The record-union., 1899-10-30
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
- EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects of Living News
Interest.

r6dcQeQ Ory IanQ were IIldI Tree silver
at 16 to 1 is as much of an issue now
as it was in 1896, and that Mr.. Bryan
would be nominated and elected on
that kind Of platform. It is the same
Jim Jones Of Arkansas and Europe has
not changed him-nothing could.
OUR BUILDING IN PARIS.
Oakland Enquirer: Over in Paris
they have been taking vote upon the
handsomest and the uglieSt buildings
on the Exposition grounds, and the
United States has won the BOBBY prize.
1t is certified by competent judges that
the American building is radical
architectural failure It is too late
now to do anything about it, but such
an outcome was entirely unnecessary.
The country which at its own exposi
ton, in Chicago, erected buildings that
excited the admiration of the world,
ought not to be disgraced by monu
ment of ugliness in Paris. The re-
sponsibility must rest with the Amer
lean Commissioner, who, if the facts
could be ascertained probably had
some pet architect to whom the work
was given without regard to compe-
tency.
OILED ROADS.
Fresno Republican,: The oiled-roads
problem in California is not a SINGLE
but a double one, and it will be nee
essary to carry on two distinct lines of
experiments before any definite results
can be reached. 1t is one thing to make
permanent hard road, and another to
palliate temporarily the condition of an
ordinary road. 1t is in the latter line
that most Of our experiments have been
tried, and it can not be said that they
are more than half successful. Oil
laid on dust with a sprinkler will keep
the dust down, as water does, and for
much longer time. Where nothing
else is to be considered than practica-
| bility of hauling, this may constitute
success. The oil is probably cheaper
in the long run, and the Improvement
resulting from it Is constant instead of
intermittent. But the oil smells bad,
at least for while, it spoils bicycle
tires, and makes indelible stains on
clothing. On city streets and boule-
wards these objections are likely to
prove insuperable.
| On the other hand, It seems a priori
probable that road bed composed Of
the right materials mixed in the right
way with the right quantity of the
right sort of oil, and afterwards rolled
in the right way, may make the right
sort OF permanent hard road for Cali
fornia. All these right ways must be
determined by experiment, and the
conclusion is quite likely to be that the
method is too expensive to be used
| RVQrVWhQra at
/ frequent intervals. But permanent hard
roads are worth spending money for,
and if oil will furnish US such a road,
cheaper or better than macadam, it is
| worth the experiment.
| Oil to lay dust or oil to make roads ;
these are the alternatives, each calling
for distinct line of investigation. The
| latter line seems the more promising,
! but it ought to be in the hands of COM
petent road engineers, with ample time
and funds.
| WHERE DEWEY STANDS.
! Los Angeles Times: Now that the
announcement is made that Admiral
Dewey unequivocally supports the
Presidents policy (Which is that of at
tempting to suppress insurrection in
a portion of our country in which rebels
are rampant, the copperhead press is
early attempting to make it appear
that these statements regarding Ad-
miral Dewey's position are entirely
without warrant Thus we see the kick
ers continuing to put themselves in a
hole. They have been saying all along
that the Admiral was opposed to ex-
pansion; that he was opposed to the
retention of Major General Otis in COM
mand in the Philippines; that he was
a believer in the patriotism, ability and
astuteneSss of Aguinaldo: that he be-
| lieved the Filipinos to be capable of
| lself-government, or at least more so
than the Cubans, and, in fact, they
have given out, in substance, that
Dewey was going to come home and set
himself up alongside of Edward Atkin-
son, Jerry Simpson and Congressman
LentZ and William Jennings Bryan, in
deadly opposition to the course of the
Administration in it's conduct of af-
fairs in the Far East.
THE AFRICAN WAR.
Stockton Mall In case of final de-
feat or its imminence the hope of the
Beers will lie In the interference of
foreign Powers-Russia and France,
for. apparently, Great Britain and Ger
many will hold together. expecting 10
divide Africa between them in due
1 time, keeping out the Russians and
driving out the French; and the active
interference OF Russia and France viii,
Of course depend upon whether they
think they have good chance 20 over
come Germany and Great Britain, with
perhaps Japan 90 reckon with IL IL
doubtful and there IL where the United
States could come IN should 10 choose
Which friends would the Mckinley ADJ
mlnatratian stand blythe old on che
neWf
THn ENGLISH IN AFRICA
Tulare llealater A. matter of ABB
straet right, the English have ne busl'
ness IA the TransvaaL but neither have
the Beers 'fhat country ef right be-
l0nea "a the kaftirs wh0 never invited
the Beers 60 eeme there and settle
whe demanded freedom and ihdepehd'
enee and fought hard for II for many
years. but the tioefs were the strong.
est and took the country, ehslaVed
many OF the natives, and would have
held them In slavery had not the Eng
lsh compelled them to abolish that pc.
culiar institution, Now come the
English who are as much stronger
than the Beers as the Beers Were
stronger than the Kaffirs and will take
the country and govern 1t In a civil.
lied manner. The Indians owned Cali.
fornia The Mexicans took 1t from
the Indians and we took it from the
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