been notified that
they must cease work on the mine by
November 1st, and If not action will
be commenced to restrain them. There
has been comparatively little injurious
hydraulic mining done, owing to the
scarcity of water, but preparations are
being made to resume after the rains.
The work the association will have
to do during the coming months was
discussed at length.
No work has yet been done on the
dam to be erected by the Government
for the purpose Of erecting restraining
barriers, but 1t was reported that the
Federal Commission will place it at the
Narrows near Smartsville, instead Of
at De Guerre Point, as at first con-
templated, although the engineers say
the Government appropriation will be
hardly sufficient for q proper dam It
The record-union., 1898-10-19
PORTO RICO OURS.

Yesterday Porto Rico became fully
and wholly a part Of the Republic OF
the United States of America.
BY the raising of the Stars and
Stripes at San Juan, Spanish mon
archy ceased in this part Of the West
Indies, and American sovereignty be-
came dominant for the first time on
the border Of the Caribbean Sea.
It was history making event; one
that commands the admiration of the
entire world-Spain alone excepted. 1t
was an event marking a new epoch In
our national history, achieved by
virtue of the valor of American arms
and the wisdom and far-seeing of
Republican Administration.
But it was the elimination Of
course and policy against which Mr..
Mcguire protested, and which, under
the plea of the danger of imperialism,
he opposed. 1t remains to be seen
whether California, by electing this
opponent of the Administration, will
rebuke the latter and place herself on
record as in opposition to the policy
which eliminated yesterday IN an
event that sets up a new and inde-
structible monument to the progress
and enlargement of free institutions.
The record-union., 1898-10-19
NO DIVIDED COUNCILS.

The President in his speech at
Boone. Ia, well said: eff we shall
now, after having won our victories in
so glorious a manner, throw away the
results thereof through divided coun-
ellis, we will forfeit the high esteem in
which, as a nation, we are held through
out the civilized world, and make our
selves laughing stock among the ma
tions of the earth" That is it, pre-
cisely. We cannot afford division Of
council now. Yet the conglomerate in
this State is asking the people of CAL
ifornia to lend their efforts to dividing
the national council in Congress; to re-
buke the Administration that should be
upheld by all the people in this hour
and crisis regardless of political faith;
to say to the world that California is
not in harmony with the national coun-
selors bearing the responsibility of ad-
ministration; to send up to the United
States Senate by act of the next Leg
islature a man, whoever he may be,
who will be opposed to the President
and his policy which is now uplifting
and exalting the republic.
The record-union., 1898-10-19
COMPARE THE RECORD.

The farmer of California must
receive the assistance OF the Gov
ernment if he is to prosper. What
has been the record of the two
great political parties regarding
this question? The Republican
party has ever striven to foster
and encourage the horticultural
interests of California by means of
favorable tariff 1egislatio the
Democratic party has always en-
deavored to break down and sweep
away this protection. The Nc
Kin1ey tariff placed a rate of z
cents a pound ON prunes and plums
in order to protect the California
product against the ruinous COM
petition of Southern Europe. The
Wilson tariff reduced this to an
ad valorem duty equivalent to less
than ] cent a pound. The Ding1ey
tariff has restored the duty Of 2
cents. On figs the Mckinley rate
was 21a cents, the Wilson rate
equivalent to about i cent, and the
Ding1ey rate 2 cents. On raisins
the Mckinley rate was 212 cents,
the Wilson rate ~ cents, and the
DingIey rate 21a cents. On oranges
the Mckinley rate was 10 cents a
cubic foot, the Wilson rate 8
cents, and the Dingley rate about
12 cents. On almonds the Nc
KinIey rate was 5 cents, the Will
SON rate 3 cents, and the Ding1ey
rate 4 cents. On wa1nuts the Nc
Kin1ey and Ding1ey rates are 3
cents and the Wilson rate 2 cents.
The record-union., 1898-10-19
INDIFFERENCE CRIMINAL.

Indifferent citizenship is our greatest
danger, said President Mckinley in a
recent speech in the West. Very true.
Indifference among citizens to the du-
ties of the hour; to the need for broad
er political education; to the under
standing Of the primal principles upon
which representative Governments are
founded; to the necessity Of broad in
telligence concerning the social condi-
tons Of the people and their relations
to law, natural and human; TO the pro-
gress Of the world and to the develop
ments Of the age; Indifference to the
calls Of duty in voting, and in voting
right; upon principle and for sound rea-
son-therein lie the chief dangers of
free government. There should be no in
difference in the approaching election.
Every citizen should by reflection be
convinced of his duty, and closing his
ears to demagogues, fatterers and false
prophets, vote as his conscience, rea-
son and good judgment dictate. No
one need have any fears concerning the
result of votes thus cast Let it be
kept in mind that indifference in citi-
zenship is sister to political crime.
The record-union., 1898-10-19
PETITIONS FOR INJUNCTION.
Marie Fountain and w. A. Eoun.
tain Want Sheriff Restrained.

Marie Fountain has commenced suit
in the Superior Court against Frank
I. Johnson as Sheriff and Sophia NJ
Kimball, to restrain them from selling
or offering to sell under an execu-
tion for judgment against J. B. Foun-
tain, lots 8 and 10, in the block be-
tween w and v, Twelfth and Thir-
teenth streets, which she claims to be
owner of.
The complaint recites that on Janu-
ary q, 1896 she purchased from w. A
Fountain and J. B. Fountain the prop
erty in question, in good faith, and
received a deed for it, and has since
been in possession Of it. On December
z, 1896, Sophia J. Kimball obtained
Judgment against J. B. Fountain and
7. B. Lash for S1.1O245, and last Sep
tember the Sheriff levied on the prop
erty in question, and unless restrained
will sell it under the execution.
Judge Johnson has issued a writ OF
injunction against defendants to issue
as soon as defendant files an undertak-
ing in the sum of $500, RESTRAINING
them from offering the property for
sale until further orders.
W. A. Fountain has petitioned for a
similar writ against the same parties
with regard to fourteen acres in SUIT
ter Township, the east thirty-sevef
feet Of lot 1, P and Q, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets, and the northwest
quarter of the east half of the north
west quarter Of township north
range east, which he claims to have
bought of j. B. Fountain prior to Jan
uary 10 1896, and which are similarly
levied on. A similar order has peen
issued.
The record-union., 1898-10-19
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transactions
have been recorded since our last re-
port:
Mrs. Sabria c. Johnson to H. M
Dains-East half of lot IL, block %
town of Folsom.
j. F. Calderwood ct al. to Joseph
Beebe-Southeast quarter of southeast
quarter of section 3, township Z north
range east; $1,000.
w. S. Brainard ct ux. to Mrs. Alma
A. Hill-East half of lot Z, H. S. Hill
tract, town of Elk Grove; $3.50.
Alma A. Hill to w. S. and Bertha A
Brainard-Parts of lots and 8, II. 5
Hill tract of town of Elk Grove; S125
Estate of Charles F. Crocker, de-
ceased, to distribution Undivided
quarter of lots /, 2, 3, 4, F and G, Sew
enth and Eighth streets.
G. c. Connolly ct ux. to w. A. Gett
Jr.-East quarter of lot 2, K and L
Tenth and Eleventh streets; $500
Nora E. Slater to L. H. Slater--Lo'
8, block %, Oak Park, two pieces o1
land in southeast quarter of section :
township 6 north, range east.
Charlotte M. Gillespie to George W
Smith-Lots 4 and 5. block 3, FAN
Oaks Addition No. /; $1,000.
George P. Cornwell to H. NJ. Sitton-
Lot 5, block 5, Oak Park.
G. w Clarke and Frederick Cox ant
wives toi G. G. Strickland-Lot 2, blocl
II, and east three-quarters acres Of 10
3, block II, Fair Oaks Addition No.
The record-union., 1898-10-19

before pointed out, is filling county
office already. When he was elected to
it he became by acceptance morally
bound to fill out its term. and he
should do so. It was never contem-
plated that he should use the one office
as a. stepping stone to another, or mat
he should resign the Supervisorship,
creating a vacancy, in order to take
the Office of Sheriff Mr.. Johnson has
made an excellent Sheriff: all but an
ideal one. He has been prompt, fear
less, faithful, untiring and highly in
telligent in the office. He should be
retained in it, and not displaced for
an untried man whom personal ampi-
tion pushes forward without rhyme or
reason
The record-union., 1898-10-19
STAND BY THE SHERIFF.

The people as a rule have keen COM
prehension of high ability, natural fit
ness and energy in a public official. L
is this which gives us confidence that
Sheriff Johnson will be reelected. But
1t must be borne in mind that power
full and special effort is being made to
beat him. There is not only a COM
bination of three political organiza-
tions backing his opponent, but the
latter is making personal canvass
and a most liberal one in expenditure.
and he will leave no effort unused TO
win. 1t is essential, therefore. tha.
Republicans stand firmly for their
nominee, make no trades. accept no
compromises, and that none of them
be turned aside from duty in this crisis.
Sheriff Johnson's opponent, as we have
The record-union., 1898-10-19

Fusionist orators prate Of the folly Of
talking tariff in this State campaign.
Nevertheless Republicans will talk it
for exactly the reason that the fusion
lists do not wish it, since it discloses
important truths for the consideration
of voters. For instance, that under the
Republican tariff, against which Mr..
Mcguire voted and spoke, there have
been rehabilitated stock, sheep, raisin,
citrus fruit, oil, nut and other indus
tries, which before, for refusal of pro-
lection by the Wilson bill, were in the
processes of decay and death. No won-
der the fusionists dislike reference to
the tariff facts of the day.
The record-union., 1898-10-19
LEAVE THE CONSTITUTION
ALONE.

Electors must not lose sight Of the
fact that the question of calling Con-
stitutional Convention is to be voted
upon at the approaching election; that
to fail to vote upon the proposition is a
half vote practically for the call. That
is to say, it is not required that there
shall be a majority Of all the votes in
the election cast for or against the call.
but only a majority of those who ex
press themselves one way or the other
on the proposition. Thus, If there
should be 10000 votes cast at the
election, and only 1000 of them should
be cast upon the question of a conven-
ton, 501 would determine the call OF
defeat it.
It will be seen therefore how vitally
important it is that electors should
vote against the call For it cannot
be seriously contended that there is
any pressing necessity for the conven-
ton. While it would be q costly af-
fair, that is the least of considerations
against it, since its disturbing charac
ter would work serious harm to all in
terests in the State except those of
lawyers, who would reap rich harvest
in consequence Of an upsetting of the
organic law and the legal confusion
which would follow.
It is scarcely twenty years since the
present Constitution was adopted In
every general election year since, pret-
ty nearly. we have been engaged in
amending it, and all the time the courts
have been kept busy constituting it, un-
til now it is well understood, most
questions concerning Its meaning are
settled, and confidence is restored,
which for years was so seriously i'm
paired as TO greatly injure all interests
in the State. To erect another Con-
stitutional Convention viii mean the
breaking down of confidence, the dis
placement of trust by unlidity and
doubt; consequently investment viii be
crippled, industries will be stayed, titles
will be more or less involved, nearly the
entire body Of statute law will have to
be reformed TO fit into the new organic
Act. and the codes will have to be re-
constructed. All the old interpreta-
tions Of the courts will be upset, and
another twenty years will elapse be-
fore we will be able to ascertain ex-
actly what the Constitution means.
The Oakland Enquirer" well says on
this subject:
The costliest part of making a new
Constitution is not the convention ex-
penses, but the great cost Of the uti-
cation which goes on for several years
afterward to determine judicially the
meaning of the several sections. Hun
dreds of thousands Of dollars, perhaps
we might even say millions, have been
spent in litigation in the last twenty
years to find out exactly what the Con-
stitution means on certain essential
points. The Interpretation is now well
settled on most points, and a new Con-
stitution means a repetition of all this
labor and expense. Under these condi-
tions II seems that a convention is not
only not necessary, but is inadyisable.
We are getting along so well in the di-
rection Of making our present Constitu-
ton perfect that 1t seems inexpedient
to tear 1t down and build a new one.
The record-union., 1898-10-19

President Mckinley breaches in his
Western speeches, as well he may, Of
the splendid condition of the whole
country. Whereupon the squeaking op-
position press away off here in Cali
fornia squeal shrilly that the President
is preaching politics" Poor fools
that these be, cannot they rise to the
level of patriotic impulse, nor feel the
throb of honest exuItation over benefi-
cence achieved?
The record-union., 1898-10-19

Mr.. Mcguire in his speech in this city
said the late war was a non-partisan
war, war by the nation, not by a
party. SO 1t was. Just so, Mr.. Ma
and suffering, and woEnding, INSOFAR
able from war, this same orator in
sists that the Republican Administra-
ton shall be held responsible and be
punished. Be consistent If you can,
Mr.. Mcguire.