The record-union., 1899-05-08
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions ON sub-
jects Of Living News
Interest.

all the territory secured by a treaty
with Mexico after the Mexican war,
caused by taking Texas. Had vote
BEEN taken in Texas when proclaiming
Independence under Sam, Houston, the
Mexican and Indian population therein
would have carried the day and remain
ed With Mexico. Texas was admitted
under a Democratic administration, yet
many Democrats are now kicking
against admitting Hawaii and control
ling the affairs of countries secured by
conquest at great cost of war, without
| any desire on our part to prevent the
establishment OF a responsible and good
home territorial government under
| American supervision.
MODEST REQUEST.
San jose Mercury: Aguinaldo's re-
quest for suspension of hostilities
must cause the Boston Fiiipinos as
constituent and pain. Agulnaldo may
surrender, but these loyal insurgents Of
the city that in early days mobbed the
abolitionists will not lay down their
arms SO long as theipresence of a single
American soldier pollutes the sacred
soil of the Philippines-never. never,
never.
Stockton Record: The opponents of
militarism in this country are deeply in
terested in the future of the French Re-
public. for it is in France that mill
tarism is a continual threat. The army
is the one cohesive unit of power. This
is felt by statesmen and diplomats, and
it was painfully shown in the cowardly
treatment of the Dreyfus case. Moth
its power but the unexpected opportun-
ity, and so thoroughly have the French
people been nursed on Ia glorie" that
whenever a master hand seizes this
power they will give him their thought
less admiration at once. The best OBJ
servers acknowledge that at bottom
France is pining for military leader.
The nation has not succeeded in out
growing the prestige of the first Ma
poleon- Whenever there is confusion the
people cry, "Oh, for one hour of the
Little CorporaH" The nation has Sc
dulously kept alive the spirit of mill
tarism without being able to produce a
military genius. What would happen
if another Little Corporal should arise
is not hard to imagine if one takes his
tory for a guide. With all the confus-
ing elements at hand which nothing but
a strong hand can allay, one can easily
see looming up another consulate. an
other empire and perhaps another
| Waterloo.
RAILROAD LEGISLATION. -
Los Angeles Express: The Federal
Supreme Court has just rendered an
important decision in a railroad case
The Supreme Court of Michigan had
| upheld a. law which provided that
thousand mile tickets should be sold
at reduced rates and be good for two
/ years.
The United States Supreme Court
holds that the authority of the State
Legislature to fix rates does not carry
with it the power to make discrimina-
tons" Justice Peckham, in delivering
the opinion, said: I'VE cannot regard
this exceptional legislation as the exer-
else of a lesser right which is included
in the greater one to fix, by statute,
maximum rates for railroad COM
panies.'
The Federal Supreme Court struck a
hard blow at the former plan of rail-
road mana cement in its anti-pooling de-
cision; but the general tendency of its
Interpretation seems to be against the
assumption that Legislature may pre-
scribe all the details by which the roads
are conducted.
THE TRUSTS VS.. THE TRUSTS.
Oakland Enquirer: The organization
of trusts to fight other trusts is a new
development but not am unexpected one
since it has been foreseen that after the
shrewo manipulators should nave I'M
loaded their shares in over capitalized
corporations, they would naturally de-
sire to promote rival companies For
several years the Diamond Match Com
pany has controlled the manufacture Of
matches, and it has been able to pay
dividends of about II per cent a year
But now new 100000 match trust
has been launched in New Jersey and
will make it lively for the original con-
Germ We shall see great deal of this
destruction of trusts by trusts during
the next ten years.
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.
Tulare Register: wave of public
ownership of public utilities'' Is sweep
ing over the country. 1t is a part OF
the socialistic idea embraced by popu-
lism, but it would have made small pro-
gress had not the street car companies
and other monopolists joined hands in
corrupting the Legislature of Illinois
and enacting the f1fty-year franchise
bill. Yerkes has proven himself a
greater socialist than Altgeld and capt.
tai is overreaching itself. After all ii
is not question of principle this pub
lie ownership of public utilities" which
socialists slip SO glibly off the tongue
1t IS question of good, sound sense
and 1t is: How far in the direction OF
compulsory cooperation ought Ameri-
can cities and the American nation tc
go considering our low standard of po-
litical morals? Topics thinks that il
ought not to go very far, and that vol
untary cooperation is better than COM
pulsory. and Governmental control
preferable to operation, but if the issue
shall be narrowed down to choice be-
tween arrogant monopoly and consid-
cradle advance in the direction of State
or municipal socialism, Topics will
favor such advance
DID HE SWEAR.
Fresno Republican: Do ministers and
| laymen who are in such haste to con-
denim DR.. Joseph Parker realize what
their condemnation means? DR.. Par
ker said from his London pulpit, In
the rame of God, the Father, the Sen
and the Holy Ghost, 1 say, God damn
the Sultan" The utterance was sensa-
tional and in bad taste. 1t is probably
/ always in bad taste for the man of God
to use, in taking the name of the LORD
in earnest, the phrases in which other
men are wont to take it in vain. But
DR.. Parker did not use profanity in his