The record-union., 1899-06-09
VOICE or The. PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

| Napa Register: Poor old Gomez.
Worn, weak and asthmatic; broken in
| spirit because Of the ingratitude OF
| those who have benefited by his SER
vices, and stung to the quick by the
! false charge that he is in the pay of
the United States. he is seriously i'll in
Cuba and thought to be near his end.
| NOT ALL.
| Los Angeles Times: The Kansas City
| journal" makes this telling observa-
tom Speaking of Bryan, Champ Clark
says: In times of peace he is civilians
in times of war he is soldier This is
not the whole truth. In times of peace
Bryan is an office seeker; in times Of
war he is gutter" And an editorial
| two columns long couldn't have ex-
1 pressed the situation more clearly,
| graphically or truthfully.
| AS EXPECTED.
| Redlands Facts: AS was to be ex-
pected the Democratic papers are kick
| ing against the reduction of classes of
| persons to which civil service rules
| shall apply and are charging Mckinley
| with thus opening up positions 20 be
| filled by his own appointees, who will
work for his denomination and re-elec-
| ton. 1t is noticeable that none of
| those sheets had a word to say against
| their pet, Cleveland, when by one sweep
| of his pen he added all of those classes
and many others to the civil service
! rules list, hoping thereby to keep a
horde of Democratic hirelings in office
| throughout Republican Administra-
tions, no matter whether those hire
| lings were fit or not for the posts which
| they were supposed to fill. Cgeveland's
| scheme did not work hence these tears
THE CALL FOR MEN.
Oakland Tribune: The military sit
uation appears to have developed at
| last into one where the patriotism of
/ the country will be required to again
respond to the demand for volunteers,
| for General Otis report to Washington
| that for while at least. an army Of
| $4,000 men will have to be maintained
| in the Philippines. means that it will
| not be practicable to cope with the sit
| uation with the standing force Of regu-
| lars.
| Were the troubles in the Orient all
that we had tol meet at the present time
there would doubtless be no occasion to
seek reinforcements from the National
| Guards, but with such an unsettled CON-
dition of affairs as now prevails in
| Cuba, to say nothing of the occasional
disturbances in Porto Rico, it is not
possible to so distribute the regular
| forces as to keep all points properly
guarded. It is, of course. understood
that the arrangements in all the
places in question are merely tempo
rary, for if we We're called upon to
face the present conditions permanently
another army reorganization bill would
have to be rushed through, and a force
of at least 100000 men made available
These who have been prophesying
that it would be a hard task to raise
another volunteer army must be sur
| prised at the many offers of regiments
which are pouring in at Washington.
CUT THE CABLE.
| Vacaville Reporter: Send the Philip
pine Commissioners to attend the peace
conference at The Hague, and let suffi-
cient soldiers be placed on the island
/ of Luzon to hold a town when 1t has
been captured by the Americans. There
is too much uncertainty in our policy
and 1t would perhaps be as we'll for
the military authorities to cut the cable
by which communication is maintained
with Washington. It would be quite
satisfactory, too. on account of the quail
ity of news we have been receiving of
| late. 1t is getting tiresome to read Of
| terrific encounters in which tons of
lead are wasted in attacks which last
| for hours, while neither the Americans
| or Filipinos show serious damage. 1t
sounds too much like reports of the
battles between Weyler's forces and the
| Cuban insurgents. 1t is quite a ques-
ton, in fact, if sorke of our Generals
| in the Philippines have not already ac-
quired the typewriter habit.
PEACE OUTLOOK.
Alameda Argus: The prospect for
peace with the Tagalos is not very good.
1t would seem like insanity in a mere
tribe of islanders to attempt to with
stand the most powerful nation on the
globe. But there are two things be-
sides disparity Of resources which are
factors in the situation. One is that
| the Filipinos do not know our might
and they suspect our purposes. The
other is the character Of the climate and
THE nature of the country to be fought
over. In the mountain Businesses, the
unbroken forests and the jungles de-
fensive war can probably be maintain
ed for a long time. There is no doubt
about the issue, but it is a long, weary
and expensive business and may cost
the lives Of many more Of our young
men before it is over.
UNIVERSITY FOR MEN.
| Oakland Enquirer: President Jordan
has made an explanation of the act of
Mrs. Stanford in limiting the attendance
of women at Stanford to 800. He says
there is no criticism to be made upon
| the scholarship or character of the
young women attending the University
we daresay no one thought there was
but the University was intended pri-
marily for the education Of young men,
and through from the beginning young
women have been admitted on equal
terms with the men, it was supposed
they would constitutes only about one
fourth of the attendance. AS the fig
ures which the Enquirer printed yes
terday show the young men and
young women in both Stanford and the
University Of California are approach
ing something like an equality of num-
bers, the latest figures being $50 men
and 463 women at Stanford and 9o4
men and 1872 women at Berkeley A
few years ago the women were less
| than a third of all the students in Stan
ford and not much larger proportion
in the University of California
THE ARMY A SCHOOL.
| Stockton Independent: Service i'm the
army or navy of the United States for
ono term of opf;ctp,opt NAV not 1aod