The record-union., 1899-01-09
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EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions ON Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

With each advance the world has made,
the jubilant shout has gone up that all
was completed and Utopia reached at
bound Then, when people lapsed
from their enthusiasm and bruised
themselves once more against old
Truth in a new guise, there was lamen-
tation and denial of the real gain,
because the impossible was not real
lied.
CASE OF ROBERTS.
Los Angeles Times: In spite of the
opinions expressed by the best con-
stitutional lawyers that Roberts, the
polygamist, cannot be prevented from
taking a seat in Congress, the New
York Journal has definitely and posi-
lively decided on his exclusion, and
now demands a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting polygamy. It is pity
young Hearst could not have been on
earth in time to show Thomas Jefferson
how to fix that document. However,
it may be said for Mr.. HearstS con-
ISOLATION, that polygamy will not be
tolerated in the Congress of the
United States.
TT IS DESTINY.
Fresno Republican: Every great ad-
vance in civilization has been marked
by the determination of inferior races.
The determination was not good
thing, but the advance in civilization
was, and it was better for civilization
to advance, even at the cost of ex-
termination, than for it to stand still.
But the world has outgrown the ex-
termination process, not necessarily be-
cause it has grown too good for 1t,
but because it has reached limit be-
yond which it does not pay. Its next
field Of expansion is in the tropics and
in Central Asia. In neither of these
fields can we spare the people already
there; in Asia because they are too
numerous and too Industrious, and in
the tropics because they can stand the
climate. If we can bring them into
contact with the outside world, make
orderly, productive and consuming peo-
pies out Of them, the scope of human
activity will be immensely extended.
The same good which increased popu-
lation does to city or a State, this
increase in the worlds effective popula-
ton will do for the world. It is not
philanthrophy simply but the natural
progress of events that has brought
the world to this stage Of development.
It is in the interest Of civilization that
it should go on and complete the work,
and whatever share we may do is our
share in the progress of civilization.
SOCIALISM COMPETITION.
Tulare Register: It is rather peculiar
at first thought, but really the social
lists and the great trusts and syndicates
are working to the same end-to stif1e
The first would do it by
universal cooperation and the fatter
are trying to accomplish the same OBJ
ject by an almost universal corporation.
All industries, except farming, are COM
ing to be great industries managed by
great corporations, made great in the
hope of sitting competition. Whittier
will this tendency lead US? VIII we
first have all industries reduced to cor
poratescontrol with shares distributed
among all the people and so reach CO.
operation, which is now and ever has
been the dream of philanthropists?
That was Bellamy's idea, but we do not
share it. Competition lies at the very
foundation of all life upon this globe
and no fundamental law Of being will
ever be abrogated by human devices
Cooperation is making slow progress.
HOLD THEM DOWN.
Oakland Tribune: Now that the Gu
ban end of the proposition is out of the
way, we can turn all our attention to
the Philippines, and should dispose Of
them as quickly as possible, for the
present state of unrest that prevails
there is very damaging to the business
conditions. Until the Senate acts upon
the treaty, though, the hands of the Ad-
ministration are, to certain extent,
tied, for there is no way of issuing
proclamation that will let the natives
see that we are exercising suzerainty
over them. All that can be done, there
fore, at present is to hold them down as
much as possible and not allow Agui-
naldo to take any positive steps that
we will have to reverse afterward.
STRIVING FOR IT.
San Jose Mercury: The Rev. De Witt
Talmage. after visiting California, pre-
dicted that within twenty-five years
there will not be between the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts one hundred miles
Of land not reclaimed either by farm
er's plow or miners crowbar BY irri-
cation the waters of the rivers and the
rains will be gathered into great res
NA NCAi dlAu dAOCduSb9 lCS INV II
when and where the people want them.
That is what the people of the semi
arid regions are striving for, and should
there be another dry winter the result
will be fastened by some years, be-
cause the absolute necessity of vast ir-
rigating systems being established, uu-
der State and national control, will be
universally recognized.
LESS FORTUNATE THAN DEWEY.
Stockton Mail: Now that the wise
men in Washington have appointed a
Governor General of Cuba, it would
be well for them to let him act as Gov
ernor General. If they simply want
a clerk, in the guise of Governor Cen
eral, they might as we'll recall the Gen
eral and his assistants and colleagues,
the provisional Governors, and replace
them with men whose time is less val
liable. Some busybody at Washington
has concluded that this is a good time
to order all customs revenues of minor
Cuban ports to be sent weekly to Ha-
vana- The execution of this order would
suspend a large amount of work now
going on at the various ports, by
which work great public improvements
al z pcii6 anu HStuy SuDddiS al
enabled to earn wages, and so are kept
out Of mischief and taught to respect
and rely upon the American Govern
ment. The Generals in Cuba must envy
Dewey, who, before proceeding to
do his share in the rescue of humanity
and obstruction of Spanish power, was
able to find an excuse for cutting the
telegraph cable, by which alone ord
ers from the bureaus and councils of
war and strategy boards could reach