The record-union., 1899-02-06
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions ON Subj
jects Of Living News
Interest.


Marysville Appeal: Caminettis bill
to make it punishable for any candi-
date or the agent of any candidate to
treat to cigars, intoxicating or temper
ance drinks. will excite the righteous
indignation of the rank and file of the
voters everywhere-even in Suffer
county, where cigars and soft drinks
command a premium.
BUGGY.
Oakland Tribune: Talk about a bill
having bugs in it. That is all there
is to measure introduced by Amer
ich of Santa Clara, whereby he asks an
appropriation of $4,000 for the impor-
tation from Australia of predaceous in
sects to prey upon the pests in this
country. The proposition, though, is a
good one for nature has provided a
remedy for the ills she has foisted up
on us in another way and We should
not hesitate to take advantage Of it.
ENGLISH NAVY.
Tulare Register: What in the name
of common senses is old lady Victoria
thinking about? Great Britain already
has the largest navy in the world, very
much the largest, and yet she has 119
new war vessels of various sorts under
construction She is building three
times as many armored men-of-war as
Uncle Sam has all told, to say nothing
of those she already has She is build
ing more new batttle-ships than Rus
STA has in her navy and a new pr0po-
sition is ON foot to enroll 100000 lads
between ID and Is years of age to be
drilled in order that the Queen may
have a good reserve force ready to fight
when there is need for them. Is John
Bull going to undertake to subdue the
earth? 1t looks like It.
THE ARMY.
Fresno Republican,: The fear that
moderate increase in the size of the
United States army will bring on US the
burdens of that "militarism." under
which Europe staggers. is one which
will not stand the test Of figures. The
combined population of France. Italy.
Germany and Austria is 1853, 143, 821.
These nations support armies aggregat-
| ing $3.50, 1856 men, At the same rate
the United States could support an
army of 3,650,O00 men This is 361A
times as large as the largest army now
proposed Allowing for our greater
wealth. the burden will be fully forty
times less than the military burden of
Continental Europe. 1t will be long
| time before such burden can swamp
| us.
GETTING AWAY.
| Oakland Enquirer: The fact that To-
eco full blood Indians are removing
from Indian Territory to Mexico has
escaped the general attention The
! do
with capital of over 100000; Creeks,
Z, 1890, with a capital of about S150G0O,
and about 1900 Delawares, with about
| $4,000 capital. These TO- 100 Indians,
with cash in hand amounting to $425,-
| 600. go to take possession of a large
tract of land which they have bought
from the government of Mexico. Red
Bird, Cherokee, in speaking of the
prospects for the future, said: I'VE are
going down to a land where the white
| people cannot always be nagging at us.
We have got tired of having the whites
coming into our country all the time
and telling us how to live. Down in
our new home we viii elect our own
officials and do as we please. White
men will not be allowed on the reser-
walton at ALL
l DAN IS<AX\1lONO S11<AIS1 LII
| Alameda Argus; A good deal of in
terest exists as to how San Franchises
new charter viii work. 1t is a radical
departure in some directions, the pre-
dominating idea being to center power
and responsibility in the head of the
municipaiity-the Mayor. This person.
age is to be very much more of a czar
than any Mayor that ever before sat
at the head of the municipality. The
chances are that a great deal more is
expected of this new charter than will
be realized. People who make char
| tiers that aim to correct abuses are al
most never those who get the offices
under them Honest and patriotic off,
/ Gals under any charter could rule a
city and manage its business without
abuse of power. And If the moral SEN
timent of community is not up to it.,
all the safeguards that can be devised
VIII not accomplish that end. San
Francisco may not have need of a new
charter so much as a moral regenera-
ton. Still, it is something that 1t was
| finally able, after years Of effort, to
achieve the charter.
ANTI-BRIBERY LAW.
| 0lOChtOI wall (lppiC 0AkA- VI IVY
bill reads well, but will not be opera
tive. 1t will no doubt pass and become
q law, for there is no particular reason
why either boodlers or honest men
should offer any opposition to it. But
no legislator or candidate will ever don
stripes because of 1t.
IGNORANT ELECTORS.
| San Jose Mercury: Whatever be the
! final outcome of the recount In the local
election contests, they are proving OBJ
| ject lessons which should prove valu-
able in future elections. The chief fea
ture to be noted in this connection is
the large number of votes that have
been thrown out because of technical
violations of the law. The legal in
structions for marking the ballot are
not complex or obscure; the process eff
voting is not intricate, and it should
seem that no extraordinary intelligence
is essential to the proper exercise of the
franchise. Yet it is evident that many
ELECTORS are too careless, many too ig-
norant, to vote as they desire. In con-
sequence of this carelessness or inca
pacity Mr.. Conant, who received q ma
jority of the votes for County Treasurer
in the recent election, Is defeated and
| the will of the people is set aside.
uarn is a consnfcuor,o jlll1Stra fi0n