The record-union., 1898-03-23
VOICE or THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects OF Living News
Interest.

tie paper Bryan "counsels Inooela.loN
in this crisis" This is the hrst tllile
Bryan ever counseled moderation III
anything Moderation is an eXcellehe
thing in most cases. In this partlcu-
lar case moderation will be coupieo
with firmness and patriotism. Ii the
Maine disaster was due to OUTSIDE
agency Spain will be responsible. ana
she will have to render prompt anu
ample PREPARATION. This is the sort OIL
moderation which will be shown IN TINS
exigency. The reason why Bryan
urges moderation, however, is because
he sees that this issue is shutting Bry-
an and Organism out of public con-
sideration The people have weight
Ter things to think of at present
FFICE-HOLDING.
Marysville Appeal: To many men OF
fice-holding is fascinating, because
seeming to offer something for moth
ing. The number of people now IN OIL
flee plus the number that are not pul
would like to be are not few. AS
matter of fact, the figures are aston
ishingly large. A curious fact IN con-
nection with office-holding is that
few years of it seem to d1squaH1y the
subject for anything else. He becomes
fit for naught but public office; and 1t
is thus, apparently, that nature re
venges herself upon those who have
been billeted fatty upon the innocent
public.
NOW WE'LL HAVE A NAVY.
Stockton Independent: The American
people will approve the action of the
Administration in purchasing cruisers
to strengthen the navy at TINS tllne'
when there is believed to be danger OF
trouble with a foreign country, but II
would please the masses more II the
strengthening of the navy could be
done in our own shipyards. We may be
sure that after this war scare is over
there will be plenty of work in our
navy yards for American mechanics
in building battleships to place the
naval fighting force of this country on
a footing with that of any other ma
ton. The feeling that our navy is not
strong enough to successfully cope
with that Of Spain has made senti-
ment in this country that will be rec
ognized by the politicians in Congress
who object to the appropriations for
building UP the navy, but demand all
to consequences. The American peo-
pie will hereafter appreciate the fact
that a strong navy is sure guarantee
of peace and the enlargement OF the
fighting forces of the country viii be
demanded for the preservation of
peace.
HER EXPERIENCE.
Fresno Expositor: Chiles experience
with the gold standard does not APP
pear to have been wholly satisfactory.
1t has made money so dear that it is
not possible to develop business or in
dustry of any kind. Gold in Chile is
said to be IAN expression of poverty
and paralyzation of every kind of bus
mess" The tendency is ''tO conceal and
export it," naturally contracting the
circulation and sending up interest
charges. Our experience will be iden-
teal with that of Chile, only to a more
serious extent, since our needs are
greater.
RECEIPTS STEADILY GAINING.
San Jose Mercury: The war furry
has given the free trade press and
politicians an excuse for talking about
something else than the Dingley tar
if A few months ago that was their
favorite subject; at present they are
glad to avoid it's discussion. Then they
were busy predicting deficits, bond is
sues and all sorts of calamities be-
cause of the Dingley law; now they
are eloquently silent. Why is this so?
What has happened that they should
suddenly become so dumb? Nothing
has occurred except that which was
promised by the Republican party when
it enacted the protective measure
known as the Dingley bill The party
declared that, while the measure was
not perfect, it embodied the right prin
ciple and, when fairly in operation,
would produce sufficient revenue to
meet the expenses of the Government
and to create a surplus. This is a good
time to review it's workings and to
see in what direction it is tending
toward a surplus or toward a deficit.
Last month the receipts were SIS, 012,-
53S, averaging more than a million
dollars day, while the receipts in Feb
ruary, 1897, under the Wilson German
law, were only $24 ,4O0,997, the differ
ence in favor of the Dingley law being
S4,171, 541. The receipts from customs
alone last month amounted to SO, 040,
$50, while receipts from customs in
February, 1897, under the operation of
the Wilson German law, were only
81, 5S7 ,260. The expenditures last
month were $26, 729, 010, leaving an
actual surplus of s., S43. 52S, this being
the first surplus in the month of Feb
ruary since Cleveland and a free trade
Congress were elected The exact av-
erage daily receipts last month were
S1,02O,417, more than SIT 900 a day in
excess of the average daily expendi
lures during the last five years.
INGERSOLLS BAD BREAK.
Stockton Record: Bob Ingersoll seems
to be talking through his hat again.
If any European Power had lost bat
tleship in Havana Harbor, and had
stormed Moro Castle without first
making deliberate and careful inves-
tigation to fix the responsibility where
it belonged, it would have placed that
Power beneath the level of Spain Why
is 1t that such men as Ingersoll, who
have been endowed by a Creator they
do not recognize with an intelligence
they do not appreciate seize such oc-
casions as this to place their own coun-
try in an unfavorable light? That was
the intention of his alleged remark 1t
is sign that even Ingersoll is lacking
in the highest quality of true patriot
ism. OF course his Sunday-school
training has been deficient, but his
knowledge of the law should teach him
that innocence must be presumed until
guilt is proven.
NEW COMPLICATION.
Alameda Argus: A new complica-
ton. that threatens to become serious in
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