The record-union., 1898-09-25
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

The Mail of Woodland: The Bryan
Democracy, who favor the watering of
our gold money standard by increasing
its volume with silver or paper to the
point Of reducing its purchasing power
in the worlds markets, have not yet
explained what would have been the
predicament of Mr.. Bryan, supposing
he had been elected President instead
of Mckinley, and had the preparations
and the war with Spain to face as Nc
kinley did. When the time had come
that more ships Were needed to build
I'D our navy to z the point of fighting
efficiency. and of necessity must be
bought of foreign countries and people,
could Mr. Bryan have forced them to
take his 10 TO l, regardless of other
nations?" The explanation will prob
ably come in some shape in 1900. That
is good ways off. 1t ought to be here
now, but it isn't
JUST DECISION.
San Jose Mercury: 1t is we'll known
that the so-called Populist convention
was dominated by men who were not
in fact Populists and who had nothing
in common with the principles of the
and nothing else They forced the gen
uine and sincere Populists to retire
from the convention. when the Peo-
pies party assembled in convention
says the Secretary Of State, and per-
mitted persons foreign to the party and
representing other political organiza-
tions to participate in its proceedings,
select some of its nominees and by
| n ir1in n rtx i1Ayti
the delegates abandoned the trust re-
posed in them by the true representa-
tives Of the party, the people who
elected them, Of whom said delegates
were the creatures. Under the Austria
| liam ballot law in this State fusion by
political parties was never intended.
If the fusion plan prevail, many men,
bers of the Peoples party will not only
be disfranchised, but it's party name
will be destroyed This reasoning is
| sound The Peoples party, whatever
it may stand for. is entitled to recogni-
| ton. The fusion party represents moth
| ing. 1t is not the Democratic party;
| it is not the Populist party; it is not
any party 1t is simply a conglomera-
| tion of discordant elements, which have
come together temporarily with the
secure the offices.
| MAGUIRES RECORD.
| Humboldt Standard: The Congress
sional Record is journal Of the pro-
ceedings of Congress and is official evil
dence in regard to the speeches. votes
and public utterances of members of
either house made. on the floors of that
! legislative body. No longer than last
| February, James G. Mcguire, now run
ming for Governor of California on the
| hybrid ticket with free silver annex,
made use of the following language in a
public speech which may be found in
the congressional Recdrd":
| Socialist. Populists, and charity
mongers are all barking up the wrong
! tree. The upas of our civilization is
| the treatment of land. It is that which
| is converting even the march Of inven-
| tion into a blight There is but one
cure for business depression, there is
no other-that is the single tax"
| So, the Populists who first nominated
Judge Mcguire for Governor "are al
| barking up the wrong tree?" Neither
| free silver. free trade, nor socialism
can cure the business depression? The
Populists and free silver howlers might
as we'll quit their contention for there
is nothing in it, the genuine cure for
all sorts Of business depressions is the
| Single tax which Judge Mcguire ad-
vocates so eloquently, when he is not
a candidate for Governor.
AN IMPORTANT MATTER.
Marysville Democrat: The public
schools Of California are expensive, yet
no person complains of them because
they are kept up to the standard of
excellence and are indispensable. The
fact is admitted that if the old system
of furnishing the necessary text books
was in vogue the expense to parents
would be greater than at present. The
Eastern manufacturers of school books,
prior to twelve years ago, furnished all
that We're used in the schools of this
State. These were made by employees
who expended no part of their wages
in California, at the same time the
Eastern manufacturers pOcketed the
profits, except a few dollars paid TO
the local agents. The average cost Of
the books then was from twenty-five
to thirty per cent more than at pres
ent. But this is not the only point in
favor of the present system Of furnish
ing books for use in the public schools.
When California finally succeeded in
freeing herself from the grasp of the
book combine and commenced the
manufacture of books many citizens of
this State found employment and the
wages paid them was put in. circulation.
thus helping to build up the trade and
commerce. The California text books
are manufactured in the State Print
ing Office under the supervision Of COM
petent educators and are then sold to
parents at actual cost, including a very
small commission to dealers who ham
die them.
Many of the superintendent of
Schools in this State are on record as
opposing the use of some Of these
books in our public schools, If not all
of them. This was demonstrated in
the convention of superintendent
held in Sacramento three months ago,
at which time test vote was
taken on a motion to indorse the
State series of books. The vote was
a tie, consequently the resolution or
motion failed Of adoption. The Sacra-
mento newspapers at the time freely
declared that the influence of the old
book ring was potent and the California
books received a black eye in the house
of their supposed friends. The only
excuse offered by these opponents of
the State text books is that they do not
come IN TO the standard of Eastern
books. If these teachers are competent
to criticise the books they certainly are
competent to suggest the necessary
amendments to make them perfect. 10
admit that California does not possess
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