The record-union., 1898-11-11
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions ON Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

| jects Of Living News
Interest.
| Portland Oregonian: The Boston
| Herald cites as the most remarkable
| achievements of the late Harold Fred
| cries career his triumph over difficult
| ties in his early boyhood. He was
| brought up in extreme poverty, and
without the educational advantages en-
| joyed by most American youth. The
| home of his childhood was mortgaged
| to its full value, and his mother, an en-
| ergetic woman and a widow, set about
the task of supporting her little fam
| lily and lifting the mortgage. With
| this intent she established a dairy and
Harold drove the milk delivery wagon.
| He did not attend school after his four
| teenth year, but acquired a practical
and useful education after that, from
application and observation. IIis
success in life furnishes an object les
| son in encouragement to the American
boy who is capable Of making poverty
| a stepping-stone to endeavor and does
| not shrink from the required effort.
THE TRUTH.
San Diego Union: Whatever may be
said by fault-f1nders as to the conduct
OF the war, they cannot attack the Gov
ernment for failure to recognize and
reward gallantry and faithful service
promotions, too, have not been confined
to the commissioned officers. Soldiers,
sailors and marines who have distin-
guished themselves have found prompt
recognition of their gallantry. A typi-
cal case is given in the Army and
Navy Journal which says: 1.-The Pres
1dent has promoted Corporal John
Ashton Boyle of the Twenty-second
United States Infantry to the position
Of Second Lieutenant in the regular
army. He is credited with capturing
the first Spanish flag taken in the cam
paign in Cuba From Corporal to
Second Lieutenant is a much longer
stride than the average civilian might
SUPPOSE. Instances of such promotions
have been very rare in the histories Of
all armies, with the exception Of those
of the first Napoleon
NATIONAL SANITATION.
Modesto News: Every visitation cf
the yellow fever pest gives more vivid
color to those views which favor the
United States sharing at least in the
direction of such preventive measures
as may lessen the danger of the epi-
dem1c scourges. No fantastic appli-
cation of State rights theory will in
terfere here any more than it works in
the cooperation of a Mississippi River
Com mission to combat the great riv-
crime threat which is annually recur-
rent. No doubt the local and special
lied knowledge on the part of the
health authorities of the Southern
States is essential, but the danger has
proved too great to be controlled by the
States alone. A large and we'll consid-
cred plan, to be enforced by the wealth
and executive foresight of the National
Government, is needed by the interests
Of the South, which in this case are
eminently the interests of the nation.
TYRANNY IN GERMANY.
Los Angeles Times: While some Of
the barborous countries Of the world
have been making strikes during the
past few years, in the direction of lib
erty and civilization, it appears that
some European nations have entered
| uron retrograde movement, and are
| drifting back toward despotism, This
| is particularly noticeable in Germany
| where the liberty Of the subject ap-
pears to be even less regarded than it
is in Russia Scarcely a week passes
without bringing reports Of the arrest
and Imprisonment Of German editors
/ for what We should consider triffing
criticisms of the sovereign. Then.
| again. brutal attacks by army officers,
! on unarmed civilians, or upon subor-
| dinates, are shockingly prevalent
while the punishment visited upon
| such violators Of the law, when they
happen to belong to this privileged
class, is absurdly inadequate. The
| PruSsian officer who ran man
! through the body in a cafe, because
ne happened to jostle him accidentally.
was condemned to two years innpris-
onment, and was released by order of
the Emperor after having been in pris-
ON only six months.
THE RICH MAN IN JOURNALISM.
| Alameda Argus: The rich man in
journalism is ever an interesting figure.
He is a confusing element and seldom
promotes the welfare of mankind-ex-
cept, Of course in the cases of rich men
who have grown up in the profession
and made their money out Of it. There
is no need to point examples. The new
| rich when he finds himself in charge
or paper, proceeds on lines entirely
different from those of the trained
| Journalist. His small human traits are
more likely to come out. His weakness
and resentments have play He is in
different to public sentiment The pub
lie be damned. He is not concerned in
i building his paper UP to be power and
a real bulkwark of the people IF 1t does
not commend itself so that it's circula-
tion viii melt theexpense of publication
he puts his hand in his pocket and sup
plies the deficiency The rich man in
| Journalism is not only g. curious figure,
but an unlovely figure We have a
notable case of him not so many miles
away but we may study his gyrations
WHAT A CRASH.
Tulare Register: The Committee CT
Investigation on the conduct of rhe war
seems determined to reach the fountain
head of all earthly wisdom. L re-
ports be true, the editors of certain
yellow papers have been called upon to
appear and pour out information in re-
gard to misconduct and mismanage-
ment. What a crash Of matter there
will be when those fellows unload
CORPORATE GREED"
Stockton Record: Corporate greed
a favorite expression with a certain
class Of newspapers and stump speak
ers, would be unobjectionable were i,
not used in the sense that corporations
alone are greedy. These, and these
alcne, according to our fusionist paper
or our fusionist stump speaker, are
greedy. But what are the facts? Greed
is universal. Wherever you go, let The
society be high or low, you find greed