The record-union., 1898-10-17
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

Ukiah Republican-Press In describ
ing the worksof his Rough Riders Colo
mel Roosevelt says "the regiment type
fed what we hold to be American. In
it was the Protestant and the Catholic,
the Jew and the Gentle, all alike and
on the same footing. It'Was Jew that
I promoted for gaHantry on the field of
battle. The men rose on their merits
as men, and nothing else. 1t is a vivid
story the Colonel tells when he gets
on the platform with Santiago for a
| theme.
HOW TO VOTE.
Stockton Independent: If the reader
believes in the we'll established system
of permitting every one to gain a title
to land, to build a home and surround
it with the comforts and conveniences
to make it a joy and pride to himself
and family, We advise him to vote for
Henry T. Gage for Governor of this
State.
If the reader believes that the time
and toll and trouble expended by the
farmer or home owner to- gain title to
land gives him no right of possessor
ship that others are bound to respect,
and that the State should tax the land
owner out of his possessorship, that
others may have it to use, then we ad
wise him to vote for James G.. Mcguire
for Governor of this State.
|. TAXATION IN NEW ZEALAND.
Marysville Appeal: Mcguire and the
other advocates of the single tax are
in the habit of saying that the prin-
ciple has been successfully tried in New
Zealand. But the fact is that no such
principle is in operation there. SO far
from taxing all land to the full amount
of its rental value, with the object of
destroying private ownership, the Gov
ernment Of New Zealand has greatly
encouraged such ownership. All home
| steads or farms less than $1,000 in
value over and above all incumbrances,
are entirely relieved from taxation. 1t
results that Of the 10000 land owners
| in that country only about 13,00O or
one-seventh of the whole number, pay
any land taxes at all. This is because
six-sevenths of the farms are SO small
that their value, deducting mortgages,
does not reach the limit of 81, 800 each.
This is a vastly different thing from
the Henry George scheme, which pro-
ceeds upon the theory that all private
| ownership of land is wrong, a form of
robbery of the public. In this view
there is no more right or justification
| in holding a single acre of land than
1000 acres
THE DEMOCRATIC BOLT FROM
POPULISM
Amador Ledger: Conscientious Dem
ocrats in this State are in the frame
Of mind Of General Johnstone Jones,
Thomas Rowan, DR.. E. A Bryant,
Marion Cannon and other well-knoWn
party men Of the South, and will either
not vote at all or will cast their ballots
for Gage. General Jones states the rea-
sons tersely when he says: The ar
| rangements and deals which have been
put up in California this year do not
meet my approval as a Democrat, and
l cannot give my Endorsement at the
polls. If this policy Of taking in all
the discontented political elements is
to be continued the result will be the
utter ruin of our party. The time to
put the stamp of our disapproval on
it is now, and then in 1900 the way
will be clear for true Democrats to go
into the Presidential campaign unbur-
dened by these sideshows that give US
so much trouble and cause US to make
so many explanations" General Jones
was originally from the Carolinas,
where he saw a compact and powerful
Democracy utterly dsorganiZed, dis
credited and superseded by Tillmanism,
and he is in no mood to have the Cali
lorna Democracy suffer a like fate.
Yet that is what is now threatening.
The so-called Democratic ticket is
chiefly notable for it's lack Of Democ-
racy
FUSION IS A FRAUD.
Los Angeles Express: The central
idea, the great principle of fusion in
this State, as elsewhere in the Union,
is alleged to be free silver. That was
the keynote Of the pre-convention fu-
sion campaign and the promoters of
the three-tailed combination never for
an instant quit harping on it. great
change has come Ger the spirit Of the
fusion dream. The combination having
been effected and the prospective Of
fees parceled out, free silver is for
gotten. From Mcguire down the fusion
organs and orators are giving free sill
yer the cold shoulder.
This is pretty good evidence that sill
yer is dead. Free silver was used as
basis Of fusion, in order to divert atten
ton from the selfish office-seeking con-
spiracy of the three parties. If the
fusionists thought they could win on
the free silver issue we should hear
nothing else mornings, nights and Sun
days
The railroad bogie has been substi-
tuted for the free silver corpse as a
forlorn hope.
A COMPARISON.
Alameda Argus: Mr.. Mcguire, who
staid at home, carped at the Admins
tration during the war, and by inuendo
sought to discredit 1t after victory had
been won. is respectfully referred to
that other Democrat, General Joe
Wheeler, who went to the front and
fought, and now puts forth testimony
to the effect that the yellow stories dis
crediting the army and the command
of IT are a pack of lies. General
Wheeler is a Democrat and presumably
not concerned in defending a Republi-
can Administration; but he seems to be
patriotic American citizen, not given
to pandering to miserable prejudices in
the effort to attain office. We should
like to see these two noted Democrats
come together. 1t ought to result to
the good Of California. General
Wheeler, Little Giant Maguire-Ma-
guire, Wheeler.
MISS ROSES TRIUMPH.
Oakland Inquirer: Miss Rose, the
young woman from Hawaii, who was
sent on to Kansas by request to enjoy
the honors of carnival, or festival
Queen, has been given such a recep-
ton as few girls will ever get. The
KanSanS have gone crazy or act as If