The record-union., 1899-01-20
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EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions ON SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

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approval Of the peace treaty by the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
makes it almost certain that the treaty
will be ratified by the Senate without
alteration and with little discussion.
The country has confidence in the wis
dom of the President, and the policy of
retaining the Philippines has, in fact,
no great amount of opposition either in
Congress or out.
IMPORTED, IDEAS
| Willows Journals: The butchers,
bakers and candlestick makers of San
Francico want a law passed to i'm
prison for debt" It is only a few for
eign ideas imported with the parties
VINO are advocating return to the
most damnable iniquity human beings
were ever subjected to-. 1t is repug
rant to the feelings of every man with
a drop of American blood in his veins,
and the horde who conceived the saw
age thought should be kicked out of the
country. The ordinary business man
has judgment sufficient to discriminate
1 generally as to who are entitled to
credit and if any one lacks that he can
easily keep his truck until he gets the
cash; he has that right under the law
and it is all he will ever get
THE INAUGURAL.
| Red Bluff Peoples Cause: Governor
Cages inaugural address was full Of
good sound common sense. Among
other things he condemned many of the
present boards and commissions and
declared that the pay of the officers
was excessive. The Governor stated
that the proposed suits of the counties
/ against the State to- recover commits
sions for the collection of State taxes
the claims amount to over 81 500, ,O00
vas very shortsighted policy. In the
end, said the Governor, the people must
pay not only the commissions but the
expense of suit and the charges of the
attorneys. even should the suits go
against the State, which it was hinted
was question.
| THE TREATY.
| Stockton Independent: The general
conclusion now seems to be that the
peace treaty will be confirmed by the
Senate without very much opposition.
Some forty or fifty divergent theories
Of the powers and policies of our Gov
ernment will be aired by the Senators
and then the treaty will be passed and
the Executive will be permitted to
maintain the authority of the govern
ment in the Philippines without violat-
ing the truce with Spain.
THE DEBTOR BILL.
Kern Echo: The measure being ad-
vocated by a number of dealers organ
lzations of San Francisco to collect
debts from impecunious debtors is not
meeting with much favor. The feature
of the proposed measure, wherein it
confers power on Justices of the Peace
to imprison debtors who are able to
meet an obligation but do not, appears
to be the sticker. In view of the fact
that we have already upon the statute
books q pretty good law for the coIIec-
ton of debts it strikes US as unneces-
sary to enact another and a special
bone to aid a class of careless dealers
to conduct their business. While we
| nave no love for a man who will de-
liberately make q debt and permit it
to go unpaid because he can, yet we
believe there is more humane way to
treat such creatures than return to the
ways of the days Of standardization by
l1mpr1sonlng them. A man has right
to ask for credit and a dealer the right
| 10 refuse Herein, it seems, lies the
solution of the dealers debt problem
1t IS the duty of a good merchant to
know such characters even at the cost
of small account. Imprisonment for
debt don't sound well in these enlight-
ened days.
SENATOR HOAE'S SPEECH.
Portland Oregonian: Senator TIoar
produced an artful grafton, but it was
nothing to the purpose. In the first
place, his assumption that we are about
/ to deprive the people of the countries
we have received from Spain of their
liberties and to set up a despotisrl
over them was purely absurd, for the
American flag will carry liberty wher-
ever it goes. In the next place. he
failed utterly to tell, he did not even
attempt to tell, what we are to do, or
ought to do, with or for the countries
which we have delivered from the
tyranny Of Spain. He did not even
venture to say that we ought to leave
them to themselves; for he knows that
If we should withdraw our forces there
would be disorder and anarchy, fol-
lowed Immediately by interposition of
| other Powers, and establishment III
those countries of new, foreign masters
| Senator HOarS generalities, therefore
We're nothing to the purpose, nor to
any purpose. Panegyrics to liberty are
we'll enough, in their way, but they will
not fit this case. Something more prac-
ticaL something more consistent with
preparation of these people for free
dom, with maintenance of order among
them, and with protection OF their
| lands and themselves from the new
lvassalage that awaits them if we with
| draw our support, is necessary. Even
if we put aside all debate as to what
our national interests require, the ques-
tion remains, what is our duty, to thsse
people, in the circumstances, and what
is our duty to the world, in relation
to them? We must either stay, or go.
| If we stay, we must hold CONTROL for
maintenance of order; and therefore
we cannot allow our authority to be
disputed Hence, if we stay, We must
have the submission of the people. If
we go, we shall leave a people inca
pable of self-government and national
independence, to be a prey first of an
archy, and next of the new foreign
despotism which, the situation will in
vite. No chant of hymns to liberty,
kno magniloquent ingeminatson CT
| phrases in our Declaration of Jnde-
pendence, will change these facts.
FEARLESS AND INDEPENDENT.
| Merced Star: The inaugura. address
of Governor Gage delivered at Sacra
mentd' on Wednesday, January 18th, up
on the occasion of his inauguration as
Governor Of the State of California. is
a strong plea on behalf of justice and
right, and will bear very careful study.
| The fearless md ipdopopdoo+ cha rae