The record-union., 1898-03-04
VOICE OF The. PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects OF Living News
Interest.

tlIuAipH Oh the system OF pIOtectiFC
tariffs applied to American industries,
remarks the Chicago Inter Ocean"
IS that it has taught the old world that
low wages do not of necessity insure
low cost of production. 1t is simple
truth that the manufacturer of iron
and steel goods in the United States
pays from 80 to 50, or even 100, per
cent. more for his labor than his Eu-
ropean rival, and that, although he
has to haul his raw material ten times
as far from the mine to the furnace
and shop. he produces a better article
at a lower cost. In its beginning pro-
lection increased the cost of some ar
ticles to the American consumer, but
this was during a short stage of COM
mercial existence.
WHITES RETIREMENT.
Kern Echo:' Senator White seems at
last to have made up his mind definite
~ that he will not be a candidate for
reelection and he has made the pub
lie announcement. The reason as
signed is that he cannot afford TO de-
vote his time to the public service for a
Senator's salary-S5, 900 a year. He
sees his lucrative law practice drifting
from him, others gaining his clients
and he spending more. than his salary
Public preferment has its charms and
its strong attractions but in this day
and age nothing can stand the compe-
tltlon of money-getting with the aver
age man. Senator White does not care
to be poor man, though a more or less
noted one. Riches with more obscur-
ity is more to his liking.
NOT FORCED INTO WAR
Los Angeles Herald: The feature of
the Washington's birthday address of
senator Cushman K. Davis at Detroit
was his declaration that "a large por-
ton of the people desire to force the
President to war; and the chief charac-
terlstic Of the remark was its untruth-
fulness, unless it be conceded that the
Government of this country is power
less to put stop to the atrocities Of
Spanish warfare in Cuba, and protec;
non-combatants from it's awful conse-
quences, without engaging in war
That the methods adopted by the bru-
tai Weyler for the subjugation of the
island, which have shocked all
| Christendom are still employed by his
| successor there is not much room for
doubt
WILLING
Ventura Independent: Congressman
are just like the rest of u.s. Every
mothers son of them is willing to sac
rifice the appropriations for every dis
trict except his own in the interest of
economy.
DOES NOT ARGUE WISELY.
| Modesto Herald: The farcical trial Of
Zola, the great French novelist. for
| n -
connection with the case of Dreyfus
the French officer exiled and impris-
oned for alleged traitorous disposal Of
| war plans to the Germans, ended yes
terday. lola was found guilty and
sentenced to imprisonment for a year
and to pay a fine of 5000 francs, or
5000. The conviction, at this distance
seems a gross miscarriage of Justice
on par with the conviction Of Drey-
fus. The army is obviously supreme
| in France. fact that does not argue
for the stability of the republic.
BRAZEN PENSIONER.
| Dixon Tribune: Sonoma County cit
liens have made the astounding dis
covery that one of the county pen
sioners has been enjoying visit with
Eastern friends and has had the
temerity to send to the authorities for
the accrued allowance to enable him to
purchase a ticket home A few years
ago Solano County also made some
startling discoveries. The Grand Jury
found the scion of a prominent and
wealthy family on the INDECENT list
under an assumed name, and also that
the best dressed lady in a certain town
held prominent place on the list. AS
| a result of these and other like dis
coveries the bounty of the county was
discontinued to all pensioners, and the
! result has been a great saving to tax
| payers, and has worked very little real
! hardship. Our Sonoma friends will
probably eventually adopt the same
! course
MINISTER'S AND MARRIAGE.
| Stockton Independent: San Fran
cisco ministers are not unanimous as to
what shall be the conditions under which
/ they will perform marriages for divorced
persons. Some insist that the candi-
dates for remarriage shall undergo a
period of probation, on the duration of
which they do not agree, while others
say they will be governed wholly by the
licenses presented. The latter defend
their position by saying that those
whom the law pronounces manageable
should be so regarded by ministers,
While the others seem to have con-
founded the idea of fitness for church
4 membership with the fitness for mar
/ riage. If those who demand a period
of probation would reflect that the per-
formance of a ceremony is merely min
| isterial and does not invest the minister
with judicial or legislative powers. they
would probably recede from the posi-
ton, except so far as their own parish
oners might be concerned. Their re-
fusal to perform the ceremony would
only delay marriages until the candi-
dates could walk or be driven to the res
idence of some minister or the office of
some Justice who would accommodate
them.
A GREAT NAVY
San Jose Mercury: France proposes
to expend $50, 100000 a year for the
next five years on her navy. The Uni
ted States Government is called extrav-
agant by many of its citizens if it ap-
propriates a million or two for the con-
struction of new cruiser. The Maine
incident should impress upon us the
fact that powerful navy is essential to
protect US from assault from abroad
and to maintain our honor before the
world.
AS 1T SHOULD BE
| Santa Barbara Press. We think the
world-even Spain herself-must rather
admire the manner in which the United
States has treated the disaster to the
battleship Maine. With the adds rather
in favor of the theory of intentional
deviltry on the part of some one the