The record-union., 1898-09-26
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EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects OF Living News
Interest.

credited with saying in Congress that
there is but one cure for business de-
preston; there is no other; that is the
single tax" How does he reason, and
upon what facts of history does he base
his conclusion? The single tax system
has never been tried in this country
and consequently there exists no his
tory sustaining the proposition. There
have been business depreSsions, and
they have been cured, but not by the
single tax. Under Cleveland's last
administration, beginning months be-
fore its inauguration by anticipation,
and lasting for months after its close,
we had a severe business depression.
1t is cured. VIII Mr.. Mcguire tell the
people what caused It, and then what
cured it? The people like to have their
leaders consistent and truthful
HOME MAKING.
Los Angeles Herald: A writer In
Popular Science Monthly" speaking
of the expediency of trained women for
the proper discharge of the duties of
domestic life, pertinently says that it
seems to be only just now dawning
on the feminine mind that domesticity
that is, the care of the household and
which the best training and fullest de-
velopment attainable are not too much.
This would seem to be nearer solu-
ton of the vexed woman question
than has yet come from the masculine
side Of the argument for the writer In
the monthly is a woman of recognized
ability, to wit: Mrs. Mary Roberts
Smith, Professor of Sociology in Leland
Stanford, Jr, University. Mrs Smith
speaks of the immense array of Wom-
en-1, 600, ,000-in the United States
who are engaged in domestic service
These are more or less skilled In the
science of domestic life; but, on the
other hand, there are IL, ,1OO,0 900 mar
ried women with but minimum knowl-
edge of that important science
1t is a truth, sadly elusive to the or
binary mind, male or female, that the
measure Of domestic happiness is, as
a rule, in ratio to the knowledge which
married folk possess and put in practice
Of the art of home-making-for 1t Is an
art, and may be classed as a fine art
at that. The basic facts in heavy
percentage Of divorce cases afford pre-
ponderating evidence that ignorance
of the art Of home-making nourishes
the roots of an action for divorce.
THE EFFECTIVE SUPPORT.
Stockton Independent; The support
and defense Of an administration and
a party cannot be accomplished by CIV
ing aid and comfort to the enemy. The
only support that is effective is that
which keeps the party in power. And
to win a battle and keep the party in
power, members cannot permit the
opposition to break through the lines at
any point The President must be
backed by Republican Senate and a
Republican house. He must be sus-
tanned by Republican State officials,
and they in their turn by county off,
GERS. To allow the expediency of de-
feat at any point is to invite defeat at
all points. TO Republicans in this
county, therefore, there is but one path
Of duty, and that lies to the terminus
success-success for the whole ticket
1t would be as unwise to attempt to
carry out. Republican measures with
Democratic officials as for Dewey to
have attempted to carry Manila by
utilizing Spanish seamen and gunners.
Republican laws must be enacted by
Republican representatives and exc
cuted by Republican officers.
PROMOTIONS IN ARMY AND NAVY.
Los Angeles Times: There is need
for radical changes in the regulations
which control promotions in both the
army and navy-especially in the lat
ter. Under these, rules as they now
stand, no enlisted man in the navy
can attain higher rank than that
known as warrant. rank This is the
next grade-or. in reality. half a. grade
above that of enlisted men, In the
warrant rank are comprised the boat
swains gunners, carpenters and sail
makers. These are really neither COM
missioned officers nor enlisted men. AL
though they wear a uniform similar to
that worn by commissioned officers,
they are not recognized by the latter
as belonging in the same social scale
with them. They occupy a midway po-
sition between the common seamen and
the commissioned officers. They can
neither attain to the rank of the latter
nor return to the rank Of the former.
The only path to a. commission in the
navy is through the Naval Academy at
Annapolis-which institution, it is need
less to say, compare lively few persons
can enter. While the enlisted man in
the army can nominally, though with
much difficulty, attain to a commission,
and is nominally eligible to the highest
rank the enlisted man in the navy can
attain only to the rank of a warrant
officer, which is at best only doubtful
sort of a promotion, no matter how
valuable may be the services which he
renders to his country, nor how brill
liant may be the personal daring which
distinguishes those services.
THE PASSING OF DEMOCRACY.
Fresno Republican: The only Demo-
cratic President In a generation is no
longer recognized as a Democrat. The
party has moved away from him and
from the leaders on which it rose to
power. In fact there is not one Of the
historical leaders of Democracy, living
or dead, who could be conceived of as
an adherent of the party now masquer-
aiding under the Democratic name, nor
is there a single important characters
tic of the historical Democratic party
now remaining, except its name. For
a hundred years the Democratic party
has played an important If negative
part in our history. All substantial
progress has been along the lines laid
down by the Republican party and its
predecessors but under our system an
opposition party is a necessary check
and balance, and the Democratic party
has filled this part.
1T IS BECAUSE HE IS.
Alameda Argus: Mr. Mcguire denies
that the single tax is an issue. But
thoughtful men are unable to see how
it can escape being an issue if Mcguire