The record-union., 1899-10-03
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is once more in his native lanu, diiu
the hearts of millions are going out
unto him. However cold-blooded the
world may have become, however
cynical the ordinary man may be
about the vanity of human wishes, the
hearts of mankind still throb for the
victor. The countries of the ancient
and modern world are unanimous in re-
gard to the propriety of welcoming the
conquering hero, and SO it is only f1t-
ting that the American people should
do homage to her hero, and give a
giant welcome to the man whose name
stands forth among the many that
have won renown in the war with
Spain.
THE CONSUMPTION QUARANTINE.
San Diego Union: The proposal OF
the State Board of Health that Cali
fornia shall quarantine against con-
sumptives, seems to have aroused
more interest in the East than at
home. The California press has not
paid much attention to the matter, but
Eastern journals have had a great deal
to say on the subject, and generally
their comments SAVIOR less of criticism
than is usually the case when Cali
fornia matters come up for discussion.
1t appears to be conceded in the first
place that in the protection of the
health of the people a State has al
most unlimited power. Whether it is
always expedient to exercise that
power is another question.
FOR EXCLUSION OF THE CON-
SUMPTIVE.
Eureka Californian: Our State Board
of Health, alarmed at the foothold of
consumption in California, has resolved
upon heroic measures for it's extirpa-
tion. It is going to establish at the
State line a rigid quarantine and give
the CLASSY eye and marble heart to
every tuberculous patient that may
essay to enter the land of gold. The
California climate would in any event
have attracted hither a small army of
consumptives, but the people of the
South being, like the Lord, no re-
Specter Of persons by the infinite cor
d1ality of their welcome made matters
unspeakably worse. In their zeal to
populate the orange-belt and lay up
treasure on earth the enthusiastic citi
zenry of the Los Angeles section used
TO do everything except meet the in
coming consumptive at the State line
and weep on his neck
Tuberculous patients filled the sum-
mer hotels of the south, and expector-
ating everywhere, contrived to impart
the malady to many native Cali
fornians. BY association with our
home people other Californians have
contracted the disease until the State
Board of Health, in unquestioned
alarm, realized that to check the NAL
ady and ultimately to eradicate it from
California soil only the most heroic
measures will avail aught
There is in the United States no
other disease that causes so many
deaths as consumption. The fatal char
acter of the malady is too well known
to be dwelt upon here and medical au-
thor1tfes are aware that it is one of the
most infectious. What smallpox and
yellow fever and cholera are the Amer
lean people too we'll know, but until
very lately they have refused to be-
lieve that tuberculosis was more to
be feared than any of them. California
is not properly speaking a sanitarium
and IN its proposed exclusion of tuber-
culous patients the State Board of
Health is displaying excellent judg-
ment
IRRENERENCE.
Alameda Argus: Rev. DR.. Coyle of
Oakland preached a sermon Sunday in
winch he remarked the irreverence of
Americans and the reverse of Euro
peans. 1t may be that the doctor is
mistaken; that Americans are not less
reverent than people of the old world
only more frank European peoples
are molded in custom and tradition
are simply, as to many things carried
along in ruts worn deep by ages of
law and force. The countries have
State religion to which some sort Of
acknowledgment is forced. But in the
United States every man is free to
think and speak. You can't reach him
with the law if he is unconventional
and d1sagrees with the majority. The
form of irreverence that he most con-
splcuously displays is for the spirit
that assents without believing; the
order of intellect that accepts without
reasoning.
IN A BAD WAY.
Los Angeles Times: The New York
Times London correspondent cables
his paper a decidedly gloomy view of
the English financial situation. The
correspondent says plainly that the
country is suffering from an acute
spasm Of military dementia disease,
he says, to which modern empires seem
peculiarly liable, and intimates very
polntedly that there is danger of a
crisis from inanition unless the cloud
lifts soon.
AS a matter of fact, the Transvaal
situation is literally smothering the
breath out of English commercial life,
and unless the misunderstanding is set
tied soon and confidence restored, moth
ing can avert crash that will cause
widespread ruin. Hundreds of thou
sands, and even millions of pounds of
English capital are tied up in South
African enterprises of one kind and an
other, and in case of war with the
Beers, a large part of it would be lit.
orally swept out of existence
England cannot afford to go to war
with the little Boer republic; she has
too many material interests at stake.
Besides, she has not the right on her
side, and would not have the sympa-
thy of the world in the struggle.
sOUNDLY HooTED.
Tulare Register: Jerry Simpson has
been soundly hooted. In a recent
harangue at Wichita, Kans., he gave
expression to some rabid Filipino senti-
ments, supposing that he was talking
to Populists and forgetting that there
are none anymore, and the audience
as one man hooted and footed him off
the rOstrum and out of town The