The record-union., 1899-12-31
VOICE OF The PRESS.
Btate and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
interest.
Suffer Farmer: Since road making was
first commenced in this county prop.
ably a quarter Of million dollars nave
been expended from year to year IN
building and repairing our highways.
If that sum had been applied In the
way of permanent road building, sui
ter County would now have solid stone
or fnacadamized roads for all the
principal thoroughfares. BY the pres
ent patchwork system another century
could go by and leave the county Win
the same roads as it now has with the
annual expenditure Of $4,000, or there
abouts.
OF PROFANITY.
Oakland ENQUIRER: President Hadley
of Yale is lending his influence to
movement for the suppression Of pro-
family upon the amateur athletic neao.
Because it is wicked? Ostensibly NOT
so, but because, being the expression
of Irritation, it conduces to improper
coordination of movements" and IN
terferes with physical and mental mar
Inony." Also, it "alters the respira-
ton and heart BEATS" In other WORDS
a ground of scientific objection to pro-
family has been found, and when the
runners, high jumpers and footpali
players learn that their muscular
power will be partially burned out by
the use of swear words, they will BIAS
pheme no more, and upon the athletlc
field at least their yea will be yea and
their nay will be nay.
TROUBLE FOR LURIDS.
Oakland Tribune: Atkinson and some
of his lurid anti-expansion disciples are
evidently about to run across serious
trouble as result of their seditious
work. The report from Manila that
the capture of the rebel archives has
resulted in placing the Government In
possession of correspondence of a trea-
sonable nature is ominous for some
body and the Administration will I'M
doubtedly not let the matter drop out
of sight. The penalty for high treason
is death, and if the rumors be true, AT
kinson is liable to come dangerously
close to earning that fate.
BOERS AND ENGLISH.
Tulare Register: Once in awhile some
newspaper writer, who writes first ana
thinks afterward, declares that the
Boer war is likely to prove the down
fall of the British empire. There coulu
not be ranker nonsense. That there VIII
be stubborn fighting cannot be doubted
and that the result will be some sort
of a patched up compromise that VIII
leave both parties about as they were
before the fight began, minus the dead
and destruction of property, is likely
but there will be no destruction or the
British empire or relegation OF Great
Britain to the rank of a second-class
Power. The Dutch and the Engilsn
have fought before, and at one time II
looked as though the power OF the
Dutch would be supreme on the sea,
but tenacious as the Dutch people are
they are not more logged than the
British. in whom there is little of faint
heartedness and a great deal OF tenaci'y
and power. 1t will be stubborn con-
flict. but the outcome cannot be mat
ter of doubt. South Africa will, In lts
genius and administration, be English
and not Dutch.
OUR MENACED INTERESTS.
San Jose Mercury: The interests OF
California at Washington are in bad
way. The several pending reciprocity
treaties-with Jamaica, France and Ar
gentine-menace a wide range Of our
special industries; and there seems no.
body among our official representatives
able to make a protest loud enough to
be heard Mr.. Kasson, who negotiated
the Jamaica treaty, admits frankly that
he has no knowledge of California af-
fairs; and then, upon the basis Of con-
fessed ignorance, undertakes to assure
us that no harm will come to US from
the admission of West Indian fruits at
reduced tariff rate. Similar ignorance
and disregard of California interests are
manifest in the other pending treaties.
Under their provisions France is to send
wines to this country on reduced
tariff basis and Argentina is to have a
cheaper rate on wool. Thus, three of
our leading industries are threatened
by arrangements made undar the tariff
laws; and not voice is raised to pre-
vent the injury and injustice. Even
the President, who, as a student OF
tariff affairs, ought to understand our
position and protect us, speaks in bland
and gracious congratulations which,
when analysed, come to this, namely,
that we must be good children and take
our medicine.
IS IT PROPHECY?
Santa Rosa Press-Democrat: The
forty-sixth star will soon be pinned to
the nations emblem and the State it
will represent is Oklahoma. In re-
cent statement Governor Barnes an
nounces that the Territory now has a
population of 3T5,00O. In 1890 the pop
ulation as shown by the census reports
was 10000. While the enormous in
crease has been the occasion of some
comment 1t is easily understood when
exissing conditions are taken into con-
sideration. Formal application for adj
mission to Statehood will soon be made,
and while the Territory's political COM
plexion may prevent the recognition of
her claims by the present Congress that
body will not always remain Republi-
can, and when the change takes place
Oklahoma and Arizona, too, will, 10
doubt, step in without delay.
TELEPHONE CONSOLIDATION.
San Jose Herald: One bit of good