The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-19
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EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects of Living News
Interest.


jects of Living News
Interest.
Santa Rosa Republican: With the
passing of the wet season in the Phil
lpplnes Aguinaldo will also pass. His
disturbing days are near their end and
General Otis will put on the finishing
touches. He has done all ANYBODY
could have done to date under existing
conditions. He has not lost a battle
ana his soldiers have perfect confidence
in him. General Spectacular Miles will
not be sent there to make a show of
himself
POLITICS AND EDUCATION.
Stockton independent: 1t is to be
hoped that the Board of Regents of the
State University will so far overcome
factional dissension and the desire to
boss as to accede to Professor Wheel
er's demands and thus place the Uni
versity not only in capable hands, but
for time, at least, outside the domain
of politics. But few State school sys-
TENS escape the blight of politics. These
few are in those States where political
orally conceded that the educational
system of Michigan is the best in it's
completeness and results of any of
the States west of New England A
very intelligent Democrat of this city,
in speaking of this fact not long since
remarked that it was because political
conditions are constant there This
is true. 1t is the same in Massachu-
SQffC of ha E,r1c1 Ia M
States. There is no attempt to upset
educational affairs every other year to
please the politicians.
HUNTING FOR BUGS.
San Jose Mercury: The Legislature
last winter made an appropriation for
the purpose of sending an expert en-
tomologist abroad to collect and import
into California for general distribution
parasitical and spredaceous insects
which prey upon such species of fruit
and tree pests as are found in the or
chards of this State. The parasites in
| troduced several years ago have been
greatly beneficial to the fruit growers,
having reduced and in some instances
practically destroyed certain kinds Of
scale whose depredations the growers
had found it almost impossible to stay.
Unquestionably other parasites may be
procured which will prove equally eff
fective as 1destroyers of other species
of scale which have been imported on
trees, and the natural enemies of which
exist in the lands from which they
came. 1t was Professor Albert Koe-
belle who discovered for the California
| growers those beneficial insects, the
Vedalia cardinals, the Rhizobius ven
trails, the Novius Koebelei, and others,
and although he will not be the official
representative of this State in the mis-
sion abroad for further discoveries
| along this line he has promised to rem
der all the assistance in his power.
The State Board of Horticulture has
selected George Compere of Los Ange-
les for this mission, and he will soon
depart for Hawaii. From there he will
go to the Fiji Islands, and to Australia.
Java and Singapore, taking about ten
months for his investigations, and sub
sequently he will visit the south of Eu
rope in search of parasitical insects
| there. Much may be expected from
the Investigations to be made by Mr..
Compere, who is a practical entomolo-
gist, and if he succeeds in discovering
and importing only a few species of
desirable parasites the results will COM
pensate a thousand times over for the
attendant cost.
SHOULD BE SATISFIED.
Marysville Appeal: The Republicans
OF Ohio, and of the country at large,
certainly can have no serious objec-
lions to the Democrats of that State
nominating John R. Mclean as their
candidate for Governor. Since Nc
Lean succeeded his father in posses
sion. of the Cincinnati Enquirer"
many years ago. he has resided in
Washington City and from there con-
trolled the policies of his journal for
his own personal ends, without refer
ence to the good Of his party. For this
reason he has many bitter enemies
among the Democrats, who will be only
too glad to join hands with the Repub-
licans to accomplish his overthrow-an
event not very hard to bring about
any way in the Republican State of
Ohio.
CUBAN INDEPENDENCE.
San Diego Union: The Cubans
should have independence at the earli-
est possible moment, but it is to be
hoped that they will not set up a
government like the "black republic"
of Hayti. Representatives of the lat
ter have recently been trying to Dor
row $5000,000 in New York. They
offered 8 per cent. interest, and the
customhouse receipts as security, but
capital was so cool toward them that
they may take their loan to Europe.
Their lack of success is due to the fact
that Hayti has not a stable govern
ment That island affords a lesson for
the Cubans if they will only take it..
=. GOVERNMENT RELIEF.
San Jose Appeal: The Government
declares that it is unable to send relief
to the sufferers by the Texas floods,
because it has no funds applicable to
such purpose. A contemporary holds
that there is something wrong in the
national laws when such conditions
prevail and that Congress should pro-
vide a remedy.
1t is hard to see what there IS
wrong, unless it is proposed to entirely
revolutionize the ideas on which the
Federal Government is founded. The
purpose of that Government never
contemplated the work of ministering
to the private and personal distresses
of the people. In Europe it is diff
ferent. There the Governments are
looked to for almost everything by the
people and the consequence is that the