The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-06

ings. Remove these all and fill the pa
TENTS mind with moral purity and his
body with physical purity, and the cure
is begun.
DISCREDIT THEM.
Napa Register: Inventive and I'M
principled correspondents are at pres
ent worrying Admiral Dewey more
than the most deadly Spanish mine
ever planted in Manila Bay About
the only way we have of protecting
him from such parasites is to dis
credit all sensational rumors connect
ed with him until they are finally con-
firmed and verified.
ONLY A REMINDER
Santa Barbara Press: While the
Democrats are raising a hue and cry
against trusts, they appear to forget
that they have never done anything 70
regulate or restrict the operations of
the big combinations in restraint of
trade and competition. On the other
hand, the Republicans have enacted the
only antitrust laws ever placed in the
statute books of the United States, and
their record has been one of continuous
opposition to the big combination. The
Republican platform in 1888 declared
against trusts and recommended the en-
actment of State and Federal legisla-
ton in restraint of them. The Con-
gress elected that year gave force to-
that declaration by putting into the
Mckinley law, which was enacted in
1890, strong antitrust clause. The
Democrats in Congress voted against
that clause then and four years later
they voted to repeal it. The Sherman
antitrust law was enacted by a. Re-
publican Congress, and even though
the Democrats have had control of the
Government during four years since
it's enactment, and of Congress dur
ing two years, they made no attempt
to enforce it or to amend it.
Of course, the only reason why Dem
ocrats oppose trusts now is because
Republican prosperity has encouraged
speculation and created the opportu-
nifty for industrial combination. They
are no more opposed to trusts now
than they were when they voted
against the antitrust clause of the
Mckinley law or when they voted to
repeal that clause four years after it's
enactment. They cannot make an
issue of the trusts in the next cam
paign, for the Republicans will stand
exactly where they stand with respect
to that question.
HE DIDN'T SIGN 1T.
Stockton Independent: An alleged
officer of one of the volunteer regiments
in the Philippines has written letter
to the Associated Press in which he
constitutes himself an expert critic on
military affairs, on civilization, on eth
no1ogy, on meteorology and the effects
of climate on the health and human
endurance. 1t is unfortunate that this
officers name was lost somewhere. He
may be a Colonel or he may be Cor
poral. He may have seen service en-
titling him to recognition and his
words to great weight. But it is pecu-
liar that an officer Of such expert
knowledge should be allowed by the
Associated Press to suffer obscurity.
The bold statements made, if they came
from an officer who has had opportu-
mites for observation and is known to
be reliable and discerning, will have
great influence. But the discretion
which withholds the name and rank of
the writer destroys the force and eff
fectiveness of the statements. espec-
tally as every reader can observe that
the writer has about the same style as
some of the yellow correspondents in
the Philippines. The outside evidence
is all to the effect that this is one of
the soured Corporals.
The Filipinos wrap their cartridges
to make them fit various rifle bar
rels. This crude adaptation of means
to ends must amuse the old Indian
fighters in General Otis army to whom
the principle is by no means a new
one The trick has long been used by
our own Indians. who wrap Winches-
ter cartridges with rawhide, and shoot
them from their old 50-caliber Martins
and Sharp's carbines.
Goddard e. D. Diamond. vegetarian.
1O3 years old, intends to start from his
San Francisco home on a walking tour
to New York He does not use meat.
alcohol, tobacco or coffee.