The record-union., 1899-03-23

'ACRAMENTO, THURS1
than 81 Goo and shall be dismissed
Evidently the author of the bill has it
IN for the Sheriffs of his State
THAT SETTLES IT.
San Jose Mercury: Now that James
Creelman, the Examiners" Commits
sioner Extraordinary who has man
aged two or three wars with pro-
nOunced success, is at Manila, Congress
may adjourn with a light heart and
the President may go duck shooting
with clear conscience. Creelman has
already assumed command, and just
as soon as Aguinaldo learns that the
Examiners" big chief has arrived he
will hurry in and surrender.
TIMELY RAINS.
Stockton Independent: If the timely
rains prevent further bank suspension
in San Luis Obispo, it will be a mover
rescue in the realm of finance. Ordi-
narily bankers depend on human artf-
flee to extricate them from adverse
conditions. In the old wildcat days
they resorted to worthless issues OF
notes. In later boom times to the
floating of some fake enterprise. In the
present day they have depended gener-
ally on such fashionable practices as
stunning taxation, jobbing the Legs
lature, and perhaps occasionally pad
ding their report with falsehood. But
the rain in San Luis has taught a
timely lesson, and hereafter when
bank gets inSo close quarters, we may
expect the directors to pad their knees
with bank notes and pray for the inter-
position of Providence.
THE CLERGY ASSISTED.
Los Angeles Record: The clergymen
of San Francisco have done more for
the morality of the State in bringing
about the passage of the anti
pool-selling ordinance than they
could have accomplished by TO-
coo sermons For the virus of gambling,
which rapidly led to every form OF
crime, seemed to have been injected
into thousands of the men and women
of the northern metropolis. Things had
come to such a pass that even the
saloonkeepers had begun to cry out
against the race tracks, and the Chlef
of Police, who was able to back up
his statements by the records OF the
penitentiary and by private inforna-
ity, said that as long as the race tracks
are in full blast, no business man IS
safe The majority of the large bust
ness houses indeed employed private
detectives, whose duty it was to keep
an eye on all clerks and other employees
and to make a report as to whether
or not they attended the races. Some
business men have been long AFRAID 10
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GOMEZ AND THE ASSEMBLY.
Santa Rosa Republican: Gomez IS
easily the biggest, man in Cuba lie
is a good deal bigger than the entire
self constituted general assembly mat
undertook to remove him from office.
And the people Of the island recog-
nized this fact, too. At one time
bad impression in regard to him was
given out by a sensational newspaper,
but he was quick to correct the same
by his actions He is rendering his
country the highest possible service by
the course he is now pursuing.
THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES.
Chino Valley Champion: The pres
ent dry season will see one result ae-
complished in Southern California very
thoroughly Water is being developed
as never before; and it seems as though
every nook and Granny of mother earth
is being explored in quest of the water
that may be brought to the surface
and utilized Capital is being invested
very largely in these enterprises, and
almost every newspaper We pick up
now has am account Of some new devel-
opment In future seasons of ordinary
rainfall these developments will be al
most as valuable as they are this year,
for they will be used to increase the
productiveness of the country far
above What it has ever been in the
past. The water that is now being
developed in the stress Of dry year.
in other words, will in future years re-
pay Southern California for the losses
sustained in the dry year. A loss has
a corresponding gain.
OF TRUSTS.
Riverside Enterprise: Recent dis
patches state that the copper mines Of
the United States, as well as those who
are engaged in smelling, contemplate
the formation of a trust. There is no
special reason why these gentlemsn n
should not follow the example of those
who have preceded them. The tomb
gether within the week, and so have
the stove and knit goods manufacture
ers.
To throw blame upon those who have
been instruments in the formation Of
these combines is worse than useless.
They have simply followed tendency
that is practically irresistible. These
gentlemen have certain amount of
capital locked up in their various en-
terprises, and in order to save it from
the destructive competition of their
business rivals, they are obliged to cap
itulate and form an alliance.
Trusts are by no means new thing
in this country They are the logical
outgrowth of the competitive system.
Efforts to control them by legislation
are foolish, because they demand. for
their success, the ability OF a Joshua
when some law is formed by which the
revolutions of the planet may be re-