The record-union., 1898-09-22
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects OF Living News
Interest.

Interest.
| riverside Press: Admiral Sampson,
In aHusion to the trifing sickness
among the sailors of his fleet, is re-
ported to have remarked: I'VE know
how to take care of our men in the
navy. You see, we are always on a
war footing" The navy, however, has
a supreme advantage. It's conditions
permit healthful housing, regular medi-
cal attendance and good commissariat
under all conditions. The lack of these
things is what even the best organized
armies sometimes are forced to under
so.
FOREST PROTECTION.
San Jose Mercury: With the Gov
eminent looking after the reservations
and the railroad companies protecting
their own forest properties the fires
Will become much less frequent than
at present. But there will still remain
the task of protecting the remaining
forests and timber lands belonging to
thousands Of individual owners, and for
this the State must provide, and the
expense must be paid by the State
funds. These forests are worth mill
ions to California for themselves alone,
but their value to the farming industry
as conservators of moisture is simply
inestimable. They are the life of the
farms Destroy them and California
could not grow pound of wheat or
a peach, or a grape. They are worth
more, thus considered, than all the gold
in the Sierras or the Coast Range. Yet
year by year they are permitted to go
to waste by fire and pillage, and moth
ing is done to save them. Why do not
the farming and the commercial or
CARNATIONS take up this matter, with
the determination that not another
legislative session shall pass by with
out action, and the right kind of action,
being taken.
FORTY YEARS OLD.
Contra Costa Gazette: With this is
sue the Contra Costa Gazette enters
upon its forty-first volume and the
forty-first year of it's existence. In this
day of uncertainties in the life of a
newspaper, especially country news
papers, such long period of continued
usefulness and prosperity is almost in
credible. Forty years old! More than
a lifetime to many mortals, and yet
the paper has continued on in the path
of progress ever since its initial number
was taken from the press. And what
a history it's pages can tell of the rise
and progress of our county, for it has
ever been the leading journal, with the
most news and largest circulation. A
search through its bound volumes
would bring to the memory Of the oldest
resident "reminiscences Of the olden
times when prosperity and plenty We're
on every hand, and California was in
deed the land Of gold and the Mecca of
pilgrims from all parts Of the globe.
who came to gather the golden sands
that awaited the labor and skill Of
human hands to bring them forth from
their many deposits in the hills and
dales, mountains and wales, or the land
by the sunset sea.
THE CRETAN OUTBREAK.
The Oregonian: The present outbreak
in Crete, which began in frightful
massacre of Christians, including the
British Vice Consul and a number Of
British soldiers and sailors, is the nat
ural consequence Of dividing the con-
troll of the population between the
Turks and the representatives Of the
Powers of Europe. Gambia, where the
outbreak took place, is in the zone un-
der British control. At the close OF the
Greek revolution, which ended in the
!
Europe of the present kingdom OF
Greece, it was the proper thing to have
included Crete Since 1880 the Powers
have over and over again promised to
establish a representative government
in the unhappy island, but have failed
. or neglected to carry out their purpose
owing to the intrigues with the Turkish
Government. Massacre of Turk by
Christian and Christian by Turk nave
djsfgured the history of Crete since
| 1890 to the present date, until there
are left only about 100000 of Christian
non,lia+ion European meddling in
Crete has made prosperity and content
ment impossible under the Greek, the
: Turkish or the native Government.
| THE present Cretan outbreak is only
continuation Of that begun In 1880
which led to the Graeco-Turkish war.
This was ended without settling any
thing in Crete, and the outbreak re-
: ported from Gambia was to be expected
at any moment.
OF THE SANDLOT PARTY.
. Alameda Argus: In his speech at
Metropo,itan Hall the Hon. j. G. Ma
guire, as reported in the Examiner
denied that he was ever a MEMBER OF
the sandlot party, but added that IL ne
/ had been it would be nothing to his as
, credit for some of the best men OF thS
State took part in that movement. ms
is a startling admission, and it is the
first public attempt we ever heard OF
to defend that VIGOROUSLY aparchlsuc
uprising. Who are some of the best
: men of the State" who We're sandlot-
, ters with Kearney and the others? we
don't remember a single one. And we
are surprised that Mr.. Mcguire shoulo
declare that he had nothing to DO with
the movement He has been remem-
bered for twenty years in connection
not only with that movement, but with
, all similar political outbursts in the IN
term. His sympathy with sandlot
principles and methods he is constantly
avowing. If Mr.. Mcguire was not
sandlotter then and is not one noW
his actions and expressions continuous
! ~ betray him.
HIS RELATIONS TO THE PARTY.
: Oakland Enquirer: Congressman Ma
guire is to speak in Oakland and he
should embrace the opportunity to give
us his latest opinion concerning the his
/ torical relations of the Democratic
party. which Judge Mcguire repudiated
, in 1887, or is it. the new Democratic.
party, whose birth he rejoiced over IN
1896? In his memorable speech of that
year the Congressman thanked GOD
that the old conservative Democratic
marty had piyen I'M the ghost and that