The record-union., 1899-08-14

| lions represented at the conference to
| unite in the adjustment of all missiles
| of the character of the dun dunn"
| bullet.
THE RIGHT TO KICK.
Fresno Republicans: Glib criticism of
the conduct of war by privates in the
ranks and by private citizens at home,
| is the commonest accompaniment of
military operations. In the civil war it
was constant, and was as often wrong
as right. At the present time it is
/ equally incessant, and is being ex-
plotted by partisan newspapers for
partisan purposes, until it has come to
appear far more serious than it is.
The right to kick is of course in
herent, and no one objects to it's free
exercise. But how many of the max
ers or readers of kicks really have any
| definite knowledge of what they are
| talking about? The war is being car
ried on in an almost unknown country,
| on the other side of the world The
| sole public information in regard to 1t
| is contained in press dispatches always
brief, often hasty and never the result
of the mature consideration of mill
tary expert. There is not a person in
| the United States, outside Of the i'm
mediate Administration circles, who
knows anything in detail about the
military problem in, the Philippines, or
| how it is being solved.
| The President, on the other hand,
| has the fullest and most accurate in
| formation. He is a man Of the clear
est and sanest judgment and he is
surrounded by expert advisers. He
knows all about it and we know moth
ing about it. We may grumble all we
| like because results are not achieved
| just as we wish they might be, but out
| suggestions as to how to better the
situation are worth exactly nothing at
all. ,ii
| So let us listen to the grumbIes and
make them if it relieves US, but let
| US not take them too seriously, and
| especially let us not forget that the
President knows his business better
than we do, and can only be hampered
| or confused, but can not possibly be
| helped, by the reams of printed advice
he is receiving.
| SOME STATE PROBLEMS.
| Santa Rost Republicans: The physical
| development of California is an un-
|
study. Here we have a region of Won
derful possibilities of which all pro-
| gressive people are naturally disposed
| to make the most. At the same time,
there are numerous natural advantages
to be conserved. How shall our forests
be converted into lumber without injury
| to the climatic conditions that make the
State famous? How shall our mines
| be worked without damage to the
water courses and the fertile valley
| lands? How shall we get the best re-
suits along all lines of industry pre-
serving all natural advantages while
securing immediate returns for labor?
These are not problems for the ig
| norant and unthinking They are
questions of high Importance and call
| for most thoughtful and intelligent
consideration. They are questions
that pertain to the permanent physical
| building up of the wonderful region be-
tween the Sierras and the sea.
Fortunately, some Of our keenest
and best trained intellects are now
giving special attention to these inter-
resting problems. Recent utterances of
William H. Mills, Marsden Manson,
| Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and
! other learned men have stimulated
| thought in this direction Government
experts have just come to California to
| help us solve some of the problems
| of the highest perpetual prosperity.
One of these, DR.. Pinchon, makes use
of the columns of a San Francisco con-
| temporary to discuss entertainingly
| the management Of forests that will
give the best results, not alone for the
present but for all time. He tells of
results accompanied elsewhere and
speaks of the damage done by some
four thousand recorded forest fires.
Conventions are now planned for the
discussion of some of these questions
They are subjects to which the news
papers and thoughtful people generally
are giving more attention. They are
questions not alone of the present but
for all time-big questions to which all
| the pepole of the State may well give
attention.
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