The record-union., 1899-11-24
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

free silver topic from his discourse and
devoted himself to a bitter attack on
the Administration, making the extra
| ordinary statement that the policy pur-
| sued has for it's object the placing Of
the Filipinos under the same bondage
| that Spain inflicted upon them. The
pull-down- flag party is in full
cry.
OIL GAMBLING.
Fresno Republican: There is no
| stopping the mania for gambling in oil
stocks, but it is a healthy sign to see
the numerous public warnings that are
being given of it's inevitable conse
quences. The reputable newspapers of
the State (the word reputable" is in
| itself an exclusion of the San Francisco
| newspapers) have generally refused, at
the cost of some patronage to them
selves, to countenance the gambling
aspects of the business, and numerous
editorial cautions have appeared fol-
lowing the lines of the Republicans"
warning of few months ago. The
following from the Sacramento Rec
ord Union" expresses the situation ac-
curately and boldly:
No one wishes to put any obstacle
in the way of oil development in Cali
fornia- Genuine wells and their legi-
innate working are to be commended.
But gaming in oil company stocks has
no true relation to genuine industry in
oil development and working
The legitimate oil industries need no
artificial devices to capitalize them or
develop their wealth. Whoever has
good Oil land or genuine oil wells has
no difficulty whatever in securing all
the capital necessary to be invested and
correspondent with their real CONNER
cial value and promise. The motto
of the discreet should be, beware of oil
stock gambling. But they should do
some good in the world also by warn
ing their friends and neighbors. The
gullible should be protected against
themselves by the warnings of their
friends, not so much because stock
gambling will ruin them, but because
the effects of such gaming extend be-
yond them and are pernicious for the
whole community.
The sooner the people of California
learn that the methods Of companies
organized to sell stock and those or
ganized to find and produce oil are dia-
for the State. The oil producer adds
to the wealth of the State and is a pub
lie benefactor as we'll as a private ben
eficiary; the stock gambler subtracts
from the wealth of his neighbors to add
to his own, and is a public calamity.
RUDENESS.
Marysvflle Appeal: A rude and rub
bernecked populace did their best to
share in the pleasures of the Dewey
honeymoon, In open defiance of all the
laws OF pol1teneSS. And while it is
likely that the two chief sufferers from
this democratic expression of reprehen-
sible curiosity may feel for the time
being some natural indignation, it is
more than probable in after years that
they will recall the incident as pleas
ant memory-more especially when they
begin to realize as time rolls by, that
the interest of the sovereign people in
their movements will grow ever less.
THE BURDEN OF MARKHAM.
Portland Oreeonian: Max Nordau
pronounces Markham a great poet. And
perhaps he is right. Greatness is not
commensurate with goodness or even
with serviceability. 1t is true that
the noteworthy popularity Professor
Markham's verse achieved in CaIifor-
MIA, his home, is now extended to MANY
parts OF the country, and promises some
considerable reproduction in Europe.
Poetry is so rare these days and read
ers SO many that song with any
music in it is sure to reach pretty
much the entire portion Of Christendom
TO which 1t addresses a competent ap-
peal. Everybody whom Markham's
verse would touch, hears about him
and reads him. There is, apparently.
a considerable number to whom his
note OF discomfort and complaint an
pears not only poetry but truth.
so much the worse for us. All that
the world needs for universal despair
and suicide is Markham. He typiaes
the view of life that is sending Snain
Italy and France down the road to OH
livion- Nobody has SO skillfullv touched
the chord of socialistic sentimentalis,n
and anarchistic discomfort as the on
thor of THE Man With the Hoe ;,
Wnlcn seems to find response in lament
ably more and more minds as our civil |
,.a'ioii progresses. The complaint of
MN VINO has not against him who has.
wnetner wealth, or knowledge, or cul-
tivation, is the burden of Markham
Ihe man with the hoe is the victim of
circumstances. Statutes have made him |
what he is, and if his attention can
De aroused by Markham he will see his
masters lords and rulers in their tr1,e
ignt and turn upon and rend them.
Ins Is a perniciOus gospel Nothing !
keeps down the man who is down hut !
ms own Inactivity. He may be helped /
somehow, but certainly not bv legisla- |
tion. II the poet can put ambitions in |
ms Drain, and a new song of hope and
1alth In his heart, it may be well. But |
II ne is to be told that he is a sluggish |
ana discouraged laborer because some
oooy mas held him down and that h;s
only recourse is to arraign society and /
count the days when he as a, s.dumh
terror shall appeal to God, his lot will |
only De more pitiable and forlorn than
oeIore. II the man with the hoe needs I
enlightenment, let him learn that tho
burdens of the world are not ON hi.
pack half as much as they are on tha
back of the capitalist who walks the
noor through sleepless nights, nor half
as mucn as they were upon his ances- /
tors In the ages past. and that no bur-
den need rest upon his back longer than
ne VIII summon UP the will to roll If off
Let MIN take counsel of the thousands
In every land who have made the hoe q
stepping stone to higher things. and
let MIN as soon as possible disabuse
MS mind OF the idea that what he is or
is not Is the result of I1utov-o rr7 <,f,-o,,,~,