The record-union., 1899-05-05
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

many years past The whole northern
part of the State at least will expert
ence big crops of grain and fruit I'M
less some unexpected calamity occurs
THE ANTI CARTOON LAW.
Sonora Union Democrat: What's be-
come of that notorious California pro-
duction known as the anti-cartoon law?
With it's passage it was thought that
impromptu masters of the Davenport
school of art would have to hunt some
other kind of job or starve to death
1t might have been, but it wasn't, nor
is it likely to be- Instead, cartoonists
are at a premium, and all leading pa
pers of San Francisco, which are the
big fish IN the pond of Western jour
nalism, have not only refused to recog-
nize the right of any, body of men to
interfere with their picture depart
nents, but from the day.th law went
into effect have piled oH the illustra-
ton agony heavier than ever. Now,
why don't some of the anti-cartoon en-
thusiasts or cranks have SOMEBODY ar
rested? The truth of the matter is
that all know it was still-born mis-
fit, a measure that was the result of
momentary insanity, and Of which
every one of the men who passed it is
now heartily ashamed.
THE SUICIDE EVIL.
Riverside Enterprise: There is hardly
an issue of daily paper published in
a city of any size that does not con-
tain an account of suicide. Man is
becoming almost as careless of his life
and as Indifferent to his hereafter as
to the most commonplace of every
day affairs THE fear of something
after death is no longer sufficient to
make us rather bear those ills we
have than to fly to others we know
not Of An examination of the Ques-
ton would probably reveal several
causes for the recent rapid growth in
this social evil-suicide. In the first
place. it is more than probable that
there has been no inconsiderable in
crease in the ills we have" The ills
of death and sickness are nearly con-
slant in all ages, but those sorrows
which are attributable directly to the
struggle for existence have grown with
the increasing stress of industrial con-
ditions. 1t has become more difficult
to obtain the means of sustaining life
and the greater hardships of living
have made men more ready to take
their chances with those ills they
know not Of. Again, the progress OF
liberal thought in religious matters has
tended to make death less thing to
be dreaded. That existence after death
is coming to be looked upon more as a
deliverance from the ills that We are
already suffering than as a period of
everlasting torture for transgressions
which have been but temporal. Both
of these reasons may have contributed
to the increase CT suicide, but there
should have been moral and intel
lectual development to counterbalance
these tendencies and keep man con-
tent to abide this life until he is called
to a higher existence by natural causes.
THE POPPY.
Dixon Tribune: The Pasadena Star"
makes the prediction that the poppy
will soon become as scarce as the In
dian and the buffalo. We believe that
the editor of the Star forgets that
his section of the country has just ex-
perienced a dry year, which is no
doubt the cause of the shortage in
that part of the States crop Of the
golden flowers. No anxiety of that ma
ture pervades this community. On the
them in numbers far in excess of al
most any previous year, and our farm
ers would be glad to ship the people
of Pasadena any quantity Of the
plants at a small margin.
DARE TO DO RIGHT.
Humboldt Standard: Those who are
criticising the Administration and cry
ing out that it should abandon its
policy because it is difficult to carry
it out, should stop to consider what
would be thought of any American
Administration that would abandon
policy because of it's difficulty. What
would the world think of such
pusillanimous course? What we should
concern ourselves about is not so much
the difficulties ahead of us, but Wheth-
er we are right in our policy. Those
who take pleasure in discussing and
exaggerating the difficulties ahead OF
us in the Philippines should consider
these facts. President Mckinley knew
the government of the Philippines
would be a difficult task, but he knew,
also, that no true American will dodge
a duty because of it's difficulty, and he
determined that the difficulties should
be surmounted and the duty fearlessly
and properly performed. This nation
has duty to perform toward the
Philippines, and President Mckinley
merits the support of every American
who believes that the highest duty of
nations as we'll as of individuals is to
do what is right.
UNJUST CRITICISM OF SOLDIERS.
San Jose Mercury: There is a tenden-
cy, more or less marked, among GER
tain newspapers and a small portion
of the public to criticise the officers
and soldiers who are now risking their
lives In a foreign country for the glory
of the old flag and the cause Of hui
mainly, and the Mercury" submits
that all such criticism is ILL timed and
shameful. Take, for example, Colonel
John Stotzemburg, the gallant Ne
braska soldier who was killed while
leading a brilliant charge a few days
ago at the battle of Quengua. Colonel
Stotzemburg, who, by the way, was
a cousin of resident of this city,
L. G. Nesmith, had seen active service
in the Indian wars, and he had a mill
tary reputation long before he was
mustered in as Major of the First Ne
braska Infantry last May; yet, be-
cause his discipline was strict, COM
plants were made, and the Nebraska
Legislature passed a. resolution of CEN
sure against him. But 1T was this
very discipline that caused his regi-
ment to be eomplimented at San Fran
cisco upon their appearance and drill,
that saved them from sickness while
in camp, and that made them so eff
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