The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-19
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

! Interest.
! Fresno Republican: Nothing could
be more stultifying and more exasperat-
Ing than the present situation in Cali
Iornla in regard to the newspaper laws
Some newspapers are obeying them, to
their own great annoyance, others are
dlsobeying them, to the contempt OF
| the law and authority The majority of
the States chosen lawmakers voted for
them, and yet not one has the courage
OF MS convictions to try to enforce
them, though he is offered large and
safe reward for doing so. The whole
state, lawmakers and all, is in a con-
dltlon Of utter contempt for it's own
laws and to the extent that the people
| are responsible for the acts of their
chosen representatives, the State is
thus in contempt of itself. If the pub
lie utterances and guarantees of an in
dlyldual were treated with equal con-
tempt it would be proof that he was
regarded as an imbecile Evidently the
State of California has determined to
| treat itself as an official imbecile. 1t
IS not situation to be proud Of.
Neither it is AN encouraging indication
of civic health.
ACCUSING THE PRESIDENT.
Marysville Appeal: If some of these
thirty-cent editors who accuse Presi-
dent Mckinley of assuming the mask
OF illness as a cloak to cover some deep
political design, had been subjected to
the one-thousandth part of the strain
the Executive has been under for the
past two years. they would long since
nave returned to the dust from which
they came, having failed to annex a
large amount of a different kind of dust
Tor which they struggled to hard in this
world. The effort to issue a four-page,
boiler plate weekly seems to be beyond
the capacity of some Of the President 8
most bitter critics, but that does not
Edeter them from writing wonderful po-
l1tlcal treatises on how to look wise.
The President has stood his burden with
great fortitude. His strain has been
incessant, day and night, and the coun-
try will gladly see him seek the rest he
so greatly needs
PROSPERITY IS HERE.
Los Angeles Express: The CONNER
clal interests of the country are en-
veloped in the folds Of continued pros
perlty. Nothing has appeared during
| the week on the financial horizon that
tends to distract the onward march of
business activity.
The gratifying showing made in the
industries Of the world at the American
trade centers for the week closing last
night is embodied in the volume of bus
mess as reported by the clearing house
| banks of the United States, which,
when compared with 1892, exceed that
year Of notable prosperity by 10 per
cent.
This condition is not confined to man.
ufacturing, as the building trades are
reported to be most active, resulting in
quickened demand for iron, steel,
lumber and furnishings.
| While the speculative elements are as
persistent in manipulation, in no wise
are they affecting the arteries of trade.
Money is plentiful, rates of interest are
low, the export demand for American
made goods and products is undimin-
ished, while the failures for the month
so far are a minimum
| Confidence is absolutely restored. No
matter the source of this condition, 1t
is well for the croaker to retire to the
/ i
jumping into the bandwagon of pros
perity as it pushes along the byroads
and through the villages of the land
| ADMIRAL DEWEY
| San Diego Union: Admiral Dewey's
decision to make New York his port of
arrival, when he comes home, is a great
disappointment to many people. Still,
there is no occasion either to feel sore
over the matter or to say unlzind things
about the entertainment that the me-
tropolis is arranging to give him. This
suggestion is prompted by the fact that
the people of Chicago, If one may judge
from the tone Of their press, are in a
somewhat inflamed state of mind be-
cause New York will be the first to do
honor to the hero Of Manila, and be-
cause the westerns metropolis may have
to wait an indefinite time before it may
be afforded an opportunity to extend its
hospitality to the Admiral
IT GETS THERE.
! Stockton Record: When Dewey sailed
up Manila Bay and showed to the
world what Yankee marksma nship and
| grit could do, he not only placed the
American nation in the front ranks of
| naval and military Powers, but he