The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08

will not. The Democratic State plat
form contains a resolution faVoring an
amendment to the Constitution permit
ting counties to exercise local option in
the matter of deciding what may be
taxed. This is simply single-tax
inconvenience open and above board,
but cunning and sly. While insisting
that sdngle-tax cuts no figure in this
campaign the Maguireite singletax
propaganda are working for the the
DRY which in their minds will prove a
panacea for all political ills. Investi
gate this single-tax idea, and vote
against it.
THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN.
Portland Oregonian: The truth is
that the plan of campaign at Santiago
was a bold one. 1t depended for sue
cess on celebrity of execution. If Shat
ter had waited until his guns, field
supplies, transportation, etc, had been
landed; if he had waited until proper
roads had been laboriously built
through that roadless region, instead
Of striking San Juan and Ell Caney the
LIST of July, he would have been de-
layed probably until the 18th of July
and by that ime his army would have
the week after the fall of Santiago. In
PEELED to put off further fighting until
November, and we should not to-day
be at peace Shafter pushed fiercely
to the front without a halt in a mount
ainous, roadless country, through trop-
ical thickets, through torrents of rain.
He could not wait to unload his siege
Writ irl,4 10 6n
fever was sure to come in a tropical
country in the rainy season, and for
this reason he decided rightly that
Santiago must be taken by assault in
stead Of by siege And he succeeded
splendidly, at less cost of killed and
wounded for the number engaged than
any of the great battles Of the civil
war. But suppose he had to lose twice
as many men. What of 1t? He could
not count the possible loss of LOCO
more men against the certainty Of
failure If he did not strike hard and
strike at once. With an army Of 49,
600 men he sailed 100 miles, landed
on rocky. hostile shore, rapidly dis
embarked his men without loss, rushed
his men through semitropical jungle,
and in ten days captured the key to
Santiago's defenses so that Cerveras
squadron was forced out and destroyed
Ten days later he captured Santiago,
with $4,000 Spanish troops and all Of
Eastern Cuba. The consequences Of
this victory was the Spanish appeal for
peace.
SUPREME NERVE.
Visalia Delta: The Democratic State
platform condemns the present Re-
publican Administration "by which I'M
necessary burdens in the form of bonds
have been imposed upon the people Of
the United States The supreme nerve
exhibited in the above quotation is ap-
parent when it is noted that it is taken
from a plank referring to war reve-
nues. The Republican party is con-
demned for raising funds to carry on
war with Spain by issuing bonds In
small denominations to American pur-
chasers of moderate means, when only
two or three years ago a Democratic
Administration issued bonds in a sum
nearly as great, and sold them to a for
eign syndicate for the purpose Of
procurings money to pay the regular
running expenses of the Government in
time Of profound peace. If it was prop
err for Democrats to issue bonds in time
of peace, why is it criminal for Repub-
licans to do so in time Of war?