The record-union., 1898-06-25


of powerful armies and fleets. but our
foreign and domestic trade is to-day in
a more fiourshing condition than 1t
has been at any time during the last
nineteen years
THE MAUSER RIFLE.
Los Angeles Times: From all ac-
counts the Mauser rifle is a barbarous
weapon the bullets from it ripping and
smashing and tearing the flesh of their
victims with fiendish brutality 1t may
be the ethics of war to use such a
weapon as this, but it is ethics, one
would conclude, of the ultra-Spanish
variety. The good, old Springfield
musket was dangerous and deadly
enough in all conscience, and we trust
the Yankee nation will be content to
bore straight holes through the Span
Iiards without filling them full of bullets
that wobble and tear
THOSE INSURGENTS.
Fresno Republican: The Philippine
nusrgents are conducting themselves
much better than we had any right TO
expect, and if they continue to do as
well, there will probably be some sentl-
ment in favor of letting them try the
experiment of self government. How
ever when we remember that the ma
tives of the islands are savages, the
most civilized of which have learned
only Spanish civilization, the danger of
the experiment will be evident
VICTORY IN OREGON.
Ukiah Republican, Press: The sweep
ing victory which the Republicans have
just gained in Oregon has a double sig
nificance. 1t means that the Repub-
lican tide, which had reached high
mark in 1896, is still at its flood. 1t
also destroys the old notion that the
party in power in the Presidency is
sure to meet a reverse in the Congress
sional election, occurring midway in the
Presidential term. The popular branch
of Congress is to be chosen this year,
and the first two members of it to be
named have just been elected in Ore
gon. Both Of them are Republicans. A
clean sweep has been made by the Re-
publicans on State and Congressional
tickets. Moreover. the Republicans have
carried the Legislature, which is to
elect a United States Senator.
RUN OF LUCK.
Oakland Enquirer: Such a run of luck
in the exemption from wholesale IA
talities as our fleets have had up to
this time is extraordinary. In the
great battle at Manila Dewey lost neith-
er man nor ship, and in the many
bombardments by the West Indian
squadron the luck has been almost as
great, although a few men were killed
on the Winslow and the Iowa. In most
of these affairs the American ships were
not even touched by the enemy's shots.
The good fortune which presided over
Hobson's voyage into the seeming jaws
of death might not occur again once
in many years, and the latest lucky
escape is that of the Marblehead, whose
propeller became tangled up with a
floating mine, which failed to explode
and destroy the ship only because of a
few barnacles which had collected upon
the receptacle of the dangerous ex-
/ plosive.
| THE INSURGENTS.
Alameda Encinal: The attention of
the red-and-yellow press which has
been sneering at the unwillingness of
the Cuban insurgents to fight is re-
| spectfully called to the reports from
| Guantanamo showing that they active
| ly co-operated with our troops and
proved themselves the best kind of
| fighters Because an army of insur-
gents has not been at hand wherever
our vessels chose to touch, without
previous information being sent to
them, the "Argonaut" and its imitators
have sneered that there were no rebels
on the Island, and that if there were
they would not fight. They appeared
to think that Cuba was about as large
as Angel Island, and that whenever a
vessel approached it could be seen from
almost any point in the interior. They
! entirely ignored the fact that the reb-
els had managed to keep all the forces
| of Spain at bay for years. and sought
every opportunity to minimize their
numbers and their bravery. OF course,
| they Will never acknowledge their error.
but it is interesting to see how COM
pletely their lies are finding them out
IN THUNDEROUS TONES.
Yreka Journal: The Democracy pro-
| fess now to be opposed to any extern
sion of the domain Of the United States
not even TO the securement of islands
| in close proximity, which in the hands
of foreign Powers could be made Gil
/ braitars in case of war, and places for
us to pay tribute in time of peace when
| coating ships, or made available as
! ports of rest on long journeys. All the
| country heretofore added either by war
or purchase, has been by the Democ-
| racy except Alaska, and now they op-
pose accepting anything, and will prob
ably oppose holding any Spanish terri
tC,y whether Spain pays our war ex-
penses or not. The people will not toll
crate such action, and Oregon has been
| the first State to proclaim dissent in
laundering tones.
A GOOD PRECEDENT.
| Los Angeles Herald: There are diff
| ferences of opinion in regard to the
necessity or advisability of issuing
tonds to procure means for conducting
the war, but there ought to be none IN
| regard to that provision of the recently
| enacted law which requires the bonds
to be disposed of as a popular loan. If
successfully carried into execution, this
plan will become an invaluable prece-
dent for all future time.
II the loan is not taken by the people
it Will not be the fault of the law, for
it provides that the smaller subscribers
shall be first served, and in pro rata
THE LOAN A SUCCESS.
Tulare Register The popular loan
from the people to the Government has
been a great success. The amount of
bonds put upon the market, $500, 600
eco has been subscribed for two or
three times over and mostly in small
amounts. A syndicate was formed that
agreed to take the entire issue in case
the people did not take it, but the
people will take every dollar of it.
Tbarafo,,a tho ta1Iy q abO11t tha loan haino