The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-29


ness. They came back tanned and sal
low, gaunt and tried out. They have
been through experiences. They did
their duty to the last man and the
the last moment, but the fact that not
single one offered to re-enlist shows
that they were actuated wholly by a
sense Of duty and not by personal in
clination. Still, recruiting for the new
l'regiments goes on Satisfactorily The
chances are that those who go to fight
| FROM this on will not have as hard a
time as those who have gone through
| the first campaign. Theft commanders
will profit by experience, AND the
| trouble will soon be over.
VIOLENCE RAISES A NEW ISSEE.
| Oregonian: Attempt is made on the
part of attorneys and apologists for the
| Occur d'Alene outlaws to justify them
| IN the eyes of the country by pleading
| the justice of their controversy with
| the mine owners prior to the blow up
of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill.
This has nothing-or next to nothing
| TO do with the case. 1t is not with a
private contention about, hours of labor
| or other matters Of industrial detail be-
tween employers and employed that the
public is now concerned, but with the
| issue raised by the criminal outrage
! of April 18th. In this case, as always
an act of violence by one party to
quarrel puts the original question in
the background and raises a new issue,
whose determination must supersede
every other inquiry.
! 1t is possible-indeed, it is quite prob
able-that the miners had a real griev-
ance against the Wardner mine own
ers. 1t is possible that their demands
were reasonable and just. Reports
agree that the immediate administra-
| ton of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
| Company was arbitrary to the degree
of incivility; that it's policy was irritat-
ing to the miners. Justification there
was, probably in these things for
clash of interests, and possibly for
strike on the part of the men, they
had a perfect right to protest against
whatever they did not like in the Con-
ditions of their work, to organize for
| the enforcement of their wishes and to
quit work in a body-to strike--at their
pleasure. If they had done this, at the
same time making public the reasons
for their course, they would no doubt
they were in the right, in the end they
would have won. The American people
are quick to sympathize with injustice
or oppression, and public sentiment is
quick to assert itself. A just cause
fairly and temporarily set forth and
sustained with dignity never fails to
| win.
But the Occur d Alene miners, wheth-
ar io1lf RI, idt,
With the company, were not content to
await an appeal TO reason and justice
under the operation of public opinion.
In moment of supreme passion they
forgot right and duty, thrust aside the
law and its agents by brute force, and,
needless of moral considerations. COM
mitted an outrageous crime. From
that moment all The forces of society
were against theri, for both the duty
and the instinct of government and of
| the public is against the criminal. No
matter what the primary causes of Gif-
| ference; no matter where the right or
the wrong of the original controversy
lies. those who trample upon the law
and violate the moral sense of man
kind must meet the stern vengeance of
| organized society.
| THE FILIPINO REVOLT.
| San Jose Mercury: In the July num-
Der of the American Monthly Review
| of Reviews" John Barrett has a COM.
prehensive article on the situation in
| the Philippines, and he is convinced
that the insurrection can be put down
before the end of the year. The head
and front of the revolt, he says, is, of
course, the Tagalos, who are supported
by natives OF the country between Ma
Mia and Dagupan, and also to the
south who are nominally of other tribes,
but practically and physically the same
as the Tagalos. The insurgent army
| Is made up of a class of men who are
not suited from the lives they have
| led, to Hill or mountain work. They
are chiefly recruited from Manila and
the principal towns to the north and
south Most of them have been brought
| up to comparatively lazy lives and to
have all they wanted to eat. The pop
ulation, moreover. which is most af-
fected by this war is not the hill ele-
ment, but that which makes up the
| great farming and trading portion.
These considerations are very import
ant in view of the effect of the present
the conditions now existing, it would
seem that the Filipino army and peo-
pie are going to suffer far more than
even the Americans. Many of their
chief sources of supply are in our
hands: their important markets are cut
off from them or likewise in our hands.
we have captured many of their stores
and accumulated supplies; and now we
are in a position to watch the coast
SO as to prevent them from getting
further arms and ammunition 1t
would seem, therefore, entirely rational
that the present warfare in the Philip
pines should be over by the end of the
next dry season, which begins in No
vember. With the strengthening OF
General Otis force, as now planned by
the Government, and with the vigorous
prosecution of the campaign during the
rainy season, the insurgents will be so
demoralized when the dry season ar
rives that a few sweeping, decisive
! movements of flying columns into the
interior should effectually destroy all
vestiges of the revolt.
THAT ROUND ROBIN.
Redlands Facts: The Facts looks
upon the so-called Round Robin of
the Philippine war newspaper corre-
spondents as entirely unjustifiable. If
the Administration does not know how
to deal with the Tagalos trouble in the
best manner, then the Government had