The record-union., 1899-07-24
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State and Coast opinions ON Subj
jects OF Living News
Interest.

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Woodland Democrat: The principles
of disarmament and arbitration are just
now engaging the efforts Of the world s
publicists and diplomatists at The
Hague. Their deliberations are not ex-
pected to result in the abandonment of
war, although it is hoped that some
steps may be taken towards consum-
nation so greatly to be desired. The
fascination OF militarkm will probably
! be too strong for the great Powers of
the world, though nominally Christian,
to resist.
| CHARGE AND REPLY.
San Bernardino Times-Index: Pres
ident Mckinley needs no defense from
the attacks of sensational newspapers
or theft editors. Neither w. R. Hearst
nor any considerable number of the
readers of his open letter believes that
| President Mckinley selects his Generals
premeditatedly from among weak men,
| much less from fear of some successful
General becoming rival candidate for
the Presidency in 1900 Hearst would
not dare to charge or suggest that the
President has issued secret orders to
and all other possible Presidential can
didates into the hands Of the Filipinos
that they may be butchered and got
| out of the way. That would be too
preposterous and too fantastic for even
W. R. Hearst. But he does that in
directly which he dare not do directly
He charges that the President Knows
Otis to be a weakling and that the
President wouldn't have sent him to
the Philippines to lead our armies had
he not known Otis to be a weakling.
This in plain English means that the
President would sacrifice precious lives
to say nothing of property to further
his ambitions to be reelected.
| President Mckinley entered upon the
war with Spain reluctantly. But he
has guided the affairs of this nation
with safety and with energy from first
to last. He has shown a broad-mind-
! ed spirit of patriotism reaching out be-
yond party lines and including within
| it's grasp the whole American people.
AGUINALDo's LATEST.
| Riverside Press: The Filipino die
| tator is very strong on proclamations.
| He has never been found very near the
| firing line, but after his troops have
| been defeated by the Americans, and
his capital on wheels has been removed
to some more seouestered spot, he
comes out with manifesto such as has
no equal since Weyler'S typewriter
| ceased operations in Cuba
| Aguinaldos latest production is GER
| tainly~a peach, it can only be compar-
| ed to some gorgeous tropical plum,
| with more colors than the rainbow. In
the first place he appeals to the Filipi-
| nos not to be ungrateful to Spain. He
says:
"Filipina, beloved daughter of the ar
dent sun of the tropics, commended by
Providence to the care of noble Spain,
be not ungrateful to her salute who
warmed you with the breath of her
own culture and civilization. 1t is true
she sought to crush the aspiration for
independence, as a loving mother op-
poses separation, forever from the
daughter Of her bosom. This but
proves the excess of love and affection
Spain feels for the Filipinos."s
This is certainly rich. After all the
Filipinos have suffered from Spain,
here she is held I'D as a mother who
simply showed IAN excess of love and
jewel of consistency has not yet been
added to the collection of Aguinaldo.
PLATFORM AND CANDIDATE
MAKERS.
Oakland Enquirer: The uneasy spirit
which tempts the leading Democrats Of
the country to get together every few
days to discuss platforms and candi-
dates for next years Presidential cam
paign is a symptom of political pare
sis. If the would-be leaders had their
wits about them they would know that
no party can safely make platform
at this time-not even the Republicans,
who are in far better position than
| the Democrats to know what they will
do next year. The country is now
watching a procession of events which
| is history in the making; no one
knows how the Philippines and Cuban
experiments are going to come out,
and neither Is anyone able to predict
| how the reorganization of the busi-
ness of the country upon the monopoly
| basis, through the esta ablishment of so
| many great trusts, is going to affect
| the Industrial conditions. A lot of
| people think they know, but they don't.
Mr.. Bryan is simply a demagogue who
| believes that in order for him to keep
himself before the people it is necessary
to be hopping up and down and MAX
| ing a noise He knows rather less
| than other men what the conditions
will be next year, but he must assume
| to know in order to advertise himself
this year.
! When next year comes--say the
month of June, 1900-the country will
expect to see the two great parties
make platforms which will define their
| attitude toward the new political Ques-
| tions, but they do not expect them to
do so now They are willing, and in
| fact desirous, that neither party shall
speak until it has obtained all the light
which is to be had; they are quite will
| ing to wait year for this illumination
to take place. Attempts to anticipate
will be futile; the feyerish haste to for
mulate policy before the time is ripe
| indicates either feebleness of mind of a
greed for Office of the kind which is so
excessive as to defeat it's own object.
IRRIGATION
| Marysville Democrat: The question of
| irrigation in. California is one of far
greater Importance to the valley coun-
| ties of the State than is generally sup
posed, Judging. by the results durine
! the present crop season. In this vi
cinity, the plains land adjacent to the
rivers in the counties of Sutter and
Yuba, the water comes nearer to the
| surface and the soil is furnished moist
ure. But the further from the natural
water courses we go the least moisture
is found, the want Of artificial means
of supply growing with distance. the