The record-union., 1898-01-31
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
iects of Living News
Interest.


Oakland Enquirer: On the day of me
golden Jubilee in San Francisco : miner
prospecting on the klamath River
struck a pocket and took out a-'""''
incluiing. it is claimed, a nugget worth
ST 600. This is valuable evidence tnat
the aEriferous wealth of California is
not exhausted, or, rather, we should
say. that the placers are still rlca, II
only yol can find them. But they are
not so easy to find as they used 10 De,
by any means. In future CallTo.nians
who hope to obtain large amounts %
gold must get them as nature got the
placer gcld-by grinding up the quartz
ledges.
A RADICAL VIEW.
Alameda Encnal: The Woodland
Democrat" thinks that a paper whlch
would give all the news in condensed
form, free from sensationalism, sioor-
dinating crime to other matters, Woutd
be a success in San Francisco. Ine
''Encinal" does not agree WitE the
Democrat The bigger and yelloWef
and nastier a paper is, the better the
people appear to like it. Or at al
evencs, while they may. moi say they
like it, at least they read it. III 4 is
readers that every paper is looEing tor.
Judging from the immense circulation
attained by the yellow press, clrcuia-
fion far larger than reached by ny
decent PAPER, the people demaHi sem
sationalism. And as the new spaper
business has come to be so largely a
cold case of money making, JGst like
any other business, without a particle
of sentiment left in it. who shall say
that the purveyors of yellow journal
ism are not right? They are in the
business of finding and supplying the
wares that the people want, and nav
ing foUnd what is wanted, they would
be fools not to supply that demand.
That is. fools from the commercial
standpoint.
OF THE SEASON.
Fresno Republican: If the season
continues dry there is a vast field for
profitable enterprise in the irrigation
of land for the production Of both
wheat and hay in Fresno county.
Should the Pacific Coast have a light
crop year the extra cost of irrigation
Will be justified by the high prices the
farmer viii realize for his products. The
water NOW running to waste in tbs
canals should all be utilized. 1t will he
beneficial even if the late rains are
abundant.
HIS GALL.
Stockton independents: Dr. Brown S
life viii probably not be the dreary
waste that the first view of his position
would Indicate. A San Francisco maid
en- is quoted as saying that his friends
are still loyal to him. and the members
of his Chicago church discredit the .e;-
egraDhic reports of his confession. 1T
takes all sorts of people TO make up a
Worldfulr finds its proof in this case,
and there are probably enough of .'ail
sorts to give him congregation III
any large city. His latest quoted W
terance is a bid for congregations. AMI
through all his professed humility his
gall stands out with great proml-
nence. That quality VIII be of intesti-
mable value to him and WILL with un-
doubted talent. stand in the place OF
virtue in the estimation of enough of
the eccentric in religion to give hiiu
ample followings wherever he may go.
Browa's penitence does not seem so
ances as it did in his confession. He
told reporter that even his wife did
not know of his intention to go to san
Francisco and confess, and he naively
said he told her he was going on a lec-
turing tour. Thus he made false
hood one of the servants of repent
ance, which confession seriously i'm
pairs he appearance Of entire sinceri-
ty which his eloquent confession car
ried. Verify. it seems like another
confirmation of the divine intimation
that the leopard cannot change his
spots or the Ethiopian blanch his skin.
VERY, VERY STUPID.
Stockton Mail: An exchange quotes
the general rise in stocks during the
few months just passed as an evidence
of national property and proof that
money is cheaper and plentier 1t is
unnecessary TO say that a newspaper
which reasons in this fashion is an ar
dent advocate of the gold standard for
the good of the common people.
1t ought TO be evident to any man
capable of clear thinking that the gem
eral rise in the price of stocks and all
dividend and interest paying securities
is proof that money grows every day
dearer and less plentiful among the
masses. The price of stocks goes up be-
cause great accumulations of money
hunt stocks, because money seeks inter
est instead of investment in new en-
terprises. And when money eagerly
hunts interest, that is proof that in
terest money is dear and heard to get.
Dear money and low interest so hand
in hand.
HUSH, HUSHt
Stockton Record: The legislative in
quiry into the police abuses in Chicago
has developed a knowledge of the Chin
ese character we trust. Perhaps it has
also developed a knowledge Of police
character II is found that the police
have levied system of blackmail on
the Chinese opium joints of Chicago,
varying their tolls from 81 TO so per
week 1t is not stated whether the
police of Chicago got tip from the po-
lice authorities OF California cities or
not. The Chinese are easy victims, be-
cause they are eng aged in practices that
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