The record-union., 1898-12-02
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects of Living News
Interest.

Interest.
Los Angeles Times: 1t would be in
teresting to an inquisitive public to
know what President Mckinley and
PRESIDENT Iglesias talked about on Sat-
urday during their long interview. 1t
would be pretty safe guess, however,
to assume that Senior Iglesias left the
Write House with better understand
Ing Of the Nicaragua Canal question
than he had previously President
Mckinley is not accustomed to spend
two hours talking about the weather
with a visitor.
AMERICAS NEW CAREER.
Stockton independent: The accept
| ance by Spain of the conditions Of
peace imposed by the American Com
missioners is the beginning of a new
era for this country that is heavy with
responsibilities That the treaty Of
peace will be approved by the Senate
there can be no doubt Whatever may
Ds our differences regarding the ex-
peclency of acquiring possession Of dis
| tant territory. there is no reason why
congress should not accept the terms
OF peace. The question of the final dis
position of the Philippines is entirely
distinct from that of extricating these
Islands from the maladministration of
| Spain.
But there is little doubt that the ter
rltories ceded by Spain will become
permanent possessions of the United
states. This will start the country on
| a new career, which it would be fool
ish to deny, is hedged with the gravest
dangers. Hitherto the nerves of our
nationality have been exposed to do
mestic concerns chiefly. Hereafter the
points of acutest sensation are To-
Gated where we come in closest contact
with foreign affairs. 1t means great
change, and will require all our forti-
tude to make our country equal to the
mighty responsibilities so suddenly un-
dertaken.
THE SILK SKIRT.
Stockton Mail: The ladies of Chi
cago have decided that the silk skirt
must go. They decided that more than
two weeks ago. When we heard the
news we considered it best, before
commenting upon it, to hear from the
ladies of San Francisco and New York.
As We expected, they have decided that
the silk skirt shall stay for a While
longer. We expected such a decision,
because the silk skirt, being useless,
inconvenient, costly and very pretty, is
thoroughly feminine garment. It is
gratifying to find that our confidence
In the ladies was not misplaced. Evi-
IDENTIFY, although Chicago may be an
art center, it is not going to set the
fashions just yet. Of course, the silk
skirts will go out of fashion soon-as
soon as Everybody begins to have
them. A genial young woman re-
marked last Saturday that the discov-
cry by California ladies of the fact
that they were in use in Chicago would
go far to bring about their speedy but
voluntary discontinuance on this coast.
FULL OF PROMISE.
Los Angeles Herald: The American
Consul at Zurich, Mr.. Germain, who is
now at home in Los Angeles on leave,
gives a glowing account of the prom
ise for marketing California products
in Europe. He says that four years
ago Switzerland imported California
dried fruits of the value of 500. Last
| year the like imports had increa sed to
| $4,000. Mr.. German says "the pro-
| portion is about the same throughout
| Europe" With such encoura cement
| in Europe we have the highest hope OF
an illimitable market for many Of our
| products on the other side of the Pa
| cific. The proper thing to do is to get
an early start in the markets Of tbs
| Orient.
THAT SETTLES 1T.
| San Jose Mercury: With the aid of
| the San Francisco Examiner the Re-
| publican Administration is getting
along very nicely. When a feeling of
| encouragement comes over Mr.. Me-
KinQey he picks up a copy of the 'Ex-
| aminer" reads there in poster type the
| grand national policy announced by
| Willie Hearst, and with a sigh Of re-
| lief and a sense Of renewed power,
| knowing that Willie is still leading the
| way, the President RECEIVERS from the
| dumps and once more cheerfully gets
down to business.
| COLONIAL BOOMS.
| Fresno Republican,: American capi-
| talists are beginning to gather in Ma
Mia, ready to buy up concessions and
business opportunities, and German
and English capitalists are reported to
be ready to jump in. It will be rush
| to see who will be first in the scramble
| Something Of the same thing is already
| taking place in Porto Rico and will be-
| gin in Cuba as soon as the Spanish
| evacuation is well under way. There
| is likely to be another Klondike boom
| in all three Of these colonies before the
beginning of another year. And there
| will be just as inevitable a collapse a
few years later, to be followed by the
usual long struggle upward until actual
conditions overtake those discounted by
the boom.
Human nature being as it is it is
probably impossible to stem the boom
current. but it is the duty Of conserva-
| time men and the conservative press to
hold it in check as much as possible.
There is no room yet for emigration
to the tropics for men with no capital
| but their hands, who have found the
struggle of life hard at home and are
anxious to begin again under new con-
ditions. Such men should be urged to
stay at home. Most of those who will
not take the advice will have to be
brought home at public expense later.
/ THE REFERENDUM.
Colusa Sun: Referendum is all right
in theory; no one can reasonably object
to the voice of the people on matters
wherein they want to have voice, but
there is something radically wrong
about referendum In practice. Several
constitutional amendments were sub
mitted to the people at the last election,
but the returns show that half the peo-
pie who went as far as the polls did moi
go as far as referendum-they did not
vote on all the amendments. In fact