The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-08
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.

State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.
Stockton Record: The decision that
Lucy Hite was sufficiently the wife OF
the wealthy miner to entitle her to d.
vorce and alimony gives satisfaction 70
most people. A man who will maintain
marital relations with a woman during
twenty years or more should be man
enough to properly provide for her for
the rest Of her life If he is able. That
: Lucy is a squaw should make no all
ference to the courts, since she was
good enough for Hite before he became
wealthy.
THE MESSAGE.
| Fresno Republican,: No more I'M
pOrtant state paper has been presented
to the American people in this genera
ton than the Presidents message sent
| to Congress Tuesday. AS the official
chronicle of the most decisive year OF
our later history and the forecast OF
the new era which that year has be-
gun, it Is historical document OF the
first rank, and is entitled to the care
full consideration of every American
citizen. Even the parts which merely
recount the course of events familiar
to everyone are important, as bringing
these events together in one view and
correct relations, and especially as be-
ing spoken with authority and absolute
knowledge. The confusion of conflict
ing accounts becomes order and SIM
plicity in the Presidents lucid nara
| tive, based as it is on sources of in
formation and discrimination such as
no other person could possibly have.
So, even the parts of the message
which are not interesting as news are
important as evidence.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
San Jose Herald The President s
message, which we publish to-day, is,
and able document On the great
questions that are now interesting the
nation, it speaks in direct and impress
sive language. There is no DISPOSE
ton to dodge any issues. Some indeed
there are on which the Executive can
do nothing more than call the attention
of Congress to prevailing conditions
and urge action. Such one is the
matter Of trusts. The President real
ICES the difficulty of the subject. owing
! to the divided jurisdiction of Federal
and State authorities. but his sugges-
ton for uniform State legislation in
connection with Congressional action is
practical and all that falls within his
| province.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Stockton independent: The annual
message of President Mckinley is firm
in tone, broad in scope and humane in
temper. The President meets Congress,
and the American public with a spirit
of confidence that springs from a sin
cere conviction of right. The great
questions that are absorbing the at
tention of political parties and publ
cists are treated fearlessly, but with
excellent temper and Judgment by Pres
| ident Mckinley and there is no evil
dence in the whole document that he
had evaded an issue or sighted a cues
| ton of public interest The conspicu-
Gus feature of all the public documents
emanating from President Mckinley is
their deep earnestness and there is a
constant manifestation of this trait in
the annual message 1t shows in al
most every paragraph a kindly inter-
est in the welfare of all the people,
| 1t was certainly expected that the
President would ask Congress to pass
some measure of currency reform and
his recommendation to fix the stand
ard so as to guarantee the parity and
value Of each dollar of the money of
the people will meet the Endorsement
of the Republican party and of the
country. That there are great differ
ences of opinion in both the parties as
| to the best course to take in order to
reform and simplify the currency, pro-
tect the treasury and maintain the
credit OF the country Is evidenced by
the fact that the Republicans of the
House and of the Senate have brought
in quite distinct bills. But it is prob
able that action will be very close to
the recommendations of the President.
THE PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE.
San Jose Mercury: President McKin-
ley's message is worth careful pc
rusal-if for no other reason, in ord II
to obtain a general world view Of the
relations of the United States to other
nations. That there is nothing particu-
| larly new in the way of suggestions
will excite no surprise. The views of
Mr.. Mckinley upon almost all large
questions have come to be fairly we'll
understood by intelligent people, for the
President has taken pains to let it be
known that in recent foreign compiled
lions he desired to be guided by the
opinion Of the nation. And numerous
| feelers have from time to time been
thrown out by members of the Presi-
dents official family to determine and
test public sentiment. The most pro-
nounced views of the President, as ex-
pressed in this long State paper are
not calculated to excite great attention
beyond the fact that they are presented
in Mr.. McKinley's message to Congress
and to the world. The policy Of the
Administration as to Cuba, the Philip
pines Islands. to pensions, to the South
American Republics and the gold stand
ard, will be accepted by the Repub-
lican party as continuation and in
dorsement of political faith for which
the party has stood. All in all, the
message will be acceptable to the coun-
try, and gives assurances of adherence
to those principles and practices under
which the marvellous prosperity of the
United States has. been attained
A DEMOCRATIC VIEW.
| Stockton Mail: The Presidents mess
age, a long epitome of which is pub
lished on another page of the Mail -
! is not a sensational document In :.
the President was expected to take a
certain stand and make certain recon-
mendations, and he has done as >ex-