The record-union., 1899-06-27
VOICE Of The PRESS.
State and Coast Opinions ON SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

Interest.
Oakland Tribune: The election Of
Dingley's successor in Congress from
Maine by larger Republican majority
than that obtained by Dingley when he
ran against the same candidate a year
ago is one of those straws that show
the direction of the political winds. The
present Administration is so satisfac-
tory to the people of the nation that
there is little question as to what the
result will be when the Presidential bat
tie is fought out again next year.
PRIZE FIGHTING.
| Marysville Appeal: The interest man
ifested by the public at large in prize
fighting is of such a character that pa
pers with any regard for their own rep
utations as news mediums are compell-
! ed to dish up column after column of
pugilistic talk for the entertainment of
their readers. This may offend a GER
tain portion of their subscribers, but
the money is ON the other side Of the
proposition and where the money IS
there will the newsgatherers be assem-
bled together If the demand did not
exist for this class Of news, it would
not be published. A newspaper gives
news of all kinds in infinite variety, but
only spreads" itself on that portion
which the people betray the greatest
interest in. However, it can be said
of present day prize fighting that it is
refined and cultivated art compared
with the contests that have gradually
led up to it's present development.
MR.. INGALLS,, LAMP POSTS AND
TORCHES.
Los Angeles Times: John j. ingalls,,
statesman out of a job, and at times
reporter Of prize fights, is now operat-
| ing in the role of Cassandra, and pre-
dieting by and by the lamp post and
the torch" Had Mr.. Ingalls, a job at
statesmaning in the Senate, or else
where, or if he would take a few doses
of spring medicine for that tired feel
ing" he would doubtless be singing an
other song than the pessimistic wall
which is his latest utterance. There is
no Likelihood of 1.-The lamp post and the
torch" becoming the fashion in this
country, but if it should, in isolated To-
cal1tles, We may depend upon the sober
sense, the stalwart patriotism, and the
brave hearts of the American people to
apply the remedy promptly and effect
lively. This is a country of law and
order and not of hare Drained French
communists or ignorant peasants who
grab the pitchfork or the scythe and go
on the warpath. The evils in this land
OF ours will be. corrected by sane and
sober methods. not all in one day, per-
haps, but all in good time, and if men
cry for the lamp post and the torch
let them be careful that they be not the
first to bangle from the one, or to be
consumed by the other This reckless
chatter about violent methods for the
correction of evils-evils that may be
imaginary OF real--is unbecoming in an
American citizen, and especially one
who has been honored by his country
men, and who ought to be in better
business than writing tommyrot about
lamp posts and torches in order to reach
| the ears of the groundhngs
SANITATION OF MANILA.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: The military au-
thorities in Manila are doing for that
city what the American officers did for
Havana and Santiago in Cuba. The
capital Of the Philippines is cleaner to-
day than 1t has been for 300 years. The
scavenger work was done, not by the
natives, but mainly by American troops.
A man now in Chicago reports that he
has seen volunteers, who were in this
country men of fortune, using the
broom and the hoe on the streets of
Manila The cleaning was thoroughly
done, and, although the people are in
the midst of the rainy season and there
has been an influx of natives from the
country districts, the health of the city
is good. 1t was more difficult in Ma
Mia to treat diseases like smallpox than
fevers, because of the superstitions of
the natives but vaccination was made
compulsory, and there has been this
| year a marked decrease in the cpl
demic
TO- THE DEPRESSED SOUTH.
Los Angeles Herald: Despite the re-
peated and more or less hysteIdcal as
surance from the Administration press
that the Republican wave of prosperity
has come there are certain large facts
coming to the surface which discredit
the statement Our friends on the
other side should be more guarded in
their claims. If they would assure US
that a wave Of prosperity has come to
the millionaires of the country; if they
would say that the trusts and great
railroad and manufacturing combines
| never before piled up wealth so rapidly,
the statement might go unchallenged.
But with the common people-the
laborers and producers Of the country
the small merchants there's the
rub.
A WORD FROM GENERAL OTIS. 8
Los Angeles Express: Dispatches. from
| Washington state that the President is
now thoroughly aroused over the situa-.
ton in the Philippines, and stands pre-
pared to use every means in his power
to bring the campaign to an end. The
President, it is further stated, has here
| tofore hesitated for political reasons, as
| he has desired to avoid further i'm
perialistie'' criticism, but that now a
word from General Otis is the Ringing
point of the whole question. Let us
hope that the vital word will be i'm
mediately forthcoming, if that is all
that is necessary. The President, as
| the Commander-in-Ch Chief of the Army