The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-20
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

Alameda Encinal: A laudable effort is
being made to have the remains OF
John Paul Jones exhumed from their
resting place in Paris and brought TO
his native land It is meet that
former naval hero, one who did mucn
in the dark days Of the Republic 10
brighten it's history, should mingle ms
clay with his native soil and rest in
the same land with our present grahu
military and naval heroes.-Exchanse.
Such items as the foregoing may pc
found floating around the press from
the big city dailies down. Those VINO
write them have read history TO very
little advantage if they do not kno"
that John Paul Jones was a Scotchman
by birth, but an American by adoptloh.
ROBERTS CASE.
Red Bluff Peoples Cause: The VeA-
atious case of Congressman elect Rop-
erts of Utah now gives promise OF sat
isfactory adjustment. 1t is posslpie
that a compromise will be effected ny
which Roberts will step down ana on.
after being sworn in, and that ne VIII
be succeeded by man to whom tnere
will be no moral objections. 1t is pointed
out that Mr.. Roberts would gain noun
ing by persisting in his EFFORTS TO Sc
cure and hold seat in Congress, anu
that the State of Utah would certainly
be the loser. He would have no inllu-
ence In the House, and would be ostra-
cised both socially and personally. 1t
is earnestly to be hoped that Mr.. Rob-
erts will accept the advice of d1slnter-
~ lr- dlft1RI1itV
a peaceful retirement from the contest.
CLEANER CUBA.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Ample testimony
to the thoroughness of the work OF tue
military authorities having IN cnarse
the sanitary renovation Of CUBA Is iuf-
nished by the establishment a Few
DAYS ago of the United States army
HEADQUARTERS at Santiago de Cuba, from
which place the American troops were
removed in July last to FL Cflsto, d
village some distance from the coast.
But even more gratifying evidence Oh
the successful manner in which the dis
ease breeding conditions have been re-
moved is shown by the fact that not
a single case of sickness occurred III
the one company of soldiers quartereo
in old MORO Castle during the entire
summer. With the accumulated MIN
completely removed from Cuban towns
and systematic sanitary arrangements
adopted there will be small cause to
apprehend any severe visitation OF the
yellow fever scourge in the future. we
learn that the Government INTENDS
building a complete sewerage system
in Havana. and will erect soon hve
more garbage crematories in that CITY
and Matanzas. This will require tiine'
but it is of national concern, IN tnat
the cleaner Cuba is made the less
dread of yellow fever on our southern
coast. 1t is said that the Cuban, ma
tive and Spaniard, likes to lock well III
the street, but the back part OF the
house and yard is a mass OF nlth- II
will require several years of discipline
to make the inhabitants clean more
than the outside of the platter, ana
then Cuba will be the most delightful
country in the world.
THE CARPING MINORITY.
Los Angeles Times: The Milwaukee
Sentinel prints this telling para
graph: Those gentlemen who are wor-
rying about slavery and polygamy In tne
Philippines should practice patience, re-
membering that those relics Of barbar-
ism were not whipped out Of the United
States with the spur of the moment,
nor under the suspicious admlnlstrd-
ton of the Democratic party" Thls
reminedr, so specifically presented, VIII
not be needed by the gentlemen VINO
are worrying about slavery, etc., Tor
the reason that there is no sincerity IN
their complaints This cry about
slavery and polygamy in the Phlllp-
pines is merely a political scarecrow'
and we may be sure that had the Re-
publican party favored surrendering the
Philippine Islands TO Aguinaido, the
same men who are now bowling about
slavery and polygamy therein would
have been railing and roaring because
the country had 1eceded from position
so advantageous for the commerce OF
America and affording such a splendid
opportunity for the spread of American
civilization and enlightment. The men
who are complaining about the conoi-
ton Of affairs in the far East are OF
that class which is "agin the Govern
ment" on general principles, and II
were useless to expect them to pursue
any other course than the one they
have set out upon, which is to embar-
rass the Administration. To argue with
fault-finders of this character is to
waste breath and tends to bring on
brain-fag to those who hope to put
stop to these DIRECTORS and their OBJ
jections.
MAN WITH THE HOE.
bedding Free Press: Edwin Mark
ham would best let his Man With the
Hoe. remain standing with the weight
of centuries upon his back. Any effort
of Mr.. Markhams to lift the weight
will result in dispelling much of the
illusion. The poem, like the picture
which inspired it, is an intellectual
adornment that is enjoyed for its lux
uriant extravaganza and admired for
it's unreal realism. The American peo-
pie love to be humbugged by the infer
ence that Millet's painting of the
French peasant, as translated through
American farmer So when the poet
explains to them that they are not be-
ing humbugged they will net be con-
tented-because they are not.
SCHLEY AND OFFICE.
Yreka Journal: The assertion of a
Democratic paper that Schley is prob
ably a Republican is. of course. reason
ably sure to be correct. Like all other
naval officers, Schley has taken no ac-
tive part in politics. He has seldom
voted, or been in a position in which
he could have voted. Yet the chances
are that he is a Republican now even
if he never was one before. Very near