The record-union., 1898-04-21
VOICE or The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects of Living News
Interest.

Interest.
San Jose Mercury: Ordinarily news
paper enterprise is to be commended,
but when it goes to the extent OF fur
nishing information which viii be of
great value to the enemy of the United
States and thus annoys and harnesses
our own Government in it's plans of a
campaign which may be precipitated
at once, it allies itself with treason and
the correspondents and newspapers
which SO offend should be treated as
traitors. 1t may be urged that this in
formation is voluntarily given out by
officials in the War and Navy Depart
ments. or by officers of the navy and
the army. This, however, is only par
TALLY true There is much informal
ton impaired by them but it is of
perfectly legitimate character It is
not so difficult matter for prying cor
respondents to secure a sufficient ink
ling of secret affairs which should not
be made public to make a pretty ac-
curate guess as to the actual facts,
and these, duly embellished, are scat
tered broadcast through the papers, and
thus reach the Spanish Minister, the
AS the San Francisco Chronicle"
points out, during the present crisis
Spain has permitted no disclosures of
it's plans. This Government was un-
able during a period of ten days to
discover the movements and where
abouts of the Spanish battleships Viz
caya and Oquendo but all that time
every naval order to the Key West and
the Spanish Minister and Government
by the daily newspapers of this coun-
try.
A CHANCE FOR HIM.
Los Angeles Herald: The Pope should
now bend his energies toward the re-
lief of the starving Cubans. He may
not avert war but he should at least
be able to bring sufficient pressure to
bear upon the Spanish Government to
induce it to feed the hungry until
the United States can. get down there
with new supply of grub.
IRRIGATION.
Alameda Encinal: State control of
irrigation water under a State board Of
competent engineers is the only solu-
ton of the question which is now agi-
tating the entire irrigable portion of
California 1t is to be hoped that the
next Legislature will take some step in
this direction. There is water enough
for all when properly conserved and
handled and it is q shame that few
porcine water grabbers should be al
lowed to monopolize What by right be-
longs to the entire people.
HIS POSITION.
San Bernardino Sun: Our Steve"
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his latter days and stands by Presi-
dent Mckinley through thick and thin.
Perhaps he will reconsider his deter
mination and ask to be sent back for
another term on the Republican ticket.
War and misery, it is said, make
strange bedfellows.
GOOD POLICY.
Berkeley World The Riverside
Press suggests that hereafter it will
be a good policy for this Government
to enlist or hire in the naval service
only United States citizens. There are
several departments of the Govern
rnent service in which that policy might
be safely recommended. Just now is
not a good time to have Spaniards in
the service.
THE CUBANS.
Oakland Tribune: If it be true that
there are only 5000 insurgents under
arms, the argument that it is not much
use recognizing them as the founders
of a Cuban republic carry good deal
of weight There would not be much
justice in deposing Spain in favor OF an
equally incompetent governing class
What the United States should do, II
we act in the matter at all, is to see
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the one wanted by the masses of the
people and one that will ensure a solid
and stable administration for the ISL
and
A RECKONING.
Alameda Argus: We are of the
opinion that when this cruel war is over
there will be quiet reckoning OF the
people with the reckless press, that is
now, with such mendacity and utter dis
regard of all consequences, urging and
Logging the country on to hostilities. Es-
pecialIy is there likely to be retribution
upon new journalism if it shall turn out
that thrashing Spain entails more con-
sequences than we now count upon. IL
will in that event be remembered that
the sensational press inf1amed the coun-
try. furnishing a cue to the hot-heads
so that the saner sentiment of the peo-
pie was overborne If the war snail
thoroughly illustrate the evil and dan
gers of the irresponsible and conscience
less journalism that has arisen of late
to such bad eminence, it will not have
been entirely in vain, whether Spain
gets her full deserts or not.
A CERTAIN CLASS.
MarysviIle Democrat: There are men
who are actuated by spirit OF pure
cussedness, men who would, in case or
war, sacrifice all of their relatives by
their words of buster and then hire a
substitute before they would risk their
carcass in the reach of the guns of the
enemy. This same class of shirkers
and howlers are of the same caliber as
the men who, in the gloomy days of the
war of the rebellion, were continually
finding fault with the President, and
shouting: "On to Richmond! The
newspaper sharks are of the same
: stripe. They knew more than Grant
during the rebellion, and they know
more about the destruction of the Maine
than General Lee or the board Of in
quiry They told great scareline stories
of what Lee would testify to when he
arrived in Washington, and that he
would settle the matter of who did the
mischief When the Consul arrived he
confirmed the report of the board, and
said it could not be determined by the
evidence and investigation if the Maine
was blown up designedly or by acc1-
5o,t Tater these destrOyers of pat