The record-union., 1898-02-08
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
iects OF Living News
Interest.

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| Interest.
| Marysville Appeal: America has long
| been the asylum for the poor and OPP
pressed of all nations, and no law
should be enacted which will prevent
the free ingress of the thrifty, moral
and industrious workman and his fam
lily. The wonderful development of our
Western cities and the transformation
of large areas of arid and barren lands
| into fruitful and productive farms have
been due largely to the industry, cour-
age and skill of the foreign-born Amer
| lean citizen. In fact, without his aid,
the United States could never have at
| tanned her present position of CONNER
cial supremacy, political independence
and moral freedom.
| WE SHOULD RESPECT LAWS.
| Marysville Democrat: In the trans
action Of business of every kind we find
| the necessity Of law to govern US,
though such law may be only local in
| it's nature. The men who came into
this State before the Territory was adj
| mitted into the Union found it neces-
sary to adopt local rules, by which the
| locating of mines and the transactlng
| of business were governed. These rules
We're the only laws by which they were
governed, yet they were respected and
| obeyed Seldom was there need OF
courts to try cases then, as every man
considered it a sacred duty to uphold
and defend the rules of the district IN
| which he resided Since the laws have
| become more numerous and the courts
have been given jurisdiction over all
matters of government we find there
| is less respect for them than prior 10
the wonderful progress in civilization,
that we boast of every day in the year
This is not only true of the criminal
laws, but of the civil codes and local
Government. Gradually we are drifting
away from an established principle that
was engrafted into the Constitution of
the United States by the trainers or
| that instrument, and year after year
men are becoming more selfish.
POWDER POOLS.
Santa Cruz Sentinel In June of last
year the California companies agreed
| to send Colonel Bernard Peyton to Eu-
rope to attend a conference of powder
companies His expenses were paid by
| Tic Sdj4AOIuld, lllolilt w cSol sliAo i~ei~'-
err companies On August 10th copy
Of the proposed agreement was received
in San Francisco, and on August %,
| 1897 it was spread on the minutes or
the Giant Powder Company, Console
dated. The parties to the agreement
We're divided into two bands-known
all through the agreement as 1.-THE
American factories and 1.-The European
| factories" Pool or no pool, we wish
we had more factories in Santa Cruz
like the California Powder Works. Good
wages are paid and men given employ
ment the year round. There has never
| been a strike in the history of the
| works. which have been established
| over thirty years.
IT'S EFFECT ON CALIFORNIA.
Colusa Sun: Will the discovery of
gold on the Klondike have beneficial
| or a detrimental effect on California!
| This question might be an interesting
one for discussion in some debating So
ciety. Tens of thousands of people
will go there AS, O. rule, they will be
| the most wide-awake and energetic
young men of each section. This will
not be good Each will take with him
| a few hundred dollars, and this will
be the money now in circulation, and
| this will be withdrawn from circula-
ton. With hundreds, if not thousands,
| of dollars taken out of circulation in
each neighborhood. will it not have
tendency to create hard times? There
| will be a rebound from the great ex-
citement that is taking men from all
over the world, but how much of it will
California get? Will not most of those
who return find homes in Washington,
| Oregon and others Of the most north
| ern States? The gold the men from
| California will bring back will cut some
| figure but that benefit is in the dim
| distance. 1t does seem that the i'm
mediate result is not good for this
State
Up THE HILL AND DOWN AGAIN.
Fresno Republican: The action of the
| Democratic State Central Committee in
the matter of its delinquent members
recalls the famous lines on General
Jackson and his army of 10000 men.
| Mr.. Jackson, it will be remembered,
marched his army up a hill. then
marched it down again, while the COM
mittee struck the delinquent members
names from the list and then put them
SCARCITN OF POPULISTS.
| Red Bluff Sentinel: The work of Sc
| lecting election officers in conformity
With the provisions Of the Stratton
| Primary Act has been greatly delayed
| in Alameda County by a scarcity of
Populists. The law makes it the duty
of the Board of Supervisors in Janu-
airy of each year. when general cleo
| ton is held to choose fifteen election
| officers in each precinct who belong
| equally to the principal national par
| ties, says the Post" Some of the
Supervisors rpeort that they had diff
Guilty in completing their lists by rea-
| son of the fact that they could not find
sufficient number of Populists in Ala
media County to fill up the quota re-
| CURED by law.
| This is the most extraordinary situa-
| ton. Three years ago the Populists
elected several officials in Alameda
| County. They cut heavily both into
| the Democratic and Republican organ
cations. and for while it seemed that
| they would succeed finally in form
| ing most powerful political party in
| the banner Republican county.
SALE OF RAILROAD BONDS.
| Oakland Enquirer: During January
| Government and railroad bonds were
sold to the extent of $90,0c0000. and
| 1t is the largest amount of bonds ever
disposed of in single month in this
| country A considerable part of the