The record-union., 1899-05-03

there could remain no time or inclina-
ton to speak for the preservation OF
human life or the prevention of social
horrors at home. Robert G. Ingersoll
is one of the few men of prominence
who have come to the front to protest
against silent acquiescence in such ter
rible affairs as that which has just oc-
CURED in Georgia. Mr. Ingersoll asks:
Are the white people insane? Has
mercy fled to beasts? Has the United
States no power to- protect citizen?
nation that cannot or will not protect
its citizens in time of peace has no
right to ask its citizens to protect it
in time of war;
ANTI CARTOON LAW.
Oakland Tribune: Those who were
interested in the passage of the anti
cartoon and the newspaper signature
laws are being given every opportunity
in the world to avail themselves of
those measures. The San Francisco
dallies are endeayoring to force the
fighting by defying the laws in the
boldast manner imaginable, none Of the
articles being signed and more glaring
cartoons than ever being published.
Nobody seems anxious, though, to step
into the arena and pick up the gauntlet.
TRAITORS.
Alameda Encinal: At a public din
ner attended by several hundred al
legged citizens in New York recently one
of the speakers declared that he
prayed to God that some overwhelm-
ing disaster might come upon our
armies in the Philippines" This trea-
sonable sentiment, we are told, was en-
Enthusiastically applauded by those pres
ent. We believe this is the only country
in the world where such a spectacle
could be seen. We believe it is the
only country in the world where such
reasonable sentiments would be enter
tanned at such time, and where they
would be permitted open expression
without subjecting the person express
ing them to the deserved penalty that
should attach to all reasonable con-
duct or language. That it is treason
able cannot be denied. Treason is Civ
ing aid and comfort to the enemies Of
the country, and if such utterances as
these when repeated abroad do not do
this very thing. then words have lost
their power. 1t Is probable that the
man who made this speech is not an
American born and that the greater
portion of his audience were of like
origin. But it i'll becomes any one liv-
ing under the protection of our laws
to publicly or privately give vent to
such reasonable sentiments.
THE GEORGIA HORROR.
Napa Register. 1t is not necessary
for those who carry the standards of
civilization to cross the seas in answer
to the cries Of the oppressed. Their
presence and influence is needed in
our own State of Georgia, where the
war Of races has reached a point of
cruelty beyond which it would be diff
cult for a frenzied people. to go. Not
content with killing by consent of Judge
Lynch a negro, guilty of a horrible
crime, the mob deliberately manned and
tortured the poor wretch while he was
burning at the stake. The blood thirsty
gang did not stop here, but visited their
vengeance upon an old colored preacher
(accused, probably falsely, of melting
the crime for which punishment had
been so terribly melted out by torturing
and hanging him. in spite of the plead
ings of his old employer. Could savages
in Samoa do worse?
A POLITICAL DODGE.
Yreka Journal: The bowling about
embalmed beef is evidently more of a
political dodge than realty. The Bryan
and Cleveland Democracy, as well as a
few Republicans, are doing everything
possible to harass the Administration
in settling up questions arising from
the Spanish war. The same kind of
canned beef has been used in the navy
without any kick. and it's spelling IS
possibly due to exposure in a tropical.
climate like Cuba. We know that con-
tractors are none too good for any
fraud, but high army officials ought to
be able to guard against imposition.
The most particular men in the coun-
try are those who purchase military
supplies. which if not up to good stan
dard, are rejected.
ADVANCE IN WAGES.
Red Bluff Peoples Cause: In the
face of such well-authenticated reports
of actual advances in wages in all de-
partments of industrial activity as
come from all over the country, it is
useless to deny the fact that the revival
of business has led to a marked i'm
provement in the condition of labor
ing men.
That the outlook for labor was never
brighter is attested by President Com
pers of the American Federation of
Labor, who frankly acknowledged that
the demand for labor in some special
liEes has tended to increase wages" al
though he is unwilling to attribute all
the increase to improved industrial
conditions. Whether the advances are
due to organized labor or to an in
creased demand for labor is of little
consequence compared to the important
fact that the wages have actually been
raised and that the condition of bust
ness apparently justifies it.
THE MAN WITH THE HOE.
Alameda Argus: Professor Jordan
takes the right view of the man with
the hoe. 1t is not degrading to hoe.
The man who labors for a purpose, with
an end in view, is not a slave. The
professor himself has hoed hundreds of
miles OF corn The experience was try
ing to the spirit at the time, but he
feels that he is the better for it. The
man who hoes till he can do something
better has the right spirit. Every man
who has worked his way up from the
Professor Jordan's remarks. The great
need is strong hearted boys who will
work at the best they can get to do,
and SO thoroughly that they are very
soon called up higher. There never
was before such a demand for superior
men. Everybody engaged in business