The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-26

Reddy, who Is ~ demagogue, are cor
ored with a view to inilame the pas
sions and incidentally make political
capital for Hon. Patrick Heddy. Ed
itor Stewart, publisher of labor paper
at Wardner, has been placed under re-
straint and the ISSUE Of his paper
stopped. Did any good citizen OF the
country object to the suppression OF the
incendiary pamphlets and periodicals
issued by Spies, Parsons, Engel, Ling
and the rest Of that crowd at the period
of the anarchist riots in Chicago? And
Chicago was not then under martial
law, either.
We met Editor Stewart in Wardner
in the fall OF, 81, slim. black-eyed. ia
natical little man, in chronic state OF
indignation. He Illuminated once q
week, and was not taken very seri-
ously, for lead was going up and there
was prosperity in the Occur d'Alenes.
Besides, the memory of the last great
labor war still fingered. But in time
of turmoil. when the train was laid.
such a man may not safely be en-
trusted with matches.
HOSTILE TO ENTERPRISE.
Stockton Mail: Railroads prefer &
friendly to a hostile community In
which to invest capital and do business.
San Francisco is not a friendly COM
munity for railroads or capitalized en-
terprises in any FORM. The press OF
the city Is universally antagonistic to
everything of this nature that is or
that proposes to be- And unfortunate
ly for all concerned, the most widely
lii Do
Coast are the San Francisco newspa-
pers. It Che Santa Fe) asked
for law from the Legislature by
which it might operate newly acquired
property in this valley as though 1t had
created the property instead of obtain
ing it by purchase. The Examine
was the first to cry murder and to
place every obstacle possible in the
path Of the company. Finally when the
Act was passed and signed, the Gov
ernor, if we remember rightly, was
abused for daring to affix his signature
to that which the San Francisco news
papers opposed. What there is in store
for the Santa Fe as it's affairs become
developed in this part of the State can
only be surmised from what has been
measured out in sled lengths to the
other big corporations by the press that
is always ''forninst." Now in other
communities this is not so. The papers
fight big enterprises habitually and
right or wrong only in California. Why
is it that this State is different from
the other States in this respect? It is
because, first of all, of our isolation
We are away off by ourselves, and have
become provincial without knowing it..
If cities were distributed over this
Western territory as they are over the
Eastern country = if where Carson.
New, is, for example, there were town
rivaling San Francisco, and Los An
geles were to-day what it appears des-
tined to become inside of another de-
cade, the Examiner would not be able
to lord it over the whole coast, and San
Francisco would not be spoiled by be-
ing the only city Of the West. Towns
derive the same advantage from the
competition and rivalry Of other towns
that individuals gain from the attri-
ton and emulation Of other individ
uals. The only hotel in the place is
never the hotel that it should be. San
Francisco finds nothing in the West
fore settles down into that complaisant
egotism which Is always a bar to prog
ress.
THE ONE THING NEEDFUL.
Marysvilie Appeal: From all over the
land goes up the cry that more troops
must be sent to the Philippines The
vast array of inconsequential victories
are beginning to pail upon the people,
who crave for substantial result. The
dash and bravery Of our soldiers is re-
vivifying to the whole nation, yet even
that does not satisfy. The man who
loves a woman does not rest content
until he has made her his wife, but
our courtship in the Philippines has
been too protracted-too long drawn
out, notwithstanding the ardency of our
wooing. The time has arrived, in our
opinion, when decided effort should
be made to end the war, and this can
only be done by sending to Luzon a
sufficient number of men to hold the
ground we win BY so doing it would
be only question of time when We
would be in complete possession of the
island, and the instruction would be
crushed. Our commanders in the field,
like Lawton, Macarthur, Wheaton and
Funston, have displayed really conspic-
uous bravery and ability. Each and
every one of them have been uniformly
successful. They have engaged an en-
envy outnumbering them many times
over, but have never yet met defeat
But all their victories have come to
naught. Their men are brave and win
battle after battle, only to fall back,
and in few weeks go forth again to
reconquer the same old ground. The
thing grows tiresome. There is but
one way to end it, and that is to put
ourselves in a position to reap the fruits
Of our victories. When once this is done
the end Of the fighting Is in sight, but
until then we can expect nothing but
rnonotonous repetition Of brave deeds
and empty conquests. All OF which read
very we'll, but do not accomplish the
purpose for which they were executed.
OF CUBAN ORDER.
Yreka Journal: Acting Secretary of
War Meiklejohn gave patient hearing
to a committee of Cubans who are in
Washington trying to secure modifi-
cation of the order of the War De-
partment granting a postponement of
the settlement of all debts incurred be-
fore last December. The order was
issued for the benefit of impoverished
planters, to prevent their land being
sold because they could not at once
raise the cash to meet old obligations.
but this committee claims that it has
done more harm than good, and that
it is now almost impossible for plant
ers to secure loans in Havana, although