The record-union., 1899-07-28
VOICE Of THE PRESS.
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State and Coast Opinions ON sub-
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INTEREST,"

Interest.x
Stockton Mail: General Master Work
man Parsons of the Knights of Labor.
seems to be a labor leader Of the wind
bag type-the type most common in
that walk of life. 1t is unfortunate
that such a weak man should have so
much opportunity for mischief. When
the New York carmen talked of strik-
ing,s he tried to- persuade them not to
! do so at present When they persist
| ed, he said thatsif they rejected his ad-
vice he would leave them to their
fate" Undeterred by this awful threat
the men struck, and then Parsons was
found declaring that he would stand
by them Ito the last" and predicting
that yesterday New Yorks street car
system would be found in a state of
paralysis, and that there would be a
complete tie-up. Nothing of the kind
occurred. The cars ran all over the
city, and the trouble, is virtually at an
end! .s~ 80
THE DINGLEY LAW.
Contra Costa Gazette: AS a revenue
raiser the Dingley law has more than
met expectations. Its trainers prom
ised prosperity and good times are here
When it. is proposed, therefore, to de-
stroy this law under the pretext that
it is the parent of trusts the citizen has
need to be wary. Free trade where es
tablished is growing weaker and the
number of those who doubt it's sound
ness as a principle are multiplying. If
!, the Democratic party wants to make it
i a leading plank of the Ginning cam
paign let it say so openly and not try
| to disguise the battle against protec-
4 tion as a war on the, trusts. The bus
| mess World hasa vast deal at stake in
j this matter and should demand, with
i solid front, that protection shall be
4 treated as separate political princi-
pie and that trusts be dealt with as
| trusts. A confusion of, issues is the
4 Democratic game and that party is
reckless enough to be Indifferent to re-
suits. Its crookedness and incompe
tency will derange the industries of the
country again just to the extent that
| they are indulged.
OTIS AND THE CORRESPONDENTS
! Alameda Argus Our respect for Gem
i eral Otis is increased because of his
4 manner of treating the round robin
| limpertinence. He does not Yolubly de-
fend his course of action. He quietly
denies the charges as to himself, and
refuses controversy. That is the ac-
! tion of a, true soldier. He does his
best, and when that is not enough he
gives way to another without COM
plant. The soldier and the war cores
| pondent seldom get on together. The
trained soldier has an etiquette by
which his actions other than those di-
rected by specific orders are governed.
The modern newspaper man recognizes
no law, written or unwritten; has con-
sideration for nobody-is even less con-
cerned for the welfare of his country
than for the news requirements Of his
paper He viii not only print news
that will render military enterprises
abortive, but he will print rumor, sur
mise and even downright fiction, that
may nullify plans and discredit COM
manders. No wonder he is not a pet
at headquarters. and no wonder his
| formal denunciation Of those who in
1'terfere with him Is treated with cons
! tempt.
THE INFLUENCE OF .INGERSOLL.
/ Oakland Enquirer: The questions
how much inf1uence the late Robert G.
Ingersoll exercised during his lifetime
upon the thoughts of the people and
how long that influence will last will
be considerably discussed, but there
does not seem to be room for very wide
| difference of opinion. AS a popular
izer of certain ideas Ingersoll was the
| most influential man in the country,
and there are hundreds of thousands il
not millions in whose daily conversa-
| ton may be found a reiteration of some
of the opinions which the eloquent ora
| tor and wit was in the habit of utter
/ ing. No man gifted as he was with
| the force and the graces of speech
| could fail to make a considerable i'm
preston with any theories which he
might care to devote his life to ex-
lpounding
This influence was all the more wide
| spread because his language was dis
| tinctively popular and his ideas were
brought down to the ways Of thinking
of the average man, though that same
fact rather initiates againstAthe per-
manence of Ingersoll's influence.
/ THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
Amador Republican: All Of the talk
| about trouble between this country
and England over the Alaska boun-
dairy line being. anticipated by Presi-
| dent Mckinley and his advisers is
bosh. Mr.. Mckinley has too much con-
fidence in American and English COM
mon sense to share the fears ex-
pressed in some quarters, that the fail
ure to agree on a boundary line be-
1 tween Alaska and Canada, which
| seems likely to- result from Canada's
attempt to play the grab game, will
| result in any break Of. the pleasant
relations between the United States
and Great Britain He no doubt
| realizes that the failure to agree will
| be the cause of considerable irrita-
tion. and possibly of some disturbances
in the disputed territory, but he GER
tainly does not believe that it will dan
gerously involve the two governments.
A. FREAK.
Stockton Record: Oregon has now
produced man who threatens to rivet
| the attention. of the universe. His
name is Eugene Leoper,. and he works
at odd jobs for 20 cents an hour. All
sorts of stories are finding their way
into the papers about him. His par
ticular merits are strength, endurance,
patience, industry and modesty. He
can do more work at 20 cents an hour
| than any ten men in the State, and he