The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-18
VOICE OF The PRESS.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.


Interest.
Yreka Journal: Our Democratic
friends who follow Bryan are very IN
consistent in their opposition to Pres
ident McKinley's expansion views.
While condemning Mckinley for main
tanning the orders of Congress, they
have nothing to say against Congress.
Neither do they find fault with Admiral
Dewey, who openly indorses the hold
ing of the Philippines, in fact would
like to run him as a Democratic can
didate for President in 1900. The De-
mocracy is willing to indorse any policy
for the sake of riding into office, all
the same as running Horace Greedy in
1872.
A MOTTO.
Marysville Appeal: The Stockton
High School pupils in adopting as their
motto the worldly-wise saying You'll
be lonesome if you're good,'' displayed
a conception of life hardly compliment
tary to the high moral influence which
the Mali is supposed to exert over
the Inhabitants of the Slough City.
GOLD SUPPLY.
Los Angeles Express: Among the as
sertions made by Mr.. Bryan during the
campaign of 1896 was one that the adj
ditional supply of gold could not go
above S46,000,000 annually. In 1898
the gold mines of the United States,
South Africa and Australia produced
over S20S.000,000 and that was only
about 70 per cent. of the product of
the world. The rate of increase here.
after will be much larger than in the
past. Bryan's contention has been
swept away and his assertions proven
false.
BEAUTIFULLY EQUIPPED"
Alameda Argus: The ladies inter-
ested in any of the several new move
ments.'' when they write to the papers.
are no doubt enthusiastic, as one is
likely to be and should be who has dis
covered a great new truth; but if they
would let their exuberance escape in
other ways than through adjectives,
their copy would be more valuable to
the tyrant whose scepter is a blue pen
Gil, and without doubt would be more
likely to find a place next to reading
matter" For instance, some very
worthy Oakland ladies call attention
to their new School of Domestic Sci
ence, and proceed to explain that they
have a new school kitchen beautifully
equipped A beautiful equipment may
be the new way, but it is hard to regard
stewpans, toast-forks, broilers, pots,
kettles, egg-beaters and ranges as i'm
plements of beauty. If they are just
serviceable utensils and the best OBJ
tainable for the purpose, they will do.
DEBS.
Stockton Record: Eugene Debs is as
bad as some editors in this region He
was the moving spirit in the riots of
1894, in which many men were killed
In his speech in Los Angeles recently
he said: Il am candid enough to admit
that am too unpatriotic to risk my life
trying to murder my fellow man, but
L am not too cewardly to risk my life
in trying to save humanity War is
murder" How sensitive he is when
blood is shed in a cause in which he
is not engaged, or which he has not
espoused. His conscience is quickened
when others offend and, like the edit
ors referred to, it goes calmly to sleep
and is not disturbed by his own Of
lenses or the recollection Of them.
Pomona Progress: The newspapers
that are advocating, directly or indi-
rectly, the seating of Polygamist Rob
erts in Congress, are placing themselves
in peculiar position. Mr. Roberts
was convicted ten years ago under a
law of Congress for living polygamous
lie and served his term of imprison-
ment, but has not yet paid the fine of
q 0ncfc 10 ie~ -fs11 ~,
polygamy in open defiance of the laws
of United States. And under the law
he is not eligible to seat in Congress-
The law of Congress, under which he
was convicted of polygamy, makes a
person SO convicted Ineligible to hold
any office in Utah or under the Govern
ment of the United States. The State
OF Utah has repealed that law but the
national law remains in force and, as
the Philadelphia Times says, ''Mr.
Roberts is no more eligible to seat in
Congress under the law than he would
be if to-day convict in prison."
THE ARMY.
Stockton Independent: The army
permitted by Act of Congress has been
raised nearly to the limit and Adjutant
General Corbin says that by December
1st over $4,000 of this army will be IN
the Philippines or en- route for the ISL
ands. Before Congress adjourns next
summer it is probable that some of this
army will be returning to America for
the Philippine rebellion will be disor-
ganized and virtually ended There
may be and probably will be trouble
with some Of the wild tribes in the
Philippines for many years to come,
as the Government has had trouble
with the Indian tribes for the past CELL
fury. But there will be fewer causes
of friction with Filipinos than. with
American Indians, because there is no
prospect that white settlers will at
tempt to displace natives on the lands
of the Philippines.
THE FLOOD-WATER QUESTION.
Stockton Mail: In considering the
subject Of the storage of fiood-waters
there are some local Illustrations of it's
Importance which ought not to be over
looked. There is a tendency among
men to be concerned in that which inn
mediately affects their interests, and
while the proposition to build storage
dams ought not to be considered only
from the low standpoint of local inter-
est, yet the fact that San Joaquin
County will be directly benefited by the
plan will awaken sentiment in it's favor.
Some people imagine that San Joa-
quin County would never want for
water to irrigate her thirsty acres ard
one standing on the banks of her swo1-
len streams in June might well enter