The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-12
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EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
ExPAEssIoNs.

State and Coast Opinions ON Subj
jects Of Living News
Interest.
Santa Rosa Republican,: The i'm
portance of the professional br1iser IS
again noticeable. Every issue OF the
| big San Francisco papers gives mucn
space to the mill soon to- occur between
Fitzsimmons and Jeffries. Each Is
permitted to- talk through whole col
umns of space about himself and the
other fellow. If a morning newspaper
tells at length its reasons for believing
| that one of these sluggers will win an
afternoon paper of the same day IS
almost sure to devote a like space to
| the other side. Then all the other
bruisers and ex-bruisers are brought
| in, one after another, to give their opln-
ions in regard to the coming fistlc bat
| tie. 1t is creditable to the Associated
Press that not much of this stuff is
! furnished by it,.
| A TRIUMPH OF JUSTICE.
San Diego Union: Whatever the out
come of the new trial Of Dreyfus may
| be, the action of the Court Of Casa
ton in ordering that he be given an
other hearing is a grand triumph of
justice In spite Of all the recent dis
closures the, great majority of French
men doubtless believe that the Devils
Island prisoner is "a traitor to his coun~
try and merits a more severe punish
ment than that imposed upon him.
This is certainly the view of the in
fuential classes in France. To estab-
lish the fact that, whether guilty or
innocent, Dreyfus never had fair
trial, was tremendous undertaking in
| the face of the fierce opposition that
developed.
POLITICS AND TRUSTS.
| Stockton Independent: In the Nc
Kinley revenue law of 1890, which
was passed by the narrow but we'll
organized majority which the Repub-
/ leans held in the Fifty-first Congress.
a provision was Incorporated restrain
ing trusts in the following language
Every contract, combination in the
form of trust or otherwise, or con-
spiracy, in restraint of trade or COM
merce among the several States, or
with foreign nations, is hereby declared
to be Illegal" A person infringing
this law was liable to a fine of $4,000
or imprisonment for one year or both,
and a like penalty could be imposed
ON any person attempting to form such
combinations Every Republican in
Congress voted for this law, and every
Democrat in Congress voted against
it. In 1892 the Democrats won the
election and secured control Of both
i houses. 1t was the first time since
/ 1856 that they had been in control of
the Presidency and Congress. Their
entrance to undisputed power was sig
nalized by the passage of the Wilson
German revenue bill and the repeal of
the Mckinley tariff. This law radically
modified the Mckinley antitrust law,
limiting it's application to trusts en-
gagged in the importing trade. The in
tent was Of course to give the law an
multiplication trend, but as a matter
of fact, there was no trust engaged in
the importing business Consequently
the law was a dead letter. In remov-
ing this restriction from trusts. all the
Democrats i'm Congress voted for the
change, and all the Republicans against
it. That the law would stand the test
of the courts, had it been retained, is
Indicated by recent decisions under the
modified provisions that found their
way into the Wilson German Act
The coal combine in San Francisco was
broken up because it was engaged in
| the importation of Goals from Austria
| LA, Vancouver and other places. But
the domestic trusts cannot be touched.
While the Wilson German revenue law
has been superseded by the Dtngley
law, the trust provision remains the
same because the Republicans have
not had a clear majority in both houses
since by which the anti trust provision
of the Mckinley law could be restored.
1t will thus be seen that up to this
time the national record of the two
parties on anti trust legislation has
been quite clear and uf1mistakable. The
democrats may attempt TO capture
votes in 1900 by antitrust cries, but
with the national record of their Con-
gressmen on trusts engaged in inter-
state commerce they will cut a sorry
| figure.
IMPUDENT
! San Jose Mercury: About the most
impudent thing yet heard of is the cir
cular recently issued by the Filipino
Junta calling upon the Powers to COM
pei the American army in the Philip
pines to observe the rules of civilized
warfare and to protect the Filipinos
against American outrages. 1t is no.
| torious that although the Americans
treat their prisoners kindly and admin
lister to the wants of the sick and
wounded insurgents who have been
captured, the insurgents themselves
make a practice Of torturing American
prisoners and of committing acts of
atrocity upon the bodies of the Ameri-
can dead
| A CHARACTERISTIC ATTITUDE.
| Stockton Mail: San Francisco ex-
poets to have $250OO0 guaranteed for
the Dewey monument in very few
days, but it has not subscribed or guar
anteed cent or formed an organiza-
ton OF made any arrangements to as
sist such of it's returning volunteers as
may turn out to be in need of aid on
account of sickness or inability to find
work on theig discharge from the army.
One of the largest employers In the city
has already given notice that it cannot
in justice to- itself keep the promise
made to re-employ the young men who
left it's service to enlist, and no doubt
| there are many other employers, less
cynical and more careful of public opin-
| ion, who have made up their minds to
| take the same unpatrfotic, selfish and
dishonest course. But they really have
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