The record-union., 1898-09-21
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

Marysville Appeal: The wool indus
try f1ourished and grew to immense
proportions under the fostering care of
the Republicans Then the Democrats
got a whack at it and the result was
almost total ruin. Again the Republic
cans took care of this industry. Pro-
lection for it was obtained, however,
only after a strong and hard fight. By
turning this State over to the Demo-
Gratis, California will give notice that
she does not want protection. By vot-
ing for Mcguire, the wool men will
say to the country that they want nine
cent-a-pound wool. Will they do it?''
WHO GROWLS.
Pomona Progress: 1t is rather a
significant fact and one worthy of con-
temptation that not a word of COM
plant against surroundings has been
heard from the regulars, who during
the recent war, have been awaiting
orders in camp. All of the growing
has emanated from the volunteers.
GENERALIZATION
Tulare Register Hello middle-of-
the-roader. Permit 1.-The Register to
| congratulate you upon the decision of
the Secretary Of State to put you on
the ticket in place of the confusion
crowd, that is, to accord to you the
| designation of the Peoples Party.
| This is right as matter Of fairness
| and We hope that it is right as matter
| of law, for it is enough to have the
| stuff1ng of your party auctioned off to
the highest bidder without depriving
you of the use of your own name also.
! We think that PopuliSm is mostly fool
| ishness, but so long as there are men
with the faith in them they should not
/ be juggled out of the right to stand for
| that faith.
| THE CAR FAR SEEING.
| Portland Oregonian: There is basis
/ OF practical philosophy back Of the
| young Cars suggestion. He has OBJ
| served, apparently, that the age of
| military civilization is past and that
the real competitions of the world lie
now in the spheres of industry and
| commerce. He has seen the United
| States, free from the ornaments which
| Cypress the countries Of Continental
Europe, advance by leaps and bounds
| toward empire and the leadership of
| the world. He has seen England, rela-
| lively free from military burdens, go
| ing steadily forward to higher desti-
| MES. On the other hand, he has seen
| Spain gone to her ruin through con-
| tempt of industry and devotion to the
| maxims of her long-paSt military age.
| He sees Italy bankrupt, France impOV-
| erished and Germany all but rebelliouS
under the grevious yoke of military or
| ganiZation. He sees that the calami-
ties Of war-their blight upon national
| development and progress, their cruel
/ ties and their eXhauStions-are as real
under the modern European system of
| high armament as If the rival nations
| were actually fighting each other. Rus
| sia- is a vast country, &. new country,
| a country as yet unfurnished and I'M
exploited. 1t has not escaped the no.
| tice of economists that her triumphS
and her destiny lie in devotion to the
| arts of peace rather than in organiza-
| ton for war. Is it not possible that
| her young Car, an observer and a
| student, rather than a man of action,
| sees all this and that deep purpose
| of Statecraft moves him to turn if he
| can the forces of European life into
| channels wherein the reserve forces
| Of Russia may ultimately make her
| supreme?
LINARES TO SPAIN.
| Los Angeles Times: The cable mes
| sage sent by General Linares COM
handing the Spanish forces at San
| ttago, to the Spanish Government just
| prior to the surrender to the Ameri-.
cans, is a pathetic though soldier like
| document, which ought to disarm all
/ criticism for his action at home. 1t
| shows the desperate straits to which
| the Spanish forces were reduced, and
the utter futility of a prolonged re-.
| sistance. The message was sent by
| General Linares on July 18th to the
| Spanish Minister of War, General Au-
non, while General Linares was still
in bed, suffering from wounds which
he had received in action.
| The message shows beyond dispute
that the Spanish position was hopeless,
while the American position was ex-
| ceedingly strong, owing to the natural
| formation Of the surrounding country.
ANARCHISTIC INCOME.
| Oakland Enquirer: The prospect of
wholesale prosecutions in Europe has
| started a great rush Of anarchists to
| the United States, and, although we
have law which is supposed to exclude
this class of persons, we suppose most
archist does not wear his principles
| written in his face-at least not gener-
| aIly-he does not even bear any WISH
| BILE marks which even under the most
diligent search distinguish him from
| the socialist, the individualist or the
everyday crank, and no immigration
| Commissioner can detect what is in a
mans mind if he does not choose to
| express it in words. If our newly
arrived anarchists settle, as most will,
| in the over-crowded centers Of popula-
ton and devote themselves to stirring
| up discomfort, they will be trouble
some, but if they could be sent out
West, Isolated, and made to go to work,
they might get cured of their mental
disease.
A THREATENING EVIL.
Los Angeles Express: The greatest
| danger that threatens California to-
day is a fusion administration pledged
to all the issues of a Populist domin-
ated platform, and headed by a man
who is more likely to lead than to
follow to injurious extremes. If the flu
sion ticket is placed in power we shall
soon hear the rest of the country ask
ing, What is the matter with Cali
Kansas in its days of rabid Populism
and Of Colorado during the two hor-
rible years that Bloody Brides
Waite sat in the executive chair.
California, great as she is, is not