The record-union., 1898-06-19
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EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions ON Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.


flag recognized in the United States,
the talk of returning those captured
by a faction who tried to disrupt the
Union thirty-five years ago is nonsense.
Let the battle worn flags of both the
North and the South remain in the
hands of those who captured them years
ago. From this time on but one flag.
JUST SO.
San Jose Mercury: 1t is declared
by the opponents of Hawaiian annexa-
ton that the natives do not desire it.
But, as the Sacramento Record Un-
ion" remarks, if the Hawaiians, native
born and free from cross with white
blood, are opposed to annexation, 1t is
rather remarkable that they have never
found their voices TO say SO. The truth
is. say recent visitors, that the major
ity of the natives are in favor of an
neXation.
A SPLENDID SUCCESS.
Stockton Mail: The sugar beet eX-
pertinent has proven to be an unquali-
fed success in this county We will
wager that every man who planted
beets this year will plant as many more
as he can next spring
The conditions were phenomenally un-
may not come in a generation. And
yet all who took reasonable care of
their beets will net a good profit.
THE CRIMINAL YELLOW PRESS
San Jose Mercury: The yellow jour
mails of the Examiner type that de-
nounced the President because he did
not rush an army of unarmed, undrilled
and unequipped volunteers into Cuba
are simply demanding the slaughter of
our own troops, just as the Stockton
independent recently said. mo
one." remarks that paper, lis more anX-
ious for early movement and early ac-
ton than President Mckinley. But
no one knows so we'll the lack of prep
aratiOn. He understands war too we'll
to send a few raw troops half supplied
and unsupported, into Cuba against the
100000 trained soldiers of Spain He
objects to calling our sons and broth
ers to have them needlessly slaugh-
tered. The yellow journals ask that
he send them away thousands of miles
from a base of supplies or safe retreat
in case of disaster. These shameless
journals are shouting for the murder
of our own men, and if disaster should
come to our arms in either hemisphere
for lack of force or preparedness let the
responsibility go where it belong-to
the yellow-partisan jingo press. which
constitutes a more dangerous enemy to
the United States than all the arms of
SPAIN
IT WON'T DO.
Oakland Tribune: A number of
criminologists are favoring a PROPOSE
ton to transform the Philippines into A
penal colony for the United States and
the subject is being discussed pro and
con in the Eastern press. 1t should
not be entertained for a moment. Eng
land found that penal servitude in far
away colonies was a bad scheme and
abolished the system in 1891. so surely
after the long. practical, and thorough
test given by Great Britain the prece
dent is one that we can afford TO fol-
low Punishment in the legal prisons
is the proper corrective for crime ana
the only problem to be solved in that
regard is how to best employ the con-
victs so that the returns of their labor
will be remunerative and yet will not
clash with the interests of the free
workngman AS for making the Phil
ippines a penal colony the idea is bad
one anyhow for if we decide to keep
them we can make them of far more
value as commercial and trading \1-
tions than we ever could hope to as
prisons.
NEWSPAPER TREASON.
Los Angeles Times: The Cabinet has
called the newspapers of the country
to account, in substance if not in ex-
plicit terms, for revealing to the enemy
the movements of troops and eXpedi-
tions; and it is to be hoped that this
gentle hint will be taken by the enter
prising newspapers of the country
which in their zeal to print the news
are in reality guilty of reasonable acts.
If it be a crime for one of the enen1y's
spies to secure information regarding
military movements that the Govern
ment desires kept secret. and to ac-
quaint the foe with the facts obtained
it is equally criminal for a newspapers
employees to reveal such matters
through the press. There should he.
ii would SEEM some way of Furnishing
the newspaper spy as we'll AS the other
kind and until some of the members
of this smart Alec gentry are made ex-
amples of the sort Of thing complained
of at Washington is likely to go on in
definitely.
The journals Of the country have
loyal duties to perform in such times a s
these that cannot be evaded, and the
most important of them is to abstain
from giving aid and comfort to the
enemy by promulgatng information
that will injure the great cause in
which our country is engaged. Enter
prise that is commendable at other