The record-union., 1899-11-10

of the bulletin boards were packed last
! night as they never were before with q
mass of humanity Not when the re.
turns of the last Presidential election
were being received. nor again, when
there was almost breathless interest as
to the fighting at Santiago, was there
such a tremendous out-pouring Of peo-
pie to learn the news. And most OF
those who went to swell the throng
were the best citizens, who theoretically
disapprove of prize-fighting, and GER
tainly are not devotees of general
sports that are brutalizing. Will some
body please elucidate this singular and
contradicting trait?
THE OPPOSITION PARALLEL.
Yreja Journal: The Democratic
| opposition now to the President re-
minds us of the bitter opposition to Abb
raham Lincoln when he issued the
emancipation proclamation. During
that year several Northern States were
carried by the Democrats for State Of
| ficers, but at the next election, the Re-
publicans swept every Northern State,
and Lincoln was reelected with scarce
ly any opposition except in the South
and border States Of the Dixie Confed-
eracy. It will be the same in 1900, with
Mckinley, whose only opposition will
be in the South, where the negro ques-
ton is paramount
FEDERAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
/ Biggs Argus: The establishment of
the proposed national irrigation system
Of storage reservoirs for the storing of
the flood and waste waters for distri-
button over the arid lands of the
Western States when required for use,
not at a certain price per acre, but
as vested right or appurtenance in
the land is a thing to be accomplished
by all means.
That the scheme is gaining favor mas
been clearly demonstrated by the inter-
est and enthusiasm manifested at the
recent National Irrigation Congress
held at Missoula, Montana The per-
sonel of that body were men of wide re-
search, clear observation and practical
experience who are acquainted with
the requirements of the great Western
commonwealth and know that the saw
ing and proper use of water on our
arid lands of the Western States, regI-
lated and controlled by the Government
means the upbuilding and development
Of vast territory which is destined to
become the most fertile, productive
prosperous and populous country on the
face of the globe.
LUMBER SHIPMENTS.
Petaluma Argus: The lumber ship
ping data of Humboldt County for The
last month shows that September was
the banner month of the lumber ex-
| port trade for the last ten years. BY
comparison with the records of monthly
shipments which extend back to 1899,
it is shown that the shipments of last
month exceeded by 1905, 613 feet those
of April. 1892, when 1886, 67S feet were
shipped. Compared with those of Sep
TENDER, 1898, the shipments last month
We're 2,SO6,04O in excess, while they ex-
ceeded those OF the previous month of
this year by 2,49S, 1855 feet.
WASTE OF TINE.
Los Angeles Express: 1t strikes the
ordinary hard-headed American citizen
that the efforts of the Democratic party
to show that certain things have been
done in the Philippines before certain
other things were done, and therefore
the things that were done were not
the things that might have been done,
are a big Waste of valuable time. and
that what is before us now is the task
of suppressif1g the instruction so that
Congress may take up the question of
arranging for the future of the islands.
THE CANAL.
Los Angeles Express: Evidence ac-
cumulates that the Nicaragua Canal
Commission will not be ready to make
a report that can be acted Upon at the
coming winter session Of Congress. Ad-
miral Walker says that the Commission
plans to spend the winter at the 18TH
mus. There is vagueness in his state
ment that the canal will undoubtedly
be cut through, but he cannot say
when, that is as discouraging to those
who hope for speedy completion of
the great work as it is encouraging
to it's opponents. Delay is what they
greatly desire.