The record-union., 1899-05-25
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imperialism and he seems to think
that because he is a ti-millionaire,
who has grown rich through Govern
ment contracts, that what he says must
carry immense weight with the Ameri-
Jean people. AS a matter of fact, Carne-
gie's views are of no consequence what
ever The public knows that his pa
triotism is enclosed in his money bags,
and that he never had a sincere idea
in his life above that of devising
schemes for making more money. Mr..
Carnegie posing as a patriot and a
statesman makes a very ridiculous fig
ure.
GLENN, THE PROSPEROUS.
Willows Promoter: California with
all its grandeur, with it's far-famed
valleys, foothills, islands, does not excel
or exceed anywhere in climate, scenery.
soil, health or productiveness the county
of Glenn. All wealth came originally
from the soil and there is not and can
not be prosperity in any country whose
soil is unproductive. Everything of
value is governed by the agricultural
interests of the country. The founda-
ton Of any country hoping to be great,
prosperous and powerful must be built
on the stability and producticeness Of it's
soil. Now there is no portion of Glenn
County but what will produce to pro-
Election all kinds of grain and fruits. We
also have immense water power suffi-
cient to turn the machinery of a great
commonwealth, and is to-day lying idle
and unused. We have fine county
buildings, and our public and high
high schools would be a credit to any
county of twice the present population.
We have the best system of public
roads and bridges. Our market facili-
ties are splendid. In fact our advan-
tages are numerous and great and with
careful and judicious advertising it
would not take long to double our popu-
lation.
THE POWER OF A PULL.
| Fresno. Democrat: Embassador
Choate at a banquet last week in Lon
don, in responding to toast, closed his
remarks with these words:
In the past year two new heroes
have come to stand by his CNelson's)
Eside-our own Dewey and Sampson"
That utterance of "our Joseph is a
worse flight of Imagination than was
ever indulged in by Jules Verne or in
cubated by Munchausen. If Embassa-
dor Choate will cite an instance of
heroisrn or naval strategy in which
Sampson figured during the Cuban OF
any other campaign that was note
worthy he will reveal something of
which the American people have not
yet heard.
Sampson took no part in the Cuban
campaign, except as directing officer in
| h1nnladQ fa
sisting or even directing the smashing
of Cervera's fleet on that memorable
Sunday morning, he was, to use a very
expressive term, not ''in it, Schley
and not Sampson was the naval hero,
and his vessel was singled out by Ger
vera as the target of his dashing fleet
and stood the brunt of the first terri
fic onslaught.
STANDING TOGETHER.
Willows Journal: The United States
and Great Britain will stand together in
the advocacy Of the adoption Of a
scheme for the settlement of interna-
tional disputes by arbitration, which
will be presented to the disarmament
conference at its meeting at The Hague
on the 10th of the present month. The
American delegation, headed by En-
bassador White are equipped with q
fairly we'll digested plan for the exccu-
ton of this cherished project,
while the British delegates are pre-
pared with plan which is almost
identical with the American project.
DUTIES OF MUNICIPALITIES.
San Jose Mercury: One of the duties
of municipalities is to provide the very
best facilities for popular education
and these are not necessarily confined
to the city schools. Public libraries have
become an essential factor in the pub
lie education, and a city which neglects
to maintain free library, to keep il
| we'll supplied with books of the bes:
character, and to place it where 1t is
conveniently accessible to the majority
of the residents, is deficient in that
quality without which no community
can be recognized as liberal and pro-
gressive. "Gunton's Magazine notes
that the rapid growth of free public IL
braries is striking instance of the ex-
panding conception of municipal duties
in the matters of education. In this
country the free library movement be-
gan in Boston in 1S47, when the Boston
Public Library, the first institution OF
the kind, was set under way. Fifty
years later, in 1896, there were 627 free
public libraries of not less than 5000
volumes each in the United States AL
most one-third of these are in Massa-
chusetts, while the parent institution in
| Boston now occupies a magnificent
building, which cost 50, $50 900, besides
ten branch libraries and seventeen de-
livery stations.
| OF the 125 cities with 25 900 popll1a
tion or over, eighty-three have munich
900 all have such libraries except Louis
vile and New York. The latter con-
tributes S225,G00 a year to private free
libraries. San Jose is not sufficiently
progressive in the matter of its free IL
brary. Although maintained by public
tax. its usefulness is seriously crippled
by it's inaccessible location. What the
city needs is a public library building,
and the friends Of educational devel-
opment in this community should make
it a point to keep agitating the subject
until public and official sentiment has
become educated up to the point of real
izing the necessity of providing such a
building. 1t pays in a material sense,
as well as in other respects, to provide
for the intellectual growth of the COM
munity, and San Jose's present policy
| in relation to it's free library is the
worst possible that could be adopted
ENCOURAGING FOR THE TREATY.
| Los Angeles Herald 1t is encourag-
ing to learn that the prospect for a
commercial treaty with Germany is
growing brighter, Notwithstanding the
bacllSet resulting from army beef devel-