The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-01-14
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects OF Living News
Interest.

State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects OF Living News
Interest.
Oakland Enquirer: In their way, there
| are no worse demagogueS in the world
than the English newspapers, and they
are loudest and most mischievous at a
| moment like the present when dan
gerous situation has been created by
! German and Russian aggressions in
China. Instead Of trying to quiet the
! public mind, the London newspapers
have gone in to exaggerate its alarms
and TO whet the national greed They
have raised the cry that England S
prestige viii be destroyed in the Orient
unless she gets as much as any other ma
ton does. EngliShmen talk again Amer
lean newspapers, which have many
small vices, forgetting that their own
journals have a few large ones which
! outweigh them.
A NEW POLITICAL ORDER.
Humboldt Standard: The Patriots CD
of America, so called, an organization
under the leadership of those pure
minded and devoted citizens, John P.
Altgeld, Coin Harvey, Jerry Simpson
and William Jennings Bryan, are going
TO express their preference early in next
month on series OF issues" to be
placed before the American people in the
next national election. The lodges OF
this secret order have been called upon
to indicate by vote their choice of a
series of propositions for national is
sues in the next campaign. Among the
| propositions seriously offered for con-
sideration of American citizens are
socialism, single tax, income tax, the
RECOMMENDATION of gold and silver, an
unlimited issue of paper currency, and
other propositions of similar charac-
ter What is the future of the country
in which men who assume to be leaders
of public thought calmly and unblush-
ingly propose issues of this character
for national political campaign?
APPLES.
| jacksonville Pajaronian: 1t is esti-
mated that not less than 100 carloads of
| apples for the European market will be
| accredited TO Santa Cruz County this
season. More apples have been shipped
from Watsonville to England this win
ter than all of California has forwarded
to that country during preceding years.
| The NeWtoWn Pippin from this county
has tuched the critical taste of people
| IN Great Britain who can and will pay
| for an article which suits them.
SPELLING.
Colusa Sun: The editor of the Tulare
Register acknowledges that he is not
a good speller, that there are times
when he cannot come near enough TO
/ the SnaIljY1cr n find fIa oy-i in ta
tionary. We, too, have weakness that
way sometimes-have sometimes appre-
ciated the fix of the old gentleman who
declared that the word economical was
not in the dictionary, for he had looked
through the "equis'' and it was not
there. The Register declares that lit
is an photographed piece Of idiocy TO
make spelling test branch for teach
ers' certificates-or any other examina-
ton" How would he like a compositor
who could not spell? His bad spelling
comes out all right in the Register"
So it seems he requires a speller right at
home.
GOOD PRODUCTION.
Redlands Facts: In statement just
made by the Director of the Mint it APP
pears that the gold product Of the Uni ed
States for 1897 was SS.400,000 greater
than in 1896. This large increase is only
partly attributable to the output of the
new mines in Alaska. California and
Colorado both show large gains. 1t is
evident that a steady revival of mining
interest is at work in the old districts
| and that new capital and fresh energy
are doing effective work 1t is only re-
marhable that this revival has been so
long delayed. There is now in California
more gold than the State has yielded IN
its whole history, only awaiting the ne
cessary capital and enterprise to de-
| velop it.
JUSTICE FAIRLY DEALT.
| Fresno Republican: Unless absolute
proof is produced to the contrary, there
will always be those who believe that
/ Theodore Durrant was innocent of the
| crime for which he was executed yester :
day. There will also be others who will
entertain an unpleasant feeling of doubt
regarding the guilt or innocence of the
| man whose life was legally taken. And
yet there is no substantial ground upon
which to base either such belief or such
| doubt Durrant had fair trial before
| a jury of his peers, in which he was
represented by able lawyers, who ex-
|
him by the law, but resorted to every
| artifice known to men skilled in the craft
| of legal procedure to rescue him from
the mass of accusing circumstances that
proclaimed his guilt.
Durrant not only had a fair trial, but
he had ample time and opportunity
since the sentence of guilty was pro-
| nounced against him to produce evil
dence that would, at least, have created
| a doubt as to the justice of the YER
dict. But in this he failed utterly. 1t is
also q significant fact that those more
closely in touch with all the details of
the case are most firm in their convic-
ton that Durrant was guilty as charged
In this list is included the Governor OF
the State. who made g, personal inves-
tigation in order to assure himself as to
his duty in the premises. In view OF
these facts the Republican believes
that the public. conscience has no reason
to be troubled because of the hanging
of Theodore Durrant.
CAPITAL CRIME.
Los Angeles Herald: The San QUEEN
tin incident of last week closed case
| that must take important historical
rank in criminal records. Opinions as
| TO the guilt of the executed man may
| differ. as they do regarding all famous
| criminals, but 1T would probably be
found that a preponderance OF those
who believe the person should not have
suffered the extreme penalty of the law,
| because convicted upon circumstantial
| evidence, are in fact opposed to capt.
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