The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-06
VOICE or 1REl PRESS.
State and Coast Opinions ON SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

everything that is being done by the
( Republican Administration, however
praiseworthy it may be. He is, OF
course, opposed to expansion, opposed
to protection, and opposed to sound
money, which places him in opposition
to every leading issue that Is making
this country great and grand. He will
find himself in very close quarters, and
in extremely limited company.
| JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVY.
| Oakland Tribune: The reorganization
of the japanese army and navy is being
done in very thorough manner, and in
ten years from now the little brown
men" will be one of the powers of the
Western world, If they keep on at the
rate they are going now. AS China is
retrogressing in that regard at just
about the same rate that Japan is a6 :
vancing, it is easy to figure out the
destinies Of the two nations.
IT IS INDUSTRIAL PROSPERITY.
| Los Angeles Express: 1t is difficult
to speak with proper emphasis. Of the
progress the industries Of this country
are making. For last week the clear
ances at the banks were 81, 613, O3O. O22,
for the previous week over 81 500, OOO,-
OOO and for the week before that over
81, SOC, 100000. For each week in the
month Of December they have run at
over 81. 800 100000, which is fully $780,
100000 more than for December, 1897,
or any month in that year. and $780,
100000, or so per cent more than the
| average of any previous year in the
history of the country
| But some one says this is all a mat
ter of finance, and not one of industry
Let US grant, for the sake Of argument,
that such thing could take place for
any long period of time because of the
| financial manipulation Independent Of
| industrial development, still it would be
In no sense true of the year just clos
| ing. The facts all prove this, and thase
facts stand out so distinctly that a
blind man on these subjects ought to
know them, and would know them If he
took the trouble to learn, and must
know them if he did not purposely close
his mind or grossly neglect to become
acquainted with them.
INSTINCT OF THE PEOPLE.
San Jose Herald: The average in
stinct of the people, whether in matters
OF business or sentiment, is seldom far
wrong. Few single citizens of Califor-
MIA could perhaps give reasons for the
acquisition of the Philippines that
would be satisfactory on critical exam
| ination. Yet the instinct of this Pacific
Coast community is that the acquisition
| OF the Islands somehow means boom
| for the coast, and the instinct is I'M
doubtedly true. Take one mans rea-
sons for thinking so, add them to the
/ roo cly1- Of
presently there is consensus of opin-
| ion formed
And perhaps the fact that such an
average instinct and opinion exist is
one of the strongest factors in bringing
about the expected result 1t is not
always the unexpected that happens
That will hold good sometimes espe-
cially in the case of individuals; but in
the case of the community it is usually
the expected that happens, and it hap
pens largely because so many persocs
are expecting it, working for it, pray
ing for it, and bound to have it so.
REPRESSION THE CAUSE.
Bakersfield Californian: Hall Game
in recent interview said:
ut does not require any knowledge
in economic problems to see that in
one important particular America is
master of the world. Already that
amazing country absorbs all the races
of the world, and every race that ii
abSOrbS it feeds and strengthens IT
may be stated as a sure, though as
founding fact, that no civilized race
| whatever has yet been known to de-
cline or diminish on American soil"
Yet, it is not the soil that strength
ems the emigrant- 1t is the oppor-
tunlty he acquires to rise to his full
stature and be a man. It is the magic
of political equality; the result of add
ed responsibility, of participation in
the larger life. Coming from lands
where the individual is compressed
the newly arrived merely expand to
their natural size. Let the squeezing
of any European people cease and in
| a short time it may be said of them as
Game says of Americans that no civil
liked race, whatever declines or dim.
inishes on their soil.
BRYAN AND CARNEGIE.
Tacoma Ledger: Carnegie wrote
Bryan to come and see him, as he be.
lieved Bryan ito be the only man who
can save this country from the twir
evils of imperialism and militarism
Bryan called on Carnegie and found
him in a most respondent state of MIND
concerning the future of the republic
and quotes him as declaring that the
first act in the destruction of this Ma
ton occurred when the United States
Commissioners signed the treaty Of
peace at Paris last week. He urged
Mr.. Bryan to continue his opposition
to the policy of the Administration
promised to furnish him all the funds
that We're necessary to pay his ex-
penses, and finally promised to sup.
port him for President in 1900. II
would be interesting to watch the re-
suit of Bryan's election and policy as
President upon the great industries
built up by Mr.. Carnegie. Perhaps the
iron king has, in his anti-imperialist
panic, lost sight of the results of tbs
Bryan policy upon the business inter
ests of this country: but the people
have not, and they will be forced tt
| oppose both Carnegie and Bryan
There is no more chance for anti-im-
perialism than there IS for free silver
HE CAST THE DIE
Fresno Republican,: Colonel Bryan
has cast the die. He has come out OF
the army and spoken. Now his party
must follow him or leave him. Either
it must become anti-imperialistic with
him-and we give him the credit fol
the sanest anti-imperialistic arguments
| that have appeared-or it must leave
him and go-where? For the life of Us
we can not see where unless it is bod
| lily into the Republican ranks. Most
Democrats will do that, anyway, but