The record-union., 1899-06-27

of these public representatives, it
could not be untrue of the people from
whom they sprang. No one knows
this better than the men who make
these rash assertions. There is more
lying hypocrisy in the worlds profess
sions of cynicism than in it's profess
sions of virtue -
CHOOSE YOUR HORSE.
Tulare Register: There seems to be
a slight unpleasantness in the camp
of the opposition party A certain num-
Der Of Bryanites are declaring that it
is the gold standard that is the prolific
mother of trusts though not one of
them. goes to the trouble Of explaining
how or why it is SO, and another fac
ton of the old school take great COM
fort to themselves in the declaration
OF Havemeyer that it is the pernicious
tariff that is mothering so many trusts.
Make up your minds, gentlemen, which
horse you are going to ride, and then
dig your heels in for all that's out or
you won't develop speed enough, to
make the race interesting.
FINDING THEM OUT.
Government is gradually learning what
kind of people it has to deal with in
the Philippines John Foreman, an
Englishman Of prominence who has re-
sided in the islands for many years,
says that even the best class of ma
tives neither appreciate nor feel CRATE
full for, or even seem to understand, 9.
spontaneous gift If European makes
voluntary gratuities to the natives he
is considered a fool-they entertain
contempt for him which develops into
intolerable impertinence." Although
actuated by the best of motives, the
American Government has made a Sc
rious mistake in attempting to impress
the natives with the fact that it de-
sireS to treat them justly.
EFFECT OF OBSTACLES.
Stockton Independent: Four troop
transports and one transport carrying
supplies will depart from San Fran
cisco within a week for Manila. This
Will afford the press of smaller Amer
lea new text for dilating on the
blessings of liberty to the FIlipinos and
coupling with them the cost to Amer
lea of suppressing the rebellion It
seems never to occur to these writer's
that the very fact that the suppression
of the rebellion and the pacification OF
the islands has been made difficult by
their encouragement of the Filipinos,
only spurs determined Americans to
greater zeal for the accomplishment
of the purpose. No nation in this age
wants party in power that would
shrink from a duty or patriotic task
merely because it requires courage, pa
thence and sacrifice to accomplish it..
Why, Abraham Lincoln could have pre-
vented the shedding of blood in the
Civil War had he counted the cost and
been willing to let secession flourish
and the Union dissolve. 1t was the
magnitude of the duty that aroused
the North to pour out a million of men
and sacrifice billions of it's garnered
wealth And it is the very difficulties
that present themselves in the Philip
pines that will arouse this younger and
broader and more united America to
insist not only on the suppression Of
Filipino bandits and guerrillas, but also
in the permanent retention of the ISL
ands. Every American soldier killed
and mutilated by Aguinaldo's desper
ADDE'S means the looping off Of some
privilege to the native population Of
the islands for years to come, for the
people of this country do not propose
to turn against the men who are fight
ing their battles under tropic suns.