The record-union., 1898-11-29
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IMPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

probable that Admiral Dewey was Of
fered five thousand dollars, by the ed
itor Of a New York magazine for one
article on the Philippines. The arti-
Gle would have been we'll worth the
price. for booming purposes. The
most interesting phase of the matter
was the Admiral's prompt declination,
on the ground that he is too busy" If
he can escape the offers of editors and
lecture managers he need have no fears
of foreign Warships.
THE BEST MAN.
Fresno Republican,: Report has it
that in answer to the objection raised
in certain quarters that it would be in
advisable to appoint a second New
Yorker to an Embassy the President
expressed the opinion that for the Eng
lish mission he should get the best
man available no matter where he re-
sides. That is certainly the right view
to take Of the matter, but it should not
only apply to the English mission. The
best man available should be chosen
for every mission. In fact our whole
system of foreign representation should
be based on this principle. 1t is the
too great respect shown for "geogra-
phical considerations" that has played
the deuce with our Consular service in
the past. When the Consulships are
no longer apportioned among men from
the North, South, East and West who
have claims to recognition" but are
bestowed upon those best fitted to per-
form the duties connected with them,
no matter what part Of the country they
come from, there will be a great i'm
provement in this service. The only
thing, however, that can make it what
1T should be is to bring our Consuls un-
der the civil service law.
UNPLEASING RIVALRY AMONG
CRANKS.
Eureka Californian: The state that
Providence has most literally endowed
with cranlSs is popularly supposed to
be Kansas. Among it's early settlers
We're leaven of toughness and a leav-
en- of crankiness, and while the rough
ness and the toughness have yielded to
the refining influences of civilization the
wheels are still in evidence. Until late
ly, when male or a female gave un-
mistakable evidence of mental oblique-
ness, the circumstance gave rise to the
suspicion he or she hailed from Kan
sas. However, since the obtrusion of
an Altgeld upon the good people of H.
1nofS that state has been achieving a
reputation for the production of folk
literally endowed with wheels as to the
heads of them. Altgeld himself has
perhaps the largest assortment Of
cranky ideas and ways Of any man
within the limits of that great COM
monwealth, and we must not forget
that Haymarket Square is in illinois,
metropolis. Now Governor Tanner has
been deporting himself in a manner
that must suggest the query whethef
he is not striving to appear as big a
crank as anybody else in the State.
THERE WILL BE A ROW.
Alameda Argus: We are impressed
by the shrinking manner of our es-
teemed contemporary, the EXAMINER"
1t Is now talking about the "Examin-
er's navy" which is soon to be realized
by the building of more ships, bur
which does not seem to. exist in any de-
gree at the present time, and would
never have been possible but for the
efforts of that paper in pointing out it's
necessity and convincing the people
that they just had to have it. Besides
getting the country a navy, the Eek
'aminer" is setting it right on it's for
eign policy. There is kept standing in
big type an extract from an editorial
which Mr.. Hearst took the trouble to
pen with his own hand, telling what
must be done. All of which overseeiny
by man and a. paper so omnipotent is
mighty fortunate, we should say. But
we shudder to think of the clash that
may take place in the imDenetrab BILE
beyond. In the good old days there
was none to dispute the sway of an
All-Wise Providence in all earthly
things, but we are very apprehensive
that Mr.. Hearst will demand recogni-
tion for his share in running the uni
verse This share appears to be by
far the larger one, and 1t may not be
recognized" without contentious. We
feel sure, however, that Mr.. Hearst
will stand no nonsense.
GAGE IS FIRM.
A writer in the Los Angeles Her
ald." who recently spent a half-hour
with Governor-elect Gage In his office,
relates this interesting experience:
Four-fifths of the time his telephone
bell was ringing, and the conversation
each time generally was something like
this:
Gage-Hello! Who is that? Oh, that
you, Judge? Thanks; you are very
kind. What's that? Who? No, sir;
won't make a promise for any one
If your man can show better reasons
than any other applicant why he
should have the place, all right, but
he will have to stand the same
chance as all the rest. What? No.
I can't say word and / won't commit
myself. I'll tell you, Judge, I have
not made a promise directly or indi-
rectly, and I don't intend to for some
time. What? Why, of course, owe
something to you? Yes, I don't doubt
you helped elect me, but owe more
to the people of the State than to
any one else. and I propose to pay
that debt first And-bang! Up went
the telephone.
IT WAS A LANDSLIDE.
Riverside Press: The overwhelming
character of the Republican victory
this year can be readily understood
when we recall the fact that had this
been a Presidential election, and had
President Mckinley been candidate
for reelection, he would have received
a majority of 141 votes in the Electoral
College, as against 95, which he re-
ceived in 1896. The only States which
the Democrats carried this fall were
Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi Missouri, Montana, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah and Virginia In Ne
braska, Minnesota and South Dakota
the fusionists secured the Governor on
account of local issues, but the Leg
islature is Republican in each of these
States, and they can be counted as in