The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-04
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

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of California have had cause to con-
graduate themselves a number OF
times already on the nomination and
election of Henry T. Gage to the Gov
ernorship of the State In the dis
charge of his official duties he takes
nothing for granted. Nobody appears
to have any pun with him. When
proposition is presented he gives 1t
careful consideration, and then comes
| to a conclusion of his own. He has
not been slow to suggest good leglsla-
ton or to veto such as has been ques-
tionable or bad. Evidently he has
very analytical mind. He studies
/ every measure of legislation that
reaches him, and has detected many
erroneous propositions that passed the
scrutiny of both branches of the Leg
Stature If an. Objectionable feature
is found it assent back for correction.
If an Unnecessary appropriation Is
made it is promptly vetoed That he is
able to give this State a good admin
| istration is as evident as that he in
tends to do so.
THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
Los Angeles Express: Nor can the
position of Senator White, Senator
Hoar and others of the obstructionists
at Washington, in the matter OF the
Philippines policy, be regarded with ap-
prevail or even with equanimity 1t IS
out of the question for the Government
to withdraw from the Philippines under
the present conditions, and the tx
press" does not hesitate to assert that
/ if any one of the thirteen Senators
who voted against the army bill were
seated in the Presidential chair ne
would do no less than Mr.. Mckinney
| is doing. It is not at present question
of doing as we like. Our responsibility
ties must be met and carried Inc
abandonment of the Philippines would
mean anarchy, chaos, ruin IN the ISL
ands, with the strong probablllty Oh
| foreign complications and forelgn
war among the European nations oucn
delinquency and cowardlce Woulo
eventually cost the United States dear.
THE LESSON THE SEASON CON-
| VEYS.
Stockton Mail: The prospects OF an
other dry season are turning the at
| tention of farmers and others to the
| only means of averting the hardshlPs
which a dry season entails-lrrlgatlon
There is no adversely that does not
possess some compromising advantage,
and the dry weather. even though IL
| should be long continued, will IN the
| end be a benefit. It will force men 10
| the conclusion that, one year with an
other. it would be better to have city
acres of land watered artiflclally than
| a hundred acres depending upon the
| caprices of the weather for produc-
| ton of crops. A man with nifty acres
| of land upon which the water OF the
river can be turned when that from
the sky fails, can be as independent as
any man on earth. He can always
| raise an abundance OF food 1or ms
family and have the advantage OF va
riety of products. He can have pigs
and chickens and cows ana lcw
sheep, a small orchard, plenty OF gar
| den truck, a cornfields evergreen aliaifa
| pasturage-he can have everything
about him to make the tllier OIL the
soil contented and happy. And, not
the least of it, he will be rid OF the
annual worry about the rainfall.
| HIRED GIRLS.
Marysville Appeal: If the effort Oh
| the .hired girls to form union for
mutual protection and advancement
proves successful, it will mean that
deadly blow has been launched at the
social life of their lady employers Inc
broom and the buster. the Kitchen ano
the wash tub will supersede the after
noon tea and. drive, the whist party ana
the dance Thus will a great political
question, the solving of the labor prob
lem, be brought directly home. And
the men of the household will find ad-
ditional reasons for remaining down
/ town in the evenings.
! HIGH JOINT COMMISSION.
/ San Diego Union: 1t is remarkable
how little attention has been paid in
this country to the High Joint Commits
sion for settling the disputes between
the United States and Canada. Had 1t
not been for the Philippine troubles,
people would have followed with inter-
est the doings of that body. Even now,
when the commissions disagreement
has become so hopeless that an ad-
| journment has been taken until mid
summer, little heed is given to an in
Icident which under different conditions
would be regarded as a serious matter.
| Much of the commissions doing has
been withheld from the public, but
enough is known to make it reasonably
plain that the Canadians have been
seeking to take advantage of the situa-
tion to force this country to make con-
cessions that would not have been
dreamed of year ago. The United
States has declined to be coerced. and
there the matter stands.
A FREDERICKSBURG POET.
Fresno Democrat: Poor old Joaquin
Miller, the Poet of the Sierras! He is
doing the fake act as the star vaude-
Vile performer in a New York theater,
appearing for twenty minutes twice
day, in a grotesque suit of reindeer
skins, buttoned With gold nuggets.
There is a suspicion that the nuggets
are only gilded pebbles. but Miller ax-
hibits them as pure Klondike gold.
Joaquins lecture is sort of rhapsody
about the moon in the north and the
beauty of the Arctic night. He boasts
| of his prowess as a walker and as
total abstainer from solid food. while
the stories he tells would be incredible
| if Joaquin's reputation for veracity
were not good, or if there were any
means of refuting them. The climax of
the poets lecture is singing of a song
called Where's Old Moses Gomez" in
the pigeon English of the Klondike ma
tive. 1t is probably true. as the press
dispatches declare, that his egotism
wonder of the metropolis These are
characteristic. of this poet.
THOSE VOTING MACHINES.
San Jose Mercury: 1t is to
be feared that the scandal
arising from the attempt of few un-
scrupuluous politicians to make a for