The record-union., 1898-03-09
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
iects of Living News
Interest.

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statement of fact and suggestion in the
Mali:
Il am a sufferer Yes, in common
with good many more people, l am
suffering from the daily influx of war
news poured en- Us by the San Francisco
papers This rehashing of the same
old story again and again is getting mo-
notonGus, and the pictures of battles
that are to be fought With lists of the
dead that are to be killed, and all the
particulars about how the war ended
are becoming wearisome. If the San
Francisco papers wish TO keep up their
lick in sensationalism, let them come
out printed in human blood. with sworn
affidavits from public officials as to the
genuineness of the anthropic ink"
This much is due from the yellow
press, not so much as evidence of good
faith, Of which they have none, but 10
give realism to the flaming headlines
and insure the thrills of horror for
which their readers pray.
KEEPING COOL.
Redwood Times Gazette: The Amer
lean people are slow to anger but ter
rible when aroused, and if it be shown
| that the Spanish Government caused
the appalling catastrophe in the har-
Dor Of Havana vengeance viii be swift
and certain. However, the people
should suspend judgment and wait for
particulars. The matter is in cool,
conservative hands at Washington, and
the American people may rest assured
that President Mckinley will do his
duty in protecting the honor of the ma
| ton.
WAR PREPARATIONS.
| Santa Rosa Republican, 1t would GER
tainly be very unwise for the officers of
| the General Government to predict war
| long in advance of it's coming. Enough
of this is done by the sensational news
papers. But it is evident that the
Administration is getting ready for a
possible conflict with Spain. The re-
cent orders in regard to war vessels,
| ordnance and military movements
clearly indicate that arrangements are
making for any contingency that may
| arise. In this very fact there is strong
! hope Of a peaceful solution of impend-
ing difficulties. 1t is the country that
| is ready for a contest which is least
likely to have one Spain will give
more heed to our demands if we are
prepared to defend our own coasts and
| harbors and sink her fleets than if We
are unprepared for conflict that we
! invite.
A NAVAL REVOLUTION.
Stockton Record: Should war occur
| between the United States and Spain
| it is probable that surprising results
would follow to other countries While
| nfl loa
other navy would be rendered practi-
cally useless at the end of the war. 1t
is not alone probable but almost GER
tain that naval warfare and particu-
larly naval architecture would be revo-
lutiouized The civil war brought
| Yankee ingenuity into play and the
Monitor demonstrated to the world
that for sea battles the wooden ship
is thing of the past. It's only SER
vice is with high speed TO keep out of
the way of armored vessels.
But the manufacture of iron and
the development of electricity and
high explosives have made their great
est strides since the close of the civil
war. The American inventor has
turned his attention to these agents
to further the arts of peace, and has
| conquered the world with his skill
subdued the Western Continent. In an
emergency his quick mind and restless
energies will be turned toward the
adaptation of these formidable agen-
cies to the arts of war.
GET BACK TO, THE LAND.
Colusa Sun: General Booth of the
Salvation Army is perhaps the greates'
organizer in the world. He has addec
many departments, as it were, TO the
| original idea of the Salvation Army
and in all he has been successful Al
San Francisco, the other evening, he
declared that the only thing that woulc
| give anything like permanent relief Z
the poor of the overcrowded cities was
| to get back to the land. There Is ne
doubt in the world of the truth OF TIL:
position. The Sun has printed col
| umn after column urging that some
| start in this direction be made, anc
hence when the army began its colon
ization schemes We helped it along tt
the extent of our ability. The entice'
ment of city life will hinder it much
but even that may be overcome. We
have heard many men say they coulc
take a salary of $50 a month for a
| family and find more real enjoyment
in the city than they could find in tbs
| country for three times the amount
There are many who would rather live
! in a garret and subsist on the scraps
they can pick up than live in plenty
in the country. There are others, how
| ever who would be glad to get out
on the land if they could find some one
to tell them what to do There is a
very great desire in the growing gen.
GRAFTON TO avoid all esponsibility-ever
that of their own existence.
SENSATIONAL REPORTS.
St. Helena Star: The public should
be thankful that cool-headed men and
not sensational journals have the set
tlement of this grave matter. Papers of
of the yellow stripe are causing. BY
their exaggerated and oft times false
reports. the masses of the people tC
become so excited that they would rush
ma1ly into war without waiting to Of
ficially learn whether the cause of the
| Maine disaster was due to an internal
explosion. the work of a fanatic, or a
deep-dyed plot of the Spanish Govern
ment. Thoughtful men are not pay
ing much attention to the rumors oi
what the administration is now doing.
but will wait patiently until after the
Board Of Inquiry reports and then sec
what 1t will do President Mckinley
will see that national honor is upheld
ORANGES IN YOLO.
! Woodland Democrat: The orange cror
of Yolo County is small because peo-
pie did not know until a few years agc
that the soil and climate are adapted
10 its successful cultivation, and The
number of trees in bearing is there.