The record-union., 1899-11-02
VOICE OF TIE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
IMPRESSIONS.
state and coast opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

Marysville Appeal: One OF the most
irritating and unnatural exhapitlons -
copperheadism on record was manlIest-
ed in the House of Commons the otne.
day, when the official announcements VI
brave General Symons' death was
made. The entire assemblage, wnen
the distressing news was told, arose
and uncovered out of respect TO tne
memory of the gallant officer, except
the ''irreconcilables" les"-those miserapis
beings of Atkinsonian natures-who
even in the presence of death faaleo ~
realize their own immense 1nsleni'-
canoe. And, moreover they lacked the
discernment to see that Generai
Symons died doing his duty, no matter
how unjust the position of the Engnsn
Government may be-a Government.
that he had sworn to defend and OBEY.
WHAT WE GIVE AWAY.
Los Angeles Express: Few Peopie
have any conception of the enormous
outlay of money earned IN this country
and spent by our leisure and travenns
classes in Europe each year. II IS So
big that it would probably alarm the
people Of the country If they saw u
punched. but it has been going on Tor
years, and every twelve months ADDS
to the grand sum total.
This has been done for years In race
Of the fact that in the United states
there is more to see than in any other
quarter of the globe, and the only won
der is that Americans, as soon as tney
come into money. will immediately
chase across the ocean to make a tour
of the Old World before they have the
faintest conception of the natural
beauties of their own country. and
whose ignorance Of America makes
them the laughing stock Of continental
Europe.
But all of this is to be changed, II II
can be done 1t is now proposed, ac-
cording to chief Of one of the Treas
ury Bureaus in Washington, to COM
pile an accurate set of statistics upon
this subject Several years ago such
an effort was made, but it was not car
ried out as thoroughly as it should have
been. Even then, however, the total
ran up to over $3.50, 100000, before the
work was abandoned. 1t is promised
now that the forthcoming investiaa-
ton will be very thorough, including,
as it will, data from steamships, rail-
roads, custom houses. Consular esti-
mates, reports of special foreign agents.
ETC. Such statistics can not fail to
have great interest and value to stu
dents of political economy and, espec-
tally, to all interested in the problems
of the distribution of taxation.
BRYAN AND THE PHILIPPINE
QUESTION.
San Jose Mercury: OF all the men
who from the foundation of the Gov
ernment until now have assumed q
large relationship to American af-
fairs, Mr.. Bryan is the least informed
and the least thoughtful. II don't
favor the withdrawal of our troops
from the Philippines he said at Des
Moines, Ia What do believe and
have repeatedly announced is that we
should at once declare our purpose in
unequivoca1 terms. SO positive that the
F'ilipinos cannot doubt it, to grant
them full and complete independence
the moment they have established a
stable government" First, Mr.. Bryan
ought to know that we are not fighting
the Filipino people but a conspiracy Of
professional revolutionists backed by
one of the Filipino tribes; that to rec
ognize this revolutionary organization
and it's followers-the Taga1os-and to
turn over the islands to them would be
to abandon the main body of the Fill
pino people to their ruthless enemies.
How, pray, is it to be determined when
a stable" government has been "es-
tablished" excepting by a period Of
American occupation under conditions
of peace? Who has ever doubted that
the Filipinos would have self-govern-
ment just as soon as they are capable
Of managing it?
What more could possibly be prom
ised than what was promished in the
manifesto of the Philippine Commits
sion IN April last That manifesto, be
1t remembered, declared the general
American purpose to be: a. The su-
premacy of the United States: C2) the
most ample liberty and self lf-govern-
ment reconcilable with a wise, just,
stable and effective and economical
administration Of public affairs, and
compatible with the sovereign and in
ternational rights and responsibilities
of the United States: 81 a guarantee
of full civil rights to the Filipinos: "a
the welfare and advancement of the
island people; 90 and honest and eff
cient civil service, with native officials
where practicable; co. taxation on an
economical basis with the application
of local funds to local purposes; %
pure administration of Justice; C) the
promotion of public works; (9) the pro-
motion of agriculture, industry and
trade; Q0) promotion Of general edu-
cation, and (1D the roofing out OF the
Spanish system of official corruption.
This Is the scheme laid before the
Philippine people by official authority
and under the approval of the Presi-
dent 1t promises all the rights. all
the independence enjoyed by the pso-
pie Of any American territory. Would
Mr.. Bryan promise more than this:
COMING COMFORT
Santa Cruz Sentinel: From an investi-
cation of new patents and patent APP
plications at Washington, as reported
by exchanges, it is evident the invent
ors are turning largely to the attractive
| field of effort found in devices for taxi
| ing the place of ice. So successful are
some of these that enthusiastic pro-
moters already predict the passing of
the iceman Devices for producing ar
tificial cold are multiplying with great
rapidity, and while. some Of these are
of but limited and costly utility, others
give promise of being able to meet COM
mon wants and uocaSsit ioa in f11e heated