The record-union., 1899-10-24


| in public affairs If it is not your busi-
ness, whose is it? And if you consider
| it of too little concern to care whether
| it is anybody's business, you are simply
showing that you are too stupid to
understand. Questions of government
are not trivial; they are eyerybody's
business, and ought to be everybody
chief interest The greatest weakness
of democracies is their tending to fall
apart into self-centered individuals who
do not appreciate this.
FRENCH DANGER.
| Stockton Review; How much danger
the French Republic ran Of being over
turned by the recent monarchial con-
spiracy may be imagined by consider
ing the instructions sent by the pre-
tender, Due d'Orleans, to his confiden-
tial agent in France limiting the ex-
pense of the attempt to bring on coup
detat to $4,000. The Dukes estimate
Of the value of the French crown is not
at all excessive, hardly as much as the
aggregate price of three crack race
horses or a pleasure yacht. AS mat
ter of fact, however, his chances Of get
ting it We're never worth 30 cents.
ABSURD.
Santa Barbara Press: The Bryan
papers are charging Mckinley with
campaigning through the Northwest
ern States. The charge is most alb
surd. The President was invited and
urged to be present at these different
points, and at hundreds of others. Cali
fornia would be delighted to welcome
him.
A USELESS DEBATE.
Los Angeles Express: 1t is reported
from Washington that there is immi-
nent danger of the old quarrel between
the army and the navy, as represented
by Admiral Sampson and General
Shafter, over the battle of Santiago,
breaking out afresh at the coming ses-
sion Of Congress. There is no sense
or reason in reviewing this old trouble
The battle of Santiago has been fought
and won, and is now ancient history
1t is nonsense to discuss the relative
merits of Shafter and Sampson in this
connection, for while opinion is largely
divided as to the part each took, both
the Admiral and the General have been
very literally rewarded by a generous
nation.
FUNSTON'S VIEWS.
| Santa Rosa Republican: The saffron
newspaper correspondents at Manila
have been we'll answered again. Gen
eral Funston has denied the stories
cabled by them as coming from him in
criticism of General Otis and the con-
duct of the PHILIPPINE war He fully
sustains General Otis and expresses the
opinion that he has done we'll. He
thinks the contest is near it's close and
that Aguinaldo will soon sue for peace.
It is quite probable that General
Funston is better qualified to speak his
own sentiments than the newspaper
correspondents are to declare them.
ODIOUS TEACHING.
Los Angeles Times: Professor T. L.
Heaton of the University of California,
in an address before the Teachers In
stitute in Santa Barbara a few days
ago, gave utterance to sentiments of a
nature plainly reasonable to the Gov
ernment of the United Staes. He ex-
alted the cause of Aguinaldo, who Is at
the head of an armed rebellion against
the authority of this Government, and
declared that if he (Heaton) were a
Filipino (sic.) he would not lay down
his arms while foreign troops remained
in Filipino territory, ETC., etc, etc.
Heaton may be conceded the free en-
joyment of his opinions, though his bad
taste in expressing them in public, on
this particular subject, is obvious. But
as an instructor, sent out by the Uni
versity of California, Professor Heaton
has no moral right to express, in such
capacity, views which are at variance
with those Of a large majority Of the
| fhn OF nd at y7p q
with the policy of the National Gov
ernment, to which the State of Cali
fornia is loyal AS matter of fact,
Professor Heaton had no right to drag
the Philippine question into the Teach
ers' Institute at Santa Barbara There
are questions of immediate and vital
interest to teachers which are proper
subjects Of discussion in such gather
ings. The discussion of great economic
and social questions properly belongs
to a wider arena.
CLEVELAND AND PRINCETON.
Oakland Enquirer: When 1t was an
nounced the other day that ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland would become MEM
Der of the faculty of Princeton Univer-
sity, the details of his proposed lecture
course We're not announced. 1t appears
that Stafford Little. a Trenton man
who graduated from Princeton in 1879,
has presented the establishment with
$4,000, which will be spent in paying
for lectures ION themes connected with
public life" The ex-President has been
prevailed upon to deliver the first
course of lectures, but his subjects are
not yet announced. If he should choose
his own subjects, and speak his senti-
ments with perfect freedom there is
no doubt that Cleveland could make a
very interesting lecture series. 1t is
not true that he is to fill the chair of
politics in Princeton. as some have sup
posed. The latter chair has been en-
dowed with gift of 100000 but Pres
ident Patton says that mo suitable
man" has been found for the chair as
yet. From this we may infer that
Cleveland is thought good enough to
give lectures on themes connected
with public life" but hardly good
enough to fill the chair of politics in
Princeton, although the people of the
q, country twice elected him to fill the
chief chair of politics in the nation.
AN OBJECT LESSON.
Tulare Register: The object lesson
in the fitness of Spanish re-
pnblics for self-government is being
afforded by Venezuela now. Negotia-
, tions between the Government and the
insurgents have broken off and now
the fight will be to the finish. By the
way ex-President Harrison is somewhat
interested in the outcome. The regular
Government was to pay him S250,00O