The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-18

situation should be very fully consider
ed before hostilities are begun. Among
the substantial class of citizens here
abouts We find a great preponderance
of sentiment in favor of going slow.
Thinking people realize how little there
is to gain except national glory-of
which we already have a great abund-
ance-and how very much there may
! be to lose, at least in material way.
This view is always sneered at by the
war dogs" who now give evidence of
being gluttons for fighting, but who will
not be found within hearing of the can
mons roar when the battle is on. But
the substantial thinking class is the
one that the country must rely upon
in all emergencies, and its sentiment
| upon such a serious proposition as war
is the best guide. The situation is, of
course. greatly complicated by the ma
licious misinformation furnished by the
yellow press, but the people are learn
ing to make allowances for that. Only
the unthinking accept a cue from that
source.
INTERVENTION MEANS INDIE
PENDENCE.
Los Angeles Times: The solu-
ton of the Cuban problem,
whatever may be the intermediate
steps, is practically certain to resolve
Itself in the end into one of these
four propositions:
Ffrst-The establishment of a free
and Independent Cuban Government in
the island
Second-The retention of Spanish SOW
ereignty in some form; either the res
toration of the old regime or the &C.
ceptance of autonomy by the Cubans.
Third-The establishment of Cuban
Government under an American protec-
torate
Fourth-The annexation of Cuba to
the United States.
Which of these eventualities is most
likely to come to pass? Can there be
doubt in the mind of any observant
man that the final solution of the vexa-
tious problem will be found in Cuban
independence? The trend of events is
steadily in that direction and the other
three alternatives are at the best but
remote possibilities.
TWO TO DO FIGHTING
Los Angeles Times: The people who
clamor for war must not lose sight Of
the fact that one side is not to do all
the killing. The Spaniards will do their
share of it, and they may be depend
ed upon to add assassination to legiti-
mate slaughter whenever the opportu-
nifty presents itself. OF the boys who
go out to fight there are some-God
grant they may be few!-who will not
come back, and the fathers and mothers
who are left to weep at home will be
the saddest sufferers of all the long
train of anguished hearts that a war
will pierce with sorrow.
IN A HOLE
Stockton Record: The Democrats of
the House of Representatives were not
so much in a hurry yesterday when it
came to decided action. They have
been screaming for war, but when the
| time came to act they wanted to talk
The action of the Republican majority
and the memorable adherence of Speak
er Reed to the rules, demanding with
appraised gavel whether there was spe-
cific objection to consideration, put the
minority in the smallest hole that ever
party attempted to crowd itself into
The tactics of Bailey, which he had
played during the whole crisis, led him
directlyiint6 the trap, and the galleries
he had strltted before and appealed to
for plaudits gave him a taste of their
displeasure-he was Kissed. The man
who plays to the galleries must stand
the verdict of galleries