The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-01
VOICE Of The PRESS.
ExTRACTs FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

feUldIluS ClIrOSrdpH. Lie 0oN~ii -
ment gets every dollar of the principal
and interest loaned the Central Pacinc'
and the transaction is closed.
We have been curiously watching
those big newspapers whose stock IN
trade has been the howl against the
octopus to see what they would nave
| to say about this matter, but never
word. Their balloon is pricked and
the gas let out. Some other howl will
have to be adopted. This railroad issue
is dead.
SHASTA MINES.
| Trinity Journal: Shasta County bids
fair to be the chief mining county OF
the State by reason of her large and
valuable deposits of copper. The Iron
Mountain mine is a steady producer ana
employs a large number of men. In
additions there are number or othef
copper propositions in that county III
partially developed condition that bid
fair to rival the output of this wen
known mine. Owing to the rise in the
price of copper incidental to it's use IN
manufacture and the arts capital Is
seeking deposits of copper ore not only
as an investment but also as a neces-
sity. Our Shasta exchanges frequently
chronicle the arrival of experts ana
promoters for the purpose OF exam1n-
ling copper properties. Recently CHINA
bar ore has been discovered near Mill
vile and prospecting work is being
done to determine the extent of the ore
body On the whole the mining future
of our neighboring county is more than
fattering.
| D IA
Los Angeles Herald: 1t is one thing
to call for an army of hundred thous-
and soldiers, but quite a different thing
to find the men. The larger part Of the
standing army now to be raised is in
| tended for service in the Philippines.
We hope. for the sake of the volunteers
at Manila, that the Government will
soon be able to enlist enough regulars
| for the Philippine service. While the
life of regular soldier is as precious
as that of a volunteer. the circumstan-
ces under which the two enter the mill
tary service are quite different. The
volunteers who are now in the Philip
pines enlisted as a result of patriotic
impulse, inspired by the purpose to lib
crate Cuba. They had no thought, at
the time of their enlistment, that they
would be sent to the opposite side of
| the earth to fight semi barbarians in a
jungle. The volunteers came largely
from industrial pursuits. They are
needed at home, they are eager to re-
turn, and their term of enlistment has
substantially expired. They should
| have the opportunity to return at once,
in accordance with the agreement I'M
der which they entered the service The
regular army, now to be enlisted, will
be composed of men who can see what
is in store for them. The class of men
who made up the volunteer army will
not be likely to enter the regular ser
vice, in view of the outlook Knowing
what to expect in the Philippine SER
| vice, the meager pay for private SOL
diers will be an unattractive Offering.
1t is more than probable, in view of
these circumsta that the Govern
ment will be obliged to offer bornties
for men to enter the regular army.
Even men who might be inclined to
enlist without bonus will be likely to
hold back in expectation of bounty
money.
| ASSAULT ON THE PRESIDENT.
san Diego Union: The bitter, malev-
olent attack upon President Mckinley
made by Representative Johnson in the
| House Friday is the more surprising
because coming from a professed Re-
publican. The Indiana CONGRESSMAN
appears to bear ill-win toward the
President, and the speech was the
outcome. 1t need hardly be said that
such utterances are without weight
When grave national questions are
pending resort to the abuse of indi-
viduals Is poor apology for substan-
tial argument. Presumably Mr.. John
son Will now leave the Republican
party. He will not be missed.
THE RAILROAD DEBT SETTLED
| Mountain Messenger: settlement
OF the debt due the Government from
the Central Pacific has finally been eff
fected. The railroad company has
turned over to the Government notes TO
cover the amount of it's indebtedness
These notes are secured by Government
bonds, and the terms of payment are
in accordance with an Act of Congress-
the basis Of which is the payment of
the amount of the debt during the next
ten years. Thus ends one great phase
of the railroad question so far as it mas
bearing upon politics in this State
Demagogues who have heretofore used
the railroad cry to advance their own
interests will have just that much less
ammunition to fire from their political
guns in future campaigns.
| JOHNSON OF INDIANA.
Fresno Republican,: The Examiner
publishes an alleged portrait of Mr.
johnson of Indiana which must have
been sent by telegraph over the Eek
aminer's" special wire. At least it
bears about as much resemblance to
that gentleman's features as Creel-
man fake dispatch does to the truth
This Johnson, by the way, is an in
teresting yet pitiable example CO the
effects of the swelled head. When he
went to Washington a few years ago
he was a very ordinary country law
yer, remarkable in nothing but an ex-
traordinary volubility, which enabled
| him to break the record for the num-
Der of words spoken per minute. The
Fifty-second Congress, in which he
made his debut, was so excessively me-
diocre that even this small distinction
| was enough to make Johnson famous,
and he was given committee places and
opportunities too big for his capacity.
His head began to swell, until it finally
| got too big for the Capitol, and he de-
cided to retire from Congress. Since
then, having nothing to lose, he has
been pouring out the Walls of his dys-
peptic wrath on everything and every
body. He was the only member of
Congress to take the Spanish side in
| the late war, and now he is the only
man of prominence to attack the sim
certify of President McKinley's mo-
tives. The moral of which is that If