The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-21
MISS ELLA GIBSON.

| tnOSe regions, ana hunt and shoot and
1 fish as they please. 1t makes him a
sort of Gear. 1t compels us to doff
our hat humbly to a political hustler
if we desire to enjoy the pleasure of
camping in that preserve 1t puts us
under obligation to the party in power,
whose rounder-up this man is. If you
enter the sacred region, the agent will
not catch you, it is true He is draw
ing $500 month not for looking after
the reservation, but for making the
party solid. He knows absolutely moth
Ing of the country and more than
likely has never been near it, 1t makes
no difference. He has the appointment
of rangers" who do the work, and
they may turn you off the reservation.
LOOK AT GLASGOW.
Salinas Index: The Tulare Register
calls the attention of those gentlemen
of socialistic tendencies who are etern-
ally saying Look at Glasgow" to the
fact that in Glasgow they do not have
universal suffrage, but property suf-
frage, and that women of property
vote as do the men in all municipal
affairs. The entire floating vote is kept
out. The laboring vote and the prop
! ertyless FOUNDERS have no voice in the
| affairs of that city, and therefore there
is no irresponsible push to be handled
by any irresponsible boss, and conse-
quently no voting of taxes simply to
give unemployed voters the pull they
would have in American cities on thu
propertyless demagogues they put in
power. Besides there is a. prudence
and a conservatism in Scotch and Eng
lish cities that keep them from rushing
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very best citizens, without pay. con-
duct the affairs of the city, while with
US the seat of political power in, our
cities is the saloon, with it's attendant
push. The difference is wide, deep and
| fundamental
A PROSPEROUS YEAR. AND
THEREFORE REPUBLICAN.
Stockton Record: All of the political
history of the United States during
the closing years of the nineteenth CEN
fury goes to prove conclusively that
whenever the country is in a prosper
Gus condition and discomfort is at a
minimum that it is to the Republican
party that the great bulk of people
naturally turn for political guidance.
1t seepls to be inevitable that in times
of prosperity the Republican party is
L
case of famine OF financial panic, or OF
trouble or discomfort from any cause
or condition, the Democratic party ap-
pears in the arena, whooping calamity,
and then, if ever, is the time when it
attains power This rule seems to be
invariable in it's graduation downward
from national to State, county. mu-
niciral affairs. AS this year promises
to be one of exceptional local prosper
-ity. it can be safely set down as a Re-
publican year.
WHAT IS A BOSS?
San Jose Herald: The Fresno IRE
publican" thinks that the modern city
charters which give so much power to
the Mayor frankly recognize him as
the boss, make him elective and leave
him to run things. That is d confound-
ing of the boss with the executive.
The boss in American local politics is
something different from either the ex-
ecutiye or the political leader. When
the~Mayor of a city is given large ex-
ecutlve and appointing powers he does
not necessarily become a boss. He may
be under the influence of a boss or he
may not, but he is not himself filing
The functions of a boss It NAV he
said that a boss is necessarily a polit-
zeal leader in way, but that a polit-
zeal leader is not necessarily a boss A
political. leader may be high in the
confidence of the people and an hon
pred exponent of the principles of his
party, and yet he may be showed aside
any time by the boss. 1t is merely O.
question as to whether the boss thinks
he must have a man of that caliber
to carry through his ticket, or not. The
boss is the man behind the scenes.
The chances, are that it would impair
his power as a boss to accept such an
office as the Mayoralty. He could
not afford to do it. AS Mayor he
could not work the strings to so good
advantage. He would all the time be
getting in his own way. No, the mod
ern Mayor, with all his large powers. is
not the boss. But if he lets the boss
run him the last state of the city with
the modern charter will be worse than
the first
CUBA
Riverside Enterprise: Now the infor-
nation comes that Uncle Sam is likely
to have some trouble on his hands with
the Cubans The sooner that we tum-
BILE to the fact that sedition is the ne
gro's long suit and retire to allow Ma
ture to take her own course, the hap
pier we shall be. At the present writ
ing this benevolent assimilation has. the
smack of Hartshorn's hot drops.
What girl can steel her heart against
the sweetness of n stolen ixiSso