The record-union., 1898-10-31
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EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

that nearly every one of these boats
in service suffered some accident, and
at the close of the war the machinery
of most of them was in q condition that
is described as horrible. Boilers were
burst, cylinder covers broken. pistons
and valves stuck and everything was in
bad shape This state of affairs is at
tributed to lack of trained engineering
supervision and the pressing of the
boats into service for which they We're
not intended These findings are en-
phasized at this time by the terrible
accident to the machinery of the tor
pedo boat Davis, by which a number
of workers in her freroom came to a
horrible death while endeavoring to
push her to the required speed.
TRADED OUT.
Marysville Appeal: Shanahan cor
rectly says in the course of his address
that the Peoples Party in this State
has been traded out Of existence, and
he wisely counsels his followers not to
ratify the infamous compact by voting
for it's beneficiary, Mcguire. Shanahan
exposes the dangerous nature Of Ma
guire's single tax scheme of confisca-
ton, and justly thinks this sufficient
reason why all good citizens should
vote against Mcguire and for Gage.
WHITE, MORGAN, MAGUIRE.
Humboldt Standard: Judge Mcguire
condemns the bill which was passed
last July giving the Central Pacific a
chance to pay its debt to the Govern
ment in twenty semi payments,
or ten years, with interest on the whole
sum at per cent. He admits that Bar
hams amendment preserved the liens
and rights of the Government and i'm
proved the bill after it had passed the
Senate by unanimous consent, but he
says that it was a bad bill in that it
extended the time or gave the railroads
year in which to make the settle
ment.
Mr.. Mcguire does not tell his audi
ences that the Governments mortgage
on the Central and Western Pacific
roads amounts in round numbers to
sixty millions Of dollars and that the
first mortgage on these roads, which
must be paid off by the Government in
case the second mortgage be foreclosed,
amounts to over fifty millions more
He does not tell them that, should the
Government foreclose, the roads would
cost the people $110,000,0OO at least and
that the Government could build line
OF railway from San Francisco to
Omaha for this sum parallel to the
Central Pacific and the Union Pacific
line, and that If the Government had
the right to own and operate railroads.
1t would only get a single track road
from five miles west Of Ogden In the
sagebrush to the city limits of Sacra
mento on the east, and another piece
OF single track road, known as the
Western Pacific, reaching from the
southern limits Of Sacramento to San
Jose. All the railroad tracks. build
ings and other property In Sacram amento
cannot be reached by the foreclosure
for the Government has no mortgage on
any railroad property in Sacramento.
INCONSISTENT.
The Mail of Woodland: Mr.. Mag,,ire
who would like to be Governor. less
than two years ago signed his name to
letter and had it printed in the "Ex
aminer." This paragraph was part of
that letter:
Every human being has a natural
relation to the land, the common her
ltage of all mankind, from the immedi-
ate gift Of the Creator, which no human
law can, or ever could, rightfully cut
Off by any form or system of land ten
ure (title)."
The claim Of inheritance to the land.
to be consistent, should include the
other free gifts Of nature, the trees on
the land and the mineral beneath But
for mans industry the land would be
unproductive and worthless, as the
trees and the metals. In a state Of ma
ture Mcguire and his friends may in
herit the whole list from the Creator.
1t is in mans supplementary work in
creasing their value that they have the
right of inheritance. When they claim
1t they do just what the communist
does.
WHAT 1T MEANS.
Los Angeles Times: A vote for Re-
publican candidate for Congress and
for Republican candidates for the Leg
islature is direct Endorsement of Pres
ident McKinley's Administrations
Administration which has brought the
country through a war waged with
brilliant success. Such a vote, too,
means an Endorsement of the Republic
an party's policy Of protection to
American products Of the farm. the
there shall be no scaling down of the
rate Of duty on our oranges, lemons,
prunes, raisins and other fruitage of
our orchards and vineyards, and best
Of all in this particular Congressional
district
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECHES.
Tulare Register: The short speeches
made by the President on his trip from
the Missouri River eastward were
worthy Of thoughtful mind, Of a pa
triot and statesman The similarity
running through them was pervading
sense of official responsibilities and diff
ficultieS to be overcome in the situation
before us. There was evidence of
neither weakness nor shirking, but full
confidence in the force of a united peo-
pie. Those little talks to the people
as he stood on the platform Of a car
revealed the stature of the man better
than studied efforts could have done.
In the events which have come to pass
there is warrant for the belief that an
overruling power is guiding the des-
tinies Of the great republic, for has
there not raised up to meet the gravest
difficulties the strongest among strong
men, one of clear brain and steady
hand. ripe experience and unbounded
patriotism. 1t seems more than
chance that the republic has ever had
her greatest in the van when the need
was sore
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
Stockton Independent: The cheering
news comes from all quarters of the
State of the popularity of the Repub-
lican State. ticket, and that Henry T.
Gage viii run far beyond the Repub-
lican vote of two years ago. It is not