The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-03-05
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

papers of the state have aimed to print
the news but have not aimed to man
ufacture news. They have published
what facts are available. They have
value of the affair, but they have not
sought to inject illegitimate sensation
alism into the situation and throw
their constituency into conniption fits.
In their news column they have han
died the catastrophe with skill, inter-
est and proper display but without I'M
agination, scares, deviltry, infamma-
tory rheumatism, job type and yellow
ness; and in the editorial columns
they have planted the seed Of their
comments in the soil of moderation,
self-control and suspended judgment.
1t has been journalism of patriotism
and responsibility, and has not as
sumed that it's readers We're fit sub
jects for the violent ward.-Waterbury
Republican.
Heroism of Sailors.
When we read about the deeds of
heroism by sailors SO frequent these
days we are filled with admiration and
inspiration. First we had the heroes
of the Veedam disaster awhile ago;
then came the heroes of Havana har-s
Dor on the terrible night when the
Maine was shattered by an explosion of
some sort as yet unexplained; and now
come the ten heroes Of La Champagne,
the French liner, which met with an
accident in mid-ocean and about which
there had been distressing anxiety up
to the time that absolute news of the
vessels safety was received.
Our newest heroes are always the
best, but we are inclined to agree with
the New York World when it says that
the ten brave men who set out in a
lifeboat to seek assistance for their
disabled ship and who faced an angry
sea that gave no hope of sail or safety
really deserve to hold the public mind
and heart at this time. This deed was
one of sheer sacrifice. The chances
against them were enormous, and it is
only a miracle that after tossing for
six days in their frail boat they were
picked up to tell first of the needs of
their ship and afterward of their own
sufferings.
sea is sentineled by them everywhere.
Accident and disaster are only the
rare opportunities that are offered the
brave fellows to show what immortal
stuff they are made of.-Meriden Jour-
nal.
The Gold Standard Fact.
For better or for worse, the great
commercial nations of the world have
concluded to transact their business
and measure their exchanges in terms
of the single gold standard. The people
of the United States in 1896 decided
that quite apart from the theory of
the question, it was expedient for this
country to stand with the rest of the
world in this particular matter Of the
measure of value. For all practical
purposes the existing monetary stand
ard might well be accepted as If it
were fundamental physical factor in
the position of the country, like the
Mississippi river or the Rocky noun
tains Tunneling, irrigation, and other
works of man may gradually alter the
economic significance of the Rocky
mountains; while the Improvement of
navigation and the regulation Of over
flow may also affect the relations of
the Mississippi river to the welfare OF
the great valley that it drains. In like
manner there may gradually come
about important changes in so funda-
mental a thing as the standard by
which men measure values. But great
nations are likely to make such
changes gradually and conservatively
and laws may be expected to follow
timidly and tardily where practical
business facts have led the way. TAX
ing all things into account, it is hardly
a rash or exaggerated thing to say
that for the present In this country the
gold standard Is about as firmly estab-
lished fact as a republican form of
government
We are not discussing what ought to
be or what ought not to be. But we
are asking men to admit the hard
facts. In England, certainly the gold
standard is a much firmer fact than
the established church. the privileges
of landed property, the hereditary
House of Lords, or even the institu-
ton of royalty. India's silver circula-
ton is soon inevitably to be made sub
sidiary to gold as the standard of reck-
| oning. Russia has now completed all
her arrangements for the practical
adoption Of the gold standard. Japan
| has entered the list Of the goId-stand-
ard nations, and nothing but the lack
of a really authoritative central gov
| eminent in China can long prevent
some important steps In that country
in the same direction. Theory in these
| matters is one thing and practice is
another. The theory of international
bimetallism may continue to be cher.
ished by man who allows himself to
perceive that for the present and near
future no international coinage agree
ment in favor of silver can possible be
| Observation-Disclosures Tribune.