The record-union., 1898-07-08

ward the hero of Santiago. They know
that heisa not the cad the falSirs would
make him, but a man-in the good
broad sense Of the splendid word.
A NEW CONSTITUTION.
Humboldt Standard: The last State
Legislature proposed several amend
ments to the Constitution of the State
on which we must vote this fall. and as
some of them are Of far-reaching i'm
portance our people should study up
the questions involved in these amend
ments and prepare to vote upon them
intelligently. One of the amendments
known as Senate Concurrent Resolu-
ton No. A. submits to popular vote
the calling of convention to revise the
State Constitution. This Z resolution
means a great deal; for, when once the
people vote for such a resolution. and
the Legislature gives life to it by enact
ing a law to carry out the intention OF
the resolution, we shall have another
Constitutional Convention on our hands
with the almost certain result of sweep
ing changes in our fundamental law
Needed changes can be made from time
to time by amendments proposed by the
State Legislature, to be voted upon by
from perfect, but it may as we'll stand
it better to a lot of pot-house politicians,
who will surely be chosen to the con-
vention
THE INDEMNITY.
San Diego Union: If the United States
is ever to get an indemnity from Spain
and that country should certainly be
made to pay one-the money in one way
or another will probably come out of
the Philippines. Heretofore those ISL
ands have been anything but revenue
producer for America While the Unit
ed States imported from the Philippines
IN 1897 merchandise to the value of
S4,oSo, 40, the exports of the United
States to the Philippines amounted to
the value of only S94 ,597. In 1893. our
imports from the same source were
valued at S9,117,170, while our exports
were Slo4,31S Spain in 1896 sold the
PhlIlpplnes merchandise valued at $3S,-
UOO,OOO and bought from them only to
the value Of So, 100000. Thus it ap-
pears that these islands have been
profitable to Spain in the past, and
should prove equally so to the United
States when the war indemnity is to be
cleared off,
TEDDY ROOSEVELT.
Los Angeles Times: Teddy Roosevelt
may have been a trihe brash in taking
his gallant lads into a bush too hot for
comfort, but God bless Teddy. he is a
beautiful fighter-a fitting type of the
matchless American hero who knows no
such word as fear or fail.
BUSINESS IS GOOD.
oakland Tribune: The industrial
conditions of the country are not suffer-
ing as result of the war, both Dun's
and Bradstreets reports showing that
business is running along on a highly
satisfactory basis A pleasing feature
OF the times is that there are practically
no labor troubles in the country, the
departure of so many toiling classes
having resulted in giving work TO a
corresponding number of needy men.
RURAL POSTAL DELIVERY.
Stockton independent The increase
of appropriation for free rural delivery
Of mail service is a direct triumph for
the country home, especially in these
war times. There are now 40 offices
from which rural delivery is made If
there could be IL, 600 offices of that ma
ture it would be much more important
to the country than one-cent postage.
IMPERIALISM AN EPIDEMIC.
Los Angeles Herald: 1t is not a lit
tie singular that the pulpit should so
early have been infected by the virus of
Imperialism Our reverence for the
cloth has led us into the error of sup
posing that its influence as whole, from
first to last, would be exerted in favor
of steadfast adherence by the Govern
ment to its original purpose of waging
war exclusively in the interest of hu-
manity, wholly in behalf Of the starving
reconcentrados, primarily to put a stop
to oppression in the Western Hemi-
sphere, to extfnguish barbarous rule in
Cuba and give freedom to its people
That was certainly not too much to ex-
pect OF any and all ministers Of the
gospel.