The record-union., 1898-04-06
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

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will volunteer in case of war. They
want TO be attached to New York
regiment. Seems like we ought to be
able to whip anybody under the inspir-
| ing strains of Liberty Bell' or Stars
and Stripes Forever" when rendered
by the magnificent band of their au-
thor.-Merced Sun.
But those inspiring strains" will
give place to the singing of MIME bull
] let's and the bursting of shells when
| Sousa mad his men get we'll to the
front" Liberty Bell will be all right,
but the musicians will have no time to
| swing it, -combatants will then
| have a chance to shine in the stretcher
corps. Magnificent bands" dissolve
| into thin air when the battlefield is
reached. They are reality in the re-
| Cruiting camp on dress parade and
when the cruel war is over, but their
melody is only a delightful memory
when death dealing guns are talking.
| WESTERN FARMERS.
! Nevada City Transcript: The wicked
Western farmers are responsible for
the recent increase in the gold circula
ton. The increased activity in the
West due to their prosperity resulted
recently in extraordinary demands
| upon New York for currency and
rapid movement from that city toward
the West. AS a consequence there was
an increase in demand for currency in
that business center which resulted in
calling in from Europe some of the gold
due from the large exports which have
| been made during the past few
months, but which had been held in the
| form of bills drawn against the ship
ments of corn and other commodities,
and which are now being exchanged
for gold which is thus added to the cir
culating medium of the country.
| THE ARMY.
| Chico Record: A few demagogues in
Congress are fretting because they pre-
tend to believe that the standing army
is to be increased to Cypress wage
earners in their struggles against CAPT
| tai That sort of nonsense, says the
Cleveland Leader" ought never to be
taken seriously. The regular army is
| quite large enough now to keep the
peace whenever and wherever the local
and State authorities shall find them
| selves compelled to call upon the Pres
ident for Federal aid AS for really
great standing army, it is an impossi-
bility in the United States. There are
only two ways in which a nation can
keep a large army in constant readi-
ness for action. Their choice is be-
| tween CONSUMPTION, which means uni
versal military service, and pay for sol
diers so great that young men in good
| physical condition shall be tempted to
enter the army to better their lot. Mel
Their way is open in this country.
OUR COUSINS.
| The Mail of Woodland: 1t is very
amusing to read the many kindly things
now being said of us by our English
| cousins. This is accounted for, very
easily by reading. of the actions of Rus
| STA in the Orient. We can take care
of OURSELVES without any assistance
from Johnny Bull. Let him pull his
own chestnuts out of the fire.
! WAR IS HE'LL.
| Ell Dorado Republican,: That is not
] the editors language, but a remark
attributed to General Sherman, who
most certainly knew that he was
| talking about whether he expressed
that opinion or not, There are many
cheerful creatures in this country, some
of them il" The Congress of the United
States, who apparently regard war as
a French duel, or a campaign against
| grasshoppers, or perhaps a Sunday
school picnic excursion. 1t is scarcely
necessary to remark that these fellows
do not themselves contemplate doing
the fighting and enduring the hardships
and sickness that are even worse in
camp life. The old veteran of the civil
| wharf.-the man who has marched in heat
and cold, cooked his bacon and gnawed
his hard tack in the rain, soaked dry
biscuit in water, fried it in grease and
| then counted it a luxury, Waged daily
warfare with the lice that were more
persistent and exasperating than the
enemy, lived in constant expectation OF
diarrhea and camp fevers, and with
grim patience finally stood up in ranks
as kind of machine to fire a gun and
kill some man with whom ne could
easily have enjoyed personal friendship
the men who have experienced these
things and who know what war means
do not want any more of it, except it
be absolutely necessary.
THE PRIMARY LAW.
Kern Echo: The death of the STRAIT
ton primary law is not likely to be the
last Of legislation on that subject. Some
of the stumbling blocks have been
pointed out and other obstacles are be-
ing discovered, SO by the time the Leg
islature meets again the way will be
cleared for some new work on a sub.
ject that nearly all admit to be import
ant.
We are of the opinion that the solu"
ton of the matter is to be found in q
| rpcOgnitiOn of the rights of party or
CARNATIONS. Everyone knows and adj
mits that our elections are, and prob
ably always will be conducted chiefly
by political parties. In several ways
these organizations have been recog-
nized in the laws of the State, but sc
far there has been little or no recog-
milton of the rights of party to lay
down and enforce regulations for the
government of it's members.
INSURANCE.
| Fresno Expositor: We are inclined
to believe that good deal of money
is wasted in fire insurance. The hand
some profits, surplus and reserve funds
of the old companies would seem tc
prove this fact. All those millions rep.
resented in the catchy financial state
ments were wrung from the insured
and represent the excess of the pre-
MUM over the risk. An isolated house
honestly built and carefully managed
is pretty safe from fire, and the owner
runs no great risk in not insuring it
To withhold insurance is one way OF
breaking the insurance combine, any
way.
GOMEZ'S HOPE.
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