The record-union., 1899-10-19

Kinley for their own self-preservation
-Redding Free Press.
Our respected neighbor and usually
accurate contemporary must have been
dreaming when it printed the above
picture of prosperity with capital +.
Evidently the editor did not make
personal and thorough investigation,
| but placed too much credence on the
report of some careless subordinate
We do not question but that he is sim
cere in painting such rosy condition
of affairs. but that he is mistaken no
one can doubt
1t stands to reason, for has not Col
onel Bryan publicly and frequently
stated both here and since he left our
State, that there were thousands of
idle men in California, ready and anx-
ious to work, but who could find moth
ing to do?
| What does the editor of the Free
Press" know about the labor situation
IN California, or even around Redding,
anyway? Does the mere fact that he
is and has been for long time a res
1dent of the State, engaged in a busi-
ness which gave him exceptional op-
portunities to understand what he talk
ed about-we say, do these advantages
permit him to question or deny the de-
llberate statements Of ex-Colone1 Bry-
an, who visited in our State for a few
hours, and with his eagle eye and mas
slVe brain saw, assimilated and belched
forth with a mighty flow of verbiage
all our ills and blessings, with an an
tldote for every wrong and a patron
lzing caress for every good?
Assuredly the Free Press" has
! grievously erred.
SPRINKLING WITH OIL.
San Jose Mercury: The experiments
that have been made il Fresno in
sprinkling the streets with oil instead
OF water have not been entirely sue
cessful. 1t is admitted, however, that
the experiment was not made under
favorable conditions The roads were
| very deep in dust, and, of course, the
oil could not make it very solid, at
least with one sprinklirg The result
might be altogether different upon a
| hard and smooth roadbed 1t is said
also that the smell of the oil is obiec-
tionable for time, and that it is apt
clothing. These objections might he
obviated by closing the street for a
day or two, as is often done when re-
pairs are needed If one or two thor
ough sprinklings with oil will keep a
street or a country road hard and free
from dust all summer, as is asserted
| by the advocates of the system such
objections as these are hardly worth
consideration
TIME TO SHIP.
San Diego Tribune: Isn't it about
| time for the party favoring Aguinaldo
to make the first shipment of campaign
funds to the rebel leader in order to
bolster up the hoped-for issue in 1900?
THE FARMER.
DaylsVille Enterprise: The ordinary
farmer is looked upon largely as a man
who plods along without responsibility,
! worry or thought. AS matter of fact.
| MS worries, where he is dependent upon
the elements, are constant, and far in
excess or those of many business men,
| Never season goes by that he does
not nope and pray for rain at some
time TO save some partially matured
crop, or f1dget and stew about in impa-
tlence and fear lest his crops already
made shall be ruined before it can be
harvested or cured. The brow of the
irrlgator is sure to have many less
lines and burrows across it than that
OF the farmer who does not know the
control Of water in his agricultural
operations
WHO HAS RISEN?
Fresno Republican: Some of the
/ States Yic
Aguinaldo, especially the Democratic
party And if the Massachusetts
Bryanlte-D Democratic Convention is
any criterion, he is half right. The
opening speech of that convention con-
tanned this hysteria: IF ever murder
was committed in the name of war the
hands of the Republican party are now
! indeed dripping with it, The plat
! form demands that the United States
! yield in the face of an enemy in arms.
| IN order to purge our national honor
OF the stain put upon it by injustice
| and bad faith" Loyal Americans do
not say these things, and intelligent
! Americans do not indorse or respect
! them. IT Democratic leaders continue
TO proclaim them there will soon cease
10 be Democratic party, by virtue
| of the desertion of it's rank and file
A NUGGET
Santa Rosa Republican: 1t was a
short speech that President Mckinley
made in presenting to Admiral Dewey
! the magnificent sword that had been
voted him by Congress but it was a
good one. 1t contained a sentence that
is rich nugget. When he said: There
| is no flaw in your victory; there will
be no faltering in maintaining it," the
| crowd cheered him to the echo. Isn't