The record-union., 1899-04-03

tiles. suffering and death, will make the
greatest mistake.
| All honor to the soldiers that have
fallen in Luzon! And the highest hon
or that Americans can do their mem
Dry is to dedicate the land where they
| fell to perpetual liberty under the
American flag
CHANGING SENTIMENT.
| Santa Rosa Republican,: The men
wise in their own estimation have had
much to say and doubtless they will
continue to talk a great deal about the
government of the people for which the
fortunes of war the past year have
made the United States responsible In
this connection much has been SAID
about President Mckinley and his
plans. He has been charged with be-
| ing in many different schemes for the
control of these people over whose lana
the flag of our country has been neces-
sarily raised at least for time. Mr.
Mckinley has met all this wild ana
ridiculous talk with dignified silence,
but he has done some things in this
connection that clearly shows his patti
lotic purpose. He has taken the steps
necessary to ascertain exactly the con-
dition of the people of the ISLANDS TOT
whose government this country has re-
lcently been made responslble% Commls-
ISionS of men of great learning ana Elk :
allied character have been sent TO m
quire fully as to these people and what
may reasonably be expected OF theni.
When all the facts are known there IS
little doubt of the President and the
people of the United States reaching
the same conclusion as to the course
to be pursued. The same lofty and pa
triotic sentiment will be likely to actu-
ate the mass of the people and the man
who isl serving our country in the high
est official capacity. Hence they VIII
be likely to reach the same conclusion,
and the conclusion reached few
months hence may differ widely from
the opinions of to-day.
CONCERNING A GOOD LAW.
! Stockton Mail: The Examiner IS
| in the midst of one of those spells of in
discriminate condemnation which seize
| it at intervals 1t is against the Santa
Fe, against the Governor, against the
Richard law and against any other old
thing that will serve the purpose OF a
sensational editorial The Santa Fc,
by the way, is beginning to realize now
for the first time since it ventured to
invade Northern California what it is
to be up against a hostile San Fran
cisco press The Examiner has un-
dertaken to. show the new company
what the real thing is like.
| The Rickard law, however, which our
spasnodic contemporary is having edi-
torial spasms over, is commended by
some of the other city papers. was com
mended by the MALI when it was
lpending in the Legislature and is, as a
matter of fact, not only good meas
ure for the simplification of voting and
the elimination of fraudulent organiza-
tons designed TO make a piece out of a
political fight, but will be of distinct
benefit to the Democratic party. The
law provides that all candidates of the
regular parties shall be presented on the
ballot under the party title, and that
there shall be no mixing up of nominees
by the Endorsement of this one and
that one by minor organizations. In
other words a Democrat will find all the
candidates of 9his party in one group,
unmixed Withssthe candidates of other
parties. It is a good and wholesome
thing to do away with such fusions as
in the past have resulted in patch work
tickets that a voter even above the or
binary in intelligence finds it difficult
to decipher within the limited time al
lowed him in the voting booth.
OLIVE OIL.