The record-union., 1898-08-02
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION. -
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

San Jose Mercury: The San Jose
Grange has done well to take up the
pure-food question. The movement
against pure foods has died out, sim
ply because representative. bodies Like
the Grange have neglected to push the
matter. Let the crusade proceed.
BY THE ETERNAL RIGHT WE
CONQUER.
| Los Angeles Times: The eyes Of the
nation have been fixed for weeks upon
Santiago. 1t has watched each step in
the forward march of our armies, and
bewailed the fearful slaughter of our
troops as they pushed dauntlessly on
to the front. We held our breath while
the battle ragged, and seemed to catch
the clash Of arms, the shrek of the
| hurtling shells and the thunder of the
cannon. We have realized with all our
| victories that war is no pastime, but
an awful, dread reality, the harvest of
death.
| But the country has not been disap-
pointed in it's volunteer soldiefy, nor
| in the skill of it's brave leaders,
| for they have moved with as
| steady a front to the foe and
with as certain an aim as the
armies of the Old World, bearing stead
lily onward the banner of the Stripes
and Stars, and planting it upon the
strong ramparts of the enemy. Recog-
nizing the invincible courage and deter
mination of our American soldiery, and
! the hopelessness of an attempt to over
whelm them, the Spanish forces at San
tiago surrendered, yielding up their
arms to our victorious army, and 2O,OUO
| strong they wait our movements to
send them back to their native country,
utterly vanquished, and upon parole
| of honor to no more take up arms
against us.
This will afford US an opportunity to
learn something of much -prated Span
ish honor"
WHO SHOULD KEEP OUT.
| Tulare Register: There are several
kinds of men who never ought to enter
politics, and one is the nervous man
! who lets himself get all worked up,
| loses sleep and betrays great anxiety
through fear that he Will not get cho-
sen. The suspicious man has no busi-
ness in politics either, the man who re-
CARDS every one who does not favor his
candidacy as personal enemy and un-
| mitigated scoundrel. The bull headed
man, who will not listen to reason, and
things do not come his way. The man
who wants to rule or ruin in politics
generally fails to rule, and has a
chance to sit and learn wisdom in the
midst of his own ruins. OF all men
who ought to stay out of politics none
should remain farther out than he who
sees in every group of trees conspir-
acy to down him, who throws the
friendships of a lifetime into the scrap
heap because of a suspicion, well
grounded or i'll, that somebody is trying
to do him up in secret. Such man
soon finds himself uncertain of the
fidelity Of any one, and has a bitter
taste in his mouth day and night. There
| are various other kinds of persons who
ought to keep out of politics for the
good Of politics, but the above should
keep out for their own good.
GARCIA's GRIEVANCE.
Los Angeles Herald: If France had
sent the colonies an army of 10000
instead of 5000, thus outnumbering the
continentals,i the parallel with the pres
ent situation in Cuba would be nearly
exact Now if, on the surrender OF
Yorktown, the French had refused per-
mission to the American patriots to
enter the city, had compelled them TO
go into camp far beyond the bound
aries of the place, and had continued IN
office local administrators still loyal to
the English crown, what would the
commander of the American forces
have said and done? With what COM
| placency would the rank and file OF
the army have viewed the proceeding! :!
1t is more than likely that precedent
for the conduct of Garcia and his men
IL
American commander would have gone
away tol confer with others in authority
elsewhere, as Garcia has done, and the
American patriots would have sulked
in their tents, as Garcia's men are
doing.
DEMOCRATS. AND POPULISTS.
Visalia Delta: To- look at the matter,
doesn't it look rather nervy for the
officers of the Democratic State Gen.
trail Committee to attempt to so ma
nipulate the Populist State Convention
as to induce that body to nominate for
Governor a Democratic candidate for
the same position who has not yet been
nominated by his own party? There
are other Democratic candidates for
Governor Central Committees are Sc
lected to manage a campaign in the in
to do the work of a convention and
select nominees. What right had these
| persons to act for the Democratic
party before the party has held its
convention? Will not the other candi-
dates resent their action?
FUSION AND DEMOCRACY.
Santa Rosa ress-Democrat: The
best element of the Democratic party
in this State does not seem to take
kindly to the idea of fusion, and the
: policy of amalgamation certain So
called party leaders are at present en-
deavoring to foister upon their consti-
tuents will undoubtedly meet with some
very bitter opposition when the time
comes for finally determining the mat
ter.
Fusion of a necessity carries with it a
sacrifice of principles and loss of
, | honor. for if there were no differences
in the doctrines of opposing parties
there could be no reason for their exist
ence and consequently no SUCH thing as
fusion possible. While, theoretically,
fusion might sometimes result in a tenn
) porary gain in the way of a hybrid
success at the polls, the party that
, would sacrifice principle for an ephem
eTal advantage can no more hope 70
achieve lasting success than can an
) individual. Parties, like men, endeav-