The record-union., 1899-08-30
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

Stockton Record: It is difficult to
see what the original estimates of the
number of men required to keep peace
in the Philippines. when the Spaniards
were in possession, have to do with the
number of men who are now required
to put down the Tagal rebellion.
PLENTY OF SOLDIERS.
Fresno Republican,: The order call
ing for ten more regiments of recruits,
which will bring the army to within
few thousand of it's maximum strength,
and the announced policy Of sending all
these soldiers, and as many more as
may be needed. to the Philippines, Will
meet the approval of every class Of pa
triotic Americans Between the sup
porters of the administration, and the
critics who have complained chiefly be-
cause of the alleged lack of vigor in
prosecuting the war, this preparation
! for an active resumption of>Gostilities
ought to please everybody except the
narrow class who think we should sur
render the Philippines outright and
sneak out like naughty children.
THE NEW FRENCH FIGURE.
Stockton Independent: De Gallifet,
Il
the strong factor in the present ad-
ministration of France He is called
upon to fill a peculiar role. Originally
Royalist, he is called upon to guard
| the Republic against Royalist plots.
! Belonging to the army and distin-
guished as one of the most rigid if not
arbitrary disciplinarians. he is called
upon to protect the civil authorities
/ oh of j.
tary He suppressed the commune of
1S70-71 with an iron hand and now sits
in the Cabinet with a. leader of the
commune. Altogether De Gallifet is
the highest type of stern patriotism,
loyal to his country, above his party,
above his profession. and above his
incidental convictions. His courage
and integrity are unquestioned and his
military judgment is perhaps the pest
in the cause of France.
1t is a great task that devolves on
De Gallifet 1t is his part to demon
strate that a Republican government
in continental Europe and in mercurial
France can exist with a great mill
tary establishment. Yet the lesson he
has to teach France is no more difficult
than some that have been undertaken
ferson, who was opposed to the Fed
eral constitution, was called to the
Presidency to perform acts under the
guise of national sovereignty that
should have made his Democratic spirit
shudder fifteen years before. He was
the apostle Of those who opposed the
constitution, and yet before his death
was destined to see that very party be-
come the strict constructionists of the
constitution. The party had not trav-
eled faster than JeffeI son himself, for
the man who wrote the Declaration Of
Independence in 1776 and opposed the
Federal system of government in 1877,
in 1903 purchased Louisiana and in
1923 advised the Monroe doctrine and
an alliance with England to counteract
the Holy Alliance of Continental Eu-
rope
France has many stern trials to pass
through before she can be considered
safe from Bourbon and Bonapartist in
trigue, and safe from religious and So
cialistic frenzy. Her present Minister
of War will take her farther toward
safety without exposing her to attacks
from without than any man who has
been in the Cabinet since Sedan.
L
Vacaville Reporter: The feeling
seems to be growing that decreasing is
a question which affects California vi
J tally. The effect of the continued de-
struction of our forests, would certain
ly in time affect disastrously the "glor-
ious climate of California" But in
order that the intelligent sentiment OF
those who have made the subject a
J. do off h =
: voters must be educated to the vital
character Of the interests at stake. The
Arab proverb, 'The tree is the mother
of the fountain" should be considered
and it would result in the maintenance
of our forests not only to provide lum-
Der for future generations, but also
; to insure that the present may see
climatic conditions at least as favor
able as they have been in the past, and
the waters prevented from rushing
down into the valleys, not alone to be
: wasted, but to destroy portions of the
valley. Editorially, we have had some
thing to say on the question in the
past, but no editorial can speak with
, the force that an illustration of a pcr-
ton of the slopes of Mount Shasta be-
fore the woodmans vandal hand had
scene after the loss of the tree, does
, We have therefore hung in the office
window of the editor of the Reporter
picture of the two scenes, and trust
that an inspection of the illustrations
will confirm the opinion of those who
: have already given the subject thought
, that deforesting and afforesting are vi
tai questions in California, and also
induces those to whom the subject may
be somewhat strange to give it the
earnest consideration the subject de-
5 serves.
AN IMPROVED METHOD.
Tulare Register: A San francisco
paper calls attention to an improved
method of collecting subscriptions
adopted by the committee collecting
2 funds for the reception of the return
? ing volunteers, and the advantages OF
the system are called to the attention
of churches, hospitals, celebration com
mittees and other public or semi-pub-
lie organizations. To put the matter
, in plain light the citizen is held up, not
solicited The directory is used, names
! being checked with the various
2 amounts which the committee thinks
e ought to be Forthcoming, the unfortu-
f nate victim being allowed little Volt
. tion in the matter If he doesn't come
down with the full assessment what he
does give is returned to him and his
name is paraded in the blacklist The
t assessment plan has been resorted tC
: by common consent in public enter