The record-union., 1899-11-04

in disgrace from Manila Others, and
not few Of them, say the same thing
in Substance. The leaders may go off
after the "anti's'' but many of the rank
and file of the party are too intensely
American in sentiment to follow tller..
If the issue be made on that question,
Humboldt County will have but a
meager showing for Democracy next
year. If a vote were to be had to-day
with that question the chief issue, this
county would give Mckinley at least
1,5OO majority.
las GOOD AS WE DESERVE"
Fresno Republican: The editor of
the Review of Reviews" says of the
San Francisco charter: ''It gives the
people a perfectly clear chance to have
as good a city government as they de-
serve" Which is doubtless true
enough, but how good a government
do they deserve? In broader sense,
any charter permits as good a gcv-
ernment as we have the will and wis
dom to get, and the advantage of the
simplified modern charter is merely IN
making less tax on that will and Wis
dom. It takes great deal OF trouble
and good sense to get good government
under the old Ways-more, as expert
ence shows, than is available in the
average community-while under the
newer charters the simple will for 5000
has more chance of becoming effective.
But suppose the will is lacking. How
bad a government does a community
deserve which does not want a good
one? There is always an element in
every community opposed to good gov
ernment How many rights has 1t II
it is in the minority, and has it the
right to control if it happens to be In
the majority?
There are certain personal rights that
are inalienable. The man who believes
in dirt has rights which the clean man
is bound to respect, but among these
is not the right to filth. The man
who can appreciate no higher pleasure
than gambling and debauchery has his
rights, but among these is not the right
to corrupt the public morals, nor to
drag the standard of public conduct
down to his own level There's no
disputing about tastes" but there Is
difference between good taste and bad,
as there is between good morals and
bad, and the rights of the good ana
the bad are forever unequal.
SENATOR PETTIGREW.
Los Angeles Times: The "aunties"
have been reinforced by Senator Petit
grew Of South Dakota, and he exploits
his enlistment in the copperhead army
by eulogizing Aguinaldo as a patriot
and a hero Among other brilliant re-
marks attributed to him are these: II
am ashamed of my country. I would
mil Aoo nd orn
blot out recent history If could" Sen
ator Pettigrew should certainly shine as
a blotter like a dead mackerel in the
moonlight or daub of mud on circus
poster. AS to his propensity for flag
pulling, we would advise the gentle
man not to let it get away from him
while in the neighborhood of any of
those returned Dakota soldiers. or he
may have to go through several spasms
of unpleasantness.
GREAT INDUSTRIES.
San Jose Mercury: The production
Of vegetable and flower seeds has
grown to become one of the greatest
industries of this county, and the seeds
men are already busy preparing are
soil and planting. One company alone,
which has 7tfe largest seed farm in
the world, will plant fifty thousand
sacks of onions this season for seed
growing, and operations in other varie-
ties are on an equally extensive scale.
The large annual local output of seed,
not less than the vast quantity and
variety of our fruit products, speak
with convincing eloquence of the ex-
ceptional fertility of this valley and
the perfection of it's climate.