The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-06
VOICE Of TIE PRESS.
State and Ceast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

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| Los Angeles Times: Another OF Asut-
naldo's emissaries is on his way 10 tnis
country, but the searchlight on Tic
Capitol at Washington will not De turA-
ed into the circuit we may presume -
long as those Filipino rebs are maAine
targets of our brave boys in Luzon. II
appears to be quite hard to make Ag.
understand that we cannot discuss
things with him and his emissaries I'M
til the dusky young men who wear U
strings have gone back to raising rice
and sugar cane instead of - along tne
banks of the Pasig and other streams
that are far away,
THE PURPOSE.
Los Angeles Express: When we pc
gan the war with Spain it was LOT
definite purpose, to forever put IL out
of the power of Spain to continue lts
tyranny over. Cuba. There was no
thought then about the Philippines.
Their acquisition was not the purpose
of the war. They came to US later as
one of the results of the war, anu the
people Of this country are going to 40
their full duty by them. 1t is neces-
sary to reiterate this occasionally. for
there is class of persons bloviating
around who make it point to conven-
iently forget these facts when they es-
say to harpoon the Government.
CALIFORNIA AT THE EXPOSITION.
Vacaville Reporter: 1t appears by
the dispatches that America has the
ugliest building at the Partisan Expo
sition. We could forgive that if the
contents were such as to satisfy Amer
lean demands for representation. we
do not know what other States are do
| ing, but we believe the Government
exhibit will be creditable and we know
that California has appropriated $l3o,-
COO to display the possibilities OF tnls
State. In spite of our hopes and some
declarations as to what the commission
! is doing, or going to do. we fear 1t Will
not be creditabIe. Tt certainly will not
be SO far as the creation of an exhibit
by the commission. 1t has spent Its
money foolishly in many cases, and
what it does will be the result OF costly
experiment. It will borrow from coun-
ties and different organizations what 1t
was supposed TO collect, and we doubt
| it satisfying any one finally, except
those whose pull gave them positions
near the sunlight of the commissions
presence.
| If any of US go to Paris we can taxa
our friends round to the California ex-
hibit and point to our S130, 900 display
with the same pride the purchaser OF
famous peachblow vase did, based
upon the single element of what it cost
The Southern Pacific Railroad evident
lly expects the California exhibit to be
failure since it has deemed it neces-
sary to spend over $50. GOO in repre-
senting California. We know nothing
of the plans regarding the latter. but
at less than half the cost, we will wager
that it surpasses the States installa-
ton The one will be the product Of a
business management. The other is the
work of board organized on political
| lines, where the great interests involved
demand imperatively that no consider
alton should influence the selection OF
| the commission except an aptitude for
the work in hand.
SOME SENSE
Fresno Republican: The Oakland
Enquirer" quotes a recent report of
the League for the Prevention Of Tu-
berculosis in France with some surprise,
proposal in the California State Board
of Health to keep out consumption by
quarantine. The striking feature of the
| French report is the following SEN
tence:
| 1T is known that contact with the
consumptiye is in no sense dangerous;
| that neither his person nor his breath
is poisonous; that one can talk with
him for hours together, inhale his
breath, live with him, sleep with him.
give the most constant care and atten-
| ton, without running any serious risk
| If certain precautions are taken
There Is nothing new about this, and
would be nothing surprising If it were
not for the contrary notion apparent
| ly Endorsed by the advocates of the
quarantine law. Consumption is rec
ognized infectious disease, but the ma
ture Of its infectiousness is such that
quarantine is not the proper remedy.
The necessary precautions are personal,
| applied to each case, and not public,
| by quarantine exclusion or seclusion.
The project has been given up for the
present, and 1t Is to be hoped that by
the time It is revived again there will
| be sufficient general or expert knowl-
| edge of the subject to propose more
rational scheme.
| ARTISTIC.
| Oakland Enquirer: In the work Of
elevating the Filipino mind our Gov
eminent does not intend to neglect
the artistic element. 1t has caused to
be manufactured huge smokestack
to be used in connection with an ice
plant that has been erected in Manila.
The smokestack, which was built in
Cincinnati, is Of solid steel. eighteen
feet in diameter, and one hundred apd
seventy feet high, and it will be, what
few smokestacks are, ornamental. IT'S
base is fiuted, it has fine copper trim
mings and it will be surmounted by
statue of Liberty twenty feet high,
holding in her right hand an immense
arc light. Just imagine, if it is posi-
Bile, a smokestack on a sooty factory
bearing aloft a twenty-foot statue Of
Liberty. And yet Aguinaldo says we
are not willing to give liberty to his
countrymen.
THE IMPROVEMENT OF HAVANA.
| Santa Cruz Surf: AS we watch the
reports which are being sent in by the
military Governors Of the islands hat
have recently come under our care.
| says the Scientific American" we must
feel that peace hath her victories no
less renowned than war;" If the work
of such men as General Wood at San
tiagO and General Ludlow at Havana
is to be taken as test of what the
/ future has in store for the island of
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