The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-13
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

jects Of Living News
Interest.
Folsom Telegraph: 1t was real mean
OF Huntington in paying the central
Pacific Company's debt to the Govern
ment. The San Francisco Examiner
will now have nothing to talk about.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEDURE.
Fresno Republican,: The inability of
the late Congress to transact the bus
mess calling for it's immediate atten-
ton, and the haste with which all sorts
of compromises had to be rushed
through, that there might be at least
modus vivendi, illustrate the absurdity
of our traditional system of long and
short sessions. The second session
long. 1t ought to be at least twice as
long. Either by law or Constitutional
amendment we shall have. sooner or
later, 10 fit the limits of Congressional
terms SO that we shall get an approx
imation Of two years service out of each
two years term
THE ANTI-CARTOON BILL.
MERGED Star: For this radical step
taken in bridling the newspapers of our
fair State the Cali and Examiner"
of San Francisco are alone response
bic The cowardly and indecent meth
DDS adopted by those journals in rid
iculously holding up to public view in
the most vulgar and hideous forms,
those who dared to oppose them, dis
gusted our legislators, and the time
came to call a halt. The passage of
f1,n1 ~ VIII ;.,+o Il
critics of all honest and pure journals.
THE CHURCH OF ROME"
Los Angeles Times: Exception is
sometimes taken by Roman Catholics
to the use by outsiders of the term
Church of Rome Yet, there is the
highest authority for so-ca1ling the
church over which Leo XIII. presides
with SO much dignity and good judg-
ment as to- win the respect and admira-
ton of thousands who do not accent
the tenets of that church. In the note
worthy letter addressed by the Pope to
Cardinal Gibbons on the spread of what
is known as "Americanism' among
Catholics in this country, a translation
of which letter was published in the
Times a few days ago, appears the
following sentence:
foundation of unity in the chair of
blessed Peter she is rightly called the
Roman Church, for where Peter is
there is the church,
GAGE AND THE VETO.
San Jose Mercury: Henry T. Gage is
demonstrating that he is Governor in
fact as well as in name, and if he keeps
up his record the people of California
may well congratulate themselves upon
their wisdom in having placed at the
head of the State Government a man
who possesses judgment, courage and
Independence of character. Mr.. Gage
believes that the Governor should be
something more sthan a mere figure
head and his functions are higher and
more responsible than those of an Off
cial elected for the mere purpose of at
tachlng his signature to bills passed by
the Legislature in order that they may
become laws. He is convinced that it is
his solemn duty carefully to examine
every bill placed before him, and to veto
it if he has reason to be satisfied that
it is unconstitutional, wrong, extrava-
CANT or ineXpedient He may err pos
sibly now and then in his conclusions,
but if he continues as he has begun
there is very little danger of bad legis-
lation slipping through his hands.
BEEF CATTLE.
Marysvile Democrat: There is not at
present twenty head of beef cattle in
Yuba and Suffer Counties. One Of the
direct causes assigned for present high
prices is the dry weather which pre-
vailed for two seasons and is now
threatening a third. Another is the
severe weather and the consequent
shortage of good fat cattle in Oregon
aid Washington, California having
made some large shipments to these
parts recently. Since the war with
Spain was first declared, California has
furnished 10000 pounds of beef to the
Government, and this has cut consider
able figure in reducing the supply Of
beef cattle.
A GOOD START.
Stockton Independent: Governor Hen
ry T. Gage has made an enviable rec
ord for the first two months of his Off
cial term. He has not hesitated to ex-
press his views, and has carried out the
wishes of the people of the State so far
as he could ascertain them.
He has used the veto power freely,
and We believe, wisely. At least. his
liberal use of it has given a sense of Sc
curity to the business interests of the
State and to the people generally.
1t is not expected that Governor Gage
will serve four years without making
mistakes. 1t is not denied that the
most trying part of his duty is yet to
come in selecting persons for the vari-
Gus offices. In performing that duty a
large number of politicians will be
offended. But if Governor Gage con-
tinues to exhibit the same fearlessness
and judgment throughout his term as
he has displayed since taking his seat
there is no question of the generous
approval Of his party and the people.
Up to this time the State of Califor-
MIA has had no State administration
that 1t would volunteer to continue for
a second term. In fact, it has not had
in recent years a State administrator
that was So acceptable as to admit of
the success of the party responsible for
it in the election to determine success
scr. We trust that in this particular
Governor Gage will break the record,
and that his service will be so valuable
that at the close of his four years the
people will desire a continuance
CONGRESS AND MUD.
Oakland Tribune: 1t is all very we'll
to throw mud at the last Congress and
say that 1t was VIGOROUSLY extravagant
because it appropriated over one and a