The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-25
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

that the opposition IN the House voted
for the $50,OOO,O00 war; emergency fund
and did not greatly obStruct the Adj
ministration in prosecuting the contest
with Spain. Conceding all this, would
not the average citizen prefer to trust
the settlement of the war to the Pres
ident supported by Republican House
"A Democratic majority might sustain
| the President in the future dealing
with Spain, but is it worth while to
take any chances?
STABILITY OF CONDITIONS.
Fresno Republican,: The only argu-
ment now relied on to identify Repub-
licanism with railroadism is the al
legged fact that most railroad men are
| Republicans. We do not know that
this is the case, but if it is it proves
nothing of what is sought to be shown
by it. Railroad men are more than
railroad men. They are business men,
and business men of every sort every
where are fast fiocking to the support
OF the Republican candidates.
The stability of business depends up
on the stability of social conditions.
Catching the infection from Europe,
many Americans have become inocu-
lated with doctrines whose tendency
is recognized by all thinkers as social
istic. The Democratic party has iden-
titled itself with these doctrines and is
becoming more and more radical Con-
sentative business men everywhere are
being frightened away from it on this
| account and among these are doubt
less men in the railroad business
| But that the railroad as a political
corruptioniSt controls or unduly inf1u-
ences the Republican party is a SLAM
| der for which not particle of valid
proof has been presented. Every one
knows it to be a SANDER so far as the
portion of the party under his own per-
sonal observation is concerned, and it
| is equally Islander as to all the rest.
CINCHING THE RAILROAD.
Alameda Argus: The cry of the
shrieking newspaper that forms the
principal force of the Democratic party
this year is that If you don't elect Ma
guire the railroad will have everything
and horrible people will be in power
Mcguire and his hosts are the only safe
political custodians of the State How
IS any man who has anything assured
of that? Mcguire favors nothing and
| conserves nothing, but attacks every
thing and everybody of substance. His
declaration that this is a. fight of the
masses against the classes is the key
note Of his campaign. Every man who
has a dollar and hopes to make an
other ought to be alarmed at this. Even
those who work for others ought to see
that their opportunity is threatened by
it, Men of interest realize that it will
benefit no class nor settle any question
If demagogues get in office with full
power to cinch the railroad. There is
no particular point at which the Ma
guireites propose to cinch it. They
simply propose to do it up" and when
it is so that demagogues and yellow
newspapers may destroy or injure any
enterprise to make political capital and
fool the people with the pretense that it
is patriotic action, the general intel
ligence will have come to bad pass.
The generality Of people who want to
work and get along, however, are not
so much concerned for the railroad as
for themselves But they know that
the malignfty that attacks it for polit
ical purposes will work the injury and
possible undoing of other interests, and
generally deter and deter men from
coming here to engage in enterprises,
as we'll as discourage those who are
already here and able to engage in pro-
jects Of development.
THE SINGLE TAX.
Marysville Democrat: Mr.. Mcguire
claims that when put in practical oper-
alton the single tax, or tax upon land
only, would be a check. to land mo-
nopoly. In other words. the owner Of
large tracts Of land would dispose of
them rather than to pay the tax neces-
sary to run the Government in the
county where. located. For instance,
take the Bidwell tract, the Reavis and
Wilson farms, about $4,000 acres in
Butte County, and levy all the tax
on land alone in proportion to the hold
ing that would be required to pay all
expenses Of conducting the State and
county government and the amount
would be SO great that the owners
would be obliged to sell. But, while
doing this would not the farmer who
owns 100 or 800 acres be unjustly
taxed? The theory is wrong and in
direct conflict with the manner of tax
alton in the United States and the pol
icy of opening up the public domain
to settlement and cultivation. From
the foundation of the Government it
has been the policy to encourage in
ternal Improvements, the construction
Of wagon roads, canals and railroads by
donating land of the public domain. No
corporation would care to receive few
hundred thousand acres of land If 1t
was to be taxed to pay the expense Of
government, exclusively. Since 1862 1t
has been the policy Of this Government
to give to actual settlers $50 acres of
land, homestead, provided they would
comply with the requirements of the
Homestead Act, to improve and cultf-
vate the same. How many Of these set
tiers would have accepted the gift IL
they knew in advance that the land
must produce all of the revenue to run
the Government? The fact is, this sin
gle tax theory is fallacy, and the as
piring man who advocates it should
be kept in that position where he can
do the least harm to the public, in
private life.
ANSWER TO YOURSELF.
Stockton Independent: Why is Henry
t. Gage opposed in this campaign?
Why is it that every socialist and
single taxer is displaying such eager
activity in this campaign?
Why is it that w. r. Hearst's paper,
the Examiner" is INDUCING in vitu-
peration and personal abuse instead Of
argument?
Why is James G. Mcguire attacking
the Government of the United States
in his public speeches and the govern
ment of every State in the documents
he is sending under. his frank?
Why is it that the fusion candidate