The record-union., 1898-08-05

speedily revise their opinions. He
forced "the Powers to recognize the
United States as a factor not to be
despised. He has since, in the very
midst of their combined fleets, and with
scarcely a foot of ground on which he
dared to assert authority, commanded
respect for the flag Of freedom never
before shown in that quarter.
THE NEW NAVY.
Few persons realize the large in
crease in the permanent navy which is
now inevitable, rendered so by ordering
constructed a considerable number of
new vessels and by other causes grow
ing out of the present war We have
in commission at present five battle
ships, but there are five more nearing
completion, and three additional ones
have been ordered. There have also
been ordered four double-turreted
monitors, sixteen torpedo destroyers
and twelve torpedo boats. Some sup
pose that several Of the fine auxiliary
ships recently purchased will be re-
tanned by the Government for regular
service; but, whether this is done or
not, the new vessels being constructed,
or soon to be, will have the effect OF
about doubling the number of persons
in the naval employ At the outbreak
of the war the number of enlisted men
and petty officers was l., 800, while it
is now 2o,O00; and it is believed that
it Will not be less than that when the
new ships get into commission, after
the return of peace. In addition to
the 25.0O0 enlisted men there will, at
all times, be 1000 boys under training
to prepare them for the service of
Uncle Sam afioat. 1t goes without
saying that this fine new navy will
cost the taxpayers of the country
pretty penny every year.
MIGHT BORROW TO ADVANTAGE.
Stockton Mail: The United States
marines landed at Guantanamo
month before the army arrived ami
have been there ever since There has
not been a single case of yellow fever
among them. That is bcause the ma
val surgeons acted upon the sensible
idea of fighting the fever before it
got among the men. They burned
every old hut as soon as landing
was made They knocked every caSk
of Spanish wine in the head. They
cleaned and fumigated and kept their
men in hand. Now they have Them
quarantined against the army. And
they are all healthy. If we have to
take any more Cuban towns it might
be good thing to borrow a few doctors
from the navy to look after the troops
engaged in the job.
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.
Stockton Record: The trouble is, We
are not developing as fast as wage
earners are accommodating; and this is
partly because the majority of men
who undertake to shift for themselves
are failures. Men who can't get into
business, from lack Of capital, and men
who are failures from lack Of business
aptitude, constitute formidable body
numerically, and from the very nature
of their case are rivals of workingmen
per Sc; that is to say, the men who,
from defective education, mental short
age and quality of temperament are
condemned to be hewers of wood and
drawers of water In a word, through
the causes here mentioned, irrespective
of others that might be cited, we have
a congested labor market. Wherein
lies the remedy? Our Democratic and
Populistic friends will tell you to vote
for Mcguire. Nonsense! The sur
vival of the fittest' is the great pri-
mary law, ana tnOugn the STATE were
full of Maguires the law would con-
tinue to operate. The law of the sur
vival of the fittest can in no wise be
abridged by human hands.
WHAT IS THE USE?
Fresno Republican: On land the war
seems to overthrow the basis of the
armament of Europe. If volunteers of
a few months training can fight as
we'll as regulars, what is the need Of
keeping all the able-bodied men in Eu-
rope in barracks for two or three years?
And if a nation equipped with all the
outfit of a European nation prepared
for war is defeated overwhelmingly by
a nation having none of this outfit,
what is the use?
THE CUBANS.
Tulare Register The complaint that
the Cubans are lazy is well founded
and easily accounted for Where a
man can go out with a hatchet and
cut palm leaves and poles enough IN
an hour to build a hut with and have
the hut built in two hours and grow
enough stuff on a quarter of an acre