The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08
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EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

give up the ship has been changed to
the almost universal cry of Don't give
| up the Philippines!" 1t would be al
| most inhuman to turn over the people
of those islands again to their cruel
| oppressors. When the despotic chains
| of cruel Spain are once broken they
never should be allowed to be welded
! again. Humanity cries out against
surrendering the victims to their form
er task masters.
UNDERVALUINGT THE OPPOSITION
| Alameda Encinal: The "Encinal re-
grets to see already at this stage of the
campaign a disposition to belittle the
candidacy of Mcguire and to attempt
to persuade the Republicans that he
can be easily beaten with little effort.
People and papers who say that they
believe this should be careful. Mcguire
| Is a strong and popular man, and those
who think he is easy to defeat are
likely to have an unpleasant awakening
| next November 1t is poor policy TO
underrate the strength of your enemy,
and those who are not ignorant or
blinded by prejudice are aware of the
fact that Mcguire is a strong man.
MAGUIRE AND THE RAILROAD.
San Jose Mercury: Mr.. Mcguire, the
nominee Of the pinto party for Gov
ernor at this late hour has brought UP
| the subject of the Commissioner bill,
commonly known as the Pacific Rail-
road funding bill, which he denounces,
| declaring that it is essential that there
be further legislation concerning the
question, as the bill is antagonistic to
the interests of California. However
this may be, it is certain that Mr..
! Mcguire could have prevented the
passage of the bill by interposing a
single objection. But he failed to do
it, The bill was offered by Senator
| Morgan, the most conspicuous oppo-
nent Of the railroads in Congress. An
amendment was presented by Congress
man Barham, and unanimous consent
| was required in the House for vote
| upon the bill with the amendment. In
| the House." says Mr.. Barham, 'but
for my amendment the bill would have
been defeated. Any member Of the
House could have killed my amend
| ment by saying, I object Mr.. Ma
| guire spoke against the bill as it came
| from the Senate, but when unanimous
consent was asked to vote upon the
| bill with my amendment there was
no objection Mr.. Mcguire knew per-
fectly we'll that unless my amendment
was consented to he would vote against
the bill, and there We're at least twenty
other Republicans who would have
voted against the bill, and it would
have been defeated Senator Morgan,
the foremost opponent of funding in
the Senate, says: Never before has
the Pacific Railroad question been in
such good shape as it now. stands. All
necessity for further legislation has
passed" Congressman Barham, lead
| ing opponent of funding in the House,
declares that "the bill settles the
question, and no further legislation is
necessary Mr. Mcguire, who had
the power to kill the bill, now declares.
for purely campaign purposes, that the
bill is all wrong, and that further
legislation is necessary The single
tax candidate evidently is doing his
| best to be as inconsistent and ridic-
ulous as the conglomerate party which
| for the passing hour he represents.
PROSPEROUS FRUITS OF PEACE.
| Los Angeles Express: The quotation
| Isl threadbare. but centuries Of use can
not impair it's beauty, which declares
that peace hath her victories, no less
renowned than war The United
States, whose arms on land and sea
have been crowned so thick with VIC
tories in war waged for humanity
and the highest rights of man, is now
entering on an era of commercial
| achievements, the success of which
| promises to be as quickly won and as
| substantial in it's nature as that of
the war which has placed US in the
| foremost ranks Of the nations Of the
| age.
REPUBLICANS WILL WIN.
| Reading Free Press: A supreme eff
| fort will be made by the Democratic
| organization in San Francisco to elect
| Mcguire Governor by sacrificing the
rest Of the State ticket The patronage
that is at the disposal OF the Governor
of California is Of course the only con-
sideration. If Republicans everywhere
| refuse to take part in any trading
combinations that may be made, Ma
| guire will stand no more chance of
/ election than the men who make I'D
the remainder Of the State ticket. and
no one conversant with the trend of
| political affairs in California entertains
even the hope that the mongrel ticket
| headed by the Little Giant" will cut
a more material figure in the final
| shake-up than the Shanahan crowd.
Were there not a dissenting vote in
the fusion camps the result of the
election would be the same The Re-
publican party will win all along the
| line This is the conviction of in
telligent mem familiar with the political
situation in California.
YELLOW JOURNAL LIES.
San Jose Mercury: The report of
| General Boynton on the conditions at
| Chickamauga is exceedingly favorable.
The General says that the water is
good, the ground we'll adapted for
camping purposes, the hospitals we'll
located and the attention given the sick
satisfactory. The fact is that the vile
| assaults made on the War Department
| by the yellow journals whose CORE
spondents were kicked out of Cuba are
based solely on vindictiveness and de-
| sire to belittle the achievements Of the
Republican Administration.
SILENT AS THE GRAVE.
| Tulare Register: How silent as the
grave was the m-Maguire platform
| in relation to the annexation of Ha-
wall, and yet what an opportunity the
| raising of the Stars and Stripes over
those gems Of the Pacific gave for an
outburst Of American patriotism, but
Our Steve" was there, and "Our
Steve" had been dead against the an
| nexation Of the aforesaid gems, and,
as he said such nice things about Ma
guire the convention let Stephen off
without the humiliation which ha