The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-30
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jeots OF Living News
Interest.

Los Angeles Times: Having en-
parked upon the enterprise of war, we
must win at all hazards. That our
cause will be victorious, no true-heart-
ed American doubts for a moment And
so long as the Government needs men
and money to prosecute the conflict SO
long Will the loyal devotion of the
American people furnish both as need
ed.
We hope the war will be of brief
duration, though of this there can be
no certainty But whether the strug-
gle be long or short, the hands of the
Government viii be upheld to the last
extremity, until victory rests unchal-
lenged upon our banner
THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT.
Grass Valley Tidings: There is a
strong element in favor of a republican
form of government in Spain, and it
would not be surprising if the present
troubles Of the monarchy would add to
its strength. A government which con-
fessedly goes into a hopeless war be-
! cause failure to do so might work it's
own downfall, must be weak and tot
tering. The dispatches from Madrid tell
us that about 10000 Republicans of all
shades of opinion have signed an ad-
dress to Senior Castelar,, the Republican
leader, under the pretext of congratu-
lating him upon his recovery from re,
cent Sickness but in reality Offering
him their services if he proclaims a
republic. 1t is not thought, however,
that CASTELAR, will comply at present.
NO RAIN AT ALL.
Los Angeles Express: If it is true
that the rain falls equally upon the
just and the unjust, what kind of peo-
pie are we Californians, who get no
rain at all.
PATRIOTISM
Alameda Encinal: Talk about patriot
ism-America is full of it. There is no
telling just to what extent a little war
talk will arouse the patriotic fire and
develop the bump of destructiveness
in the average young American. The
patriotism displayed by the boy in San
Bernardino County, who went out and
Wrung the neck of his black Spanish
rooster the other day, is only excelIed
by young lady of Alameda. who made
bonfire of her guitar just because the
meIodious strains of the Spanish Fan
oango mas issued from it so often.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Mail of Woodland: It is quite appar-
ent that President Mckinley cannot
please some Of our Democratic contem-
porarIes. They ridiculed John Sherman
up to the time of his resignation. mean
While praising Judge Day in a round
about manner, but now that the latter
has been appointed Secretary of State
they have turned their batteries on him
Talk about rank Inconsistency.
ONE OF THE FIRST
Santa Rosa Republican: John Sher-
man has been one of the most abused
men IN public life. His political enc
mes nave charged him with a long list
OF acts on which they have bestowed
their condemnation. They have often
Planned ms defeat, but he had the hap
Ply faculty Of triumphing over them
BUT now his political battles are over.
Old age has compelled him to Quit the
struggle IN which he was eminently
successful. History will class him
among the first men of his time. He
mas proven himself the most remark
dpIe member of most remarkable
family
JOHN SHERMAN.
San Jose Herald: Throughout all his
necessarily aroused many antagonisms.
ana ms financial propositions have Of
ten been strongly criticised and fierce
~ opposed, but no one has questioned
ms absolute integrity, his devotion TO
ms pubic duty as he saw it, his states
manlike grasp of general principles and
| ms capacity for the handling of prac-
teal details in public affairs. If this
/ article iC OIL
OBITUARY it is because the clouds have
gathered over the keen and active
brain and the intellectual man is dead
after his half-century of able and hon
orable service. May he have wit enough
left to enjoy the well-earned leisure of
his remaining years.
GENERAL MILES.
San Jose Mercury: General Miles. as
everybody knows, is not West Point
er, and as the San Francisco Report"
says, nothing demonstrates more thor
oughly his superlative abilities and
merits as a soldier and man than the
fact that in spite of all the West Point
influence he has made his way to the
very top Of the military tree.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
Bakersfield Californian: The day
when Cuba shall cast off the Spanish
shackles that have held her bleeding
and starved is at hand It has been
long IN coming and the way has been
dark. Three years struggle for indie
pendence, following a generation Of
mlsgovernment, has been a struggle in
which the world has witnessed war
fare carried on in violation of every
rule of civilization and humanity. The
men who have borne arms against the
/ Spaniards and met them on the field Of
battle have suffered little in compari-
sion with the non-combatants who have
been subjected to worse than death
Warfare against women and children
has been the method of subjugating
Cuba that found the most favor with
the Spanish army, and the distress and
restitution on the island is almost
without parallel in the history of the
world. But the beginning Of the end
is at hand
MORE EVIDENCES.
Oakland Tribune: Silk is following tin
plate in it's tribute to the protective
system. Silk manufacturers in the
United States are now producing as
fine a quality of silks as are made in
any part of the world, and are selling
them at lower prices than was formerly
charged for the imported goods, while
the number of silk factories in the
country is rapidly increasing. The i'm
/ portation of silk goods during the first
/ halfyear of the Dingley law shows a
decrease of over 80 per cent. compared
with the corresponding months of last
year under the Wilson law, while the
| imports of raw silk for use in our fac
tories increased over so per cent.