The record-union., 1898-01-30
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EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects of Living News
Interest.

lions," was a statement made by Sem
ator Gallinger, Chairman of the Com
mlttee on Pensions in a debate in the
United States Senate. The immediate
subject under discussion was the grant
ing of pensions TO the two daughters
OF General Meade. Senator Gallinger
was opposed to the grant. and argued
ably for the negative side. He showed
that if the pensioning of soldiers
daughters was once started, there
would be such a shower of claims that
the pension roll would run up TO the
IS1,000,OOO 900 mark annually. This is no
Idle statement for effect, despite the
enormity of the amount fixed by the
New Hampshire Senator. General
Meade has two daughters, and it was
proposed TO authorize the Government
to pay them 500 a month each. This
would be increased, if history was to
repeat itself, in the course of time. 1t
would also establish a precedent and
be the entering wedge that would per-
NIT millions of daughters of old SOL
oiers, surviving and deceased, to draw
liberal pensions. After that, in the
natural course of events, would come
the daughters of soldiers daughters
A RIGHT STEP.
Oakland Tribune: The proposed
abolisning of contract labor in Hawaii
is big step in the right direction by
the annexationists. The present coolie
system has been one of the greatest
barriers to consolidation to America for
it has led to vigorous antagonism of
the whole project by the labor organ
izations of this country. With that OBJ
stacle removed, though, everything
looks more like smooth sailing.
INCONSISTENT.
Oakland Enquirer: 1t ought not to
require a great deal Of logic to enable
one to detect the practical inconsistency
OF such speeches as that of Senator Tel
Ter on the bond paying resolution First,
these gentlemen assert hotly that the
siuver dollar is as good and as valua-
bic as the gold dollar, and, secondly,
they assume that if the Government
would only pay it's bonds in silver it
could save a great deal of money. Now
these two things cannot both be true at
the same time. because if the silver
dollar is as valuable as the gold one
there can be no economy in using it,
EAEMPTING CHURCH AND
SCHOOL PROPERTY.
Iulare Register: Ali the church and
private school property in the State of
California amounts to no more than
one-naf of one per cent of the whole
property in the State. That is not very
much, is it? If it were exempt from
taxation it would make little difference
to the taxpayer. We do not believe in
eXempting church property from taxa
ton or property used TO endow schools,
but only property that is actually used
for educational purposes, the school
buildings, libraries and laboratories
actually and necessarily used for school
purposes and none other. Suppose that
it costs the public $50 = year to edu-
cate child and a private school re-
lieves the State of the burden of edu-
eating 100 pupils by keeping them out
of the public schools and educating
them in a private School, has not that
private school relieved the public Of a
sufficient burden to justify the exemp-
ton from taxation of it's school build
ings, their contents and the school
grounds?
HOME, OWNERS.
Santa Barbara News: 1t is one of the
maxims of students who consider the
condition of municipalities that the city
whose people generally own their homes
is the most free from labor troubles.
panics and other incidents of the chang
ing years. So well is this understood
that not a few of the great employers of
labor have considered and put into effect
plans by which their operatives may ac-
quire on the easiest terms the houses in
which they live. The argument in favor
of this is that men who have a proprie-
tory interest property in the city in
which they dwell are better citizens, bet
ter men and better operatives from the
fact. Men do not join mobs or rioters
whose purpose it is to burn or loot their
own houses.
MONETARY UNREST.
San Jose Herald: Robert S. Taylor
Of Indiana, a member of the monetary
commission, in discussing the work of
that commission. says that it is abso-
lutely necessary to maintain the gold
standard, because the double stan
dard is impossible under existing
conditions. and to adopt the silver STAN
dard would result in a financial disaster
According to reports which come in from
time to time of declarations or actions
of the Democratic party. that organiza-
NAch AoS iip tliCuSiit VI hoe1iibOiilIiS tIic
fight for silver We may then look for
ward to continuation of the monetary
unrest which has been so long factor
of business depression. 1t is pretty GER
tain that the Republicans cannot or will
not take any definite action.
CONDENSE, GOOD PEOPLE.
Stockton Independent: If those good
people who are engaged in promoting
good causes would condense the matter
they send to newspapers, accompanied
by requests to publish, they would better
serve their purposes. Long preambles
and longer resolutions tire readers, and
editors, generally knowing the fact, cast
most of the volunteer matter aside, be-
cause they haven't the time to read or
condenSe it.
FARMERS INSTITUTES.
Fresno Expositor: The Farmers In
stitutes are doing incalculable good all
over the State Their influence is ap-
parent everywhere and would be quad
rupled if the ranchers could only be in
duced to come out more largely, with
their families.
SET AT REST.
Los Angeles Herald: President Dole,
we are pleased to see, puts at rest the alb
surd rumors set afloat in this country
some time ago that large number of
japanese soldiers have been imported
into the Sandwich Islands as ordinary
laborers, and that in the event of the re-
lection of the annexation treaty these
unspeakable Japs will rise en- masse and
take possession of the Government in
the interest of their country A large
proportion Of the male immigrants from
al faraicrra tci., ha time