The record-union., 1899-04-03
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions ON Sub.
jects Of Living News
Interest.

Interest.
| Alameda Argus: The Mugwump pes
simists who declared that enlistm ents
would stop as soon as the imperial
policy of the country became fully real
lied are discredited by the rush to join
the regular army Enlistment officers
have been instructed not to accept anv
more recruits for the regiments now
stationed in the Philippines. The Act
reorganizing the army became a law
March I'd, and since then the ranks
have been recruited to their full quota
With all that has been written of the
dangers and hardships at Manila, there
are plenty to go there and fight tbs
country's battles. The situation may
have terrors for the 'wump, but il
seems to dismaY not in the least the
full blooded young American citizen.
CHOOSING SENATORS.
Redding Free Press: Republican
newspapers over the State are engaged
in the discussion of the best methods OF
electing United States Senators. The
plan that meets with almost unanimous
favor, since election by direct vote is as
far away as ever, is to nominate a
United States Senator in State conven-
ton, such nomination carrying with ii
the pledge of support of all legislative
candidates of the party. Success in
the legislative elections would then
mean the election of the party candi-
date for the Federal Senate. Few
and unimportant objections have beer
| raised to this plan. To bring the
choosing of a Federal Senator still clos
| er to the people, provision could be
made for the voters of the party to cast
their ballots at the primary election for
their choice for Senator These bal
lots could be canvassed and the result
made known in the county conventions
the vote determining the choice of the
county for Senator and pledging the
State convention delegates to his sup
port.
THE RICHARD ACT.
Oakland Tribune: Although the re-
formers are criticising so harshly the
Richard election bill, still fair play is a
jewel, and some consideration should
be given to the opposite side of the
question The principal objection to
the new law is that it only allows each
candidates name to appear once upon
the ticket, and hence if a on-partisan
Endorsement is given to a Republican OF
Democrat he has to go before the peo-
pie without it as far as appearances 81
that is, unless he elects to run under
that guise altogether.
| The Non-Partisans, Municipal Leag-
uers and kindred organizations all say
that this is death blow to their work
for they will no longer be able to forci-
| bly, bring before the people on election
| day the candidates they desire to have
returned. From the standpoint of the
average individual who is running fol-
office, though, the new proposition is a
great boon. He is. no longer at the
mercy of the various piece clubs and
alleged labor organizations the manip-
ulators. of which levy heavy. assess
ments in order to assure their support
for it will in future be practically
worthless for a candidate to make a
bid for any outside endorsement
| The Ricakard bill, therefore, is good
law in that it protects the candida ;es
as we'll as strictly drawing the party
| Hines. Non-partisanism should not b.
injected into a campaign, anyhow, az
long as good men are placed upon the
| tickets, for under such conditions il
simply becomes machine with which
to obtain influence for the people run
ming it. If the Stratton primary Law
works successfully at the polls. moth
| ing more in the reform line should be
necessary, anyhow. for it will bring
about the expression of the will of tbs
majority of the people, and that is all
| that is desired. AS fer bossism becom-
| ing again rampant under the Rickard
law, there need be no fears of that, for
there will be no way in which the man
| lpulators can control the voters now
| that they are all to cast their ballots
at the same polls on tbs. same day
ABOUT CANNED GOODS.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: The general
interest that has been awakened by the
controversy regarding the canned meat Is
furnished the army last summer is quite
likely to result in a great Improvement
in the quality of goods that are pre-
served in cans and which form no in
considerable portion of the stock in
trade Of the corner grocer, but is con-
suned as feod by the people without
much knowledge Of the process to which
such articles have been subjected to
preserve them. The Department of
Agriculture has been making series of
investigations into the purity Of these
canned goods and their value as foods
for the people, which show some rath-
er startling facts. These exhaustive
examinations have been confined chiefly
to the canned fruits and vegetables to
be found in the stock of almost every
grocer. The report shows that salicyiic
acid, lead. copper salts, sulehurous acid
and other deleterious substances were
found in the most costly as we'll as the
cheapest grades of these goods, and
corn, peas, French beans, baked beans.
pickles and large number of other
goods showed more of adulteration than
purity. The report says dosing of
food with cheap antiseptics saves time
and trouble, and enable the Gamer to
be quite certain of the keeping quality
or his goods, no matter in how sfovenly
or sloppy d manner his work may have
been conducted. For this reason anti
septics are daily growing in favor
among preserves. But they arc injuri-
Gus to the health of the person using
them regularly"
HOW TO HONOR THE FALLEN.
stockton Independent: The American
successes in the Philippines, taken in
connection with the losses. moderate as
they nave been, VIII doubtless occasion
another outburst from The supersensi-
tive class of people who have stigma
| tized advanced American nationality rs
imperialism There will be mary
mawkish tears shed over Colonel Egg
bert and other fallen heroes, whom it