The record-union., 1899-05-01

Olu- time DurQen OF tueii SoiiPioaii -
But while they were bearing its stock
and bewailing the anticipated loss te
innocent holders, it went up more tnan
three hundred per cent. Wnen tney
had figured up its bonded-debt to the
Government and were about to lore
close and appoint receivers. to -thelr
wild-eyed amazemeft, it was pald WITH
out consulting them. And with 1ren-
zied despair they now see the long COW
eted roads with the mutual consent ana
goodwill of it's domestic and foreign
stockholders, going with hot boxes
into the Southern Pacific System. AS
| If being run over the agitators shrek
ed in vain against the Santa Fe bill to
facilitate a similar consolidation; and
only because it Injured, for like purposes
to the benefit of the Southern racine
Company
Thus the prophets of railroad catas-
trophies are never happy. If possible,
they are more miserable now, than be-
fore the grand old Central Pacific paid
the debt that had caused them SO much
borrowed trouble They. are now be-
wailing the amount and payment OF
the debt as a double misfortune. 1t
has suddenly dawned upon them, that
hold-up by Government or bandit,
whereby a railroad is wrecked or rob-
bed. is of necessity an ultimate
charge upon it's patrons. What they
now admit, the people had discovered
prior to the last election, when they re-
pudiated shamming Railroad Com
mission and its record of laborious idle
ness, that had cost them, in addition to
lawful salaries, the sum of $4,000.
Hence the popular verdict that left the
defeated and discarded agitators minus
a subservient Railroad Commission, the
loss of which is their GROWING calam-
| ity
| THE NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW.
| Stockton Mail: The public man who
says he viii grant no newspaper inter
views shows inexperience. He shows
that he has not been in public life very
long and probably is not going to be
There much longer, and. that he was not
| very prominent in private life. The in
terview is much more useful to public
men than it is to the newspapers. 1t
enables the public man to get his views
before his fellow-citizens much more
| effectively than if they were embodied
| in a speech, an editorial article in an
organ, magazine article or even an
open letter. The successful public man
is always glad, and always has been
glad, to talk with a reporter and get
himself properly into the newspapers.
Should he be misrepresented there he
has usually himself to blame.
THE CONSULAR SERVICE.
San Diego Union: So much has been
said in criticism of this country's con-
sular service, that it is doubly pleasing
to learn that, in foreign estimation at
| least, American ConSulS as class are
reputed to be highly efficient. European
journals have had considerable to say
on this subject recently, their attention
apparently having been called to it by
articles appearing in American period
icals, which speak very slightingly of
United States representatives abroad.
| The Philadelphia Times which seems
to have been closely following foreign
comment on this subject, reviews at
some length the European consensus
regarding American Consuls. 'Imper-
feet as our consular service is says
that paper, st has within the past few
years accomplished such important re-
trade that our foreign competitors are
| beginning to make comparisons that
are flattering, to say the least, to our
Consuls in foreign countries. DR..
Reckin, in a work on the German con-
sular service contends that the Unit
ed States Consuls give their Govern
ment better service than those of any
other country. British trade journals
are calling attention to this subject
| in explanation of the loss of English
| trade, and in a recent debate in the
House of Commons attention was
called to the convenience of the Ameri-
can consular reports, the advance
sheets of which are widely copied by
| the newspaper press. The Revue
| Diplornatique". has recently discussed
the subject at length and given great
credit to the work of certain American
consuls who were formerly newspaper
men and who know how to collect in
formation and present it in attractive
| form"
AN ABUSE OF POWER.
| Fresno Repu elican: Senator Quay
has been acquitted by the unanimous
verdict of twelve jurors who heard
all the evidence, and it does not lie with
US, who heard none of it, to dispute
the correctness of the verdict. We
may assume that the particular
charges made in the pleadings of this
case We're not proved beyond reason
able doubt by the portion of the evil
dence admitted at the trial, which is
all that the verdict declares. But it
does not follow that we can approve
of the action of Governor Stone in
promptly following the announcement
of the verdict by appointing Quay to
decision of the Senate itself that Gov
ernor has no authority to make such
appointments, and in the face of the
refusal of the Republican legislature
of Pennsylvania to elect him.
| 1t is not proved that Quay is guilty
of the particular peculation just
charged, and We do not even know that
he is guilty of any peculation, or that
his personal integrity is below the
minimum standard of Senatorial. toll
Grafton, but we do know that he is an
INSCRIPTIONS POLITICAL boss, at the head
of a tyrannicar political machine, and
that a machine Governor has no right
to foist such Senator on State which
has refused to choose a machine Leg
lature to elect him.
| OPERA BOUFFE IN THE PACIFIC.
Los Angeles Times: The latest devel-
opmentS in the numerous complication
which appear to be becoming epidemic
in, G Ia md Of flo RI