The record-union., 1898-08-28
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

| we loel DSlteI, UOW tlett
we have Captain Mahan on our side.
ENGLAND SURPRISED.
| Los Angeles Times: The people of
monarchc and aristocratic England
have never yet been able to compre-
| bend fully how man coming from
the humber walks of life can become
| fitted later in life, to direct the des-
TIMES of a great nation like our own.
Men like Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield
have always been enigmas to them.
1t is not surprising, therefore, that the
London Spectator" should express its
establishment at the character devel-
oped by President Mckinley during the
war with Spain. The London press
is not noted for it's familiarity with
affairs in this county, and probably
had paid but little attention to the
earlier course of the Presidents life,
and had no measure of his reserve
forces. The Spectator" confesses.
therefore, that the revelation has been
most surprising, but it as frankly con-
fesses that all doubt about the Presf-
dents ability to meet the occasion has
been abolished.
so THEY GO.
Fresno Republican: Two years ago
the Democratic organization drove Its
Oldest leaders out of the party by its
silver platform Already this year
Bailey in Texas and Bland in Missouri
have been beaten in their effort to COM
NIT the party to opposition to I'M
perialism." They, and even Bryan,
may also be read out of the party. II
this keeps up long enough Democratic
party may be reconstructed yet, out OF
| ,x,l,~
Popocrats.
OUTRAGES OF THE PRESS.
Stockton Independent: During the
course of President McKinley's Admin
istration, and in order to disturb it, the
artillery of the Democratic press has
been leveled against him and his Cab
met. charged with whatsoever its IL
| centiousness could devise or dare.
These abuses of an institution so i'm
| portant to freedom and science are
| deeply to be regretted, inasmuch as
thew tend to lessen it's usefulness and
sap it's safety They might, indeed,
have been corrected by the wholesome
punishments reserved to and provided
by the laws of the several states
against falsehood and defamation, but
public duties more urgent press on the
time of public servants and the of1eho-
ers have therefore been left to ma
their punishment in the public indlsna-
ton. The press, confined to TRUTH
needs no other legal restraint the
public Judgment will correct false rea-
sonings and opinions on full hearing
of all parties, and no other DEFINITE
line can be drawn between the ines
Unable liberty of the press and its de-
moralzing RIGHTEOUSNESS. If there be
still irnproprieties which this rule
would not restrain, it's supplement must
be sought in the censorship of public
opinion.
PREDICAMENT
Alameda Argus: There is general
laugh over the predicament the Demo-
| cratic convention found itself IN When
a delegation Of railroad men visited the
| Capitol with a petition that the con-
vention forego its evident purpose or
attacking the railroad and taking ac-
| ton to reduce its income, because sucn
reduction would fall first and most dl-
rectly upon the wage workers IN ran
| road employ. The railroad question
furnished about the only capital the
| party had; but there are some ten
| thousand railway men who vote and it
| would not do to fly in their face. 80,
while it was resolved that freights and
| fares should be reduced, it was also
resolved. in effect, that railroads be
compelled by law to pay their employees
good wages That was novel way to
get around the difficulty, and it was
truly characteristic of the party We
wonder how much it will weigh?
A PRIMARY LAW
Stockton Record: The Republican
| party never vet failed to rise to the
occasion demanded of it; and we feel
that the primary election law will get
! the attention it deserves. That So
luton will be found we doubt but
| then as an alternative, we have the
| method of our British cousins to fall
! back on If we were not too proud
| to borrow their ballot system, certain
| ly we may borrow their method of de-
| veloping public servants. Our sys-
| tenn compels dishonesty and stultifica-
| ton. Men can't be honest if they
would. The fewer promises men make
to get office, the more satisfactory Will
| be their administration of public at
| fairs.
ADMIRAL DEWEY.
| Salt Lake Tribune: The great name
| which the war has created is George
| Dewey. He stands apart by himself
as the one man who fired the first and
| last shots of the war, and who, IN the
interim did not make a mistake Then
when he did anything, 1t was absolute
| ly finished when he gGt through. He
! was shut up in his steel box from May
| 1st until General Merritt reached him;
he could take care of himself and his
| ships, but could make no progress
| toward taking the city, because ne had
| no force with which to hold it; but he
| kept his place, there was not COM
plant, not a word of Impotence, only
! when the German Admiral became
little previous he was advised to go
little slow and keep out of the line or
| the American fire He has shown not
only that he is a fighter, but that he is
n statesman as well and right clever
diplomat. He has some ways which
remind one of Benjamin Harrison. He
is shy and to outsiders seems cold; he
talks little, but when he acts that fin
ishes the business in hand. He took
his place beside Farragut before one
in a hundred thousand of his own
countrymen. knew that there was such
a man in the world, and every act of
his since shows a character simple and
high. a patriotism all surrounding, and
an intellect as acute as ever from a
ships deck pointed out the way to VIC
tory.
Democratic Assemblyman.
The Democratic County Central Com