The record-union., 1899-10-06
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EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

pany X of the Colorado regiment, IN the
Philippines. He had gone out TO the
lines to try to provide the men OF his
company with some breakfast when the
order to charge was given. He had
nothing in his hand but a large spoon,
which he had been using to dish out
the beans, but he dashed ahead with
| the other men. The element of comedy
disappeared when he found gun be-.
side the dead body of one of the enemy
and appropriating it, did good execu-
ton. His comrades have not yet ceased
to celebrate his famous charge with
the bean spoon, and they are right The
action of the. cook showed that he was
made of the stuff of which heroes are
manufactured. The war in the Far
East has been prolific of incidents
which go to show that the average man
in this country is of good material
SENATORIAL SITUATION.
Alameda Argus: The national Ad-
ministration is taking account of the
Senatorial situation in California. We
have information of undoubted reliabil-
| ity that the chief mission of Senator
Carter to San Francisco was to study
! the situation and assist at a solution
of the deadlock, though he might have
appeared to have small thought for
anything but the returning Montana
troops. President Mckinley realizes in
the Senatorial squabble a danger to
Republican ascendency. If Senator
! is not elected before the Presidential
camRaign, the Legislature to be chosen
at the next election will be charged
with that duty, which will inject an
issue that may produce great embar-
rassment, and should be avoided. What
success Senator Carter had is not wide
| ly known, but it is certain that he
strenuously urged Republicans to get
together and harmonize, laying the
whole national situation before them.
There is renewed activity among the
| leading Republicans to get the Legisla-
ture together in such shape that it can
accomplish something. though just
what the prospects are, it is doubtful
| if anybody can tell.
GOOD FOR THE PROFESSOR.
| Los Angeles Express: Professor Ben
jamin Ide Wheeler, the new President
of the University of California. who is
on his way to the Coast to enter upon
his duties, was interviewed at Chicago,
! when he said:
Il am not an imperialist, but I am
an expansionist The year 1893 was
the greatest year we have ever seen. It
saw Russia break her way to the ocean
at Port Arthur; it saw Dewey open up
the Far East to America; it made Eng
land realize the task before her, teach
ing her that the Pacific is now the seat
of an empire. California is not our
back yard. 1t is now the front. She
looks across the sea to China and ia
pan and Australia, and she discerns
that there her future wealth and glory
lie. The question of China is the great
question Of the time, and America can
not have it decided adversely to her
interest
The professor is all right He was
an ardent Cleveland Democrat, but is
also man of broad and liberal views,
and every true American citizen car
heartily indorse what he says.
A GOOD REPLY.
Oakland Enquirer: The accident
record of the Southern Pacific Com
pany having been severely attacked
|, General Manager Kruttschnitt replies
with an array of facts and figures in
tended to show that it is as safe to
travel on the lines of this company as
on those of any other, and safer than
on good many railroads. The stat
istics given are claimed to show that
the lines are we'll manned, having more
employees to the mile of road than the
average of Western lines, and also that
the statistics kept by the Interstate
Commerce Commission show a low
| average of accidents on the Southern
Pacific. The railroad company, like
any other erring brother or fallible cor
| poration, is entitled to fair treatment,
| and it is not in the interest of Cali
fornia to have 1t represented that rail-
road travel here is extra hazardous, if
! it really is not so. If Mr.. Kruttschnitt
! has juggled the figures, he should be
/ showed up, but if he has not, and if
/ his averages are correctly stated, then
/ the truth should be frankly acknowl-
! edged by the newspapers which have
! published the criticisms. All that
| anyone should want is the truth
| neither more nor less.
TRUSTS AND STATE RIGHTS.
Humboldt Standard: 1t is one of
| the fundamental principles of Dem
II
shall not interfere in the affairs of any
State nor usurp one jot or title of the
| States authority to govern itself and
| manage the concerns of it's citizens, as
| contemplated by the trainers of the
| Constitution of the United States. Now
trusts are creatures of State law. No
/ Act of Congress ever gave authority
| TO any man, company or corporation
| to form trust. Every corporation
which seeks to monpolize any industry,
| any enterprise or the product or out
! put OF any mine, forge, forest, mill or
business gets its. authority, it's char
| ter from some State Legislature or is
! organized under the laws of some
| State. Trusts being the creatures of
State laws or having their legal ex-
istence because of State rather than
| Federal laws, should be dealt with By
the State authorities and not by the
general government The only anti
trust law ever enacted by the Congress
of the United States is known as the
! Sherman antitrust law. 1t was franz
ed to meet the exigencies of interstate
commerce. or trade which crosses State
boundaries; and at the time of its en-
actment was thought to be the most
| effective measure ever passed to pre-
vent monopolieS. But, some of it's
provisions have been nullified by the
courts and experience has shown that
/ its strongest provisions are ineffective
and imperative
Just now Mr.. Bryan is making all
the political capital he can out of his
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