The record-union., 1898-11-02


ifornia have saved nearly SS00,000 il
the price of school books during the in
cumbency of State Printer Johnston o
a saving of about $3.50 per child 70
every one attending the public school:
of the State. 1t is no wonder that. a!
a friend and servant of the people, h
has SO zeadously defended the book
against the assaults of the Eastern bool
monopoly and its agents; and it is NJ
wonder that the Eastern book monopol.
and its agents are now fighting John
ston's reelection
A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS.
Alameda Argus: California shoul(
send a solid Republican delegation Il
Congress this year 1t would thereb!
place itself in the patriotic column, anC
also get on ground where it could ac-
| complish things for the good and ben
eft of the State. California is now
and for years has been, a nonentity in
the councils and Legislature Of the
nation. It's delegation is variegatet
and piebald-one Republican Senator
and one Democratic; three Republican
Congressman, two Populists, one Dem
ocrat and one SINCE taxer. There was
not single question on which they
agreed. On important questions-more
important to California than to any
other State-they not only disagreed
very widely, but the majority got on
the wrong side and obstructed meas
| ureS that the rest of the country was
practically unanimous for. In what
| small. esteem California must be held
| by sane people at a distance! Let us
change all that; by giving evidence OF
| knowing what is good for u.s. show
the rest of the country that we are
worthy Of their confidence and coop
GRAFTON in those larger national affairs
that are so vital to every distinctive
section of it. Let US send a homo
geneous delegation to Congress.
WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
Stockton Independent: The people do
not want the single tax under any con-
sideration- But if they did want the
single tax they object to being bun
coed into accepting it. They don't
want Mcguire with his horde of social
lists and fusionists to convert the State
Capital into a rendezvous for social and
political revolution. They want no fur
ther experiments in government by
doctrinaires who are incapable of even
| governing their own tongues. They
don't want to be ruled by men who
themselves defy the law and cry out
against all law, all government. They
want no man for Governor Of this State
who was born with a mistrust Of ev-
cry body else in the world-except Jim
Barry Beyond that the people of CAL
| ifornia desire to uphold the President of
| the United States-the statesman who
by his wisdom, non-partisanship and
Humanity has lived down every shade
of opposition. The people Of California
respect and admire William Mckinley
who has SO ably conducted the Govern
ment at the most critical time in its
history. They have confidence In his
patriotism, craftsmanship and good
sense and propose to manifest that con-
| fdence at the polls November Sth
They are determined that he and the
men who acted under him to fight the
battles at Santiago and Manila and
those who shared in the inevitable
hardships of camp life and field shall
be vindicated from the attacks Of the
unpatriotic yellow press.
WHAT HIS ELECTION MEANS.
Marysville Democrat: 1t may be true
that Candidate Mcguire could not put
his theories of taxation into effect If
he was elected Governor of California
But we do know that his election at this
time would be considered an indorse-
ment of the single tax theory which
| he advocates. Emboldened by vic
| tory at the polls the followers of Ma
guire would demand recognition in the
next State convention, and they would
get it. The election of the man means
an Endorsement of the single tax theory
| and that means placing the great bur-
| den of taxation upon the tillers Of the
soil and horticultural interests of this
great and growing State. Democratic
orators will tell you and me that there
| is no danger of the single tax theory
being adopted, but there is. Every
one of these orators will admit that
they believe Candidate Mcguire is sin
cere in his advocacy of the single tax
theory Of raising revenue. Then why
should we doubt for moment that he
will at the proper time use all the IN
fuence he possesses to accomplish that
which he has advocated during the past
ten or twelve years?
SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATOR
Marysville Appeal: The pithy say
ing of Abraham Lincoln, that it is no
time to be swapping horses when you
are crossing a river, has a useful ap-
plication in national politics at the
present time. This country is cross
| ing a river in the settlement of it's
negotiations with Spain, and in work
| ing out grave problems arising in Gu
ba, Hawaii and the Philippines. The
| Republican Administration has thus
far carried the nation safely through
one of the most remarkable wars that
the world has ever known, and thanks
to its wise craftsmanship, the most
stupendous results have been accom-
plished without the slightest financial
disturbance or depression in business.
It is high testimony to the soundness
of the financial policy of the Govern
ment that a foreign war from which
many persons at first anticipated much
disaster to the United States was pros
/ ecuted without any curtailment Of
credit in the great centers. In fact,
! from beginning to end of the war, there
was nothing in the course of business
| or the internal traffic of the country
to afford the slightest indication that
ANYTHING unusual was taking place.
| The people Of this country, as well as
the world at large, had the utmost con-
| fidence from the beginning that Presi-
dent Mckinley and the Republican
! Congress would maintain the credit
and good faith of the nation, and keep
every form of American money on a
parity with gold And in this they
were not mistaken.
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