The record-union., 1899-12-25
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/ party, with which it trains; but in one
respect it can point the finger Of scorn
at it's Jealous critics. The Tribune"
may be weak on tariff, but it is strong
on money The 'Tribune's" regularity
on that head is unimpeachable. 1t is
for honest money, but not for sound
money. 1t defends the greenbacks, it
deprecates banking reform Its most
| interesting recent utterance on the sub
| ject is this:
THE Republican party is not going
| to do away with the SUBJ Treasury sys-
tenn. 1t is safe and popular and it does
not affect business interests injurious
~"
The Tribune" any more than the
New York Sum-" will not be convinced
that financial men know anything of
| finance or bankers of banking. The
enormous sums withdrawn from circu-
lation when trade is active, through
operation Of the sub-Treasury, make
no impression upon it. The popularity
of the SUBJ Treasury system is final evil
dence to the wary politician; but we
should look for something else in the
Tribune"
| HARPER BROS.
| Santa Cruz Sentinel: Millions of
readers in this country will sympathize
with the financial misfortunes that
have fallen upon the great publishing
| house of Harper & Bros. The name is
q household one. 1t seems almost
| part of our social and political struc-
ture, both on account of age and au-
thority. 1t has done SO much to foster
a true love for the beautiful in art and
literature, has been so noble in aims
and such a stauneh upholder of the
| best morality that all will rejoice to
hear that it will weather the present
storm and assume it's old time suprem-
acy in the world of letters.
KISSING.
4 Alameda Argus: The action of the
people of Findlay, O., in kissing Mr..
| Bryan when he wanted to speak and
| expose the righteousness of their fell
low citizen, William Mckinley, is not
by any means to be defended. If they
did not wish to hear him they might
have gone away; but Mr.. Bryan's treat
ment of the incident was not very dig
niied. To handy words with disturbers
at a public meeting is what you might
expect from candidate for a county
office who finds himself i'll hostile
neighborhood, but it is not what you
look for in a candidate for the Presi-
dency. When Mr.. Bryan was insulted,
if he had taken his seat without a
word he would have had the best Of
it. Those who acted disgracefully
would have been shamed by it, or put
out if they had no shame, and order
would have been restored and main
tanned. AS it was, Mr.. Bryan got the
worst of it.
THE GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT.
Calaveras Prospect: Public attention
| throughout California generally has at
last been centered upon that very i'm
portant matter of good roads and the
movement in that direction is rapidly
becoming crystalized into definite
action. The subject is being agitated
with a vim throughout the entire State
and good results are bound to follow.
1.-THE road is that physical sign or sym
boil by which you will best understand
any age of people. If they have no
roads, they are savages, for the road is
the creation of man and the type of
civilized society" So wrote an eminent
author. History would seem to con-
firm the assertion. Apply this test,
what shall we say of California? 1t is
fact that the roads in California and
especially in Calaveras are hardly
worthy of name.
OBSTRUCTIONISTS WATCHWORD.
San Diego Tribune: Haul down the
flag. That seem to be the watchword
of the Democrats in Congress, as in
lsstanced by their resolution introduced
in the House recently. The resolution
calls for recognition Of the Filipino
4 Government What Government?
Aguinaldo's Government And suppose
Congress should recognize this So
called Government. Where would 1T
find it? Even the Democrats who in
PRODUCED this foolish resolution could
not find Aguinaldo or his alleged gov
eminent to-day even should they seek
ever so diligently. The government re-
ferred to in the resolution does not ex-
ist. Aguinaldo is a fugitive in disguise
seeking to escape from the American
soldiers. He is the man most of all re-
sponsible for melting rebellion and
causing bloodshed, and yet, to him
would certain Democrats, according to
their resolution, have the United States
bow the knee, haul down it's flag, and
turn over 100000 people to the tender
mercies of this blood thirsty scoundrel
/ Verify, the fool killer is needed in
/ Congress. When Congressman allow
their partisan prejudices to override
their patriotism, as have the promoters
of the resolution, they are surely in
need of a keeper. 1t is dangerous to
allow such men the freedom of our leg
islative halls.
MONEY QUESTION.
Mountain Messenger: Many of the
papers attached to Mr.. Bryan's cause
are deUoting considerable attention to
the argument that Mckinley and the
Republican party have abandoned the
position the party held in 1896 upon
the money question by declaring with
out Discrimination for the gold standard
Admitting the charge to be true, what
bearing has it upon the merits of the
financial controversy? The fact of the
immense increase in gold production,
coupled with the knowledge gained
since 1896 that international bi-metal-
ism is but a chimera, has been good
and sufficient cause for the Republi-
can party to come out boldly for the
only standard that can insure finan-
cial stability, and which has been
adopted by all other advanced
nations. In our humble opinion the
political organization that came near
est being correct on the money issue
in 1896 was the National or Gold
Democratic party which formulated
the Indianapolis platform. That the
Republican party has finally come TO