The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-15
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

San Jose Mercury: An Eastern Elk
change remarks that the Government
has more gold to spare now than II mas
greenbacks. This is marked chahse
from the conditions just before the
election of 1896. At that time IL mao
very little gold, although it had sold
$262. 600. 600 of bonds to buy goid.
These days it has more gold imam 1t
needs, and the amount on mana Keeps
on growing AS an evidence OF nhan-
cial confidence the Treasury gold bar
ometer is decisive.
HONORABLE SCARS.
Fresno Republican,: The Stockton
Mail gives expression to the shame it
feels for the ignorance of the press that
finds expression in ridicule of General
Miles, and says: 1T is the fashion now
to indulge in cheap ridicule of General
Miles uniform. Perhaps it is over
gorgeous We do not know. But we
do know that it hides the scars of hon
orable wounds sustained in desperate
battle for the safety of the republic,
and that beneath its buttons and braids
beats the heart of a good and gal
liant gentleman, brave soldier and q
most capable commander" The Mail
states the truth as it is written upon
the record of a brave and honorable
soldiers career, and states it Well
NEED FOR 1T.
Los Angeles Times: ]. Sterling Nor
ton, Secretary of Agriculture under
President Cleveland, has started
Democratic daily paper at Omaha to
uphold the gold standard. There is
need for lots of missionary work in this
line in the benighted bailiwick of Bill
Bryan.
WHAT 1T COSTS.
Oakland Tribune: Spain can scarcely
use the argument that the United
States has no real reason for inter-
fering in affairs in Cuba. Outside OF
the enormous losses to our commerce,
statistics show that it has cost us over
$1,000, 900 to run down filibusters,
that is to say, we have spent that much
protecting Spanish interests. If we
haven't a right to kick therefore. who
has?
A HOLE WANTED.
Santa Ana Blade: 1t is said that a
well-known engineer has laid before
the Government Of Spain and Morocco
a project for the construction of
tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar.
If the project is at all feasible the
Spanish government should give 1T
prompt attention, as they will prob
ably want a hole to crawl into before
the Maine affair is settled.
\ TYPICAL. AMERICAN.
Tulare Register: Besides the lingo
and the goo-goo, there is the great,
everyday common sense public of the
United States which does not war with
any country if it can be avoided with
honor and dignity, but would favor
fighting any or all nations rather than
have their country despised by other
countries or the rights of American
citizens trampled on The typical Am
ercan is not noisy like the lingo and
he does not fold his hands and sit in
a state of resignation like the goo
GOO He is up and doing. He has bust
ness on his hands, which he does not
wish to have interfered with by news
paper wars, but if his country de-
man1s himself or his savings both are
at his countrys disposal He knows
that war is ugly and irrational, but he
also knows that there are ugly and
irrational people and countries in the
world that have TO be taken as they
are and be dealt with accordingly. The
typical American is a prudent. forceful
man who is apt to pray before he
fights and then fights like sin after
prayers. We have in the presidential
chair at this time a typical American,
and fortunate it is for US that he IL
there While there the country Will
be called upon to submit TO no indig-
nifty. and it Will rush into no embrogiio
for which there is not warrant.
A COMPARISON.
Santa Barbara Press: Mexican sill
yer dollars. which on January L. 1891,
were worth S3.1 cents, are to-day
worth 45.5 cents. United States sill
Yer dollars, which on January /, 1891.
were worth 100 cents, are worth to-day
100 cents That is the difference be-
tween free coinage and the system now
in use in this country and which the
Republican party is unwilling to ex-