The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-05-20
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EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.


| is necessary to rename the vessels it
! buys or leases for naval purposes, but
some or the new names are not happy
inspirations. For example, the yacht
Felicia has become the Uncanoomuck
in naming Warships during the rebel
non, and for some time after, the Gov
eminent displayed a marked prefer
ence for the geographical names of
! the aborigines, which are not pretty,
ana we are sorry to see the tendency
to return to this fashion, which was
| discarded in favor of names of States
and cities.
PROOF OF THE PUDDING.
! Humboldt Standard: The strength
and permanence of the business i'm
proVement which followed the rejection
of free coinage and the enactment of
the Dingley law, are shown by the fact
that in the important lines it moves
! forward in the face of actual war con-
| ditions. a recent dispatch from Pitts
i burg, commenting upon the condition
| OF the iron industries, which are look
ed upon as an important business ba-
rometer, says that the pig iron output
this month is the largest in the history
of the country, While reports from the
iron mines of Lake Superior show great
activity and prospects for the heaviest
| ron production even known
TRADE WITH CHINA.
Oakland Tribune: There is a field
for much thought and labor in the in
VestigatiOns that are to be made by d
! special commission with the object of
| building up stronger and better trade
relations between this country and
| China. mighty empire as yet prac-
| tically undevelOped exists there and
| the events of the past few years show
that it will not be long before it is
| thrown open to the commerce of the
world When that time comes and
| when its markets and ports become
| teeming with commerce the United
! States should get the cream of the
! trade. We are nearer and far more
| accessible to the Celestial Kingdom
| than any other nation and it would in
deed be a bungling policy on our part
to allow England or some other Euro
pean nation to gather in the commerce
that naturally belongs to US.
| AN ANGLO-SAXON ALLIANCE.
| San Jose Herald: We are hearing a
great deal about an Anglo-Saxon alli-
! ance. Great Britain is our good friend
| at present. She would willingly be
/ even a better friend. She finds herself
| isolated in Europe and would gladly
! strike hands with US to rule the world,
| so far as influencing general CONNER
! cial conditions is concerned and indica-
eating the lines on which the conquest
! If civilization over barbarism shall fol-
/ .oW. In some respects and to GER
! tain extent such an alliance would not
! be amiss. Europe is reaching out to
grab Asia and Africa and the isles of
| the ocean. 1t would even include parts
! of the American Continent if the United
! States did not stand in the way. Eng
| and plays her part in this game, and
! The indications are that we are about
! to take a hand ourselves. OF all the
! coIonizing powers of Europe, England
! is the only one that has made a sue
! cess of it, Others have to some extent
made acquisitions Of territory, but in
| their relations to their colonies they
maintain much the same medieval at
| titude taken by Spain. The colonies
are simply appanages of the European
power. England and the United States
are the only great countries that really
understand what political liberty
I
if we propose to take any hand therein,
! the two powers will move on closely
parallel lines. They are natural allies
in the civilizing process.
DISAPPOINTING.
! Los Angeles Times: This is the prob
ability that gives pause" to the Pop
ulist keystone" of Maltermoro: ITO
win a victory for silver, and afterward
discover that the plutocrats own prac-
tically all the silver bullion and mines,
would be as devoid of practical results
to the mass of the people as Cleveland's
great tariff reform victory of 1892"
ALL THINGS WILL BE NEW.
Eureka Californian: 1t would be
scarcely too much to say that in the
history of the American Republic war
with Spain marks the beginning of a
new era. Once again we shall be a
naval Power to be feared rather than
despised. The victory at Manila teaches
us that it is only ships and trained
Americans to man them that the Unit
ed States needs to make 1t one of the
foremost naval Powers of the world.
That our merchant marine should
have been driven from the seas by jeal-
Gus legislators and unjust laws is
shame and a disgrace. If it had been
properly fostered, our merchant ma
rine could quickly have recovered from
even the serious losses experienced dur
ing the civil war; and, as in ante-bel-
lum days our sail would have whitened
every sea- But we every year pay
out enormous sums for freights that are
carried in foreign bottoms. And there
have been in every Congress cranks
who resisted every attempt of the pa
triotic and progressive to provide Tor
offense and defense a navy to which we
could refer without a blush of shame
The navy we now possess; but to the
cranks, and so-called watchdogs of the
treasury, are no thanks due. At every
suggestion of an appropriation for coast
defenses or new ships they cried ex-
travagance and clamored for economy
DON'T BE ALARMED.
Los Angeles Express: Our people
should not get unduly alarmed or ex-
cited over the numerous reports that
the Continental Powers are preparing
to interfere unpleasantly with the final
disposition of the Philippine Islands
by the United States. The several
Governments have semi officially dis
claimed any such present intention, and
we need not worry about what they
might possibly do later. 1t is probable
that the reports emanate from our Eng
lish cousins, who have a purpose IN
spreading them.
HAVE QUIT.
Salinas Index: The Spanish papers, 1t
is observed have refrained from refer
ring to the people of this country as