The record-union., 1899-09-21

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mist" Sauerbeck
When a burglar is trying to break
into your house it is no time to argue
with him upon the theological aspect or
organic phenomena. If the silver con-
spirators of the United States think to
becloud their designs py discussing
| harmless speculations with which their
doctrines have nothing in common,
they will get, in this quarter OF the
world, nothing but disappointment.
THE DREYFUS CASE.
| Alameda Argus. The Dreyfus case
| is dramatically interesting, but there
is such a thing as letting it get too
firm hold upon our nerves. For
foreign people to lay it up against the
French people so acrimoniously as to
boycott the exposition and to urge the
President to automatically protest IS
to perform the part nationally that the
meddlesome man does individually who
mixes into the family affairs OF his
neighbor. 1t appears to be an outrage
that Dreyfus should have been recon
yicted. When people outside Of Drey-
fus' country have given full expression
| to that sentiment they have done all
! that good taste requires and the hu-
manities can expect.
CUBAN SELF-GOVERNMEN
Los Angeles Times: The so-called
nti-expansionists' and other prophets
OF evil have made more or less ado at
divers and various times because the
/ Cubans were not Immediately per
mitted to make an attempt at setting
up an independent government. In the
often -aired opinions of these self-con-
stituted critics of the Administration,
the United States Government should
have withdrawn every American SOL
j der from Cuba Immediately after the
! conclusion of the treaty of peace be-
! tween the United States and Spain,
leaving the inhabitants of Cuba to their
own devices, regardless of whether the
result might be good or evil, anarchy
or order. The Immediate result of
such action, it is hardly necessary to
point out, would inevitably have been
a devastating civil war in the island,
so recently crushed with the heavy
burden of the war for political inde-
pendence.
Tt would have been as inhuman for
us to have withdrawn our troops from
Cuba as to have withdrawn them from
the Philippines, for the problems pre-
sented in the one case were in many
respects almost identical with those
presented in the other. The inhabi-
tants Of Cuba were torn with dissen-
sions and jealousies. Between the
| Spanish-born inhabitants and the ma
tive Cubans there were differences
which could be smoothed over only
by the healing action of time. The
Spaniards and the native Cubans alike
| were unskilled in the art or science
| of elf-government, and it would have
been fatal to the aspirations Of the
people for future independence to have
thrust upon them the grave problem
| of establishing for themselves a sta
bic, just and permanent government.
| They would have been staggered by
the weightiness of the problem, and
would surely have proved inadequate
to its satisfactory solution. What was
most needed was a breathing spell, and
this was supplied by the course pursued
by the Government of the United States
in policing the island, maintaining order
and enforcing justice as between all
factions and individuals.
The wisdom of this course which
was never doubted from the outset by
those who were able to look little
way into the future, is receiving fresh
demonstration as time progresses. Even
the Cubans-by which designation is
meant all the inhabitants of the ISL
and, without distinction of race or
color-are fast coming to recognize the
wisdom of the position assumed by
the Washington Government. There
is less and less opposition in Cuba to
the American regime. as the people
come to understand US better, and to
have more faith in the integrity of
our motives.
DESIGNATING THE FLAG.
Pomona Progress: Illinois has a law
that forbids the use Of an American flag
for advertising purposes, and the Pres
ident of the American Electric Iele-
phone Company has been arrested on
account of the patriotic character os his
envelopes and letter heads.-Every
Where.
If the other States of the union will
now follow the example of Illinois
mentioned above, and then all the
States together will go a step further
and forbid the use of the names and
pictures of noted men and women to
advertise liquors, cigars, etc., they will
put an end to an abominable nuisance
and outrage.
SHIPPING FRUIT.
Oakland Enquirer: The movement of
California fruit this year has assumed
immense proportions, and it is thought
now that when the season closes the
shipments of fresh fruits to Eastern
markets will have amounted to 1000
car loads more than in any previous
year. Last spring there was Sc much
clamor excited over the combination
between Earl and Armour that it looked
: as if orchardists might be frightened
into drying their fruit to an extent
never before attempted and the fresh
fruit shipments reduced in amount; it
was also feared that the combination
would rob the farmers of all the profit.
But these dangers have not proved real,
and it is now admitted that it should
have been obvious all the time that
the owners of the great fruit shipping
plants could not afford to kill the goose
which laid the golden eggs
A Seals Long Swim.
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