The record-union., 1898-02-28
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub-
jects Of Living News
Interest.

Los Angeles Times: The blathershite
in Congress, or out of it, who IS shTiek-
for VAR is a miscreant who should De
suppressed, for war is something so ter
rible that no nation should proceed to
that extremity so long as 1t can be
avoided in honor. II is as Well for slle
nation as the individual to be surely
right before forming lines of battle and
turning loose the shotted guns, or as
the master bard has it: Thrice armed
is he who hath his quarrel just"
A MATTER OF ROT
Fresno Expositor: The Cali and
the Examiner have both done many
enterprising things that one is glad TO
commend, but we fail to see any evil
dence of enterprise in sending special
trains at great expense into the interior
With stuff that is not news from Ha-
vana-the interior papers have all there
is of that-but merely sensational rot.
With a staff of special correspondents
these papers can have any sort of
highly seasoned dish they like to serve
their readers, but the people are learn
ing that much of the stuff that's served
grew out of the riotous Imagination OF
these writer's and they depend more
and more upon the local papers for tel
egraphic news stripped of individual
opinion.
CHINA'S JOB.
Oakland Tribune: China seems to be
trying to not only carry water on both
shoulders, but bucketful on her head
as well. First she appealed to Russia
to save her from Germany and then
she asked aid from England. After al
the preliminary arrangements were
made with those countries she is now
disposed to turn them down on the loan
proposition in favor Of Holland or some
other outside nation The Chinese dip
lomats are not we'll enough versed in
statecraft to play so complicated a
game successfully.
SENSIBLE ADVICE.
Tulare Register: Those of us who
have anything much to do better than
borrowing trouble will do we'll to go
about our business and suffer the Ad-
ministration at Washington, the Amer
lean navy and General Lee at Havana
to clear up the Maine mystery. 1t will
be days and perhaps weeks before the
truth will be known. Admiral Bunce
is of opinion that the Maine will have
to be raised first, for the reason that
the divers, even with electric lights,
may not be able to see what has taken
place, and, moreover, the divers know
little or nothing about the construc-
ton Of modern ships of war, and a YER
dict Will scarcely be rendered on their
unsupported testimony. 1t will take
time to raise the ship. and more time
still to exhaust the diplomatic contro-
versy with Spain, SO there will be time
for American blood to cool a bit before
hostilities arel likely to begin.
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE.
Oakland Enquirer: The Election Com
n1ittee of the House of Representatives
has decided to make a favorable report
on resolution for a constitutional
amendment changing the term Of mem
bers of Congress from two years to
four This proposition, like the vast ma
jority of constitutional changes advo-
Gated in Congress, will fail of adoption,
and very likely will never get so far
along as to be voted on. The Federal
Constitution yields to change slowly,
and with each passing decade it's amend
ment become more difficult, as the mass
Of population required to be acted upon
by the reformers grows greater But
aside from that difficulty, a proposal to
lengthen the term of members of Con-
gress would doubtless prove very I'M
popular.