The record-union., 1898-10-11

pounced on for a time but as no de-
feats or mistakes justified their at
tachs, the War Board was forgotten,
ana after vain attempt to belittle
smarter, the conquerer of Santiago,
settled on Alger as a possibly vulner-
able object. Alger is rich, and the yell
low journals, mostly owned by mill
lonaires, affect a hatred of riches. He is
independent and outspoken, and they
could revel in Interpretations and mis-
representations
MAGUIRES SPEECH
Humboldt Standard: Yesterday we
published a reference to Maguire's 8
speech in Congress. Following is an
extract from that speech:
Gentlemen urge the passage Of this
Dill as step in the direction Of ex-
Guiding anarchists, socialists and nihi-
lists from this country. Assuming that
II would be right and desirable, though
do not admit that it would be either
right ca desirable, to exclude these
classes or any of them from this coun-
try, yet the present bill does not tend
to their exclusion. They are, generally
educated men, many of them holding
university degrees, whose offending
| consists of resistance to tyranny,
which in the conditions under which
they live is obedience to God"
This is the sentiment expressed on
the floor of the House when the bill
for excluding foreign paupers and
criminals was under discussion. Let
our patrons read it the second time and
| consider it carefully, for it expresses
principles at variance with the prin-
ciples Of true American patriotism. He
does not admit that it would be either
right or desirable to exclude anarchists
and nihilists from this country. The
assassin who stabs a defenseless old
woman to the heart to prove his cour-
age-a woman that never harmed him
and against whom he had no personal
| ill-will-is according to the expressed
sentiments of James G.. Mcguire one
of those whose offending consists In
resistance to tyranny, which in the
conditions under which they live is
obedience to God"
Mark this language and get its full
| legitimate meaning. The anarchist
who throws a bomb into the French
Senate, who drives his dagger into the
heart of a defenseless and kind heart
ed woman, who blows up a train of
| cars, or kills a President of the French
Republic, is doing it in obedience to
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ROBBING THE NEWSPAPERS.
Oakland Enquirer: The newspapers
of the country are annually robbed of
vast sunls-perhaps hundreds of thou
sands of dollars-through the dishon-
esty of some of the newsdealers, who
return papers as unsold when they
have really been sold, thrown away by
the customers and afterwards gathered
up and returned to the publishers. Re-
putable newsdealers, as well as the
publishers, have long been engaged in
trying to discover practicable means to
check this fraudulent practice. and the
inventor who can produce the best de-
vice is sure of a large reward. At a
recent session of the Newsdealers' Con-
vention in New York the subject was
| discussed, and the plan which found
most favor was the wiring together
with small piece Of wire Of the tops
Of the sheets in each paper. The pur-
chaser would naturally tear the wire
out in opening the paper, and after
that the paper could not be returned to
the publisher as an unsold copy, be-
cause the appearance Of the sheet would
prove the contrary Several other plans
| have been suggested but up to date
this seems to be the most feasible