The record-union., 1899-02-26


Schools in the State which is twice as
many as necessary These schools are
established and maintained at public
cost for the purpose of educating young
men and women for the high calling OF
teachers in the public schools. They
are desirable and necessary institutions
in our educational system, and no IN
telligent and good citizen is opposed to
them. But there must be a reasonable
limit to their number. 1t seems to US
that two are amply sufficient to supply
the State with sufficient number OF
teachers to supply the demand. There
can be no question that four can fur
nish more teachers than can obtain sit
uations There are probably now in
the State hundreds Of well qualified
teachers anxious to obtain positions
which cannot be had. There is no lack
of teachers anywhere in the State. The
supply is far in excess of the demand.
The people of California are excess
sively liberal in taxing themselves for
the benefit of schools. We speak this
with pride 1t is an honor to our State
at home and abroad. 1t is not desira-
BILE, however, to expand this liberality
into unnecessary extravaganza. we
hope the bill will be rejected.
A WAY OUT.
Los Angeles Herald A practicable
solution of the Philippine question is
now presented to the Administration.
1t is disclosed by recent description OF
the situation in the neighborhood OIL
Manila. The opportunity is ripe for
bold stroke of policy that would dis
arm criticism and result satisfactorily
to all interests What is it? First,
stop just where we are in the conquest
of the Philippines. Keep what we
have, but go no further We now have
the city and harbor of Manila, and we
hold a considerable stretch of adjacent
territory. The army occupies a semi
circular line twenty miles long, partly
intrenched, and with the aid of the war
ships it is probably invincible against
any force the Filipinos could muster.
This territory over which the Ameri-
can flag now floats is all that anybody
thought of demanding at the beginning
of the Philippine campaign When
Dewey destroyed Montijo's fleet in Ma
Mia Bay, and took possession of Ca
vite, the thought occurred for the first
time that we should have a naval sta
ton at or near Manila. That alone was
demanded by newspapers and individ-
uals who spoke for the Administration.
But Dewey's victory was a vaccination
of imperialism, as events proved. Just
in proportion as the virus developed the
greed for territory became more pro-
nounced. From Cavite and naval
station expansion rapidly spread until
it encompassed Manila, and finally
broke out, like an advanced case OF
smallpox. over the. whole archipelago.
A Tale Of the Turf.
A race of heats-one mile and an. eighth.
The Evergreen stakes, you say?
haven't looked at race like that
In many and many day.
But it takes me back to a race that once
saw in the days gone by,
In the e7 face of a June sky.
How many, started?, I cannot tell,
think it was only three;
To be first at the wire. You see
They had brought him on from the Golden
Where the mountains, capped with
Kept watch and ward with their silver
spears
| ~ TT Tic SOlNGu SStIluS bCioW
Men said that Jim was dead sure thing,
CYou know how these horsemen talk p
He'd take the track when the flag went
And finish alone in a walk
They said there was nothing to make him
A single yard in the race,
And when I mentioned old slipalong,
They laughed aloud in my face.
| A. hundred dollars bet on Jim
One hundred-that was all
Then took my seat in the crowded stand.
Where ! waited the bugle call.
When its summons rang out loud and
clear
On the startled summer air,
Jim led them out through the paddock
And into the bookies' snare.
And he glanced at the crowded ring,
Then kicked at the odds they'd posted
there.
And giving his head swing.
He declared. as plain as race horse
He didn't propose to try
At price like that and pranced away,
With blood in his flashing eye.
He kept his word and he didn't try,
1t was Slipalong all the way
Throughout the heat, and his hackers
And swore in their great dismay,
Then hurried away to the, judges stand
To ask that a change be made
In jocks and Ike be given chance
To pilot the horse they'd played.
The judges consulted-then agreed
That IsaacS be given chance
To pilot the speedy Western horse
And lead 'em all in the dance.
Then a cheer went up from the waiting
crowd
AS he mounted Jim at the stand,
And they swore the big bay horse would
And win as they all had planned.
A gallant race was that second heat,
AS pretty as ever was seen;
From start to finish they both ran Tapped.
With only neck between.
But Slipalong's head was first at the
And now when the horsemen say
It's dead sure thing" I think of that
And the record they made that day.
A race of heats. a mile and an eighth,
The Evergreen stakes, you say?
| haven't looked at a race like that
In many and many, day.
Bit Saturday my old woman and I
] VIII charter a bon ton hack
| To carry us out to Ingleside
| And maybe we'll both walk back.
-Hyder Ali. in the s. F. Bulletin.
Remarkable Honesty.
In a small village just outside Not
| tingham a farm laborer went to the
| general store, which was kept by an
old woman not overstocked with brains
| and asked for "a pahnd o. bacon"
The old lady produced the bacon and
cut a piece off, but could not find the
pound weight